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CF 1 89. JRC Whenever there was something good to dare<\/strong>
\n\"Free
\nImage by Jim Surkamp<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

VIDEO: The Bower and Its Families Part 1 by Jim Surkamp and Charles Fox TRT: 40:10
\nyoutu.be\/UcxRa_HB3Yk<\/a> <\/p>\n

POST: The Bower and its Families Pt. 1 by Jim Surkamp and Charles Fox
\ncivilwarscholars.com\/2021\/02\/the-bower-and-its-families-p…<\/a><\/p>\n

Made possible with the generous, community minded support of American Public University System (apus.edu). Posts on CivilWarScholars are intended to promote balanced, fact-based inquiry into foundational knowledge of our country and its heritage. Any sentiments or views described in these accounts, even if commendable, do not reflect in any way the 21st century modern-day politics of the University.<\/p>\n

0:00
\n1. Aerial view of Railroad Road intersection with Luther Jones Road and Old Route 9, Bardane, WV – google.com\/maps
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.3627758,-77.8657038,881m\/data=!3m…<\/a><\/p>\n

00:04
\n***<\/p>\n

04 – 2:06 – radio music possibly Camila Cabelo from Jim Surkamp’s car radio over images
\n2-6 to 2:06<\/p>\n

2. video by Jim Surkamp of passing freight train at Old 9\/Luther Jones Road with car radio playing music<\/p>\n

00:37<\/p>\n

*
\nCharles Fox – in video made in Charles Town, WV – July 25, 2019<\/p>\n

2a. Charles Fox mouth closed with ticker
\n**
\nTITLE
\nThere were many years from the time when I grew up here that I was not here. I traveled. I had been in the military. And I was in the military when my grandfather died – <\/p>\n

00:48<\/p>\n

3. photo of family reunion of the Fox family in the 1950s – courtesy Charles Fox<\/p>\n

**
\n3a. Split image Papa and Charles
\nCharles Washington Fox senior. <\/p>\n

**
\nI did not attend his funeral. To tell you the truth I didn’t want to attend his funeral. I wanted to keep him alive. <\/p>\n

1:00<\/p>\n

4a.& 4b. split image of passing train and insert Charles Fox today
\nvideo by Jim Surkamp of passing freight train at Old 9\/Luther Jones Road with car radio playing music<\/p>\n

***
\n1:01 <\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

More time past. Another ten years. I was thirty years old. <\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

17:27 – Summer Nights by Shana Aisenberg; summer sounds from free sfx\/uk over image 5 to 18:05<\/p>\n

5. suburban house at night by Todd Hido
\ndesignobserver.com
\ndesignobserver.com\/feature\/exposure-suburban-house-at-nig…<\/a><\/p>\n

And it was when I was back in the house – quiet – a voice said to me: "Go see your grandfather." (I said to myself) ‘Go see your grandfather."? (I said):"He’s been dead for ten years." The voice was deeper. It felt like it was coming from inside me. I could feel a trembling from this voice. It said: "Go see your grand-father! OK (I thought) I’ll go see my grandfather. I love to travel by train.<\/p>\n

6. passing train passes by and ends<\/p>\n

1:45
\n**
\n6a. TITLE
\nI’m picked up by my cousin, Jimmy, in the train station and they bring me out to the cemetery where Papa is in Johnsontown, buried next to his wife, Sarah, and they left me there. <\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

1:06 – Bill Bailey over images 7-10 to 2:26<\/p>\n

The First Moonwalk – Bill Bailey – The Apollo Theatre – New York – 1955
\n1:00-1:09 and 1:14-1:20 – \u2022Dec 12, 2010 – SuperGold 70 – youtube.com
\nwww.youtube.com\/watch?v=y71njpDH3co<\/a><\/p>\n

7. view of Luther Jones Road facing light on Old 9
\ngoogle.com
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.3630374,-77.8647704,3a,75y,218.54…<\/a><\/p>\n

**
\n7a. TITLE Beautiful afternoon, quiet, sunny day.<\/p>\n

8. Wiltshire Road going south facing overpass
\ngoogle.com
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.3624832,-77.8655587,3a,75y,218.54…<\/a><\/p>\n

9. Wiltshire Road, tree line on the right, wood post fence on left-hand side of road
\ngoogle.com
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.3477291,-77.8804029,3a,75y,218.54…<\/a><\/p>\n

