"Peer"
Peer
The name, "Peer", appears on the plate for this image of a young child standing beside a bench.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "Dec 16 1927" on box of plates.
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002160
Beverly Lichliter Peer & Unknown Man
Peer, Beverly Lichliter
Photograph of 3 separate images of the same two people. The woman has been identified as Beverly Lichliter Peer but the man is still unidentified.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
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Same subject as in Morrison Photos 14633, 14634, and 14468.
004652
Donald Peer
Peer, Donald Perry (1934-1948)
The name, “John Peer” is written on the glass plate of this image. We have identified the picture as that of his son, Donald Perry Peer, as a young boy.
His parents were John P. (1905-1975) and Gladys V. (Richman) Peer (1914-2007) from Saumsville.
Donald was only 13 years old when he drowned one summer afternoon while swimming with friends in Bryan Hepner’s farm pond near Fairview.
He is buried in Saumsville Christian Church Cemetery.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labeled box date of Jan 1938.
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006537
Ernest Wisman
Wisman, Ernest (1890-1969)
Ernest Wisman shown in profile as a young man.
Ernest was from Edinburg and married Erva Lorraine (Peer) Wisman (1896-1987) in 1924.
During his life, he worked as an insurance salesman, teacher, and, during prohibition, as a Federal agent with the Department of the Treasury.
We believe this image was one of two produced for Ernest Wisman's Federal Prohibition Agent identification card
He had two sons, Douglas Peer and William Robert Wisman.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "Nov 30 1923" on box of plates.
Identified by Betty Wisman, daughter-in-law of the subject.
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Ernest Wisman appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 006890, 007678, 007679, 009625, and 018303.
007678
Ernest Wisman
Wisman, Ernest (1890-1969)
Portrait of Ernest Wisman wearing a suit and tie.
Ernest was from Edinburg and married Erva Lorraine (Peer) Wisman (1896-1987) in 1924.
During his life, he worked as an insurance salesman, teacher, and, during prohibition, as a Federal agent with the Department of the Treasury.
We believe this image was one of two produced for Ernest Wisman's Federal Prohibition Agent identification card
He had two sons, Douglas Peer and William Robert Wisman.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "Nov 30 1923" on box of plates.
Identified by Betty Wisman, daughter-in-law to the subject.
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Ernest Wisman appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 006890, 007678, 007679, 009625, and 018303.
007679
Fadeley Siblings
Peer, Ola Mae Fadeley (1925-2013)
Smoot, Katherine Marie Fadeley (1923-1996)
Fadeley, Warren Richard (1921-1977)
Photograph of the three Fadeley siblings as young children. Pictured left to right, are: Ola Mae, Katherine Marie “Kay”, and Warren Richard. Their parents were Lloyd Richard (1895-1953) and Ada Marie (Didawick) (1893-1979) Fadeley.
The 1940 census found the family living together on a farm near Edinburg (Madison District). All three children were raised there.
Ola Mae married Oliver Newton Peer (1922-2013), who was born Maurertown and attended Toms Brook High School, graduating in 1941. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II with the 638th Tank Destroyer Battalion, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and receiving the Bronze Star. He later owned and operated the Woodstock Coin Shop. Both Ola and her husband were longtime and active members of the Edinburg Christian Church as well as other civic organizations in the area. Ola was also known for her beautiful tatting during her later years. After her husband died, she moved to North Carolina for a short time at the end of her life. Both she and her husband are buried in Sunset View Memorial Gardens in Woodstock.
Katherine Marie “Kay” Fadeley married Garrett Odell Smoot (1922-1968) in February 1945 in Washington D.C. Six years later, when their son, Larry Allen Smoot (1951-1984), was born they lived in Arlington, Virginia. By 1957, when their daughter, Kathy Ann Smoot (1957-2021) was born, they had moved back to Shenandoah County. When Kay’s husband died, they lived in the Narrow Passage Creek area near Edinburg.
Warren moved to Washington D.C. as a young man. When he registered for the WWII draft in 1942, he lived at 1431 N Street, N.W. and worked for the Sears Roebuck & Co. on Georgia Avenue, N.W. Physically, he was described as 5’ 5 1/2” tall and weighed 135 pounds.
He married a woman named Louise (from Shenandoah County) in Rockville, Maryland, in 1942. Soon after, he served as a PFC in the U.S. Army during WWII. After the war, the couple divorced in 1946.
A year later, Warren lived in Washington, D.C. and married Nancy Lee (Triggs) (1928-2017) from Albemarle County. By 1950, the census found them living in Arlington, Virginia, where Warren worked as a Route Salesman for a laundry corporation and Nancy worked as a clerk typist for a retail credit association.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1927
Identified by Virginia Rutz. Also identified by Helen L. Wilkens, who lived with the family for four years.
Additional biographical information compiled from public records.
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001611
Helen Crabill Peer & Son, Phil
Peer, Helen Crabill
Peer, Phil
Photograph of Mrs. Helen Peer holding her oldest son, Phil. She wanted this image to send to her husband, Kenneth Keller Peer (1915-1990), who was stationed with the U.S. Army in Chicago, Illinois, at the time.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
December 1943
Identified by Helen Peer herself who had the same picture at home.
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003442
Huie A. Peer
Peer, Huie
Photograph of Huie Peer from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
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Joycie (Grandstaff) Peer Wilkins and Mary (Webster) Ryman
Wilkins, Joycie Grandstaff Peer (1928-1996)
Ryman, Mary Webster (1927 - )
Photograph of Joycie (Grandstaff) Peer Wilkins, with her arms folded, beside Mary (Webster) Ryman.
Joycie was the daughter of James Booten and Mildred (Cook) Grandstaff. She grew up with at least four siblings.
She married Roy Lee Peer (1921-1971), the son of Marion Franklin and Betty (Wymer) Peer.
In the 1950 census, Joycie and Roy lived on Route 11 in the Stonewall District of Shenandoah County where Roy worked as a truck driver for a retail machine company and Joycie raised their two sons, Gerald Odell and Dennis Lee Peer.
A few years after her husband died, in 1976, Joycie married Paul William Wilkins (1910-1995). He was the son of William Isaac and Esta Holler Wilkins. Joycie and Paul lived in Woodstock.
Mary Anna Webster was born in Zepp to Floyd Carson and Valley Maude (Plauger) Webster, a farming couple. Mary had at least six siblings growing up.
She married Ernest Calvin Ryman (1924-1999) in February 1946 in Woodstock. He was in the U.S. Army at the time. His parents were Otis L. and Mary Sue (Tewalt) Ryman, from Woodstock.
In the 1950 census, Mary and Ernest lived and farmed in the Johnston District of the county. They had two young children, Floyd C. and Mary J.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1941-45
ID form was unsigned. Biographical information was compiled from public records.
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002591
Oliver Peer
Peer, Oliver
Portrait of Oliver Peer as a young man.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca. 1940
Identified by Frances Walker, a friend of the subject.
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003643
Woodstock High School Students
Students - Virginia - Woodstock
Public schools - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph of the Freshman class of Woodstock High School. Ruth Rice, Edna Burner, and Arlene Vann are in the photograph although we do not know where. Gladys Richman Peer Copp was the 1st girl in the 2nd row from the top. The teacher on the far left was Miss Margaret Magruder.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by Joe Clower and Virginia Rutz. Also identified by Allan E. Rickard, nephew of Gladys Richman Peer Copp, one of the students pictured.
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003798