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Portrait photograph of Ernest Franklin Coffman Sr. with a mustache and wearing a suit with a vest and starched collar

Ernest Coffman, Sr., was the husband of Lou Hammer and father of Geneva (Coffman) Conger, Hazel (Coffman) Fadely, Virginia…

Photograph of Ruth (Barton) Coffman and her young daughter, Barbara, seated in her lap.

Photograph 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…

Sada (Coffman) Evans is pictured with two grandsons, Stanley (standing) and Ray A. Wakeman (on her lap).

Sada's first husband was Philip Benton Clem (1876 - 1905). After he died, she married Charles Albert Evans (1882 - 1958).

Mary Catherine Coffman pictured as a barefoot young child and seated on a wicker chair.

She was the daughter of Clacie Franklin and Arlene Catherine (Bowman) Coffman and a resident of Woodstock.

She never married.

Photograph of Fannie Luella (Long) Coffman seated on a chair in the studio.

Fannie was born in the Conicville area of Shenandoah County. The specific place noted on her birth registration was “near Cabin Hill”. Her parents were John Jackson…

Portrait photograph of Ernest Coffman, Sr.

He was the husband of Lou Hammer and father of Geneva (Coffman) Conger, Hazel (Coffman) Fadely, Virginia Coffman, Ernestine (Coffman) Mitchell, Madge (Coffman) Clark, Christine (Coffman) Barrick, Ernest…

Photograph of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock, Virginia.

Superimposed on the image are small, oval photographs of M. Coffman, the Superintendent of the Sunday School, and Rev. S.W. Kuhns, the Pastor.

Photograph of the students from Bowmans Crossing School about 1911.

They are identified as:
1st row (l to r): Ruth Baker, Raymond Baker, Medger Bowers, Clarence "Pete" Ward, Joe Bowers, Fred Grandstaff (Tip Downey), and Mertie Bowers.

2nd…

Photograph of a document dated 4 May 1945 and listing Purple Heart recipients in the 96th Infantry Division.

First Lieutenant Gilbert E. Coffman Jr., received his award for wounds sustained on Okinawa Island.

Photograph of a marriage certificate dated September 15, 1940, stating that Charles F. Wightman and Martha A. Coffman were joined in the holy state of matrimony in Woodstock.

Photograph of a birth registration for Bobbie Jean Wightman, who was born on October 13, 1942 in Shenandoah County.

Her parents were Charles Franklin Wightman and Martha Alice Coffman.

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 photograph of Alice Coffman as a young woman in a flowered dress.

Portrait photograph of Clacie Franklin Coffman, Sr. (1903-1970), son of Joseph and Maude Dellinger Coffman.

He married Arlene Bowman and had a daughter, Mary Catherine Coffman.

He later married Ruby Ford Koontz and had two sons, Clacie, Jr.…

Photo of two photographs. On the right is Kolbe Coffman and on the left is an unidentified couple.

Portrait of Flora (Gochenour) Coffman as a young woman.

Flora was born in Maurertown, the daughter of Levi and Susie Gochenour. She was one of nine children.

She married Harold Coffman (1916-1995) in 1938. While he served in the Civilian Public…

Portrait of Charlotte Painter Poland as a young woman. Charlotte was born on March 1, 1922, at Edinburg, Virginia, the daughter of the late Clayton Painter and Irene Coffman Painter.

She was a lifetime member of Bethel Lutheran Church, where she…

Photograph of sisters Dorothy Seal Coffman Clem (seated) and Alice Coffman Borden Elm (standing) as children.

Photograph of Harold Coffman and Flora (Gochenour) Coffman standing together in the studio. Flora is wearing a flowered corsage on her dress. This picture was taken around the time of their marriage.

Harold was the son of Noah Walter (1876-1948)…

Photograph of Mazie and Ben Lambert standing behind their mother, Mrs. Annie Belle (Didawick) Lambert.

Annie Belle was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Barbara M. (Holtzman) Didawick. She married Kirby Daniel Lambert (1876-1931) and had two…

Gilbert Ray Coffman as a young man, seated, and wearing a suit and tie.

From the Saumsville area, Gilbert was the only child born to Philip Ray (1895-1952) and Stella (Richman) (1897-1922) Coffman. His mother died soon after he was born. Gilbert…

Photograph of the marriage certificate for Milton Coffman, of Woodstock, and Alma Deloris Smith, of Piedmont, West Virginia. They were married on November 9, 1942 in Piedmont, WV at the Trinity Methodist Church by Reverend James L. Robertson.

Photo of a framed school photograph of Dorothy Frances (Good) Gochenour from the 1940-1941 academic year, probably her senior year of high school.

Dorothy was born in Maurertown, to William Joseph and Ruth Emma (Coffman) Good, a farming family. In…

Photo of a photograph of two separate images of Milton "Skeets" Coffman Sr.

Milton was born in Florida, the son of Berna Walton (1871-1955) and Alberta Gertrude (Walker) (1894-1965) Coffman. He had a twin sister, Martha Alice (Coffman)…
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