Clarence Kibler and Family
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Title
Clarence Kibler and Family
Subject
Kibler, Clarence Arndt (1887-1972)
Kibler, Bessie B. (Finks) (1885-1950)
Kibler, Audrey Katherine
Kibler, Gyneth
Description
Clarence Kibler, seated, with his second wife, Bessie (Finks) Kibler and his two daughters, Audrey Katherine (standing) and Gyneth posed around him.
Clarence was the son of James Kibler of the Woodstock area. Clarence was the Commissioner of Revenue for Woodstock and/or Shenandoah County at one time.
He also had a small greenhouse operation near the Woodstock town park.
Clarence was married twice. His first wife was Clara Sheetz (daughter of William and Henrietta (Sheetz) Sheetz). They married in 1907 and Audrey was their daughter. Clara died in August 1911.
His second wife was Bessie Finks who is pictured here. Her parents were John and Emma (Brown) Finks. She and Clarence married in June 1916 and had a daughter, Gyneth, born in 1918.
Clarence was the son of James Kibler of the Woodstock area. Clarence was the Commissioner of Revenue for Woodstock and/or Shenandoah County at one time.
He also had a small greenhouse operation near the Woodstock town park.
Clarence was married twice. His first wife was Clara Sheetz (daughter of William and Henrietta (Sheetz) Sheetz). They married in 1907 and Audrey was their daughter. Clara died in August 1911.
His second wife was Bessie Finks who is pictured here. Her parents were John and Emma (Brown) Finks. She and Clarence married in June 1916 and had a daughter, Gyneth, born in 1918.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labeled "July 1926" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified in 2008 by P.M. Fravel who noted Clarence Kibler was a friend and relative of his family. Mr. Fravel remembered that Clarence Kibler "would come to Stephens City (early 1960s) where we had greenhouses at the time and purchase plants to take back to retail."
Identified also in 2008 by Virginia Stultz Gochenour and Harold "Tooter" Huffman.
A Shenandoah Herald newspaper article dated Friday 3 November 1933 (front page) noted that Clarence Kibler was erecting a new hot house on Washington Street in Woodstock.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Clarence Kibler appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 013937 and 015693.
Audrey Katherine Kibler appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 013937 and 015693.
Bessie B. (Finks) Kibler appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 013937 and 015693.
Gwyneth Kibler appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 013937 and 015693.
Identifier
013937
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Clarence Kibler and Family,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed September 23, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/43797.
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