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| Keywords: Photograph of Samuel David Dunavant (7 November 1839 – 14 January 1906) and his wife Mary Virginia Corpening Dunavant (6 November 1846 – 30 January 1891). Photo is believed to have been taken on or around the occasion of their wedding in 1869. Card photograph, slightly colorized with green tint on Virginia’s dress and red tint in hair ornament. Original card photograph bears insignia of C. Campbell’s Photographic Gallery, 9th and Main Streets, Richmond, VA, on the back; original was once larger but borders on all sides have been cut in order to fit the photograph into the small frame in which it was donated (frame has since been removed). Samuel Dunavant served the Confederacy during the Civil War, first in Co. E, 6th Regiment NC Troops and later after being wounded at Fredericksburg and Seven Pines, VA, in Co. K, 4th Regiment VA Cavalry. After the end of the war he settled in Morganton, NC, and became a very prolific and successful railroad contractor, completing many projects in western NC, throughout the South, and in Jamaica. His projects developed many western NC cities and towns, and included a large contract for the South & Western Railroad, predecessor of the Clinchfield Railroad - the last Class I railroad built in the eastern United States. In addition to his work building railroads he was also a highly successful entrepreneur owning and operating several businesses in Morganton including a livery stable, brick manufacturing concern, the Eagle Hotel, and the Dunavant Cotton Manufacturing Company (later Alpine Cotton Mill). A detailed biography and history of Dunavant’s work and extended family has been written by donor Chris Robertson, a Dunavant decendant. Titled Railroad Builders: The Dunavant Family of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, a copy of it is included with the collection and is also freely available here – www.lulu.com/shop/http:/www.lulu.com/shop/c-h-robertson-m... Photograph of Samuel David Dunavant (7 November 1839 – 14 January 1906) and his wife Mary Virginia Corpening Dunavant (6 November 1846 – 30 January 1891). Photo is believed to have been taken on or around the occasion of their wedding in 1869. Card photograph, slightly colorized with green tint on Virginia’s dress and red tint in hair ornament. Original card photograph bears insignia of C. Campbell’s Photographic Gallery, 9th and Main Streets, Richmond, VA, on the back; original was once larger but borders on all sides have been cut in order to fit the photograph into the small frame in which it was donated (frame has since been removed). Samuel Dunavant served the Confederacy during the Civil War, first in Co. E, 6th Regiment NC Troops and later after being wounded at Fredericksburg and Seven Pines, VA, in Co. K, 4th Regiment VA Cavalry. After the end of the war he settled in Morganton, NC, and became a very prolific and successful railroad contractor, completing many projects in western NC, throughout the South, and in Jamaica. His projects developed many western NC cities and towns, and included a large contract for the South & Western Railroad, predecessor of the Clinchfield Railroad - the last Class I railroad built in the eastern United States. In addition to his work building railroads he was also a highly successful entrepreneur owning and operating several businesses in Morganton including a livery stable, brick manufacturing concern, the Eagle Hotel, and the Dunavant Cotton Manufacturing Company (later Alpine Cotton Mill). A detailed biography and history of Dunavant’s work and extended family has been written by donor Chris Robertson, a Dunavant decendant. Titled Railroad Builders: The Dunavant Family of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, a copy of it is included with the collection and is also freely available here – www.lulu.com/shop/http:/www.lulu.com/shop/c-h-robertson-m... | ||||
