Charles Brooks Hoard, known as C. B. Hoard within the collection, served in the New York State Assembly from 1837-1838, was Jefferson County Clerk from 1844-1846, and was elected to represent the State of New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1857-1861. During the American Civil War, Hoard attempted to patent the Watertown Musket and was contracted by the federal government to manufacture the muskets for the war effort. C. B. Hoard partnered with Eli Thayer in the development of Ceredo, Virginia, now Ceredo, West Virginia. Thayer, who had hopes of establishing a colony in Ceredo to prove the superiority of free labor in comparison to slave labor, borrowed money from Hoard to help found the colony. After Thayer ran into financial hardships, he signed over his Ceredo properties to C. B. Hoard in order to repay Hoard for the initial loan. In 1869 Hoard relocated to Ceredo, soon followed by his sons, Pitt and S. Floyd Hoard.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Floyd Hoard Stark & Pitt Hoard Stark Collection, 1820-1970. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Floyd Hoard Stark & Pitt Hoard Stark Collection, 1820-1970.
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Image of unidentified cigar-smoking man in top hat
Image of unidentified cigar-smoking man in top hat cheeks colorized, col. (This could be an ambrotype, it was difficult to identify).
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Image of unidentified man
Image of unidentified man, col. (This could be an ambrotype, it was difficult to identify).
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Image of unidentified man, cheeks colorized
Image of unidentified man, cheeks colorized, col. Front cover of frame missing. Gutta percha case.
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W.Va. state capitol, Charleston, W.Va., ca. 1915
W.Va. state capitol, Charleston, W.Va., ca. 1915,col. No postmark, no addressee This capitol building burned in 1921.
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Map of Kenova, W.Va., at the confluence of the Ohio and Big Sandy Rivers.
Map of Kenova, W.Va., at the confluence of the Ohio and Big Sandy Rivers. This map shows the division of lots when Kenova was being formed. The N&W Railroad had some facilities in Kenova at that time, even though their railroad from southern W.Va. to Ohio was not completed until 1892. There is another map in Special Collections that is almost identical, dated 1892, which includes the completed railroad.
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Julia V. Hoard, Ceredo, W.Va., Mar. 25, 1889
Julia V. Hoard, Ceredo, W.Va., Mar. 25, 1889, aged 6 years,b&w. Back reads: Julia V. Hoard, taken at Ceredo Mar. 25th, 1889, aged 6 years. (stamp from Sayre, Brubaker & Co., floating artists).
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Samuel Floyd Hoard, son of Charles B. Hoard, Huntington, W.Va., 1886
Samuel Floyd Hoard, son of Charles B. Hoard, Huntington, W.Va., 1886 b&w. Back reads: taken in 1886, S. Floyd Hoard no backprint.
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Map showing the line of the Ceredo Mineral & Mining Railway Company and its connections, col.
Map showing the line of the Ceredo Mineral & Mining Railway Company and its connections, col. This was a railroad conceived by Charles B. Hoard, one of the founders of Ceredo, Va. now W.Va. It was to travel south through Wayne, Lincoln, and Boone Counties, W.Va. The railroad never came to fruition. Part of the railroad bed was used by the Norfolk & Western RR when it came through West Virginia in 1892. The original name of this railroad was Ohio River & Wayne County Mineral & Railroad Co. Another copy of this map is in a folder in the Stark -Hoard papers, in several fragments.
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Munich costumes, ca. 1870
Peasant costume, Munich, ca. 1870, col. No backprint. Back view is similiar color of back of the woman on the front. These are unique and were produced in Germany. The Hoard family took a vacation in Eurpoe in 1870.
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Munich costumes, ca. 1870
Munich costumes, ca. 1870, col. No backprint. Back view is similiar color of backs of the people on the front. These are unique and were produced in Germany. The Hoard family took a vacation in Eurpoe in 1870.
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Munich peasant costumes, ca. 1870
Munich peasant costumes, ca. 1870, b&w. No backprint. Back view is similiar color of backs of the people on the front. These are unique and were produced in Germany. The Hoard family took a vacation in Eurpoe in 1870.
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Samuel Floyd Hoard, son of Charles B. Hoard, Venice, Italy, Mar. 1870
Samuel Floyd Hoard, son of Charles B. Hoard, Venice, Italy, Mar. 1870, b&w. Back reads: Taken at Venice March 1870, Floyd Samuel Hoard (this is an error, his name was Samuel Floyd Hoard) "For father" Interesting backprint.
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Tyrol peasant costumes, ca. 1870
Tyrol peasant costumes, ca. 1870, b&w. No backprint. Back view is of backs of the people on the front. These are unique and were produced in Germany. The Hoard family took a vacation in Eurpoe in 1870.
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Tyrol peasant costumes, ca. 1870
Tyrol peasant costumes, ca. 1870, b&w. No backprint. Back view is of backs of the woman on the front. These are unique and were produced in Germany. The Hoard family took a vacation in Eurpoe in 1870.
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Congressmen Eli Thayer and Charles B. Hoard
Congressmen Eli Thayer and Charles B. Hoard, b&w. No backprint. Eli Thayer, seated, Hoard standing.were founders of town of Ceredo, WVa.
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Image of unidentified man, cheeks colorized
Image of unidentified woman, cheeks colorized, col. Front cover of frame in pieces, but complete.
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Image of unidentified woman, cheeks colorized
Image of unidentified woman, cheeks colorized, col. Front cover of frame missing.
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Image of unidentified woman, cheeks colorized
Image of unidentified woman, cheeks colorized, col. Front cover of frame separated from back cover, but complete.
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Seating chart and plan of U.S. House of Representatives, 1834-35
Seating chart and plan of U.S. House of Representatives, 1834-35. James K. Polk was speaker of the House, and others on the chart pinpoint the date as 1834-1835.
