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Portrait photograph of Isabelle Bemis (Sheetz) Shannon as a young woman.

She was the daughter of Luther Guy and Elizabeth Weston (Bemis) Sheetz.

Her husband was Phillip Boyd Shannon who she married in 1942 when he was in the U.S. Army. She…

Portrait photograph of Isaiah Bowman with a mustache and wearing a suit and tie.

Isaiah Bowman was a farmer from Edinburg, His parents were Isaac Bowman Bowman and Elizabeth (Painter) Bowman.

His first wife was Annie Elizabeth (Fravel)…

Portrait photograph of Isaiah Bowman with a mustache and wearing a suit and tie.

Isaiah Bowman was a farmer from Edinburg, His parents were Isaac Bowman Bowman and Elizabeth (Painter) Bowman.

His first wife was Annie Elizabeth (Fravel)…

Photograph of Mary Emily (Foltz) Foltz (left), her daughter, Ethel Moore (Foltz) Hamm (center), and her husband, Ivan Romeo Foltz (right).

Ivan was born in Zepp, the son of William S. and Mary Foltz.

He married Mary Emily (Foltz) Foltz in 1918.…

Photograph of Ivan W. Clark, Sr., as a young man seated on a chair.

He grew up near Lantz Mills. He was the son of Earl Lee and Susie Elizabeth (Barrick) Clark. In the 1940 census, his father drove a school bus.

He married Madge Elaine…

Portrait of J. Calvin Bolger.

Bolger was a teacher of instrumental music at Massanutten Academy in 1902. This photograph appeared in a 1902 publication advertising that school.

Photograph of the Reynolds Family.

Pictured from left to right: (Back row) Rachel (Reynolds) Wetzel, John Calvin Reynolds, Eula (Reynolds) Swartz, and Paul Reynolds.

. Clinton "Clint" Reynolds and his wife, Florence (Gochenour) Reynolds are…

Portrait photograph of J. Eldred Swartz, a well-known Shenandoah County resident.

J. Eldred Swartz was the son of Charles Franklin and Ida Belle (Coffman) Swartz from the southern end of Shenandoah County. He graduated from William and Mary…

Portrait photograph of J. Grove Kneisley wearing a suit and tie.

He was a Woodstock businessman, the son of Lewis C. and Frances Catherine (Anderson) Kneisley.

He married Helen May (Yates) Kneisley.

The glass plate negative of this image was…

Portrait photograph of J. Grove Kneisley with round glasses and wearing a suit and tie.

He was a Woodstock businessman, the son of Lewis C. and Frances Catherine (Anderson) Kneisley.

He married Helen May (Yates) Kneisley.

The glass plate…

Portrait photograph of J. Harding Miller in his U.S. Army uniform.

John Harding Miller was born in Mt. Jackson, the youngest of the six surviving children of Edward Jackson and Lelia Arbella (Frye) Miller. His father was a blacksmith who died when…

Portrait photograph of J. Harding Miller in his U.S. Army uniform.

John Harding Miller was born in Mt. Jackson, the youngest of the six surviving children of Edward Jackson and Lelia Arbella (Frye) Miller. His father was a blacksmith who died when…

Photo of two separate photographs.

On the left is a framed portrait photograph of J. Kenneth Robinson, Sr., a Congressman from Frederick County who served for 14 years as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Virginia's 7th…

Portrait photograph of J. Kirby Barb in his U.S. Army uniform.

Kirby Barb was the son of Hosea Columbus and Bessie Victoria (Dellinger) Barb.

His first wife was Margaret Louise (Miller) Barb (1924-1956).

He married again to Anna Elizabeth…

Photograph of James William "J.Wm" or "Bill" Foltz as a young child on a wicker chair and posed beside his older sister, Hazel Virginia (Foltz) Seal.

Their parents were William Buford and Maude (Hoover) Foltz, a farming family from St. Luke.

Group of unidentified people in front of Jacob B. "Byrd" Clem's General Store in Maurertown, Virginia.

The store still stands and was later known as Markley's Store. It is located at 24851 Old Valley Pike.

According to Margaret (Clem)…

Photograph of the unidentified apple workers, posed on large barrels, outside the processing plant owned by J.G. Gravely in Woodstock.

The words, "Virginia Valley Fruit Growers. "Lady Bird & Red Top" brands" are written at the bottom of the…

Photograph of the barn, silos, animals, and hay of the J.H. Tisinger Farm in Mt. Jackson, Virginia.

An unidentified man is visible on the lower left near the horse-drawn cart.

Photograph showing the rail line in Woodstock, Virginia, and several buildings located on W. Court and Commerce Streets.

Pictured on the left of the image is J.I. Triplett's steam mill. That building still stands in 2025 and is home to several…

Photo of a postcard showing an illustrated version of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, a Lutheran minister, statesman, and military officer from the the American Revolutionary War era.

The original postcard was published to celebrate the…

Photo of a postcard showing an illustrated version of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, a Lutheran minister, statesman, and military officer from the the American Revolutionary War era.

At the bottom, a replica of his signature appears.

The…

Damaged photo of a postcard with a depiction of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg giving his famous sermon in January 1776 to recruit continental soldiers in Woodstock Virginia.
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