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Portrait of Robert Funkhouser as a young man.

Robert was born in Jerome, Shenandoah County, to Amos (1842-1909) and Sarah Elizabeth (Miller) Funkhouser. His father farmed.

As a young man, Robert moved to Washington D.C. where he worked as a…

Photograph of Russell Funkhouser as a child.

Russell was born, and lived, near the Macanie/Hudson Crossroads communities west of Mt. Jackson Virginia.

The photograph was produced by W.L. Mumaw of "Belgrade Virginia" located between Mt.…

Mr. Willard Shirley Funkhouser (who went by Shirley) ran Shirley's Corner Grocery west of Woodstock on Route 42.

Portrait of Willard Shirley Funkhouser (who went by Shirley) standing in his police officer uniform. Later in life, he had a grocery store at Shirley's Corner in Calvary.

Portrait of Sydney Funkhouser as a young man.

Sydney was born in Alum Springs, near Basye, to Floyd Fletcher and Grace Virginia (Nealy) Funkhouser. He was working for Mr. William R. Bryce in Basye when he registered for the WWII draft.

Sydney…

Photo of an older photograph of Sylvanus and Virginia (Showman) Mumaw with six of their children. Another child of theirs, William H. Mumaw, died in 1879, only 2 years old, and well before this photograph was taken.

Identified (l to r) are:…

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…

Left to right: Lizzie Funkhouser (later, Miller), Robbie Fletcher (later, Mumaw), and Fanny Ryman (later, Delawder). These three women from the Conicville area. Lizzie later went to work in Washington in April 1924.

Portrait of Willard Shirley Funkhouser (who went by Shirley) posed in studio. He was the owner and proprietor of Shirley's Corner Grocery at Calvary, west of Woodstock.