10. curve on Wiltshire Road going past the USDA Fruit Station.
\ngoogle.com
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.356384,-77.8739101,3a,75y,218.54h…<\/a><\/p>\n

*** <\/p>\n

10A. TITLE music harp
\n2:27 harp over images 11-16 to 3:40<\/p>\n

11. The Dream<\/p>\n

12. Blend Charles Fox and The Dream title page<\/p>\n

13. Wiltshire Road driving south
\ngoogle.com
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.3491943,-77.8794002,3a,75y,180h,9…<\/a><\/p>\n

14. Charles Fox video<\/p>\n

**
\n14A TITLE narration
\nIn the beginning of my career in television, working at ABC in Boston, producing my first show, when I had a dream: I was asleep in a castle. A very cold room, stone walls with a wooden door to the hallway that had to be nearly a foot thick. And I was in my sleep – deep sleep – in this dream when this door burst open. <\/p>\n

15. Benedictine monk with hood and torch
\nrobertharding.com
\nwww.robertharding.com\/preview\/857-88680\/penitent-dressed-…<\/a><\/p>\n

***
\n15a. TITLE
\n3:36 – base flute and voice over images 15-17, 18-19, 20 to 4:13
\n(fair use) Psalm 3 Vocal Paul Horn Inside the Great Pyramid New Age 1976
\n**<\/p>\n

And six figures entered<\/p>\n

16. Charles Fox<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

16a. monks and TITLE
\n**<\/p>\n

and went along the far wall dressed in black robes and hooded<\/p>\n

17. Cowl in sea of blue light
\n17a. Cowl dresdenfiles.fandom.com
\ndresdenfiles.fandom.com\/wiki\/Cowl?file=Cowl.png<\/a>
\n17b. Getty – The Sea of Stars, Maldives
\nThe beaches at Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives have received their fair share of online swooning, and for good reason. The bioluminescent phytoplankton in the water\u2019s reefs emanate a dazzling blue glow, making it look as though the stars have somehow found their way down to earth for the night\u2014a phenomenon that has aptly become known as the \u201cSea of Stars.\u201d
\ncntraveler.com
\nwww.cntraveler.com\/galleries\/2015-11-23\/20-places-that-ar…<\/a><\/p>\n

**
\n18. Charles Fox
\nI could not see their faces. A seventh figure entered the room floating on a white light and said to me: "Hold out your hand." <\/p>\n

19. Charles Fox
\nAnd from my bed, I lifted my hand and suddenly I saw what appeared to be a knife and I pulled my hand back. And the voice says: <\/p>\n

20.
\n"We don’t want to harm you. <\/p>\n

21
\n"We only want you to know the pain." <\/p>\n

22
\nI held out my hand again,
\nand the knife<\/p>\n

23. dagger in hand
\nistockphoto.com
\nwww.istockphoto.com\/vector\/black-line-tattoo-of-a-dagger-…<\/a><\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

23a Charles Fox\/dagger in hand split screen
\nwent right through my hand: "And I woke up and said — "what the f.. – the hell was that?" <\/p>\n

24
\nFor two days, I questioned the meaning of that dream. <\/p>\n

And it was – when I was back in the house – quiet – a voice said to me: <\/p>\n

25.
\n"Go see your grandfather." (I said to myself) ‘Go see your grandfather."? <\/p>\n

(I said):"He’s been dead for ten years." The voice was deeper. It felt like it was coming from inside me. I could feel a trembling from this voice. <\/p>\n

26.
\nIt said: "Go see your grand-father!" OK (I thought) I’ll go see my grandfather. I love to travel by train.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

5:14 Bill Bailey tap dance sound over images 26-30 to 5:28<\/p>\n

The First Moonwalk – Bill Bailey – The Apollo Theatre – New York – 1955
\n1:00-1:09 and 1:14-1:20
\n\u2022Dec 12, 2010
\nSuperGold 70
\nyoutube.com
\nwww.youtube.com\/watch?v=y71njpDH3co<\/a><\/p>\n

27. Wiltshire Road driving south
\ngoogle.com
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.3491943,-77.8794002,3a,75y,180h,9…<\/a><\/p>\n

28. Wiltshire Road driving south
\ngoogle.com
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.3424557,-77.8842714,3a,75y,200.28…<\/a><\/p>\n

29. sign close up
\ngoogle.com
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.3388106,-77.8869712,3a,75y,270h,9…<\/a><\/p>\n

