Unidentified young man wearing a double-breasted suit and tie with a high starched collar.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
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Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing a pen in his breast pocket.
Unidentified woman with glasses standing by a chair and wearing a locket around her neck.
Sarah E. (Wisman) Bushong & William L. Bushong
Bushong, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sarah Wisman (1889-1972)
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sarah (Wisman) Bushong holding her first-born son, William Lee Bushong. Lizzie was the daughter of William Luther (1859-1908) and Sarah A. (Doll) (1857-1930) Wisman. She was the third of four children born to the couple. In the 1900 census for the Stonewall District of Shenandoah County, her father’s occupation was listed as “Comm. Of Revenue”. Ten years later, Lizzie lived with her widowed mother and two siblings. She married Emery Franklin Bushong in 1911. Over their years together, they had four sons: William Lee, Gilbert F., Forest B. and Garland W. In the 1930 census, the farming family lived on Boyer Road, still in the Stonewall District. After her husband died, she remained in the area and the 1950 census found her with two lodgers, a married couple from South Dakota, who probably helped her with the farm work. In her later years, she also worked as a nurse in a hospital. William Lee Bushong, known as “Lee”, was the son of Emery Franklin (1889-1949) and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sarah (Wisman) (1889-1972) Bushong. He grew up with three brothers on a farm in the Stonewall District of the county. In 1921, 6-year old Lee and his younger brother, Gilbert, survived a harrowing 250-foot fall over a precipice across the river from the Triplett power plant. It occurred when the horse his father was using to pull a wagon up a mountain broke away and ran over the cliff with the wagon and boys attached. The two boys were found badly bruised but alive at the foot of the cliff near the river. They had to be rescued by boat. The newspaper article described the event as “one of the most remarkable escapes in the history of the mountains”. He married Ruth Elizabeth (Clem) (born in Pennsylvania) in July 1935, in Cumberland, Maryland. In the 1940 census, they both lived on State Road 604 (Fairview Road) near Woodstock with Lee’s parents. Lee worked as a stock dealer. Ruth worked as a bookkeeper at a private school. Their marriage did not last and they divorced in 1941. For a time, Lee and two brothers, Gilbert and Forest "Peanut" Bushong, had a ranch in the Snowy Ridge area of Wyoming. Lee was a hunting guide there. He married for the second time in 1942, in Boonesboro, Kentucky. His wife, Bera Maxine (Brosious) (1917-2010) was born in Kane, Wyoming, the daughter of Joseph J. and Mary (Herren) Brosnious. Lee worked with horses much of his life. He and his wife were known for being avid race horse owners in the Front Royal area. Lee was also a well-known stock man and cattle dealer. His wife bred Limousin Cattle and worked as a teacher and administrator in the Warren County Public School system for 32 years. They did not have children.
Identified in 2009 by Betsy (Hoffman) Bushong, whose husband was Sarah's grandson and William's nephew. Relatives have this photograph and she had seen it before.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Information about the Bushong accident was originally published on 1 September 1921 in the Shenandoah Herald newspaper and was also reprinted in the Past Events Section of the Free Press, Shenandoah County, Virginia, on March 11, 2011. We have extracted information from the reprinted article.
Sarah E. (Wisman) Bushong appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 005903 and 009635.
Unidentified man, seated, with two unidentified small children standing beside him. Probably, this was a family group.
The two unidentified children appear in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 009636 and 009637.
Three unidentified young children, of varying ages, posed together in the studio. Probably, these were siblings.
The two older unidentified children standing on each end of the image appear in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 009636 and 009637.
Unidentified woman wearing a long dress and standing beside a chair.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman wearing a square-necked dress.
Unidentified woman wearing a wintry overcoat and a hat with a long feather in it.
Two unidentified women, both wearing hats, and posed together in the studio.
Unidentified woman standing beside a bench and wearing a wide-brimmed hat and overcoat.
Unidentified woman wearing a hat and dress with a fur collar and holding a fur muff.
Unidentified young woman wearing a long, belted dress and holding the back of a bench.
Unidentified young man and woman standing together.
Unidentified young child seated on a wicker chair.
Two unidentified children, a boy and an older girl, standing together in the studio. Probably, these were siblings.
Unidentified small child standing on a wicker chair.
Unidentified woman holding a small child, probably her own.
Unidentified baby propped on a pillowed chair.
Unidentified woman with glasses, seated, and a young unidentified girl standing beside her. Probably, this was a mother and her daughter.
Unidentified young woman standing beside a wicker chair and wearing a long-sleeved dress.
Unidentified young man seated on a wicker chair and wearing a suit and tie.
Photo of a photograph taken outdoors of a young unidentified boy wearing a cap and short pants. It appears the photographer has cropped out the other persons who originally appeared in the photograph.
Unidentified woman and child seated together on a bench.
Photograph of two unidentified women, one standing and one seated, posed together in the studio.