Portrait of Edith Hannah Callahan from Elk Community near Slaty Fork, West Virginia. Born February 6, 1888, she was the daughter of George Luther and Emily Bell McClure Hannah. This is possibly her wedding portrait as she married Thomas Michael Callahan in 1912. Edith Callahan died October 2, 1965 at the age of 77. She is buried in the Old Droop Church Cemetery near Beard, West Virginia. (Preserving Pocahontas Archives, Pearl Carter Ward Collection; ID: PHP001661)
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