Walter W. Paige
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Title
Walter W. Paige
Subject
Paige, Walter W.
Description
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 cabins on the steep hillside behind his home which he sold to people from the Washington, D.C. area for extra income during the Depression. These weekend getaways still stand today.
In the 1930's, he built four cabins on the steep hillside behind his home which he sold to people from the Washington, D.C. area for extra income during the Depression. These weekend getaways still stand today.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified by Jeanette C. Ritenour who knew the subject and had seen the same image before. Information about the cabins came from Tracy McMahon who, with her husband, owned three of them for many years.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
002826
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Walter W. Paige,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/28390.
Comments
Denise Lawrence
Walter Paige was my husband's grandfather. Walter Paige was born in Tunbridge Wells England. Attached is his obituary. He came to the Fort Valley with a hiking group from the Washington DC area in the 1920s. He bought property and a house in the Fort Valley in 1923 and married Bessie Ritenour (a Fort Valley native) in 1924.
Walter's daughter Winona (Paige) Lawrence is my husband's mother. My husband is Alfred M. Lawrence III
Reply
Zach
Thanks for the information Denise, we appreciate being able to add to his story.
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