Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph of Harvey Hoffman standing beside his wife, Alice (Crabill) Hoffman.

The couple married in May 1947 so this photograph was taken a couple of years after their wedding.

Harvey was the son of Walter Harvey and Martha Jane (Clem)…

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Heavily damaged portrait of Helen (Middleton) Ritenour. She was the daughter of George Lewis Middleton (1894-1961) and Ada Lee Strosnider (1891-1972), from Strasburg.

At just 19, she married Harold Lee Ritenour (1925-1994), a 19-year old U.S.…

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Photograph of Hunter Lee Ritenour who was then a resident of the Dry Run community in Fort Valley Virginia.

The name, "Wesley Ritenour", is written on the glass plate of this image. Wesley Ritenour was Hunter Ritenour's father.

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Photograph of John Tyler Ritenour wearing a suit and tie and seated on a bench.

John was the son of Milton Ritenour and his wife, Martha Jane (Burner) Ritenour. He married Natalie and had a brother, Roy, and three sisters, Ollie, Catherine, and…

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Photograph of Laura Ritenour standing with one hand behind her back.

Laura was the daughter of Marcus (1851-1916) and Virginia Catherine (Clem) (1852-1919) Ritenour. She was from Fort Valley.

She married twice. First husband was James William…

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Photograph of the four Lichliter sisters, all from Detrick in Fort Valley. Identified as (l to r): Georgie F. Shipe, Reva Mae Lichliter, Anna Lee Ritenour, and Thelma Shiflett. All are buried in Detrick Cemetery in Fort Valley.

Their parents were…

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Portrait of Lillian Ritenour Bowers as a young woman.

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Portrait of two good friends, Lucy Mae Jett (left) and Jeanette Conner Ritenour.

Lucy's first husband's name was Jordan and her second husband's name was Faulkner.

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Photograph of Mark Ritenour seated on a bench and wearing a suit and tie.

Mark worked in Tennessee for many years as the head of a lumber company.

He retired to Shenandoah County where, as of 2004, he lived on the corner of Route 11 and Hoover…

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Photograph of Martha Lou Ritenour and her younger brother, Earl "Buddy" Ritenour.

Their parents were Earl Loudoun Ritenour, Sr. and Virgie (Miller) Ritenour.

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Martha was daughter of John J. Burner and Ellen Smith Burner. Her first husband was Milton Ritenour and her second husband was Mayberry Clem.

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Portrait of Martha Ritenour Thompson as a young woman with a flower in her hair.

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Portrait of Mazie (Ritenour) Wright as a young woman and wearing a pin that says, "Remember Pearl Harbor".

Mazie was the daughter of Lester Lincoln (1895-1965) and Mary Clare (Andrews) Ritenour (1885-1955).

Her husband was Ford A. Wright.

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Portrait of Nettie M. (Ritenour) Burner from the early 20th century. Born in Fort Valley, she was the daughter of George Morgan (1854-1920) and Sarah Frances (McInturff) (1854-1927) Ritenour.

She married William Henry Burner (1875-1966), a farmer…

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Portrait of Perry Garnett Coverstone, of Fort Valley, as a young man.

Perry Garnett Coverstone was still single when he registered for the WWI draft. His emergency contact was listed as “Mrs. D.F. Frederick, Postmaster, Waterlick”. At that time,…

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Portrait of Ralph Bowers wearing his U.S. Army uniform and seated beside his wife, Lillian (Ritenour) Bowers.

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The name, "Ritenour", was written on the glass plate. He is shown here in his U.S. Army uniform.

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Robert L. Clem wearing his U.S. Army uniform and standing beside his wife, Mae McClanahan Clem. Mr. Clem was born on August 6, 1891 and served in WWI. His wife was born on November 30, 1897, and was the daughter of Sarah Ann Ritenour and Mayberry…

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This Ritenour family portrait shows Bernice (Rhodes) Ritenour with her son, Bernard, on her lap, Opal is seated on her father's lap. Roy M. Ritenour is on the far right.

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Portrait of Shirley Ritenour Snow, of Woodstock, as a young woman.

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Sophia Zea as a young girl holding a doll.

Sophia Zea was from Strasburg and her husband was John D. Ritenour.

She lived in Shalimar, Florida, later in her life.

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Three young men wearing hats and suits. The man seated on the right has been tentatively identified as "D. Ritenour". The other two men are unidentified.

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Portrait of an unidentified woman. Although she has been tentatively identified as Martha Jane Burner Ritenour, there is not enough information to confirm it.

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Photograph of Walter Nathaniel Jett as a young man.

Walter was born in Fort Valley to William Clarence and Lucy (Ritenour) Jett. He married Beulah Esta Huffman, also from Fort Valley, in 1923, and they had 8 children together.

Walter was…

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Portrait of Walter W. Paige. Born in Waterlick on June 29, 1881, he married Bessie Ritenour and they lived in a white farmhouse in the northern end of Fort Valley. He died on March 15, 1968 and was buried in Dry Run.

In the 1930's, he built four…
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