Strother family
Family
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Helen A. Wesp, Compiler, Genealogies
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1613
Overview
Genealogical records of Alexander Scott, the Scott families of Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana and such allied families as Barker, Barrickman, Bouslog, Caddis, Carpenter, Carr, Chesney, Chipps, Claypoole, Clayton, Cunningham, Daugherty, Davis, Dent, Dragoo, Drummond, Ewing, Fortney, Goodnight, Hamilton, Harrison, Hess, Lindsey, Marchand, Martin, McClelland, McFarland, Menefee, Neely, Pindall, Price, Scott, Shively, Strothers, and Wilson. These records, compiled by Helen A. Wesp,...
Dates:
1962
Strother Family Grandfather Clock
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3939
Overview
One grandfather clock (97 in. tall) once owned by the Strother family of the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. According to family lore, this clock was built in 1803 by a Swiss clockmaker in Martinsburg (Virginia). David Hunter Strother (1816-1888) is a well known member of the family that owned this clock. He was an illustrator and writer for Harpers Magazine, whose pseudonym, "Porte Crayon", was a household word; he later served the Union cause, and was General Consul to Mexico within...
Dates:
ca. 1800-1810
Strother Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3404
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding the Strother family, particularly David Hunter Strother, a writer and illustrator for Harpers Magazine, who published under the pseudonym "Porte Crayon." Contains artwork (including some from Strother's time in Mexico and some by other artists), correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and material regarding the genealogy and history of the Strother family.Series include:Series 1. Initial Acquisition, Letters, Clippings, Photographs...
Dates:
1846-1990
Thomas Ray Dille Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0357
Scope and Contents
Gift of the brothers and sisters of Thomas Ray Dille, lawyer, historian, and genealogist of Morgantown W.Va. This collection contains the family histories of the Dille, David Evans, and John Evans families, as well as the Ray, Stewart, McFarland, and Tennant families. Materials include five loose leaf volumes of cemetery records of Monongalia County; family records of Monongalia County, and family Bible records. Additional materials about the Forks of Cheat Baptist Church,...
Dates:
ca. 1774-1939
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