Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Charles A. Fravel as a young boy and posed beside a birthday cake with two candles in it.

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Photo of three separate images showing different people.

The girl in the middle photograph has been identified as Gladys Evangeline (Hottel) Fravel.

Gladys was the daughter of John Franklin (1868-1941), a farmer, and Cora Virginia (Wisman)…

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Cropped photograph of some of the students of the Mt. Vernon School. This is one section of a larger group photograph.

Identified is Hubert Fravel standing in the back row on the far left. The other students are unidentified.

Mount Vernon…

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Merville E. Fravel wearing a suit and bow tie and standing beside a studio prop.

Merville was the only son of Hubert Franklin (1884-1955) and Lucy Cleveland (Clark) (1885-1964) Fravel. He grew up in rural Woodstock on a farm.

He married Flora…

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Photograph of the paper receipt produced by Dr. Roy C. Fravel for a $29 house call dated 1949.

The call may have been to a Mrs. Emily or Emery Bushong, but it cannot be confirmed.

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Portrait of Charles Monroe Fravel and his wife, Mabel Virginia (Fansler) Fravel. Charles was born in Woodstock to Thomas Hottel (1890-1949) and Nettie Cary (Funkhouser) (1881-1945) Fravel. Mabel was born in her family's home in Basye, Virginia, the…

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Portrait of Charles Fravel with his wife, Mabel.

Charles grew up in Woodstock, the son of Thomas Hottel Fravel (1890-1949) and Cary (Funkhouser) (1881-1945) Fravel.

In 1940, he worked as an assistant to mortician, V.L. Dellinger. When he…

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Portrait of Thomas Hottel Fravel Sr. wearing a suit and tie.

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Portrait of Gerald Clark Fravel as a young man and wearing a suit and tie.

Gerald was the son of Jacob Marvin (1895-1954) and Katherine (Clark) (1897-1983) Fravel, from the Edinburg area of Shenandoah County. He had an older brother, Alva M.…

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Portrait of Gerald Fravel wearing his U.S. Navy uniform.

Gerald was the son of Jacob Marvin (1895-1954) and Katherine (Clark) (1897-1983) Fravel, from the Edinburg area of Shenandoah County. He had an older brother, Alva M. Fravel (1919-1984).…

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Photograph of four generations of the Wisman/Fravel/Wilkin Families.

Seated, from left to right, is Ida Pauline Wisman, Margaret Pauline Wilkins, and John Robert Wilkins Jr. (baby).

Standing behind them is Lula May Wisman Fravel.

Ida is…

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Patricia (Fravel) Newland (seated) and her older sister, Shirley (Fravel) Wright , when they were young girls.

Their parents were Fred and Viola (Lucas) Fravel.

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Portrait of Omar Fravel, Jr., brother of Hugh Fravel, as a young man.

Omar was from Woodstock, the son of Omar H. Fravel Sr. and Mettie (Pence) Fravel. In the 1940 census, Omar lived with his parents and younger brother, Hugh, on Commerce Street.…

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Portrait of Milton Lloyd Hite, son of Milton L. Hite and Emma (Sheetz) Hite. He married Anna Mary Fravel in 1911. The couple had four children: Mrs. Charles Cover, Anna Lee Hite, Richard L. Hite, and J. Edwin Hite.

He lived in Edinburg and worked…

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Photograph of a second grade class that met in a building at the west end of Lawyers' Row. The Walton Law Office and the Wickham house are visible in the background.

The teacher in this image was Agnes Fravel.

Also identified in the photograph…

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Photograph of four members of the Fravel Family.

Pictured is Margaret Pauline Fravel (back left), Alva Marvin Fravel (back right), Gerald Clark Fravel (front left), and Florine Wisman Fravel (front right).

Margaret and Florine were sisters,…

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Portrait photograph of Dr. Roy Clyde Fravel, a well-known doctor in Woodstock.

Dr. Fravel was the son of Charles Frederick (1859-1922) and Ida Bell (Hottel) (1859-1929) Fravel. He grew up in Woodstock.

He was a practicing physician at St.…

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Portrait of Irving “Swifty” Fravel as a young man wearing a suit and tie.

Swifty Fravel was born in St. Luke near Woodstock to Clarence Cleveland (1886-1947) and Beulah Catherine (Kern) (1885-1973) Fravel, a farming couple.

When he registered…

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Portrait photograph of Linden Alton Fravel (1919-1971) when he was a U.S. Army Air Force Cadet.

Linden was the son of William Dallas Fravel (1888-1962), of Woodstock, and Olive Catherine (Stultz) Fravel (1889-1982).

Linden had finished 2 years…

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Portrait of Elda Estelle Fravel (1902-1993). She was the daughter of Benjamin Edward and Mary Elizabeth (Ryman) Fravel. Elda lived a long life and never married. She is buried in the cemetery of St. Johns United Church of Christ in Harrisville, west…

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Photo of a 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 on…

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Photograph of Thomas Fravel standing beside a bench as a young boy.

He was the son of Thomas Hottel Fravel Sr. and graduated from Woodstock High School in 1938.

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Portrait of Charles Monroe Fravel, son of Thomas H. (1890-1949) and Nettie Carey (Funkhouser) (1881-1945) Fravel.

In 1940, Charles worked as an assistant to the mortician, V.L. Dellinger, in Woodstock. When he registered for the WWII draft, he…

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Portrait of John Preston Fravel wearing a suit. A pen is visible in his breast pocket.

John Preston Fravel was the son of Malpheus Abner (1874-1945) and Anna L. “Annie” (Wisman) (1872-1933) Fravel. His parents farmed in the Fairview area near…

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Photo of a photo of the Fravel family taken in the studio. Pictured are: (l to r) Benjamin Fravel, his daughter, Elda, and his wife, Mary.
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