Ann "Nance" Clower Adkerson
Files
Dublin Core
Title
Ann "Nance" Clower Adkerson
Subject
Adkerson, Ann "Nance" Clower (1888-1974)
Description
Portrait of Anna Winfield Clower Adkerson wearing a large hat.
She was the daughter of James Henry (unknown-1924) and Antoinette Dubois (Winfield) (1853-1937) Clower. She lived in Woodstock. As a young woman, she taught music with her mother and, later, became a saleslady in an antiques store. She still lived in the family home on N. Main Street with two of her brothers in the 1940 census.
She married late in life, sometime after 1942, and had no children. Her husband was Joseph Carson Adkerson (1892-1985), a mining engineer originally from Lynchburg. His parents were Alonzo Thomas and Lizzie (Carson) Adkerson. He had an impressive career, serving as the manager and engineer of Powell’s Fort Manganese Mines near Woodstock and as the President of the American Manganese Production Association in Washington D.C.
She was the daughter of James Henry (unknown-1924) and Antoinette Dubois (Winfield) (1853-1937) Clower. She lived in Woodstock. As a young woman, she taught music with her mother and, later, became a saleslady in an antiques store. She still lived in the family home on N. Main Street with two of her brothers in the 1940 census.
She married late in life, sometime after 1942, and had no children. Her husband was Joseph Carson Adkerson (1892-1985), a mining engineer originally from Lynchburg. His parents were Alonzo Thomas and Lizzie (Carson) Adkerson. He had an impressive career, serving as the manager and engineer of Powell’s Fort Manganese Mines near Woodstock and as the President of the American Manganese Production Association in Washington D.C.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified by Joseph B. Clower, Jr., subject's cousin.
Additional biographical information was compiled from various public sources.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
000589
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Ann "Nance" Clower Adkerson,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 16, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/22834.
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