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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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JohnsonCemeteryoffGrizzleTail.jpg
Johnson Cemetery off Grizzle Tail517 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee WrennMar 19, 2006
SamuelJohnsonMonumentonGrizzleTail.jpg
SamuelJohnsonMonumentonGrizzleTail.jpg527 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.netMar 19, 2006
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Piney Grove Cemetery645 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee WrennMar 19, 2006
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PineyGrove2.jpg511 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.netMar 19, 2006
PineyGroveCemetery2.jpg
PineyGroveCemetery2.jpg497 viewscourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.netMar 19, 2006
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spencerwmchildren1940.jpg657 viewsl to r: Bud, Cicero, Emory, Jason, and Lula. These are the children of William and Alie Weaver Spencer who were alive in 1940.

Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
Mar 18, 2006
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spencerwmgrandchildren.jpg684 viewsThis photo dated September 1958 is of most of Grandpa Spencer's children and spouses. Missing are Charlie who had died a few years earlier, Charlie's widow, Myrtle Woods Spencer, Greeley, and Blake. The one hiding in back could be either Greeley or Blake.
Standing: Viola, Jane, Kilby, Glen, Joe, Bertha, Orie, and Hester. Seated: Maggie, Blannie, Carl, Wave, Imogene, and Victor.
Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
Mar 18, 2006
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spencercynthoa.jpg734 viewsCynthia Alice Osborne Spencer (c) with twins Blannie Emaline and John Blake. This photo, made about 1903. Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.comMar 18, 2006
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spencercynthia1909.jpg656 viewsl to r: Blannie Emaline, Cynthia Alice Osborne Spencer, Ollie Imogene, Audrey Wave, and John Blake. The photo was made in 1909. Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com

Mar 18, 2006
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pennington stephen family1018 viewsTaken in the 1870s/early '80s: [bottom, l-r] Cicero Pennington (1847-1928), Stephen K. Pennington (1821-1890), Johannah Spencer Pennington (1820-1911); [top, l-r] Martha Caroline (1857-1935; m. Sturgill), Orlean (1853-after 1920; m. Young), Cansada Jane (1846-1899; m. Weaver). Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.netMar 18, 2006
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pennington stephen1052 viewsStephen K. Pennington (1821-1890), son of Samuel Pennington and Elizabeth Anderson; Johannah Spencer (1820-1911) daughter of Isaac Spencer and (Jo)Hannah unknown. Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.netMar 18, 2006
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coxrose.jpg1108 viewsRose Imogene Cox and Roald Bayse Cox, children of Joe Catron and Ollie Imogene Spencer Cox. The picture was made in 1930. Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
Mar 17, 2006
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