Portrait photograph of Bessanna (Clem) Trussell as a young woman. Born in Woodstock, she was the daughter of Roy Monroe and Olla Mae (Ritenour) Clem. Her husband was Shirley Guy Trussell (1921-1986) from Purcelleville, Virginia, whom she married in 1942 The couple lived in Frederick County for most of their married lives. Bessanna's husband was a security guard for the Federal Government when he died .
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "June 1945".
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Bessanna (Clem) Trussell appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 025151 and 025152.
Portrait photograph of Bessie (Emswiller) Grim with short, wavy hair. The picture was taken from the side, showing her in profile. Bessie (Emswiller) Grim was the daughter of Marion and Duna Holler Emswiller. Her husband was Charles "Charlie" Edward Grim, Jr. She had many siblings including: Catherine, May, Goldie, Guy, Carl, Fred, and Ray.
Identified in 2002 by Elizabeth Smith and Eunice Willett, who went to school with the subject and her siblings.
Holsinger, Bessie Irene Lambert (1918-2002)
Portrait photograph of Bessie (Lambert) Holsinger as a young woman. Bessie was the daughter of William Franklin and Mary Lottie (Painter) Lambert. She married Alfred Holsinger, Sr. in Harrisonburg in March 1939. The couple raised three sons, Alfred Jr., Barrie L, and Darryl J. Holsinger.
Identified in 2002 by Virginia Rutz, who knew the subject.
Biographical information was compiled from public sources.
Bessie (Lambert) Holsinger appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001429 and 009786.
Portrait photograph of Bessie Mae (Racey) Dellinger as a young woman. Bessie was the daughter of Melvin and Helen (Whetzel) Racey. Her first husband was Charles Frank Coffman (1907-2002) whom she married in 1946. Her second husband was Richard Polk Dellinger (1906-1983) whom she married in 1967.
Bessie (Rhinehart) Pollard as a girl standing by a bench with a bow in her hair. Her parents were Winton D. and Fannie Louella (Pullin) Rhinehart. She married Pete Pollard.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Sept 1916".
Identified in 2009 by Lisa J. Croom, a cousin of the subject. Bessie's father was Lisa's grandmother's uncle. Lisa had the same photograph at home.
Bessie (Seal) and John Jr. Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth, Bessie Caroline (Seal) (1909-1970)
Hollingsworth, John Roland, Jr. (1932-2009)
Bessie (Seal) Hollingsworth, wearing a winter coat with a fur collar, is seated on a bench with her son, John R. Hollingsworth, Jr., standing beside her. Bessie was the daughter of Otha W.O. and Lula Blanche (Henry) Seal and the second wife of John R. Hollingsworth, Sr. John Jr. appeared in the 1950 census as the oldest of four children living on his parent’s farm near Woodstock. He was a policeman in Woodstock when he married Ailon Katherine Lineweaver (1938-2021) in 1961. She was the daughter of Frank Gilbert and Katherine Lee (Clowser) Lineweaver and lived in Star Tannery. She worked as a clerk typist. The couple raised at least two sons together: John Roland Hollingsworth, III (born 1963), and Kevin Lee Hollingsworth (born 1964). John R. Hollingsworth, Jr. and his wife are buried together in Woodstock.
Identified in 2005 by Phyllis Wright, a first cousin of Bessie (Seal) Hollingworth. Phyllis had the same photograph at home.
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
John R. Hollingsworth, Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 012231 and 012395.
Bessie C. (Seal) Hollingsworth appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 012395, 029534, and 029554.
Bessie Crider (standing) and Catherine Crider (sitting) posed together.
Labelled "January 1937" on box of plates.
Identified by Graham Conner who went to school with them.
Catherine Crider appears in Morrison Studio images 012182 and 012158.
Photograph of Bessie Myrtle (Barbe) Glass and her son Galen Glass. Bessie was a native of Shenandoah County who married to Guy G. Glass. The family lived in Loudoun County, Virginia, near the town of Middleburg. The name, "Mrs Guy Glass", is written on the glass negative.
Additional information and identification provided by staff based on newspaper articles detailing Bessie Glass's visits to her family in 1934 and 1936.
