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  2. Grafton, WV

Historical Photographs of Taylor County, WV

In about 1980 I began collecting old photographs of my hometown of Grafton, WV. Over the years I have collected from various sources and many hours have been burned restoring these images to the best of my abilities using Photoshop. Some are very high quality and some are just low quality internet size images, but all document the history and lifestyle of the town and surrounding area I grew up in and love. Enjoy!
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1ST WARD GRADE SCHOOL 8TH GRADE GRADUATING CLASS 1931 - GRAFTON, WV.‎<br /> 1st Row: Sarah Frances Sturms, Gladys Marie Tucker, Ruth Elizabeth Gerkin, Katherine Rowe, Juanita Newhouse, Verna Isner, Mary Jane Ringler. 2nd Row: Robert Rogers, Howard Edwin Robinson, James Minor Harr, Paul Ross Mitter, Joseph Helms, Vernon Ball, Suddarth Bartlett. 3rd Row: Ida Faye Hendershot, Elizabeth Blanche Collier, Sara Belle Henderson, _____ Goff, Berea Rinker, Ralph Victor Ringler, Homer Clarke Bell, and Ralph Virgil Rohrbough (principal.)
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1ST WARD GRADE SCHOOL 8TH GRADE GRADUATING CLASS 1931 - GRAFTON, WV.‎
1st Row: Sarah Frances Sturms, Gladys Marie Tucker, Ruth Elizabeth Gerkin, Katherine Rowe, Juanita Newhouse, Verna Isner, Mary Jane Ringler. 2nd Row: Robert Rogers, Howard Edwin Robinson, James Minor Harr, Paul Ross Mitter, Joseph Helms, Vernon Ball, Suddarth Bartlett. 3rd Row: Ida Faye Hendershot, Elizabeth Blanche Collier, Sara Belle Henderson, _____ Goff, Berea Rinker, Ralph Victor Ringler, Homer Clarke Bell, and Ralph Virgil Rohrbough (principal.)

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  • 1st row<br /> (sitting on ground) Frank Haught, Joe Reed, Robert Reed, Don Smith, George Clelland, Jim Clelland, Bob Michael, Eleanor Clelland, Jo Clair Clelland, June Clelland, Eleanor Reed, Janet Reed, Virginia Reed, Mary Reed, Betty Reed <br /> 2nd row<br /> (sitting on chairs) Lizzie Lanham, Will Lanham, ? Mary E Reed Clelland, Robert Righter, Clara Reed Smith, Adeline Reed, Joseph Reed, Jr., Arthur Reed, Malinda Reed Meredith, Myra Reed Elliott, Allene Clelland, Eunice Scranage Reed, Eva Brisco Reed, Price Smith, Robert Sidney Reed <br /> 3rd row<br /> Standing Alice Frum, Anna Carder Reed, Nelle Smith, Lily Clelland, ? Lena Elliott, Wilma Clelland Jarrett, Ted Jarrett, Mary Clelland Kiger, Roy Kiger, Clara Reed, Ralph Smith, Minnie Reed, Scott Reed, Clark Reed, Mildred Reed Frum, Ed Meredith <br /> 4th row<br /> Standing Charlie Reed, Jim A. Clelland, Edith Clelland, Susie Reed, Boyd Reed, Kelsey Brown Reed, Max Wilson, Walter Scott Reed, Aunt Mabel Reed, Lena Reed, Nola Reed Wilson, Bess Smith Michael, Bert Clelland (H. L.), Myrtle Clelland, Claude Reed, John Frum
  • First Automobile in Grafton, W. Va. Driving on Main Street<br /> Date 1893
  • Baptist Church, Grafton, W. Va.<br /> Date 1911
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  • Three women seated on the steps of the wooden Catholic Church building in Grafton. Church was completed in May 1857 and dedicated in November 1857.
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  • Members of the Juvenile Symphony Orchestra, First Grade, in South Grafton School, Grafton, West Virginia, pose with their instruments for a group portrait.
  • Two story log cabin with covered entrance, the first house in Grafton, W. Va., built in 1811. The first child born in Grafton was born here in 1847.
  • John N. Davidson, Union Army, Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.
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  • ca. 1890 - Three men standing in the entrance of the First National Bank in Grafton, W. Va.
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  • 1ST WARD GRADE SCHOOL 8TH GRADE GRADUATING CLASS 1931 - GRAFTON, WV.‎<br /> 1st Row: Sarah Frances Sturms, Gladys Marie Tucker, Ruth Elizabeth Gerkin, Katherine Rowe, Juanita Newhouse, Verna Isner, Mary Jane Ringler. 2nd Row: Robert Rogers, Howard Edwin Robinson, James Minor Harr, Paul Ross Mitter, Joseph Helms, Vernon Ball, Suddarth Bartlett. 3rd Row: Ida Faye Hendershot, Elizabeth Blanche Collier, Sara Belle Henderson, _____ Goff, Berea Rinker, Ralph Victor Ringler, Homer Clarke Bell, and Ralph Virgil Rohrbough (principal.)
  • Business Men Outside the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office, Grafton, W.Va.
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  • Unidentified Men Beside a 1930 Plymouth With Out of State License Plate (Ohio), Grafton, W. Va 1930
  • Three Baltimore and Ohio workers standing in front of a B & O train engine, Grafton, W. Va.
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