Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph of Alma Ellis and her big brother, Walter William "Billy" Ellis.

Their parents were Machir and Gladys (Good) Ellis. Their home was on West North Street in Woodstock, but is no longer standing.

Photograph of the birth registration issued for Alma Catherine Ellis who was born on October 21, 1940, in Shenandoah County.

Parents were William Machir Ellis and Gladys Isabelle Good.

Photograph of the birth certificate issued for Alma Deloris Smith who was born in Piedmont, Mineral county, West Virginia, on June 13, 1920.

Parents were Charles H. and Theresa Smith.

Photograph of three sisters: (from l to r) Alma Virginia (Saum) Chapman, Helen (Saum) Hockman, and Ruth (Saum) Fleming.

Their parents were Joseph Leslie and Elizabeth (Keller) Saum.

Their father was a farmer from the Saumsville area near…

Postcard showing the Shenandoah River near Luray Virginia

Portrait photograph of Alta Wenger.

This photograph was used in the 1925 Woodstock High School yearbook, "Connecting Links". Alta graduated from the high school in 1925.

Unidentified woman, seated in the middle, with four unidentified older children posed around her.

An image of an unidentified man in a WWI-era uniform has been added by the photographer to the top left.

Probably, this was meant to be a family…

Alton Carroll Foltz, a farmer from the Edinburg area of Shenandoah County, wearing a suit and tie and standing in the studio.

A. Carroll had two wives. The first, Lizzie E. (Dodson) Foltz, he married in 1911. She died only 8 years later.

His…

Alton G. Plauger as a teenager wearing a suit and tie.

Alton was the son of William E. (1868-1943) and Amanda Leah (McInturff) (1867-1924) Plauger, of Fort Valley. He was one of five siblings.

He attended Fort Valley High School, then moved to…

Photo of a portrait photograph of Alva M. Fravel wearing his U.S. Army uniform.

Alva was born in Edinburg to Jacob Marvin (1895-1954) and Katherine (Clark) (1897-1983) Fravel. As a baby, he lived with his parents on his paternal grandparents’ farm…

Photograph of Alvin “Buddy” Leslie Lucas as a teenager, in glasses and wearing a cardigan over his shirt and tie.

Buddy was born in Saumsville, to Ezra Lee (1878-1958) and Susie V. (Seal) (1891-1976) Lucas. His father farmed and had been married…

Portrait photograph of Alvin A. Lutz wearing a suit and tie.

He served as the Principal of Edinburg High School in the early 1930s.

His parents were Turner Ashby and Cora Lutz. He married Gladys G. (Clem) Lutz. The couple had at least one…

Photograph of the form titled, "Notice of the Separation From U.S. Naval Service" signed by Alvin Durwood Dellinger, in Shelton, Virginia, in May 1946.

Alvin was born on August 30, 1924, in Jerome, Virginia. He was a student in Mt. Jackson, when…

Photograph of the document certifying that Storekeeper First Class Alvin Durwood Dellinger was honorably discharged from the Navy in Shelton, Virginia, on May 10, 1946.

Portrait photograph of Alvin Ashby Lutz, who served as Principal of Edinburg High School for many years.

His wife was Gladys (Clem) Lutz (1909-1966).

Photograph of Massanutten Academy cadet Alvin Otto Price Jr.

This photograph appeared in the academy's 1927 yearbook. In it, Price is noted to be from Woodstock Virginia and his nickname as "Al."

Moving to Shenandoah County in 1950, Amanda Brown turned the fields surrounding her house east of Maurertown into a “nature paradise” filled with plants that supported birds and small animals.

When she wasn’t planting Amanda supported the…

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