Based upon the date on the tombstone and the dress of the individuals, this image was recorded around 1910. The grave is that of Lucretia Straley Hacker, widow of William P. Hacker. The cemetery is Friendship or I.O.O.F. located across of the Fairview Methodist Church (in background) on the Hacker's Creek Road between Jane Lew and Berlin, Lewis County. The people are standing in what is now the road into the cemetery. If you can identify any of the persons in the photo or the occasion for its being captured, please notify joy@hackerscreek.com.
2006 Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants, Inc., Horner, WV
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