Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Private Camps-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Single sheet document produced by Camp Strawderman. It appears to be a type of weekly update broadside. It includes weather forecast, schedules, and other information. It is dated July 6, 1941.
Folder 3.37: “Yoo Hoo” Camp Strawderman Document, July 6 1941, Series III Camp Strawderman, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
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Advertisement for Thomas Manufacturing Company Disc Drills and Grain Drills sold by Snarr and Miley Store in Toms Brook Virginia. The advertisement is undated, but includes testimonials from individuals dated 1911.
FOLDER 1.21: "The 'Thomas' Disc Drills" advertisement, Snarr and Miley Company, Toms Brook Virginia, undated, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Political Elections-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Political Campaigns-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Republican Guide to Voters, 1959. Includes photographs of candidates for local offices and House of Delegates endorsed by the county Republican Party. Election is dated November 3, 1959. It includes hand written returns for each office.
FOLDER 1.40: Republican Guide to the Voters of Shenandoah County for the election of 1959 with returns, Shenandoah County Election Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Two photographs. One showing a cemetery in an unknown location and a second showing an unidentified woman inside that cemetery. Both photographs are labeled on the reverse "October 2" 1914."
BOX 18: FOLDER 18.4: Lois Mark's "Snap Shots" book, ca. 1914, Photograph Series, Mary Ann Williamson Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Four (4) photographs showing the Shenandoah River just east of Woodstock Virginia. Three (3) of the images show the river's "Seven Bends" from the area of what is now the Woodstock Tower. The fourth was taken from what is now Frenchs Woods Road east of Woodstock. It shows the river and mountains in the background, including part of the current Seven Bends State Park. All four photographs were taken by the same, unknown photographer, ca. 1930.
BOX 17: FOLDER 17.10: Shenandoah County Dams and Waterways, undated, Photograph Series, Mary Ann Williamson Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Photograph from an album entitled "Our Trip" to Strasburg VA, dated September 1901. The album is dedicated to "Ethel Bowman" whose parents hosted the travelers during their visit and who labeled each photograph. The photograph shows an unidentified woman aiming a rifle. It bears the following label: "Steady" "Take Aim" "Fire!" The Result-She Hit the Bull's Eye.
Shenandoah County Photograph Collection : Our trip to Strasburg Photo Album, 1901, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
James Worth Pence was born on April 23, 1893 to Milton M. Pence and Nanetta E. (Neff) Pence in Quicksburg, Virginia. James was the youngest of ten children: Fredericka Davies, Philip Pence, Verner Pence, Louisa Funkhouser, Lawrence Pence, Rose Pence, Lawrence Pence, Elizabeth Snapp, Paul Pence, and Mae Wisman. James was married to Louise W. Pence. He died in Staunton, Virginia, on March 28, 1958, and is buried at the Cedarwood Cemetery in Edinburg, Virginia.
Folder 2.4 Identified Photographs from Album, Moses Getz Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Carts & wagons - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Walter Herman Saum was born on March 2, 1879 to Green B. Saum and Mary Elizabeth (Hollar) Saum. He had two sisters, Ethel Mary (Saum) Hockman and Mrs. Allen Orndorff. Walter died on October 7, 1912. He was buried as Walter Harman Saum at the Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery in Harrisville, Virginia. This photograph was taken by the Morrison Photography studio in Woodstock, Virginia. The location and date of this photograph are unknown.
Folder 1.30 Saum, Walter Herman, Shenandoah County Photograph Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Photograph showing Guy Tamkin, Nellie Riffey Tamkin, Carl W. Tamkin, and Essie Riffey Tamkin soon after the double marriage ceremony for the two brothers and two sisters. The couples were married on October 25, 1922 in the District of Columbia in a double ceremony. Carl and Essie lived in Woodstock Virginia where he worked as a salesman and she was a homemaker. Guy and Nellie remained in the District of Columbia where he worked as an electrician for automobiles and she was a finisher for furs.
