Scope and Contents
Photograph captions include:
4218_002: "baby Margaret Abigail Holt with 4 generations of mothers"
GENERAL INFO for folder containing 004-009 + 013:
"Holt family pictures. Dr. M.S. Holt born July 28th, 1850, died March 31st, 1939
and children Many pictures of Mother (Margaret Abigail Holt) (1896-1986 and Grandfather Mathew Samuel Holt (1850-1939)"
4128_004: "Holt home, store, and Dr. Holt's office (upstairs over store). Grandfathr Holt raised horses and some were used for harness racing."
4128_005: "Mathew Samuel Holt circa 1870s"
4128_005: "Dr. Mathew Samuel Holt, b July 30, 1850 died March 1939, picture probably early 1900s. (Original picture scratched and discolored". This photo has possibly been touched up?
4128_007: "Dr. M.S. Holt (about) 1870s"
4128_008: "seated Jane, Lelah, "Dr. Margaret . Standing Rsh, Andrew, Charles, Matt"
4128_009: "Dr. M.S. Holt and his sister, Laura Holt Doyle"
4218_010: "Grandfather Holt was an agnostic, not an atheist. Being a man of science, he probably was suspicious o f'preachers' who peddled what he considered nonsense or worse, untruths."
4218_013: "Rush Holt + brothers 1934 (c483). L to R: Rush, Andrew, Charles, Mathew Holt in Holt Library, Main Street. Weston, WV"
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Repository Details
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