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History of Corporal Fess Whitaker.
Louisville, Ky.: The Standard Printing Co., c1918.
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CORPORAL FESS WHITAKER
February 12, 1898, to August 22, 1904
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February 12, 1898, to August 22, 1904
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REV. JIM T. WHITAKER
Pastor Indian Bottom Church
Pastor Indian Bottom Church
THE AUTHOR, AGE 10
EDDIE BROWN
The good-natured schoolmaster
The good-natured schoolmaster
UNCLE WESLEY BANKS
The "Buggar Man" school master
The "Buggar Man" school master
CRISS BROWN
The wooden pistol hero
The wooden pistol hero
BURTON HILL
DAW ADAMS
Mountain Champion Horse Swapper
Mountain Champion Horse Swapper
MATILDA WHITAKER
The author's mother. Born Februay 13, 1848. Died October 30, 1918
The author's mother. Born Februay 13, 1848. Died October 30, 1918
Dr. Gid Whitaker and Rev. Jim whitaker at ages 7 and 9
Twin brothers, Little and Less at age 11
Twin brothers, Little and Less at age 11
STONEGA, VIRGINIA
The place where the author first began work in coal mines
The place where the author first began work in coal mines
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
BURTON HILL SCHOOL HOUSE
LESS WHITAKER AND FAMILY
Assessor and tax collector Potter County, Texas, 1916-20
Assessor and tax collector Potter County, Texas, 1916-20
FESS AND LESS WHITAKER AND FAMILY
When railroading in Texas 1906-12
When railroading in Texas 1906-12
The author when firing for the Sante Fe R. R. and Engineer Brisley
BLACKEY DEPOT
HON. W. S. DUDLEY
President Kentucky River Coal Corporation
President Kentucky River Coal Corporation
HON. JNO. W. LANGLEY
The author's political friend
The author's political friend
LETCHER COUNTY JAIL, BUILT 1908
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
FESS WHITAKER
R. MONROE FIELDS
Commonwealth's attorney, 35th Judicial District, Letcher and Pike Counties
Commonwealth's attorney, 35th Judicial District, Letcher and Pike Counties
UNCLE NATHANIEL COLLINS
Letcher County's first judge and court house
Letcher County's first judge and court house
JUDGE SAM COLLINS
January 1st, 1918-22
January 1st, 1918-22
LETCHER COUNTY COURT HOUSE, BUILT 1898
THE OLD WHITAKER HOME
The author stands where his mother whipped him with a switch from the cedar tree at his right
The author stands where his mother whipped him with a switch from the cedar tree at his right
JOHN COMBS BARLOW
Letcher County's last fugitive
Letcher County's last fugitive
Where the Bransons were killed in the Civil War. Three grandsons now in France
SHERIFF J. D. TOLLIVER
With a captured still
With a captured still
FRANKIE HUGHES
Grandmother of all
Grandmother of all
DR. GID WHITAKER
Graduate 1912
Graduate 1912
DR. LITTLE WHITAKER
Graduate 1912
Graduate 1912
The author and his family on their way to Whitesburg to take charge of the county jail
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
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