30. Wiltshire road\/Johnsontown road intersection (turn)
\ngoogle.com
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.3389415,-77.8868306,3a,75y,270h,9…<\/a><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

5:28 – fx common raven and cows over images 33-36 to 6:12; images 40-41 to 7:04 (freesfx.co.uk)<\/p>\n

31. Johnsontown Road
\ngoogle.com
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.3388779,-77.8869966,3a,75y,270h,9…<\/a><\/p>\n

32. field north side of Johnsontown road
\ngoogle maps
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.3389784,-77.8871934,3a,75y,34.83h…<\/a><\/p>\n

3
\n2a. field and Charles Fox saying –
\nNothing except the grazing of the cows."
\n**<\/p>\n

Beautiful afternoon, quiet, sunny day. Nothing is going on except the cows grazing on the other side of the narrow dirt road.<\/p>\n

33. from Johnsontown Road. historic sign in Johnsontown cemetery – google maps
\ngoogle.com
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.3404517,-77.8906093,3a,75y,270h,9…<\/a><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

5:47 – Harmonics on guitar by Jim Surkamp over images 33-36 to 6:16<\/p>\n

34. historic sign
\nnicholasroper.com
\nnicholasroper.com\/johnsontown.html<\/a><\/p>\n

35. Johnsontown church and cemetery daytime<\/p>\n

36. Church building side daytime<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

6:19 – fx full summer night sounds; gospel vamp on piano over images 37-38 to 6:37
\nat 2:00 in the video Vincent Alexander Church Vamps – youtube
\nwww.youtube.com\/watch?v=qA9Y6uGpn2c<\/a><\/p>\n

37. Church building side evening interior lights on<\/p>\n

38. Choir Practice by Horace Pippen<\/p>\n

*** <\/p>\n

6:37 – fx Summer night sounds; Alice Bort, Laura Furst, Ardyth Gilbertson over images 39-40 to 6:58<\/p>\n

39. Church building outside evening lights on inside<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

6:44 – fx cows common raven over images 38 & 39 to 7:03. <\/p>\n

40. Church building outside full daytime<\/p>\n

41. Church building front daytime<\/p>\n

42. Video of Johnstontown cemetery under a tree by Jim Surkamp<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Narrator: I was with Charles later. He said: "Let me tell you: it was SO peaceful since I was there <\/p>\n

43. Marker for Charles Washington Fox Sr. by Jim Surkamp<\/p>\n

**
\nwith Papa and my grandmother, Sarah, I decided I was gonna lay down right between both their graves and take a map.<\/p>\n

44. Sarah Johnson first wife of Charles Washington Fox, Sr. – courtesy Charles Fox.<\/p>\n

*
\nMrs. Sarah R. Johnson Fox
\nBirth 8 Sep 1886
\nJefferson County, West Virginia, USA
\nDeath 18 Nov 1928 (aged 42)
\nJefferson County, West Virginia, USA
\nBurial
\nJohnsontown Cemetery
\nJohnsontown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA
\nfindagrave.com
\nwww.findagrave.com\/memorial\/159255092\/sarah-r.-fox<\/a><\/p>\n

45. Johnsontown churchyard No trespassing sign under tree<\/p>\n

**
\nHe said: "When I woke up, my cousins came back by. They picked me up." <\/p>\n

46. Marker for Charles Washington Fox Sr. Same with quote<\/p>\n

**
\nCharles Fox: I turned to my grandfather’s grave (and said):
\n"Papa I don’t know why I’m here. I did as I was told and I’m here.\u201d<\/p>\n

***
\n46a
\n7:40 – Shana Aisenberg – "Amazing Grace\/God Don’t Ever Change" over images 47-82 to 10:50<\/p>\n

47. Blending of Papa’s marker and photo portrait of CWF Sr.<\/p>\n

48 Photo portrait of CWF Sr. – courtesy Charles Fox<\/p>\n

49a. & 49b. Papa had his own hero – HIS Papa
\nHarris, Joel Chandler. (1886). "Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings." illustrations by A.B. Frost. New York: Hawthorn. reprint from 1921 edition.
\np. 203 (actual) digitally listed as 249
\nhathitrust.org
\nbabel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=iau.31858014466464&vie…<\/a><\/p>\n

