Photo From 1800s Shows Local Man Reading Herald

"I'd like to get that picture in the paper," Clyde Claycomb, 93, said to his sister, Anna May Clapper, one day.

Clapper reached out to the Herald to make that happen.

Hanging in Claycomb's living room is the painted version of a photo taken of his wife's great-grandparents.

In the photo, John Border and his wife Margaret are sitting on their front porch. While Margaret works on a quilt, John reads a newspaper. The title of the paper clearly says "Martinsburg," and Claycomb believes it is the original Morrisons Cove Herald, which was previously called the Martinsburg Herald.

Betty, Claycomb's late wife, was one of Chester and Mary Ulery Swartz's 10 children.

Chester was the son of Andrew and Margaret Border Swartz, who had seven children.

Margaret was one of three children born to John and Margaret Border.

According to Claycomb's daughter, Carol Rugh, John Border was a soldier in the Civil War. He enlisted on Oct. 21, 1861. He was shot in the foot and was a prisoner of war.

While marching to the South, John lagged behind due to his injury. Eventually, he hid behind a tree to escape.

"And they never missed him," Rugh said.

The Borders are buried at St. John's Lutheran Church, also known as Potter's Creek Lutheran Church, about a mile and a half from Claycomb's home.

The Border's house, though uninhabited now, still stands, according to Rugh.

Claycomb is a WWII veteran. He married Betty in 1946, and they had two children, Carol and Steve.

Clapper said Claycomb has always been a history buff, and he has an impressive collection of local history beyond this photo.

Another artifact Claycomb has from Border's life is his discharge paper. This document is about 2 by 3 feet, and it hangs on a wall in a guest room in Claycomb's house.

These papers list out every military engagement Border participated in.

A member of the family found this document in Gettysburg.