Town of West Union, WV
Established July 20, 1881
County Seat of Doddridge County

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School girls in Doddridge County circa 1905 / 1910. Photo compliments of James Finley.

The girl with the circular mark above her head is James Finley's great aunt Auda Blanche FINLEY. She died when she was 19 years old. The family at the time lived on Hunters Fork near Zinnia. This is the area his ggg grandmother Sarah Ann BAILEY FINLEY came to in 1869 from Taylor County.
      Click on the below to enlarge (- they are the same photo, but with different resolutions - trying to read the sign being held <G<>)

 

 
James Finley's great grandfather William Fernando FORD. Not sure where the Fernando came from. He was born in 1865 on Buckeye Run, Doddridge County and lived his entire life on the FORD Family Farm. He was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Salem. He was married to Irena Belle DAVIS in 1890. William died the day after Christmas in 1943. William Fernando FORD
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