50. John H. Fox courtesy Charles Fox<\/p>\n

50a. John H.Fox full – courtesy Charles Fox<\/p>\n

51. J.R. Clifford<\/p>\n

Left: Niagara Movement leaders W.E.B. Du Bois (seated), and (left to right) J.R. Clifford, L.M. Hershaw, and F.H.M. Murray at Harpers Ferry.
\nDate 1906 – nps.gov
\nSource www.nps.gov\/archive\/hafe\/niagara\/history.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

52. Same as 49 with different caption<\/p>\n

53. J. R. Clifford and front page of the Pioneer Press
\nchronicling america – loc.gov
\n53a. J.R. Clifford – 1906 – nps.gov
\nSource www.nps.gov\/archive\/hafe\/niagara\/history.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

53b. Pioneer press. [volume], May 27, 1911, Image 1
\nchroniclingamerica.loc.gov
\nchroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83025146\/1911-05-27\/ed-…<\/a><\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

Pioneer press. [volume], May 27, 1911, Image 2
\nchroniclingamerica.loc.gov
\nchroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83025146\/1911-05-27\/ed-…<\/a><\/p>\n

54. blending of JRC and Pioneer Press front page
\nSame sources as 51.<\/p>\n

**
\n55a & 55b
\nTITLE
\nSixty-six years ago (1845), Mr. John H. Fox was born a slave to the Dandridge family and about two years ago Mr. Lemuel Dandridge told us: "that of all men he ever knew, John Fox regardless of color, is the best type of Christian gentleman," and in that we concur. <\/p>\n

Forty-one years ago (1870), he was without house and home, but three years later 1873, he was seen with an ox and cart, living in a small house and keeping a tollgate one mile south of Kearneysville.<\/p>\n

From this place he moved on Dr. Border’s farm where he toiled unceasingly and saved his earnings. By and by, the Dr. made other arrangements. Little did he (Dr Border) know that Mr. Fox had already purchased 87 acres of as fine land as was in Jefferson County, with a nice house thereon. <\/p>\n

56
\nThe Lemuel Dandridge Family At the Bower 1890s
\ncivilwarscholars.com
\ncivilwarscholars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bowerfam.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

57. The Lemuel Dandridge Family
\ncivilwarscholars.com
\ncivilwarscholars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bowerfam.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

58. (Same as 51, 52) "And in that we concur"
\nJ.R. Clifford – 1906 – nps.gov
\nSource www.nps.gov\/archive\/hafe\/niagara\/history.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

59. Forty-one years ago (1870), he was without house and home
\nHarris, Joel Chandler. (1886). "Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings." illustrations by A.B. Frost. p. 259 (actual 219) – hathitrust.org
\nbabel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=iau.31858014466464&vie…<\/a><\/p>\n

59a. Same as 59
\n***<\/p>\n

60. TITLE fx cart
\n6:50 – ox carts fx over images 56-60 to 9:17.
\nOx Cart Sound Effects | HIGH QUALITY AUDIO – youtube.com
\nwww.youtube.com\/watch?v=54TkhAvGe-8<\/a><\/p>\n

61. TITLE narrative
\nI remember part of one of the songs which the ox-driver sang in a slow monotone, sitting on the pole of the ox-cart, and keeping time to the slow, swinging steps of the oxen: \u201cSee the bull go to school, hooie booie, hooie booie, See the bull go to school, hooie booie John. See the bull go to school, with his book on his horn, And that is the last of old blind John. See the cow build the mill, hooie booie, hooie booie, See the cow build the mill, hooie booie John. See the cow build the mill, water runnin\u2019 up the hill, An that is the last of old blind John.\u201d The verses were endless and seem to have been extemporized as he drove along. <\/p>\n

Ranson, A. R. H. \u201cReminiscences of the Civil War by a Confederate Staff Officer – Plantation Life in Viginia Before the War.\u201d Sewanee Review. Vol. 21 (October, 1913): pp. 428-447. Print.<\/p>\n

p. 431
\nbabel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=uc1.b2974327&view=1up&…<\/a><\/p>\n

62.
\nOx cart carrying lots by Enrico Coleman
\nartnet.com
\nwww.artnet.com\/artists\/enrico-coleman\/ox-cart-carrying-lo…<\/a><\/p>\n

**
\nSee the Bull go to school hooie booie hooie booie<\/p>\n

63. J.R. Clifford
\nJ.R. Clifford – 1906 – nps.gov
\nSource www.nps.gov\/archive\/hafe\/niagara\/history.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

