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Portrait of Joseph Baker Sibert as a young man.

Joseph was born in Toms Brook to Robert Carman (1890-1955) and Ruth Violet (Baker) (1890-1946) Sibert. He grew up on his parents’ farm and married in 1942 just before he entered the military where…

Portrait of two young men sitting on a bench and wearing suits. The man on the right has been identified as Joseph Baker Sibert. The other man is unidentified.

Joseph was born in Toms Brook to Robert Carman (1890-1955) and Ruth Violet (Baker)…

Photograph of Robert C. Sibert (left), his son, Joseph "Joe" B. (standing), and his wife, Ruth Violet (Baker) Sibert. All three are buried in Mt. Olive United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Robert C. Sibert was born in Mt. Olive, the son of Charles R.…

Photograph of Carl Hisey and his wife Rena.

Carl Hisey was the son of Samuel & Fannie Katherine (Miller) Hisey and worked as a mailman. He married Rena Baker, daughter of Snowden & Lucy Virginia (Grandstaff) Baker.

Together, they had two sons,…

Photograph of Elsie (Barbe) Conner standing next to an automobile from the 1920s era. The Hottle-Keller Homestead in Mt. Olive, Virginia, is visible behind her.

Elsie was born in Fishers Hill, near Strasburg, to Moses Walton (1878-1944) and Lillie…

Photograph of the Reedy family. Pvt. Ralph Reedy was an Army soldier during World War II and is wearing his uniform in this photograph.

Standing, left to right: Ralph Reedy, Vernon Reedy, and Alden Reedy.
Seated, left to right: Judy Reedy Baker…

Photograph of Carl Gilbert Baker of Strasburg in his Army uniform ca. 1942.

Carl was born in Fishers Hill, Virginia, on October 27 1920 and graduated from Strasburg High School. He served in the U.S. Army during World War Two (WWII).

His…

Photograph of Robert C. Sibert wearing a suit and tie and standing beside his wife, Ruth V. (Baker) Sibert.

Photo of an older photograph of Sylvanus and Virginia (Showman) Mumaw with six of their children. Another child of theirs, William H. Mumaw, died in 1879, only 2 years old, and well before this photograph was taken.

Identified (l to r) are:…

Portrait of Norman "Lefty" Baker as a young man.

Portrait of Sadie Herbaugh with her arms folded and wearing glasses.

Sadie Belle was the daughter of Cora Alice (Wine) Baker. Her stepfather was Charles Baker, however, the name of her biological father is unknown. Some records list Sadie’s maiden…

Portrait photograph of Mildred (Baker) Bowman as a young woman.

She was the daughter of David and "Lizzie" (Lindamood) Baker and the sister of Ray and Guy Baker of Mt. Jackson.

She went to Conicville School and resided in Timberville in 2002.

Photograph of Wayne Wetzel as a young boy.

Wayne was born in in St. Luke, son of Jack and Flora (Miller) Wetzel. He married Helen (Baker) Wetzel in 1953. The couple had two daughters, Cathy W. (Wetzel) Reedy and Cindy W. (Wetzel) Fadeley.

He…

Photograph of Joseph Baker Sibert as a young man.

Joseph was born in Toms Brook to Robert Carman (1890-1955) and Ruth Violet (Baker) (1890-1946) Sibert. He grew up on his parents’ farm and married in 1942 just before he entered the military where…

Photograph of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets Murray B. “Bake” Baker and Paul N. Zentz.

The cadets are boxing gloves and posed as though about to box each other in what was then called the Harrison Gym (later became Harrison Hall) at…

Photograph of the students from Bowmans Crossing School about 1911. They are identified as:
1st row (l to r): Ruth Baker, Raymond Baker, Medger Bowers, Clarence ?, Joe Bowers, Fred Grandstaff (Tip Downey), and Mertie Bowers.
2nd Row: Buford…

Group photograph of the Hoover family. Identified from left to right as: Zelia Mae, her father, George, Emmert, her mother, Catherine, and her younger sister, Lois.

George James Hoover was the son of James K. and Virginia (Coffelt) Hoover. He was…

Image of a birth certificate for Sylvia Chapman Bashaw, who was born in the Cora Miller Memorial Hospital in Woodstock, Virginia, on July 24, 1947.

Her parents were Madon Bashaw of Goshen, and Shirley Violet Baker from Mason City, Iowa.

Photograph of two sisters, identified as Lucille (left) and Garlyn (right) Conner.

Portrait of Ida (Baker) Roadcap as a young woman.

She was the daughter of Carl B. and Luella S. Baker.

In 1930, her family lived in Fishers Hill near Strasburg where her father worked as a cooper.

Photograph of two sisters: Virginia (Tisinger) Baker on the left and Anita (Tisinger) Davidson on the right.

They were the daughters of Jacob Thomas Tisinger and Willie (Hepner) Tisinger Zirkle.

Virginia married James Henry Baker…

Cora Ruth (Gochenour) Ludwig standing in the studio and wearing a long dress.

Cora’s parents were Moritz “Morris” and Martha Ella (Baker) Gochenour. Cora was one of nine children.

Cora married Clarence Ashby Ludwig in March 1919. Clarence…

Photograph of Laura Catherine (Keller) Baker wearing a long dress with gloves and a hat.

Laura was from Fisher’s Hill near Strasburg. Her parents were John Henry (1850-1927) and Emma Catherine (Hockman) (1853-1937) Keller.

She married Sidney…
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