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Photograph of Howard J. Benchoff with his first wife, Kathryn Leona (Mahon) and four children.

Identified (l to r) are: Rosalie Keith (Benchoff) Noel, Kathryn Mahon Benchoff, Josephine Harbaugh Benchoff (infant), Howard J. Benchoff, Kathryn Leona…

Photograph of Howard J. Benchoff with his first wife, Kathryn Leona (Mahon) and four children.

Identified (l to r) are: Robert Johnston Benchoff, Josephine Harbaugh Benchoff (infant), Kathryn Leona (Mahon) Benchoff, Howard J. Benchoff, Kathryn…

Photograph of the 1923 Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) Football Team posing on the front steps of Lantz Hall.

The cadet on the front row center is holding a football that has “State Champ Virginia ‘23” written on it.

Pictured are, from…

Photograph of the 1927 Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) football team.

Identified are, from left to right:

Front Row:
John J. Cuomo, Dravo Bliss, Emil A. Gathmann, Unidentified, Unidentified

Second Row:
John Crockett, Unidentified,…

Photograph showing the 1926 Massanutten Military Academy football team on the steps of Harrison Hall.
The cadet on the front row, center is holding a football with the letters "MA" (Massanutten Academy) and the number 26 on it.

This photograph…

Music Ensemble at Massanutten Academy
Photograph of a musical ensemble on the stage Lantz Hall at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). The ensemble includes a mixture of MMA cadets, adults, and Woodstock High School students.

Pictured are, from…

Photograph showing a portion of the 1926 football team from Massanutten Military Academy posed on the steps of a campus building.

The cadet on the front row, center is holding a football with the letters "MA" (Massanutten Academy) and the number…

Photograph of the 1926 Massanutten Military Academy baseball team on the steps of Harrison Hall.

The photograph is hand labeled “Morrison Studio” and “1926 MA” by the photographer. It appears in the 1926 Massanutten Academy catalog.

Pictured…

Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) Band.

This picture appeared in the 1927 school yearbook “The Adjutant.” It contains a hand-written caption written on the negative “The Morrison Studio.”
Pictured are, from left to…

Photograph of Massanutten Military cadets seated in their military uniforms.

Pictured are, from left to right:

Front Row:
Unidentified, Earle Bawden, Les Fouts, Willard Reiley, Unidentified

Second Row:
Arthur Payne Morrow, Unidentified,…

Photograph of Colonel Howard J. Benchoff (on left) with an unidentified Army soldier posing on the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) campus with Lantz Hall visible behind them.

Colonel Benchoff was an influential headmaster of MMA from…

Photograph of nineteen unidentified Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets wearing their school uniforms. They are standing on the steps of a school building.

Pictured are:

Ground Level:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified,…

Photograph of twelve Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets wearing their school uniforms.

Pictured are, from left to right:

Front row:
Marshall D. Smith, Ray Harris, Robert J. Benchoff, Willard M. Reiley, Wallace V. Trautman.

Back…

Photograph of the 1924-1925 Massanutten Military Academy football team, their manager, and coach sitting on the steps of Lantz Hall.

Pictured are, from left to right:

Front Row: Edmund Kavanagh, William A. MacDonough, Robert Bauserman, Herbert…

Photograph of a group of unidentified students and instructors standing in a line in front of Lantz Hall, a Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) school building.

This photograph was taken before the academy adapted a military component. Headmaster…

Photo of a framed photograph of the senior class at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) during the 1926-1927 academic year.

An image of the campus is in the center with the cadets' pictures arranged around it. Each cadet's name is printed beneath…

Portrait photograph of Guy A. Benchoff, a well-known instructor and Commandant of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA), in his school's uniform.

This photograph appears in the 1927 Massanutten Academy yearbook titled: "The Adjutant".

Born in…

Photograph of Howard J. Benchoff with his arm around his young daughter, Rosalie (Benchoff) Noell.

Howard Johnston Benchoff was a well-known and influential headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in Woodstock.

He was the son of…

Portrait photograph of Robert Johnston Benchoff wearing a suit and tie.

Robert was the son of Howard Johnston Benchoff and his first wife, Kathryn Leona Mahon (who died in 1918).

His father served as the influential headmaster of Massanutten…

Rosalie Benchoff as a student at Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock.

Rosalie was born in Virginia, the daughter of Howard Johnston and Kathryn (Mahon) Benchoff, originally from Pennsylvania. In the 1920 census for Woodstock, she and her…

Portrait photograph of Robert J. Benchoff, when he was a cadet at Massanutten Academy.

Robert was a member of the class of 1927 and later, served as headmaster.

Photo of a photograph of Anna Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff as a young woman.

Anna Katharine was the daughter of Milton Hockman and Laura Hottel of Woodstock.

She married Guy Anderson Benchoff in 1924, and the couple worked and taught at…

Anna Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff wearing a hat, wintry outfit, and a fur draped around her shoulders.

Anna Katharine was the daughter of Milton Hockman and Laura Hottel of Woodstock.

She married Guy Anderson Benchoff in 1924, and the couple …

Portrait photograph of Howard Johnston Benchoff, influential headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock.

He was the son of Loudon Francis and Martha Belle (Johnston) Benchoff. His first wife was Kathryn Leona Mahon who died in 1918.…

Photograph of the four children born to Guy Anderson Benchoff and his wife, Anna Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff.

They are identified as:

John "Jack" Milton Benchoff (top left), Ann McCord (Benchoff) Stamm (top right), Betty (Benchoff) Page (bottom…
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