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Title |
The Roanoke Valley and the Watts family |
Dates of Creation |
June 1984 |
Scope & Content |
Booklet compiled by Jean Staples Showalter consisting of articles which are titled - "The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family," by Katherine Watts, "The Roanoke Valley - An Historical Sketch," by Jean Staples Showalter, "St. Mark's Episcopal Church - A Brief History," by Frances J. Niederer, "The Watts Family at 'Oaklands'," by Helen R. Prilliman, "Oaklands - A Reminiscence," by Jean Watts Staples, and "The First Wedding at Oaklands," by Claire White. |
Year Range from |
1984 |
Creator |
Jean Showalter |
Year Range to |
1984 |
Subjects |
Anglican churches Arches Boxwood Cabins Carriage Charms Church Clapboard siding Colonial period Congregation Courthouses Crocus Culture Death Development, public building English Expansionism Farms Finance Fire Frontier & pioneer life Gardens Gentry German Growth, Urban Gunsmithing History Honeysuckle ornaments Horse Hospitality Indian trail Japonica Jasmine Jonquils Lilacs Lilies Manors Medical care Memories Microphillas Military colleges Military exchanges Millwork Pews Plantations Railways Rectories Roses Saddlery Saline marsh Scotch Irish Servants Snowball bush Steeples Summer houses Territory, Annexation of Tracery Transmontane Tuberculosis Vestry Wagons Weaving Wedding Willows |
Search Terms |
Alexandria,Virginia Barrens, The (residence) Roanoke County Virginia Beaver Dam (residence), Botetourt County, Virginia Big Lick (Roanoke), Virginia Blue Ridge Botetourt Co., Virginia Breckinridge family Fairview Cemetery Fincastle Great Lakes Grove Hill (residence) Jamestown, Virginia Lynchburg, Virginia Mississippi River Valley Norfolk & Western Railway Norfolk, Virginia Oaklands (residence) Peyton Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Presbyterians Roanoke County, Virginia Roanoke Greys Roanoke Street Roanoke Valley Rockland Avenue Shenandoah Valley St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Fincastle) War Between the States Watts cemetery Wilderness Road Williamsburg, Virginia Williamson Road |
People |
Breckinridge, Elizabeth Breckinridge, James Cobbs, Nicholas Rev. Jefferson, Thomas Niederer, Francis J. Peyton, William M., Col. Preston, Mr. T. (Thomas Lewis) Preston, William, Col. Showalter, Jean Staples Sorrel, Letitia G. Watts, Edward, (Gen.) Watts, Ellen Catogni Watts, Gertrude Lee Watts, Jean Watts, John Allen Watts, Katherine Watts, Letitia Watts, William Wharton, Dabney White, Clare |
Collection |
History Museum of Western Virginia |
Imagefile |
012\199588.JPG |
Number of images |
11 |
Object Name |
Booklet |
Object ID |
1995.88 |
Extent of Description |
Booklet, 19 pages, size 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" |