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Roy Otis Bowman, seated with his wife, E. Margaret (Foltz) Bowman, and their oldest child, M. Eleonora (Bowman) Foltz, posed between them.

The couple was married in 1918. They raised at least five children together in the southern part of…

Photograph of Mary Bair Bowman as a schoolgirl seated on a 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 well-known music…

Photograph of the Bowman Family. They are Hazel (Shipe) Bowman, Arthur Clifton Bowman, and their daughter Dorothy Irene (Bowman) Flynn.

The family lived in New Market.

The name, "Hazel Bowman", is written on the glass plate.

Photograph of Dorothy (Bowman) Flynn.

The name, "Hazel Bowman", is written on the glass plate.

Photograph of Mary Bair Bowman as a young woman.

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 well-known music teacher at…

Portrait photograph of Caroline "Carrie" (Bowman) Wisman as a young woman with short hair and wearing a necklace.

Carrie was the daughter of Charles Courtland and Hilda May (Lutz) Bowman. She went to Edinburg High School and married "the boy next…

Photograph of one page of the military separation documents for Arthur C. Bowman. The page notes he left school in 1930 after 3rd grade and describes his work experience as: "Farm Hand, General -- Was employed by C.S. Holler in Edinburg, Virginia,…

Photograph of Francis Lorain Bowman when he graduated from high school in 1923.

Francis Lorain Bowman was one of many children born to Charles Curtis and Dooney Edna (Furr) Bowman.

He was a member of the St. Luke United Church of Christ near…

Portrait photograph of Mary Bair Bowman as a young woman.

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

Mary was a well-known music teacher at…

Portrait photograph of Mary Bair Bowman as a young woman.

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

Mary taught music at Woodstock High…

Three young children posed together on a stone bench.

On the left is Betsy (Bowman) Sheetz holding the hand of Joseph "Buddy" Hoover Jr. with Buddy's older sister, Dorothy Ann (Hoover) Price on the right.

Betsy's parents were Myron Milton and…

Betsy (Bowman) Sheetz as a girl seated on a bench with her ankles crossed.

Her parents were Myron Milton and Elizabeth (Koontz) Bowman from Woodstock.

In 1946, Betsy married Francis Chalmers Sheetz (1917-2007). At the time of their marriage,…

Photograph of Mary Bair Bowman standing in her graduation cap and gown and holding a rolled certificate.

Photograph of the marriage certificate between Ernest William Bowman of Mt. Jackson, Virginia, and Thelma Virginia Compton of Martinsburg, West Virginia.

The couple married in Martinsburg on May 5th, 1934 and the witness was "Mrs. Alice A. Cave".

Portrait photograph of Nancye Bowman.

The name, "Nancy Bowman", is written on the glass plate.

Portrait photograph of Walter Raymond Bowman wearing a large bow tied at his neck.

He was the only child of William Robert and Lydia Ellen (Stoner) Bowman of Bowmans Crossing.

The Shenandoah Herald reported his premature death on 21 August…

Photograph of the family of James R. and Victoria (Sine) Foltz who attended a family reunion at the homeplace in Hamburg, Virginia, on July 4, 1920.

James R. and Victoria A. (Sine) Foltz were married in 1884.

The group is posed in three rows…

Large group of mostly unidentified people are posed together on the steps of a house.

Identified are: Ida F. Henkel (Bowman) Painter (on porch 6th adult from the left) and her mother, Barbara Ellen (Bowman) Henkel (on porch 3rd from right). The…

Photograph of Charles Curtis Bowman, his wife, Doonie, and seven of their children posed together outside their home in Mt. Jackson.

Identified are:

Standing (l to r): Gordon D. Bowman, Sr., C. Cortland Bowman

Seated (l to r): Francis L.…

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 of Martin Luther Bowman, his wife, Ida Roseanna (Myers) Bowman, and their six children.

Identified from left to right:

Seated: Martin Luther Bowman, Bertie Ellen (Bowman) Zirkle, Ida Roseanna (Myers) Bowman, and Rebecca Mae…

Joseph Earl Bowman, seated, with his bride, Joyce Augusta (Dellinger) Bowman, standing beside him. This image was probably their wedding photograph.

Joseph was a grandson of Ephriam Bowman and a son of Martin Luther and Ida Roseanna (Myers)…

Joseph Earl Bowman as a young man wearing a suit and tie with a starched collar.

He was a grandson of Ephriam Bowman and a son of Martin Luther and Ida Roseanna (Myers) Bowman from the rural Edinburg area of Shenandoah County.

He married Joyce…

Marvin Whiten Bowman as a young boy leaning on the edge of a chair.

Marvin was the son of Kirby Jacob and Nellie (Guiletta) Bowman.

He served on the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors in the late 1940's.

He had two wives. The first was…

Photograph of Louise (Bowman) Cooley in a plaid skirt sitting beside her only son, Billy, who is standing beside her.

Louise was born in Fort Valley, the daughter of Angelo and Myrtle Bowman.

She married Clyde William Cooley, Sr. (1916-2017) in…
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