Kathy Dalton

Emily Cook Edmon(d)son Carpenter and Daniel Carpenter were the parents of my g-grandfather John Wesley Carpenter. This photo was sent to him in Loup City, Nebraska. Emily died in 1908, so this was taken around 1900-1908.

Six Living Generations in 1906. Lucinda Kirby Watkins, at age 97, is the family matriarch.

In this photo: Mary Jane Davis Showalter, Lloyd Ashurst?, Bessie Showalter Ashurst, Lucinda Kirby Watkins, Sarah Cannon Davis, and Temperance Watkins Cannon Hillyer.
People in photo include: Lloyd Ashurst and Bessie Showalter Ashurst

Thomas Wise Covey (b. 4/21/1856, d. 10-27-1900) and Lula Showalter Covey (b. 9/18/1860, d. 6/8/1953). They resided in Snowville, Virginia.

This is my grandmother's brother, Carley Carpenter. He was born in Galax (Grayson Co.) VA just prior to 1900.

Sallie P. Showalter Hawley. She was my grandfather Showalter's sister. She married a Hawley. She died at an early age (24 1/2) 6 week's or so after her first son, Curtis, was born. It is said she died of Typhoid, but it has also been speculated that the medicine given for the Typhoid contained arsenic - not as poison, but unknowingly. She grew up in the Hiwassee area of Pulaski, in the town of Snowville, VA. She was born Dec 30, 1875, and died Aug 19, 1900.

This is my grandmother, Nora Carpenter Delp. She was always up to doing something different, and this was one of those times. You could always count on having a good time with my grandma. This picture was taken in front of her home in Galax, VA, Pipers Gap area of Carroll County.

A picture of my great-grandfather, Samuel Lewis St. Clair. He was born in 1871, and was married to Josephine Cecil (b. 1872). They lived in VA, mostly, I believe, in Montgomery Co., VA.

This is a photo of my father's Uncle Rob (full name, Josiah Roberts Showalter). He was born in 1881 in Pulaski Co., VA, amd died in 1970 in Kenbridge, VA. His father was Nanthaniel Pryor Showalter, my great-grandfather, and his mother was Mary Louise Roberts. Rob, along with his brother Giles, ran a flour mill in Blackstone, VA in the early 1900's. When this mill flooded, they then started one in Kenbridge, VA. This mill was eventually destroyed by fire.

My great-grandfather, Samuel Lewis St. Clair. He was born in 1871, and his parents were Charles Reynolds St. Clair and Mary Ann Boyd.

A photo of the Carpenter homeplace (John Wesley and Emily Amanda Hanks Carpenter). The home is located in Galax, Virginia, in Carroll County, Pipers Gap area.

Oliver & Jane Dalton, of Carroll County, VA. Grandparents of my husband, Erby Dalton. This picture was taken in the 1800's.

This is picture of my father (right), Robert Henry Showalter ("Bob"), and his army buddies, Russ Marsh (far left) and Norm Borgman (middle). Picture taken in London, England during WW II. I believe this is the Picadilly (sp?) Square in the background.

Josie Cecil St. Clair is my great-grandmother. She was born in 1872. Her father was Gordon Cecil from Pulaski Co., VA. She was married to Samuel Lewis St. Clair, b. 1871.

This is a picture of my grandfather's brother, Giles Showalter. Giles owned and operated a flour mill in Kenbridge, VA in the early/mid 1900's. He was born in Pulaski Co., VA.

This is a picture of the first organized softball team in the Pine Grove community of Dugspur, VA. It was taken in the early 1900's. The man in the back row, on far right, is my husband's uncle Plezz Dalton.

This is a picture of my great grandfather's homeplace. It was built approx. 1896. This picture was taken around 1902, and was located in Burks Run in Pulaski County, VA. The home burnt down not too long afterward. Family in front is as follows: (L to R)- Nathaniel Pryor Showalter (age 54); James Earnest Showalter (age 23); William Nathaniel Showalter, my grandfather (age 16); Annie McTier Showalter (Roop), (age 18), grandfather's sister; Henry Bernard Showalter (age 13); Mary Louise Roberts, age 54 (my great-grandmother); Nannie Byrd (neighbor); Josiah Roberts Showalter (age 21).

The lumber to construct the house came from native trees, cured for 3 months prior to construction and hand dressed. The stone for the 2 chimneys was quarried on location, dressed by Lockard Covey (father of Fred Covey of Radford). Chimney was built by Lockard Covey. The mortar for the chimneys was made from a base of lime quarried on location. The carpentry was done by Henry B. Showalter (first cousin of NP Showalter), and helped by NP Showalter and family. The parlor was ceiled by wood from a lynwood tree which grew on Laurel Creek in Max Mountain. The shingles were made from white pine; riven on location.

The lady on the left is my grandmother, Nora Pearl Carpenter. On the right is her sister, Ella Mary Carpenter. Nora was born in 1900, and Ella was born in 1893. Both ladies lived to be in their 90's. Ella never married, but Nora married Granvil Jackson Delp in 1927, and they had four children: Barbara, Gerald, Madeline, and Emily (Betty). They grew up in the Pipers Gap area of Carroll County, Virginia.

This is my grandmother's brother, Elmer Deroy Carpenter. He married Mamie Fayne/Fain. He was born 2/28/1902 in Pipers Gap area of Carroll County, Virginia. This picture was taken in the old Carpenter homeplace. The piano in the background remains in the old homeplace, which has been renovated.