Fravel Family
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Dublin Core
Title
Fravel Family
Subject
Fravel, Thomas Hottel Jr. (1920-2007)
Fravel, Cary (Funkhouser) (1881-1945)
Fravel, Charles Monroe (1917-2005)
Description
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 Funkhouser. Initially, Cary’s husband worked as a clerk in the Woodstock post office. In 1930, he was a merchant in a furniture store. In 1940, he was an interior decorator with his own business. Two years later, Tom Fravel became a Deputy Sheriff of Shenandoah County, only a few years before Cary died.
Thomas Hottel Fravel Jr., grew up in Woodstock. In 1940, he worked as a clerk in a retail grocery story. He then moved to Baltimore where he met a nurse, Margaret Etta Ford (1919-2019), from Somerset County, Maryland. They were married in 1941. Mr. Fravel went on to have a successful career with E.I. DuPont and Company in Curtis Bay, Md. He and Margaret raised their two daughters, Cary and Lois, in Linthicum Heights, Md. Next, Thomas was transferred to Sherwin-Williams in Ashtabula, Ohio, where he worked as a quality control supervisor until his retirement in 1984. After they retired, the couple moved to Kilmarnock, Virginia.
Charles Monroe Fravel worked as an assistant to the mortician, V.L. Dellinger, in Woodstock, in 1940. When he registered for the WWII draft, he was still there. He was described as being 6 ft tall and 140 pounds. He enlisted after high school and served in the U.S. Army as a Private 1st Class from April 1942 to August 1945.
In November 1942, while in the Army, he married Mabel Virginia Fansler (1921-2012), in Woodstock. Mabel was from Orkney Springs, the oldest daughter of Boyd Ashby and Edna Blanche (Estep) Fansler. She was a graduate of Triplett High School in Mount Jackson, Virginia. Before marrying she worked at Shaver's Restaurant in Woodstock, from 1940 until 1942 and then at Wender's Department Store from 1942 until 1944.
The 1950 census found Charles and Mabel living in Nashville, Tennessee. They had a 6-year old son, Charles, with them. Their daughter, Deborah Cay Fravel, was born five years later. In 1951, the family moved to Arlington, Virginia, where Charles worked as the funeral director at Murphy’s Funeral Home. They retired to Basye in 1983.
Nettie Cary Funkhouser married Thomas Hottel Fravel (1890-1949) in October 1915 in Woodstock. Her father was Capt. Monroe Funkhouser. Initially, Cary’s husband worked as a clerk in the Woodstock post office. In 1930, he was a merchant in a furniture store. In 1940, he was an interior decorator with his own business. Two years later, Tom Fravel became a Deputy Sheriff of Shenandoah County, only a few years before Cary died.
Thomas Hottel Fravel Jr., grew up in Woodstock. In 1940, he worked as a clerk in a retail grocery story. He then moved to Baltimore where he met a nurse, Margaret Etta Ford (1919-2019), from Somerset County, Maryland. They were married in 1941. Mr. Fravel went on to have a successful career with E.I. DuPont and Company in Curtis Bay, Md. He and Margaret raised their two daughters, Cary and Lois, in Linthicum Heights, Md. Next, Thomas was transferred to Sherwin-Williams in Ashtabula, Ohio, where he worked as a quality control supervisor until his retirement in 1984. After they retired, the couple moved to Kilmarnock, Virginia.
Charles Monroe Fravel worked as an assistant to the mortician, V.L. Dellinger, in Woodstock, in 1940. When he registered for the WWII draft, he was still there. He was described as being 6 ft tall and 140 pounds. He enlisted after high school and served in the U.S. Army as a Private 1st Class from April 1942 to August 1945.
In November 1942, while in the Army, he married Mabel Virginia Fansler (1921-2012), in Woodstock. Mabel was from Orkney Springs, the oldest daughter of Boyd Ashby and Edna Blanche (Estep) Fansler. She was a graduate of Triplett High School in Mount Jackson, Virginia. Before marrying she worked at Shaver's Restaurant in Woodstock, from 1940 until 1942 and then at Wender's Department Store from 1942 until 1944.
The 1950 census found Charles and Mabel living in Nashville, Tennessee. They had a 6-year old son, Charles, with them. Their daughter, Deborah Cay Fravel, was born five years later. In 1951, the family moved to Arlington, Virginia, where Charles worked as the funeral director at Murphy’s Funeral Home. They retired to Basye in 1983.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "July 1922" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by Sarah Williams Nelson who went to the same church as the subjects.
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Thomas Fravel, Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 007630, 007631, and 008390.
Charles Monroe Fravel appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003043, 004850, 004860, 007630, 007631, 0011263, 011264 and 011302.
Identifier
007631
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Fravel Family,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed May 1, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/26532.
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