Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph of five men posed together outdoors.

They are identified as (l to r):

Front row, seated: Dr. John W. Wayland and Frank Bowman

Standing in back: Tom Painter, Garnett Painter, and Fred Painter.

Eleonor Lynn (Sager) Bowman standing in front of a brick fireplace and wearing a wide-brimmed hat, corsage, and gloves with her dress.

She was the daughter of Mark and Anna Martha (Jenkins) Sager of Toms Brook.

She married Wayne Watson Bowman…

Photo of two separate photographs of C. Cooper Bowers and his wife, E. Louise (Bowman) Bowers.

Cooper was born in Edinburg, the son of Charles Edward and Effie (Fox) Bowers. He did carpentry work for C.E Thompson, for 27 years, was the owner of…

Photograph of the 1954 Dedication Ceremony of the Gordon D. Bowman stadium on the campus of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in Woodstock.

On the front row of the grandstand in the foreground is Gordon D. Bowman, Sr. (left), MMA Headmaster…

Photograph of Robert J. Benchoff, Headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) (third from right), is standing with Gordon Bowman, Sr. (far right) and other unidentified people under trees.

This photograph was taken in 1954 when the Gordon D.…

Group photograph of the employees of Irvin Inc., a wholesale distributor business that operated just north of Edinburg on Route 11.

Identified are (l to r):

Front row: Royston Shiley, Tommy Helsley, Dave Barb, Margaret Fadeley, Norma Lambert,…

Photograph of Robert J. Benchoff, Headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) (third from right), is standing with Gordon Bowman, Sr. (far right) and other unidentified people under trees.

This photograph was taken in 1954 when the Gordon D.…

Gordon Bowman, Sr. (far left), MMA Headmaster Robert J. Benchoff (2nd from left) and other unidentified dignitaries from Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in Woodstock attend the 1954 dedication of the Gordon D. Bowman stadium on the MMA campus.

Photograph of Future Farmers of America (FFA) students at Strasburg High School. The subjects are a mix of students and older men, possibly teachers.

We have identified four boys in the front row based on the names stitched onto their jackets.…

Photograph showing members of Edinburg High School's 1956 Senior Class posed in front of the school’s main entrance.

Pictured are, from left to right:

Front Row:
Caroline “Carrie” Terrell Marshall, Ramona “Punky” Blaine Newland, Jean “Hep”…

Photo of two separate photographs of C. Cooper Bowers and his wife, E. Louise (Bowman) Bowers.

Cooper was born in Edinburg, the son of Charles Edward and Effie (Fox) Bowers. He did carpentry work for C.E Thompson, for 27 years, was the owner of…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Gordon Derwood Bowman, Sr. in a suit and tie.

Gordon Bowman, Sr. was a well-known philanthropist from Shenandoah County. He was a commercial fruit grower and farmer,

He was also very active in the…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Gordon Derwood Bowman, Sr. in a suit and tie.

Gordon Bowman, Sr. was a well-known philanthropist from Shenandoah County. He was a commercial fruit grower and farmer,

He was also very active in the…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Gordon "Sonny" Bowman, Jr. in a suit and tie.

He was one of the Shenandoah Valley's most notable citizens, having served as president of Bowman Apple Products from 1975 until 2009 when he became…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Gordon "Sonny" Bowman, Jr. in a suit and tie.

He was one of the Shenandoah Valley's most notable citizens, having served as president of Bowman Apple Products from 1975 until 2009 when he became…

Photo of two separate photographs of Gerald l. Bowman and Diane Leigh Cooley posed together.

Gerald was the son of Harold Leslie and Nannie Rebecca (Seal) Bowman.

Diane was the daughter of Donnie Lee and Doris Lee (Polk) Cooley.

The couple…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Barbara Ann (Bowman) Huffman as a young woman with glasses and long hair.

Barbara was the daughter of Harold Leslie and Nannie Rebecca (Seal) Bowman. She was a 1979 graduate of Central High School.…

Photograph of Gordon D. Bowman, Sr. standing with the cadets from the Massanutten Military Academy's (MMA) marching band.

Gordon Bowman, Sr. was a well-known philanthropist from Shenandoah County. He was a commercial fruit grower and farmer.…

Photograph of the Woodstock High School’s 1925 “Girls Basket Ball Team.”
The individuals are, pictured from left to right:

Front Row:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Virginia Riddleberger, Unidentified, Unidentified

Back Row:
Mary Bair Bowman,…

Seven members of the 1924 Girls basketball team at Woodstock High School are posed in two rows.

Mary Bair Bowman is pictured on the front row holding the basketball. The other individuals are unidentified.

All but one are wearing their team…

Photograph of Mary Bair Bowman as a young girl standing on a wicker chair.

Mary was the only child of Franklin Schmucker (1871-1963) and Sarah Fletcher (Supinger) (1870-1953) Bowman. Her father was a merchant in Woostock.

Mary became a…

Photograph of the birth registration issued for Dorothy Irene Bowman who was born on September 8, 1943, in Shenandoah County.

Parents were Arthur Clifton Bowman and Hazel Lee Shipe.

Photograph of a certified copy of a marriage record dated 10 July 1946, and attesting that Ervin Richard Clem, 21 years old, and Robbie May Bowman, 18 years old, were married in Woodstock, Virginia, on November 6, 1937.

Ervin lived in Quicksburg…

Betty Ellen (Bowman) Wisman as a young child standing on a wicker chair.

Betty was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, daughter of Walter H. and Mazie (Coffman) Bowman.

She graduated from Edinburg High School in 1947 and earned a degree in Library…

William Fred Bowman, known as "Fred", shown as a young man wearing a suit and tie, and standing with his hands behind his back.

He was the fourth child born to Martin Luther and Ida Roseanna (Myers) Bowman, a farming couple from the Hamburg area…
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