Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Receipt acknowledging payment from George Fravel to Philip Spengler for taxes in 1820. Both lived in Shenandoah County.

The amount paid included 2 levies, 2 slaves, 5 horses, 351 acres of land, and 2 lots.

The receipt is dated September 12,…

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Advertisement card for "Fravel & Feller's" makers and sellers of furniture and undertakers in Woodstock Virginia.

The card is undated and features the image of a woman on the reverse.

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Emma was born in Edinburg to Samuel (1809-1887) and Mary (Painter) (1814-1888) Fravel. Her mother was from Indian Fort Farm.

She grew up in a farming family in Edinburg and appears there with her family in the 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses.

By…

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Gladys Hottle Fravel as a young girl.

This appears to be a reproduction of an earlier image also created by Morrison Studios.

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Linden Alton Fravel at a year old.

Linden was the son of William Dallas Fravel (1888-1962), of Woodstock, and Olive Catherine (Stultz) Fravel (1889-1982).

Linden had finished 2 years of college when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1943.…

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Sallie Gochenour Fravel wearing a white dress and locket. Sallie had a sister named Cora Gochenour.

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Merville Fravel as a young boy.

Merville was the only son of Hubert Franklin (1884-1955) and Lucy Cleveland (Clark) (1885-1964) Fravel. He grew up in rural Woodstock on a farm.

He married Flora Alice (Ryman) (1909-2004) Fravel in 1927. She…

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Portrait of Gladys Hottle Fravel as a young woman.

Gladys was the daughter of John Franklin (1868-1941), a farmer, and Cora Virginia (Wisman) Hottel (1873-1959).

She married John David Fravel (1887-1950) in Woodstock in June 1921. He was, the…

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Photograph of Katherine Virginia Clark Fravel holding her son, Alva Marvin Fravel, on her lap.

Katherine was the daughter of Richard Jackson (1867-1955) and Nannie Carlisle (Dirting) (1874-1959) Clark.

She married Jacob Marvin Fravel…

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Photograph of Katherine Virginia (Clark) Fravel holding her son, Alva Marvin Fravel, on her lap.

Katherine was the daughter of Richard Jackson (1867-1955) and Nannie Carlisle (Dirting) (1874-1959) Clark.

She married Jacob Marvin Fravel…

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Photograph of Margaret Fravel as a young girl.

She was the daughter of Nevin Fravel and Lula May Wisman Fravel.

Margret married John Robert Wilkins and they had two children, John Robert Jr and Kline Monroe Wilkins.

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Photograph of Merville Elbert Fravel as a boy.

Merville was the only son of Hubert Franklin (1884-1955) and Lucy Cleveland (Clark) (1885-1964) Fravel. He grew up in rural Woodstock on a farm.

He married Flora Alice (Ryman) (1909-2004) Fravel…

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Portrait of Cary (Funkhouser) Fravel with her two sons, Thomas Hottel Fravel, Jr. (left) and Charles Monroe Fravel (right).

Nettie Cary Funkhouser married Thomas Hottel Fravel (1890-1949) in October 1915 in Woodstock. Her father was Capt. Monroe…

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Portrait of Cary (Funkhouser) Fravel with her two sons, Thomas Hottel Fravel, Jr. (left) and Charles Monroe Fravel (right).

Nettie Cary Funkhouser married Thomas Hottel Fravel (1890-1949) in October 1915 in Woodstock. Her father was Capt. Monroe…

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Photograph of a man wearing a U.S. Army uniform from the WWI era.

The image contains the last name Fravel.

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Portrait of William Silas Getz in his U.S. Army uniform and his wife, Florine Fravel Getz.

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Photograph of a group of mostly unidentified school students in front of the doorway of Mount Vernon School which was located west of Woodstock where routes 676 and 763 cross (adjacent to Milton Fravel's farm). The building is still standing and is…

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Photo of a photo of the Fravel family taken in the studio. Pictured are: (l to r) Benjamin Fravel, his daughter, Elda, and his wife, Mary.

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Portrait of John Preston Fravel wearing a suit. A pen is visible in his breast pocket.

John Preston Fravel was the son of Malpheus Abner (1874-1945) and Anna L. “Annie” (Wisman) (1872-1933) Fravel. His parents farmed in the Fairview area near…

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Portrait of Charles Monroe Fravel, son of Thomas H. (1890-1949) and Nettie Carey (Funkhouser) (1881-1945) Fravel.

In 1940, Charles worked as an assistant to the mortician, V.L. Dellinger, in Woodstock. When he registered for the WWII draft, he…

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Photograph of Thomas Fravel standing beside a bench as a young boy.

He was the son of Thomas Hottel Fravel Sr. and graduated from Woodstock High School in 1938.

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Photo of a photograph of Alva M. Fravel wearing his U.S. Army uniform.

Alva was born in Edinburg to Jacob Marvin (1895-1954) and Katherine (Clark) (1897-1983) Fravel. As a baby, he lived with his parents on his paternal grandparents’ farm on…

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Portrait of Elda Estelle Fravel (1902-1993). She was the daughter of Benjamin Edward and Mary Elizabeth (Ryman) Fravel. Elda lived a long life and never married. She is buried in the cemetery of St. Johns United Church of Christ in Harrisville, west…

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Portrait photograph of Linden Alton Fravel (1919-1971) when he was a U.S. Army Air Force Cadet.

Linden was the son of William Dallas Fravel (1888-1962), of Woodstock, and Olive Catherine (Stultz) Fravel (1889-1982).

Linden had finished 2 years…

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Portrait of Irving “Swifty” Fravel as a young man wearing a suit and tie.

Swifty Fravel was born in St. Luke near Woodstock to Clarence Cleveland (1886-1947) and Beulah Catherine (Kern) (1885-1973) Fravel, a farming couple.

When he registered…
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