Seibert, Bessie Bruce Koontz (1878-1955)
Portrait photograph of Bessie (Koontz) Seibert (left) and her sister Susan Koontz (right). The two were the daughters of Rovert Koontz and Elizabeth (Fravel) Koontz. Bessie married Charles Seibert and Susan remained unmarried.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Jan 1913".
Bessie (Koontz) Seibert appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 012242 and 026645.
Photograph of Bessie McInturff in October 1914.
Oct. 1914, per subject's niece, Carolyn Chapman
Labelled as "Oct 1914" on box of plates.
Identified in May 2002 by her niece, Carolyn Chapman.
Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Baptist churches - Virginia - Clarke County
Photograph of Bethel Baptist Church, also known as Bethel Baptist Memorial Church, a historic Baptist church building located at White Post, Clarke County, Virginia. It replaced an earlier log Quaker meeting house, used by the Baptist congregation from 1808. Bethel was built between 1833 and 1836, and is a two-story, rectangular brick church in the Federal style. It has a front gable roof. The front of the church features separate entrance doors for men and women. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
Identified in 2005 by Barbara Adamson who visited the church. She remembered it was located at Route 622 (Swift Shoals) and Route 625 (Bethel Lane).
Church's historical information was extracted from an article on-line at the Wikipedia website.
Unidentified Slaves, EnslavedPerson:19010
Betsy Jane (O'Neil) Fishburn seated on a bench with short hair. Betsy had a sister, Alma Hottle (1929-2023) who was from Woodstock. Betsy's first husband was a Sager; her second was named Fishburn.
Identified in 2005 by a friend of the subject, however, the ID from was unsigned.
Betsy J. (O'Neal) Fishburn appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 009693, 011996, and 029384.
Photo of a photograph of Betsy (Bowman) Sheetz as a young woman posed on grass outdoors. Her parents were Myron Milton and Elizabeth (Koontz) Bowman from Woodstock. In 1946, Betsy married Francis Chalmers Sheetz (1917-2007). At the time of their marriage, Betsy was a waitress and her husband worked at the American Viscose plant (later called Avtex Fibers) in Front Royal. The couple is buried together in Woodstock.
Recognized in 2007 by her friend, Sarah W. Nelson.
Betsy (Bowman) Sheetz appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002313, 022625, and 022628.
Betsy (Bowman) Sheetz as a girl seated on a bench with her ankles crossed. Her parents were Myron Milton and Elizabeth (Koontz) Bowman from Woodstock. In 1946, Betsy married Francis Chalmers Sheetz (1917-2007). At the time of their marriage, Betsy was a waitress and her husband worked at the American Viscose plant (later called Avtex Fibers) in Front Royal. The couple is buried together in Woodstock.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Jun 1934".
Betsy (Bowman) Sheetz With Buddy and Dorothy Hoover
Three young children posed together on a stone bench. On the left is Betsy (Bowman) Sheetz holding the hand of Joseph "Buddy" Hoover Jr. with Buddy's older sister, Dorothy Ann (Hoover) Price on the right. Betsy's parents were Myron Milton and Elizabeth (Koontz) Bowman. The two Hoover siblings were the children of Joseph Ray (Sr.) (1904-1966) and Dorothy (Koontz) (1903-2002) Hoover. All three children were from Woodstock.
Identified in 2011 by Lena F. Fuller, who remembered that Betsy Bowman and the two Hoover siblings were cousins.
Joseph "Buddy" Hoover, Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 015825, 022626, 022677, and 022678.
Dorothy (Hoover) Price appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 015825, 022626, 022677, 022678, and 024968.
Portrait photograph of Betsy Jane (O'Neal) Fishburn. Her first husband was named Sager; her second was named Fishburn.
Identified by library staff in 2024 based on the identity of Morrison image 011996.
Betsy J. (O'Neal) Sager Fishburn appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 009693, 011996, and 029384.
Recording & registration - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of the birth registration certificate issued for Bettie Ann Baker, born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on March 30, 1941. Her parents were Elwood Davis Baker and Effie Elizabeth Lindamood.
Photograph of the birth registration issued for Bettie See Sager who was born on March 18, 1930, in Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County. Parents were Charles H. Sager and Jess L. Showman.