Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Omar Funk Pirkey

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Dublin Core

Title

Omar Funk Pirkey

Subject

Pirkey, Omar Funk (1848-1934)
United States - History - Civil War
Veterans - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County

Description

Photo of a photograph of Omar Funk Pirkey standing on the left side of a group photograph. The photographer has applied white marker as if in preparation of making another print of just him.

The group photograph was taken at an event honoring Civil War Confederate Veterans at Stickley Hall in Woodstock in January 1924. A similar photograph was published in the Free Press on September 26, 2002, commemorating the earlier reunion.

Omar Funk Pirkey was from Strasburg, Virginia, where he was a member of the Strasburg Christian Church.

His parents were John Calvin (1816-1887) and Flora E.(Funk) (1820-1851) Pirkey.

He married Mary Virginia Lehew in 1874. She lived from 1855 to 1944.

Both Omar and his wife are buried in Riverview Cemetery in Strasburg.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

ca 1924

Contributor

Identified by John Taylor and also by H.L. & J. Lockhart who provided a copy of the Free Press Photograph.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Same subject as in Morrison Photo 04740.

Identifier

004750

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Omar Funk Pirkey,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/34286.

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