Folder 1.18 Tamkin Wedding, 1922, Shenandoah County Photograph Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Gutridge, Emma Frances Smedley (1914-1995)
Smedley, Annie Rebecca Kibler (1885-1965)
Emma: BIRTH 11 May 1914 Sperryville, Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA DEATH 13 Dec 1995 (aged 81) Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA BURIAL Kirkersville Cemetery Kirkersville, Licking County, Ohio, USA Married: William Eugene Gutridge in 1946 Annie: BIRTH 13 Mar 1885 Page County, Virginia, USA DEATH 23 Oct 1965 (aged 80) Licking County, Ohio, USA BURIAL Kirkersville Cemetery Kirkersville, Licking County, Ohio, USA daughter of Reuben Albert Kibler and Sarah Frances Carpenter
A cabinet card photograph of Jacob Ryman. The photograph was produced by Leedham of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Jacob Ryman was born September 10, 1877 in the St. Luke Community of Shenandoah County. On December 23, 1903 he married Rose Riffey also of St. Luke. At the time he is listed as a farmer. By 1917 he is living in Ellwood City, Lawrence Pennsylvania where he is working as a "Hammer Driver" at the Steel Car Forge Company. His WWI draft registration card noted he had a finger on his left hand amputated at the knuckle. Jacob was still working at the forge in 1920, but he passed away on January 27, 1923 of pneumonia. His profession was given as "Ice Dealer." He is buried at Saint Luke Lutheran Church in Saint Luke, Virginia alongside his wife who died in 1962.
Folder 1.4 Photo of Jake Ryman, undated, Shenandoah County Photograph Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Recording & registration - Virginia - Shenandoah County
This is a family register belonging to the Fadely family. The register was a page from the family Bible. The page lists names and dates of births. The page lists Sybilla Fadely, who was born April 20, 1828; Uriah Jonathan Fadely, who was born August 27, 1867 (and was baptized by Reverend Henry Wetzel); Susannah Sine, who was born December 27, 1793; and George Showman, who was born June 21, 1787. Sybilla Fadely was married to Jonathan Fadely. They had three children: Uriah, Salome, and Selina. Susannah Sine was married to George Showman on May 26, 1829.
Fadely Bible Record, Bible Record Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Photographic postcard showing "Charlotte Josephine Bowman." The card is labeled "age 5, Xmas Greetings to Aunt Sarah" which dates it to December 1921. Charlotte was born August 14 1916 in Shenandoah County Virginia. Her parents were Milton H. Bowman and Georgia F. Kibler. She died January 17, 2006 in Bennington Vermont.
#6, Shenandoah County Photographs : Wakeman Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Photographic postcard showing Rena Frances Coffelt. The image was produced by Woodstock photographer Hugh Morrison and is undated. Rena Coffelt was born September 19, 1916 in Woodstock Virginia. On April 12, 1938 she married Ernest Albert Copp, a laborer in Woodstock. She died April 27 1974 and is buried at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Fairview, west of Woodstock.
Folder 1.5 Lizzie Coffelt Autograph Book and Photograph of Reno Coffelt, 1889-1895, Shenandoah County Photograph Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Undated photograph showing "Miss Edith (May) Miller." Edith Milller was born March 28, 1878 in Edinburg Virginia and died on April 28, 1955 in the same town. Her parents were George M. and Fannie Vincent Miller. Siblings were W.V. Miller, Elizabeth Miller Rae, and Martha Miller Hudgins. She is buried in Edinburg's Cedarwood Cemetery.
Folder 1.16, "Miss Edith Miller," undated, Shenandoah County Photograph Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Riffey, Irva Catherine Rinker (1883-1971)
Photograph showing Perry Franklin Riffey and his wife Irva Catherine Rinker Riffey. The two were married on November 23, 1913 by J.W. Hauserman, a Lutheran minister, at Thomas Rinkers House in Jerome Virginia. At the time Perry was a postal clerk living in Washington DC and Irva was a resident of Shenandoah County.
Box 1: Folder 1.1: Riffey Family photos (Perry, Irva, Cheste?), undated, Shenandoah County Photograph Collection, 1864-2004, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.