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Portrait photograph of Eva (Sager) Hottel sitting in studio with her young son, John Edward Hottel, on her lap.

Eva (Sager) Hottel:

Eva was the daughter of Jess Luther and Lula (Borden) Sager, a farming family. In 1931, she married John Paul…

John Edward Hottel at approximately one year of age. He is standing on a chair in studio.

John was a son of John and Eva (Sager) Hottel and the oldest of five children. He graduated from Woodstock High School in 1949 and went into the Army soon…

Mary and Ruth Hollingsworth, posed together, outside a house.

We do not know which sister is which.

Their parents were Alfred Reese and Mary (Hockman) Hollingsworth.

Ruth and Mary Hollingsworth posed together outside of a house.

We do not know which sister is which.

Their parents were Alfred Reese and Mary (Hockman) Hollingsworth.

Portrait photograph of Durus Calvin Hottel

At the time of this photograph Duruss Hottle was a member of the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors.

Stanley Hollar shown with his family, his wife, Dora (Hottel) Hollar and their daughter, Elsie Hollar.

The name, "Hollar", is written on the glass plate.

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 Massanutten Military Academy…

Portrait 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…

Family photograph showing Ann (Dirting) Hottel (left), Thomas Hottel Sr. (rear), Ida Belle (Hottel) Fravel (right) and Charles Monroe Fravel (infant).

These individuals are four generations of a single family with Ann being the mother of Ida who…

Photograph of Ida Fravel (left), Charles Monroe Fravel (infant), Thomas Hottel Sr. (rear) and Ann (Dirting) Hottel (right),

The individuals are four generations of a single family with Ann being the mother of Ida who is the mother of Thomas who…

Portrait photograph of Virginia (Spiker) Hottel as a young woman.

It is likely the photograph was taken about the time she graduated from Toms Brook High School.

Virginia was born in Maurertown to Sydney and Flossie (Borden) Spiker.

She…

Durus Calvin Hottel as a young man standing beside a wicker chair in the studio.

His parents were Calvin and Rebecca (Beydler) Hottel.
Durus lived in the Zion Church area, just east of Maurertown. He was a farmer and served on the Shenandoah…

Two women wearing winter coats and large hats are posed together.

The younger woman on the right has been identified as Anna Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff. The other woman is unidentiifed.

Anna Katharine was the daughter of Milton Hockman and…

Photograph of James Franklin Wetzel as a boy, posed cheek-to-cheek with his mother, Drucilla (Hottel) Wetzel.

James lived in Woodstock as a boy, but spent his later years in Edinburg. He finished high school and served in the U.S. Army during WWII…

Photograph of Earl and Charlotte (Hottel) Rinker posed with their baby son, Randolph. Mr. Rinker is wearing his U.S. Army uniform. The family lived in Toms Brook.

In addition to serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, Mr. Rinker worked for…

Photograph of (l to r) Sadie B. (Hottel) Kingree and Frances M. (Lloyd) Kirby.

Sadie was born in Shenandoah County and was a daughter of Daniel and Joanna (Wolverton) Hottel. She was married, for a time, to Eugene Kingree. She was a member of…

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)…

Portrait of Eva (Sine) Hottel as a young woman with her hair pulled up.

Eva was the daughter of Wilbur F. (1866-1926) and Ida Adelia (Wright) (1866-1936) Sine. She was the oldest of seven children born in the Johnston District of Shenandoah…

Portrait photograph Anna Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff of Woodstock wearing a hat and fur coat.

Photograph of three generations: Ann (Dirting) Hottel (front right), her daughter, Effa Lee (Hottel) Will (front left), and her granddaughter, Nellie R. (Will) Reid (middle).

Effa Will and her daughter Nellie R. (Will) Reid lived in Grand…

Large group of unidentified people assembled for a reunion picnic at what is now the Hottel-Keller Memorial site off Back Road near Mt. Olive.

Originally founded in 1921, the group is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the Germanic…

Photograph of Mildred Hottel, of Woodstock, holding an eagle and a shotgun.

She killed the eagle with the H & R Shotgun in the photograph.

Hugh Morrison, Jr. sent a copy of this photograph to H & R for an advertisement, but the co-president,…

Photograph of the Oscar Hottel farm located 2 miles east of Woodstock near Reservoir Road.

Pictured left to right are: Allie (Feagans) Hottel, her daughter Helen (Hottel) Fahnestock, Allie's husband Charles Hottel, and their son, W. Jacob…

Photograph of Robert "Bob" Holt Riddleberger with his wife, Nancy French (Hottel) Riddleberger, and their son, Robert Holt Riddleberger, Jr.

The family moved from Edinburg to Strasburg where they remained for many years.

There, he owned and…

Portrait photograph of Elsie Orndorff as a young woman.

She married Reese Hollingsworth Hottel (born on October 31, 1916) from Woodstock, but she was from the Cedar Creek area of Shenandoah County.
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