Dr. Frank Wilson Gearing, Sr.
Gearing, Frank Wilson Sr.
Portrait of Dr. Frank Wilson Gearing, Sr., son of Marcellus and Mary Santmiers Gearing. Frank was born in about 1892 and married his first wife, Bertha Whalley in 1917. They had two sons together: Frank Gearing Jr. and John K. Gearing. Bertha died in 1966 and Dr. Gearing married again in 1971 to Jessie Smoot. He died in 1978.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by Virginia Rutz, who was a patient of his. Also identified by Miriam M. Irwin and Jo Anne Lockhart.
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Dr. F. Wilson Gearing, Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001881, 002278, 003203, 011161, 015748, 015750, and 015754.
003203
Imogene Santmiers
Santmiers, Imogene
Photo of a framed photograph of Imogene Santmiers, daughter of George and Mayme Bowman Santmiers. She had a brother named Elwood.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1900-1902
Identified by Nancye L. Bowman, who was a cousin of the subject. She had the same picture at home.
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Truman & Hilda Kibler
Kibler, William Truman (1915-1988)
Kibler, Hilda Catherine Santmiers (1919-1974)
Portrait of Truman and Hilda (Santmiers) Kibler when they were young.
William Truman Kibler was from Edinburg, the son of William Rodney and Lucy Dell (Riffey) Kibler. He married Hilda Catherine Santmiers in February 1938 in Woodstock. She was the daughter of Earl and Mamie (Wilkins) Santmiers.
The couple had two daughters, Joan and Brenda. Hilda was working as a machine operator at Aileen Incorporated at the time of her death in 1974.
Truman married for the second time in June 1976, at the age of 61. His second wife was Dorothy Estella Ryman, from Woodstock.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1940
Identified by Phillis Wright, who was a friend of the subjects.
Additional information compiled from public records.
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