Photograph of a painting done in 1880 by Julia Kagey of Locust Vale Farm. The farm was located southwest of the Shenandoah Caverns Exit of I-81, in the Rude's Hill area. John Henry Neff purchased 470 acres of land in 1750. It was divided among his…
We believe this little girl is Joanne (Zirkle) Perkins because she appears in another photograph where her older brother, Lew Arden Zirkle, was identified.
Joanne was born to Owen Nathaniel and Audrey Adeline (Miller) Zirkle.
Two children posed together. The boy in this photograph was identified as Lew Arden Zirkle in another photograph. From this, we have determined that he had a younger sister, Joanne, who we believe is the younger child in this image.
Photograph of brothers Ernest W. and Luther A. Zirkle as young children. They were the sons of Clarence Ernest and Bertie Ellen (Bowman) Zirkle, a farming couple from New Market, Virginia. Ernest William Zirkle played baseball for New Market High…