64. With his book on his horn. And that is the last of old blind John
\nOx cart carrying lots by Enrico Coleman
\nartnet.com
\nwww.artnet.com\/artists\/enrico-coleman\/ox-cart-carrying-lo…<\/a><\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

Toll Gate House built 1840 – JHL Resources 2020 – Jefferson County GIS office<\/p>\n

65. living in a small house and keeping a tollgate one mile south of Kearneysville.
\n65a. Toll Gate House google.com\/maps
\nwww.google.com\/maps\/@39.382849,-77.8930723,3a,75y,195.07h…<\/a>
\n65b. Map of Jefferson County, West Virginia Shows district boundaries and land ownership.
\nContributor: Brown, S. Howell – Date: 1883
\nwww.loc.gov\/resource\/g3893j.la001395\/?r=0.416,0.442,0.131…<\/a><\/p>\n

**
\nliving in a small house and keeping a tollgate one mile south of Kearneysville. <\/p>\n

66a.& 66b. From this place he moved on Dr. Border’s farm
\nMap of Jefferson County Va, by Howell Brown – 1852
\nloc.gov
\nwww.loc.gov\/resource\/g3893j.la001393\/?r=0.452,0.128,0.149…<\/a><\/p>\n

67. Where he toiled unceasingly and saved his earnings.
\nHarris, Joel Chandler. (1886). "Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings." illustrations by A.B. Frost. – p. 246 (actual 200)
\nhathitrust.org
\nbabel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=iau.31858014466464&vie…<\/a><\/p>\n

68. By and by, the Dr. made other arrangements.
\nOld Farmer
\nA. B. Frost 1887
\nartsandculture.google.com
\nartsandculture.google.com\/asset\/old-farmer\/zwEHm37NAV61Rw…<\/a><\/p>\n

69. Little did he (Dr Border) know that Mr. Fox had already purchased 87 acres
\nJefferson County Courthouse Deed Book H pap. 226-227 September 16, 1871<\/p>\n

70. with a nice house thereon
\nUncommon Vernacular by John C. Allen p. 12
\nwvupressonline.com
\nwvupressonline.com\/node\/96<\/a><\/p>\n

70a. J. Fox bought "Hurston"
\nUncommon Vernacular by John C. Allen p. 12<\/p>\n

71. The house was improved with fine barns
\nUncommon Vernacular by John C. Allen p. 12<\/p>\n

72.. and necessary buildings were, in due, time, erected.
\nJ.R. Clifford – nps.gov Pioneer Press masthead<\/p>\n

JH Fox signature<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

72a.
\n10:07 – Rose breasted Grosbeak over images 72a, 73 & 73a to 10:15.<\/p>\n

73. A splendid orchard was planted
\n73a. The Pink Peach Tree – Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890), Arles, April-May 1888
\nVan Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
\nvangoghmuseum.nl
\nwww.vangoghmuseum.nl\/en\/collection\/s0025V1962<\/a><\/p>\n

74. J. R. Clifford<\/p>\n

74a. Not many years had passed till Mr. Fox had bought more land adjacent. <\/p>\n

74b. He bought nearly a hundred more acres<\/p>\n

74c. with a good dwelling house.<\/p>\n

74d. About a month before his death John H. Fox<\/p>\n

75. John H. Fox – courtesy of John H. Fox<\/p>\n

75a. He was not an educated man<\/p>\n

75b. But we insist that manhood is greater,<\/p>\n

75c. for the latter is principle and the former is accident.<\/p>\n

76. John Fox signature
\nJefferson County Courthouse deed room records<\/p>\n

77. TITLE We firmly believe that there is not another section in the United States where a better community of colored people live and are more highly respected than that illuminated by that beautiful moral and religious life of John H. Fox. <\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_the_Revelator_<\/a>(song)#Blind_Willie_Johnson_version<\/p>\n

***
\nTITLE John the Revelator<\/p>\n

77a.
\nlyrics
\nWho’s that writin’? John the Revelator
\nWho’s that writin’? John the Revelator
\nWho’s that writin’? John the Revelator
\nWrote the book of the seven seals<\/p>\n

You know God walked down in the cool of the day
\nCalled Adam by his name
\nBut he refused to answer
\nBecause he’s naked and ashamed<\/p>\n

Tell me who’s that writin’? John the Revelator
\nWho’s that writin’? John the Revelator
\nWho’s that writin’? John the Revelator
\nWrote the book of the seven seals<\/p>\n

