Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Postcard showing what was identified as "Harmony Hall (Fort Bowman)" in Strasburg Virginia. The card has a copyright date of 1935 and contains the caption "'Harmony Hall' (Fort Bowman) Strasburg, Virginia. Oldest House in Shenandoah County. Built in…

Seven members of the 1924 Girls basketball team at Woodstock High School are posed in two rows.

Mary Bair Bowman is pictured on the front row holding the basketball. The other individuals are unidentified.

All but one are wearing their team…

Photograph of the Woodstock High School’s 1925 “Girls Basket Ball Team.”
The individuals are, pictured from left to right:

Front Row:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Virginia Riddleberger, Unidentified, Unidentified

Back Row:
Mary Bair Bowman,…

Photograph of Alvin “Buddy” Leslie Lucas as a teenager, in glasses and wearing a cardigan over his shirt and tie.

Buddy was born in Saumsville, to Ezra Lee (1878-1958) and Susie V. (Seal) (1891-1976) Lucas. His father farmed and had been married…

Photograph of Angelo Bowman as a young man.

Angelo was from Fort Valley, a son of James Samuel (1876-1947) and Adeline "Addie" Melvina (McClanahan) (1880-1918) Bowman.

He married a young widow, Myrtle P. (Nicholson) Haun in May 1917. She had a…

Portrait of Anna Mae (Hollar) Bowman Dellinger as a young woman with a flower in her hair.

Anna Mae was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but moved to Shenandoah County as a young child. Her parents were Aden Albert Hollar and Catherine Rebecca…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Barbara Ann (Bowman) Huffman as a young woman with glasses and long hair.

Barbara was the daughter of Harold Leslie and Nannie Rebecca (Seal) Bowman. She was a 1979 graduate of Central High School.…

Portrait photograph of Barbara (Rudy) Bowman as a young woman wearing a heart-shaped locket.

Barbara was the daughter of Raymond Alexander and Beulah Lee (Hockman) Rudy. She grew up in rural Edinburg with two older brothers, Mark and Raymond, Jr. …

Portrait photograph of Barbara (Rudy) Bowman as a young woman wearing a heart-shaped locket.

Barbara was the daughter of Raymond Alexander and Beulah Lee (Hockman) Rudy. She grew up in rural Edinburg with two older brothers, Mark and Raymond, Jr. …

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,…

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…

Photo of a photo of Betsy Bowman Sheetz posed on the grass outside.

Betty Ellen (Bowman) Wisman as a young child standing on a wicker chair.

Betty was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, daughter of Walter H. and Mazie (Coffman) Bowman.

She graduated from Edinburg High School in 1947 and earned a degree in Library…

Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of the Bowman Apple Products Inc. processing plant and the Bowman family apple orchard located just north of Mt. Jackson Virginia.

Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of the Bowman Apple Products Inc. processing plant and the Bowman family apple orchard located just north of Mt. Jackson Virginia.

Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of the Bowman Apple Products Inc. processing plant and the Bowman family apple orchard located just north of Mt. Jackson Virginia.

Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of the Bowman Apple Products Inc. processing plant and the Bowman family apple orchard located just north of Mt. Jackson Virginia.

Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of the Bowman Apple Products Inc. processing plant and the Bowman family apple orchard located just north of Mt. Jackson Virginia.

Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of the Bowman Apple Products Inc. processing plant and the Bowman family apple orchard located just north of Mt. Jackson Virginia.

Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of the Bowman Apple Products Inc. processing plant and the Bowman family apple orchard located just north of Mt. Jackson Virginia.

Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of the Bowman Apple Products Inc. processing plant and the Bowman family apple orchard located just north of Mt. Jackson Virginia.

Three of the younger children born to Joseph Frederick "Fred" Bowman (1913-1953) and his wife, Hazel Marie (Epard) Bowman (1914-1998).

Identified (l to r) are: Eva Marie Bowman, Earl Lee Bowman and Raymond C. Bowman.

The children grew up in a…

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".

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.

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…
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