Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph of Edward H. McClanahan on the arm of a chair and holding a hat in one hand.

Edward was from Fort Valley. He married twice. His first wife was Vollie Blanche Ritenour (1891-1916) but she died in her mid-twenties.

His second wife…

This Ritenour family portrait shows Bernice (Rhodes) Ritenour with her son, Bernard, on her lap, Opal is seated on her father's lap. Roy M. Ritenour is on the far right.

Portrait of Martha Ritenour Thompson as a young woman with a flower in her hair.

Photograph of Martha Lou Ritenour and her younger brother, Earl "Buddy" Ritenour.

Their parents were Earl Loudoun Ritenour, Sr. and Virgie (Miller) Ritenour.

John William Ritenour, Jr., seated, with his second wife, Mattie (Woods) Ritenour, standing beside him.

Portrait of Alese S. (Hoffman) Coffman as a young woman.

Alese was the daughter of Harry Cecil (1902-1964) and Golda E. (Ritenour) (1904-1927) Hoffman.

In the 1930 census, she lived with her parents and two brothers on Kibler Town Road in the…

Portrait of Walter W. Paige. Born in born in Tunbridge Wells England on June 29, 1881, he married Bessie Ritenour and they lived in a white farmhouse in the northern end of Fort Valley. He died on March 15, 1968 and was buried in Dry Run.

In the…

Portrait of Fannie Myrtle Dinges Conner of Fort Valley and her daughter, Jeanette Conner Ritenour.

Portrait of Lillian Ritenour Bowers as a young woman.

Portrait of Alese S. (Hoffman) Coffman as a young woman.

Alese was the daughter of Harry Cecil (1902-1964) and Golda E. (Ritenour) (1904-1927) Hoffman.

In the 1930 census, she lived with her parents and two brothers on Kibler Town Road in the…

Photograph of John Tyler Ritenour wearing a suit and tie and seated on a bench.

John was the son of Milton Ritenour and his wife, Martha Jane (Burner) Ritenour. He married Natalie and had a brother, Roy, and three sisters, Ollie, Catherine, and…

Photograph of Mark Ritenour seated on a bench and wearing a suit and tie.

Mark worked in Tennessee for many years as the head of a lumber company.

He retired to Shenandoah County where, as of 2004, he lived on the corner of Route 11 and Hoover…

The name, "Ritenour", is written on the glass plate of this image of a young man standing beside a bench.

Three young men wearing hats and suits. The man seated on the right has been tentatively identified as "D. Ritenour". The other two men are unidentified.

Portrait of Eva Mae Boyer Ritenour who married Claude Ritenour of Fort Valley.

Photograph of Ernest Boyer in his graduation cap and gown.

Ernest was a farmer in Fort Valley. He married Nancy Campbell and had 3 daughters: Janet Stultz, Jean Bauserman, and Lila Williams.

Robert L. Clem wearing his U.S. Army uniform and standing beside his wife, Mae McClanahan Clem. Mr. Clem was born on August 6, 1891 and served in WWI. His wife was born on November 30, 1897, and was the daughter of Sarah Ann Ritenour and Mayberry…

The name, "Ritenour", was written on the glass plate. He is shown here in his U.S. Army uniform.

Portrait of Perry Garnett Coverstone, of Fort Valley, as a young man.

Perry Garnett Coverstone was still single when he registered for the WWI draft. His emergency contact was listed as “Mrs. D.F. Frederick, Postmaster, Waterlick”. At that time,…

Portrait of Edwin Mckinley Tamkin and his wife, Marybell Frances (Ritenour) Tamkin when they were young.

Edwin was the son of William (1859-1954) and Mary Ella (Brill) (1866-1908) Tamkin. Marybell was the daughter of William Franklin and Ida…

Portrait of two good friends, Lucy Mae Jett (left) and Jeanette Conner Ritenour.

Lucy's first husband's name was Jordan and her second husband's name was Faulkner.

The name, "Ritenour", is written on the glass plate of this image of a young girl seated on a bench.

The name, "Mrs. Selvia Ritenour" is written on the glass plate for this image of a young toddler on a pillowed chair.

Photograph of Shirley (Ritenour) Snow, of Woodstock, as a young woman.

Portrait of Anna Lee (Lichliter) Ritenour as a young woman.

Born in Fort Valley, she was the daughter of William Frederick and Esta Ethelma (Barr) Lichliter.

She married Charles Cecil Warren Ritenour in 1947.
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