You know Christ had twelve apostles
\nAnd three he led away
\nHe said, "Watch with me one hour,
\n‘Till I go yonder and pray."<\/p>\n

Tell me who’s that writin’? John the Revelator
\nWho’s that writin’? John the Revelator
\nTell me who’s that writin’? John the Revelator
\nWrote the book of the seven seals<\/p>\n

Christ came on Easter morning
\nMary and Martha\u2026went down to see
\nGo tell
\nTo meet the men in galilee<\/p>\n

77b. TITLE
\n10:51 – Song "John the Revelator" over images 77-81 to 13:37<\/p>\n

collected by John Wesley Work, performed by the heavenly Gate Quartet, published Nashville, Tennessee, 1941 – loc.gov
\nwww.loc.gov\/item\/ftvbib000048\/<\/a><\/p>\n

78. Montage
\nBegin upper left (viewer’s) counter-clockwise: <\/p>\n

78a. Dolly Irvin Thompson
\nSOURCE: Jasper Thompson’s Destiny Day by Jim Surkamp with Monique Crippen-Hopkins. youtube.com www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4LJpJeIwFMw&t=189s<\/a><\/p>\n

78b. Jasper Thompson USCT 23rd Regiment murdered September 6, 1906 by, according to the Charles town newspaper a self-described "white supremacist;" <\/p>\n

78c. Mary Goins
\nFamily Historian Shelley Murphy on the Goins Family – civilwarscholars.com
\ncivilwarscholars.com\/2014\/02\/family-historian-shelley-mur…<\/a><\/p>\n

78d. Storer College Musical Group Members, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.
\nIdentifier: 023804; Collection Number: A&M 2621; Title: Storer College Musical Group Members, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.
\nDate: 1873
\nDescription: From left to right in the upper row standing is Robert Trent, Portia Lovett, Mary Ella Dixon, and Charlie Hale. Sitting from left to right is Walter Johnson, Alberta Redmond, Hamilton Keys, and Mertia Lovett. First concert was given in Buffalo, N.Y., May 2, 1873. They gave 40 concerts in the principal cities between Buffalo and Utica, going home, July 5, 1873.
\nwvhistoryonview.org
\nwvhistoryonview.org\/catalog\/023804<\/a><\/p>\n

78e. Azemia (Azzie) Harris, Shepherdstown – (John Wesley Harris\/Jim Surkamp Collection);
\nsearch.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2537…<\/a><\/p>\n

78f. Thomas, Etta and John Lovett
\nStorer College and the Lovett Family, the creators and proprietors of The Hilltop House Hotel in Harper’s Ferry
\nThe Lovett Family – National Park Service at Harpers Ferry
\nfacebook.com
\nwww.facebook.com\/HFPAssociation\/photos\/a.231408666912988\/…<\/a>
\nwvhistoryonview.org
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*
\nStorer Alumni Thomas S. Lovett 1876 John P. Lovett 1880 (nine Lovetts)
\njcblackhistory.org
\nwww.jcblackhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/StorerC…<\/a><\/p>\n

Storer College Catalogue
\n1875
\nancestry.com
\nwww.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/2203\/images\/3276…<\/a><\/p>\n

78g. Coralie Franklin Cook, Storer College, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.
\nIdentifier: 023821
\nCollection Number: A&M 2621
\nDescription:
\nBorn in Lexington, Virginia in 1861 to enslaved parents, Cook attended Storer College in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, graduating in 1880 and later served on the Storer faculty as an assistant professor. Cook was also active in the NAACP and involved in the inner circles of the NAWSA, working for the passage of the 19th amendment.<\/p>\n

78h. Storer College Musical Group Members, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.
\nIdentifier: 023804; Collection Number: A&M 2621; Title: Storer College Musical Group Members, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.
\nDate: 1873
\nDescription: From left to right in the upper row standing is Robert Trent, Portia Lovett, Mary Ella Dixon, and Charlie Hale. Sitting from left to right is Walter Johnson, Alberta Redmond, Hamilton Keys, and Mertia Lovett. First concert was given in Buffalo, N.Y., May 2, 1873. They gave 40 concerts in the principal cities between Buffalo and Utica, going home, July 5, 1873.
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78i. George Johnson, founder of Johnsontown with his wife Sarah – courtesy Charles Fox;<\/p>\n

