Paul Daugherty, Collector, Family History and Photographs

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Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Paul Daugherty, Collector, Family History and Photographs, A&M 4304, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2.9 Linear Feet 2 ft. 10 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 1 in.); (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 4 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 1 in.)
Creator:
Daugherty, Paul
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Paul Daugherty, Collector, Family History and Photographs, A&M 4304, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Records collected by Paul Daugherty regarding family history. Includes materials documenting the Taylor, Broadwater, Lantz, Collins, Carmichael, and Ingraham families in the region of the counties of Ritchie, Doddridge, and Wood. The Taylors arrived in Ritchie County in 1842. The Broadwater family resided in Toll Gate, W. Va. in Ritchie County. There are family histories and genealogies, scrapbooks, photographs, and other material.

Volume I and IV

Includes obituaries and newsclippings relating to the Taylor, Zinn, and Broadwater families; a handwritten list of various names; a photocopy of honorable discharge certificate from the Grand Army of the Republic for Jacob Ingram; and several pages from a book on painting watercolor flowers.

Includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and handwritten genealogy notes regaring the Ingram, Carmichael, Lantz, and Baker families, among others. Original documents include V-mail from PFC Harry M. Carmichael (1944), birth certificate of Nora Belle Ingram (1876), and a promisory note for eighty dollars signed by Jacob Ingram (1915).

Includes clippings relating to Barr Wilson and Ritchie County cemeteries, as well as newsletters of the Ritchie County Historical Society.

Includes mostly newspaper clippings regarding Parkersburg history, and historic homes and individuals in Ritchie County. Some of these subjects include Gustavus Smith, the Charter House, the Old Malone Homestead, and Toll Gate, among others. Also includes several issues of the Ritchie County Historical Society newsletter.

Includes mostly newsclippings, covering such topics as the capitol building in Wheeling, Matewan, pioneers of Wirt County, and White Sulphur Springs, among others.

Includes several letters from PFC Harry Carmichael during his service in World War II. Also includes various postcards and greeting cards dating from the 1910s and 1920s, along with various other correspondence. Newspaper clippings pertain to Leonard Broadwater's campaign for mayor of Parkersburg and a photograph of S.O. Steve Clayton, U.S. Navy, from World War II.

This scrapbook was originally Frye's Higher Geography, but many of the pages are covered with recipe clippings. Other clippings include ideas for needlwork, advertisements for cooking utensils and instructions for mixed drinks.

Scrapbook documenting bridge building in Hampshire, Kanawha, Wood, Grant, , Moragan, Boone, Wetzel, Tucker, Preston, Doddridge, Randolph, and Ritchie Counties, as well as various locations in North Carolina. Scrapbook also documents other types of construction projects as well as festivals and family outings.

Scrapbook belonging to PFC Harry Milton Carmichael, who served as a communications officer in Hawaii from 1942-1943. Scrapbook includes photographs, greeting cards, and biographical information.

Family names include: Stewart, Hickman, Zinn, Denning, Rymer, Cochran, Smith, Lowers, Pifer, Carroll, Taylor, Dotson.

Family names include: Stewart, Hickman, Zinn, Denning, Rymer, Cochran, Smith, Lowers, Pifer, Carroll, Taylor, Dotson.

Also includes photograph of horses and wagon parked in front of shop labeled "Thompson Sisters Milliners" (location not identified).

Family names include: Smith, Taylor, Criswell, Zinn, Evans, Schilling, Elliot.

Also includesgroup photo of Ohio College of Dental Surgery (undated).

Family names include: Smith, Taylor, Criswell, Zinn, Evans, Schilling, Elliot.

Family names include: Lowers, McGee, Harris, Wood, Ridgeway, Sherwood, Douglass, Grey, McVey, Smith, Harris, Post, Childers.

Family names include: Lowers, McGee, Harris, Wood, Ridgeway, Sherwood, Douglass, Grey, McVey, Smith, Harris, Post, Childers.

Family names include: Brular, McKun, Kristen, Cochran, Huffard, Lowers, Williams, Miller, Wilson, Smith, Black, Worstell, Campbell, Zinn, Jones, Fuller, Broadwater, Taylor, Dotson, Gabbert, Sunday.

Family names include: Black, Eudress, Hatch, Campbell, Rhinehart, Blake, McVey, West, Lantz, Peace, Dixon, Peal.

Family names include: Weaver, Campbell, Grass, McHenry, Abdolla, Garvin, Becker, Strickling, Murcer, Coffindoffer, Vincent, Riley, Hogue, Renfocth.

Family names include: Hatch, Peale, Dyke, Volk, McGillen, Gilbert, Fries, Fahal, Ferry, O'Toole, Spaetti, Lake, Childers, Duckworth, Dotson, Smith, Evans, Alan, Hartman.

Family names include: Neal, Fries, Wright, Gray, Pifer, Lemon, Sindeldecker, Johnston, Lantz, Hatch

Also includes group photo of 2th Battalion, Company C, 3rd Platoon.

Family names include: Feather, McKeel, Wilson, Smith, Dotson.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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