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New River Notes Photo Gallery

A Collection of historic and current photos mostly covering the upper New River area of southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina.

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This is from a pre-1880 tintype, courtesy of Bryan Spencer.  The family is William Spencer and Mahala (Alia) Weaver Spencer and their children.  They lived on Spencer Branch, at the Virginia/North Carolina stateline, barely on the Ashe County side.  Standing - William Troy (Bud) and Melissa (Lissie)
Seated - Emory, Cicero, William holding Jason, Aley, Cosby and Lula I don't have a date but Aunt Lula looks to be less than a year old.

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This is from a pre-1880 tintype, courtesy of Bryan Spencer. The family is William Spencer and Mahala (Alia) Weaver Spencer and their children. They lived on Spencer Branch, at the Virginia/North Carolina stateline, barely on the Ashe County side. Standing - William Troy (Bud) and Melissa (Lissie)
Seated - Emory, Cicero, William holding Jason, Aley, Cosby and Lula I don't have a date but Aunt Lula looks to be less than a year old.

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