78j. View from today’s Visitor’s Center site in Harper’s Ferry – about 1910 (Jim Surkamp, Helen Goldsborough) –
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78k. Abram (Abe) Minor – Shepherdstown (Jim Surkamp, Helen Goldsborough) – 1872-1930
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78l. John Wesley Harris with his Storer College degree (John Wesley Harris family and Jim Surkamp) born 1899<\/p>\n

Sources for images 78a-78l<\/p>\n

79.<\/p>\n

78a. Dolly Irvin Thompson & 78b. Jasper Thompson – Monique Crippen-Hopkins & Jasper Thompson’s Destiny Day by Jim Surkamp with Monique Crippen-Hopkins. youtube.com <\/p>\n

78c. Mary Goins – Family Historian Shelley Murphy on the Goins Family – civilwarscholars.com<\/p>\n

78d. Storer College Musical Group Members, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va. – 1873 ID: 023804; From left to right is Portia Lovett and Mary Ella Dixon – wvhistoryonview.org<\/p>\n

80. <\/p>\n

78e. Azemia (Azzie) Harris, Shepherdstown – (John Wesley Harris\/Jim Surkamp Collection); Shepherdstown 1921 at justjefferson.com & ancestry.com<\/p>\n

78f. Thomas, Etta and John Lovett – Storer College and the Lovett Family, the creators and proprietors of The Hilltop House Hotel in Harper’s Ferry – National Park Service at Harpers Ferry – facebook.com & wvhistoryonview.org; Storer College Catalogue – 1875 – ancestry.com; Storer Alumni Thomas S. Lovett 1876 John P. Lovett 1880 (nine Lovetts)
\njcblackhistory.org<\/p>\n

81.
\n78g. Coralie Franklin Cook, Storer College, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.
\nIdentifier: 023821 – Cook was active in the NAACP and involved in the inner circles of the NAWSA, working for the passage of the 19th amendment – National Park Service at Harpers Ferry – facebook.com<\/p>\n

78h. Storer College Musical Group Members, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va. – 1873 ID: 023804; Sitting from left to right is Alberta Redmond and Hamilton Keys – wvhistoryonview.org <\/p>\n

82.
\n78i. George Johnson, founder of Johnsontown with his wife Sarah – courtesy Charles Fox<\/p>\n

78j. View from today’s Visitor’s Center site in Harper’s Ferry – about 1910 (Jim Surkamp, Helen Goldsborough) – justjefferson.com<\/p>\n

78k. Abram (Abe) Minor – Shepherdstown (Jim Surkamp, Helen Goldsborough) – 1872-1930 – ancestry.com<\/p>\n

78l. John Wesley Harris with his Storer College degree (John Wesley Harris family and Jim Surkamp) born 1899<\/p>\n

83. John H. Fox – courtesy Charles Fox<\/p>\n

84. Montage <\/p>\n

85. Montage with John H. Fox<\/p>\n

86. The Thankful Poor by Henry Ossawa Tanner – 1894
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86a. The Thankful Poor with quote: Every family within a radius of five miles has felt his influence for good<\/p>\n

87. He was a man of superb courage. Danger never weakened him, disaster never appalled him. Whenever there was something good to dare and do from which others shrank, he was ready. The feeling that he cannot be spared is general. He was a self-made man and<\/p>\n

88-90."He was a man of superb courage. Danger never weakened him, disaster never appalled him. Whenever there was something good to dare and do, from which others shrank, he was ready. The feeling that he cannot be spared is general. He was a self-made man<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

We firmly believe that there is not another section in the United States where a better community of colored people live and are more highly respected than that illuminated by
\nthat beautiful moral and religious life of John H. Fox. Every family within a radius of five miles has felt his influence for good —- He was a man of superb courage. Danger never weakened him, disaster never appalled him. Whenever there was something good to dare and do from which others shrank, he was ready. <\/p>\n

91. and his principal inheritance from his parents was his character.<\/p>\n

92. John Fox 1822? – 1855? born Virginia – on black
\nThe Chimney Corner by Eastman Johnson
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\nartpaintingartist.org\/the-chimney-corner-by-eastman-johnson\/<\/a>
\n92a Chimney Corner with credits<\/p>\n

93. Mother Mary Fox (semblance only)
\nunidentified contraband 1862 – David Hunter Strother
\nVirginia State Library
\nDavid Hunter Strother, Sketches of \u201ccontrabands,\u201d enslaved African Americans who crossed into the federal lines, 1862. Courtesy of the Library of Virginia.Image 7 of 8
\nDavid Hunter Strother, Sketches of \u201ccontrabands,\u201d enslaved African Americans who crossed into the federal lines, 1862. Courtesy of the Library of Virginia.
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\nsouthernspaces.org\/2010\/retelling-virginias-migration-his…<\/a><\/p>\n

94. "Caregiver" Mother Elizabeth "Betsy" Dennis (semblance)
\n"Dressing for the Carnival" by Winslow Homer 1873 – metmuseum.org
\nwww.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/11116<\/a><\/p>\n

95. Humphery Fox death certificate lists John Fox and Betsy Dennis as his parents\u2019 certificate
\nName: Humphrey Fox
\nBirth Date: 12 Dec 1854
\nDeath Date: 5 Apr 1928
\nDeath Place: Mill Creek, Berkeley, West Virginia
\nBurial Date: 7 Apr 1928
\nBurial Place: Douglas Grove
\nDeath Age: 74 years 3 months 23 days
\nOccupation: Farmer
\nRace: Black
\nMarital status: Married
\nGender: Male
\nFather Name: John Fox
\nFather Birth Place: Virginia
\nMother Name: Betsy Dennis
\nMother Birth Place: Lexington, Virginia
\nFHL Film Number: 831272
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96. Marriage certificate of John H. Fox to Hannah Washington
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marries Hannah Washington in 1866
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*
\nJohn H. Fox
\n1900 Census
\nName: John H Fox
\nAge: 54
\nBirth Date: Oct 1845
\nBirthplace: West Virginia, USA
\nHome in 1900: Middleway, Jefferson, West Virginia
\nSheet Number: 5
\nNumber of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 90
\nFamily Number: 90
\nRace: Black
\nGender: Male
\nRelation to Head of House: Head
\nMarital status: Married
\nSpouse’s Name: Mary Fox
\nMarriage Year: 1897
\nYears Married: 3
\nFather’s Birthplace: Virginia, USA
\nMother’s Birthplace: West Virginia, USA
\nOccupation: Farmer
\nHouse Owned or Rented: Own
\nHome Free or Mortgaged: F
\nFarm or House: F
\nNeighbors:
\nHousehold Members:
\nName Age
\nJohn H Fox 54<\/p>\n

97. Two Mothers
\n– Two Kinds –
\nfor the Fox children
\nat the Bower
\nJohn H. Fox – courtesy Charles Fox<\/p>\n

98. TITLE Two Mothers – Two Kinds – for the Fox children at the Bower<\/p>\n

99. TITLE John Fox told grandson Dewey Fox this – that he told grand-daughter Bertha Fox Jones: <\/p>\n

100. His grand-daughter – Jim Surkamp
\n* Her obituary
\nObituary
\njournal-news.net
\nwww.journal-news.net\/obituaries\/bertha-e-jones\/article_03…<\/a><\/p>\n

101. In 2002, she said<\/p>\n

102. Bertha Fox Jones Our people was at the Bower. See? We learned this.
\nTaylor, Evelyn, M.E.(1994). Historical Digest Jefferson County West Virginia’s African American Congregations 1859-1994.: Illustrator Stephen O. Luckett. Washington, D.C.:Mid-Atlantic Regiona lPress. p. 38<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Our people was at the Bower. See? We learned this. and, <\/p>\n

103. all we know that our grandmother – her first name was Mary.<\/p>\n

104. Mother Mary Fox (semblance only)
\nunidentified contraband 1862 – David Hunter Strother
\nVirginis State Library
\nDavid Hunter Strother, Sketches of \u201ccontrabands,\u201d enslaved African Americans who crossed into the federal lines, 1862. Courtesy of the Library of Virginia.Image 7 of 8
\nDavid Hunter Strother, Sketches of \u201ccontrabands,\u201d enslaved African Americans who crossed into the federal lines, 1862. Courtesy of the Library of Virginia.
\n*<\/p>\n

\u201cREFUSING TO JOIN THEIR WATERS AND MINGLE INTO ONE GRAND KINDRED STREAM\u201d: THE TRANSFORMATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA A Dissertation Presented to The Graduate Faculty of The University of Akron <\/p>\n

\u00a92016Ryan C. Bixby ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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015 Illustrating Appalachia: The sketchbooks and publications of Illustrating Appalachia: The sketchbooks and publications of David Hunter Strother, 1833 to 1887 David Hunter Strother, 1833 to 1887 Alee Robins
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