Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photo of an older photograph of Jeremiah Evans and his wife, Sarah Jane (Gochenour) Evans.

Jeremiah was a shoemaker who enlisted as a Private in the Confederate Army in April 1861. His parents were Jeremiah S. Evans and Mary (Biedleman)…

Photo of a postcard photograph of an unidentified man with a beard and mustache in a Confederate military uniform indicating he held the rank of Captain.

Unidentified older man and woman, both wearing round glasses, are seated together outdoors with two unidentified people, a man and a woman, standing behind them.

The older man appears to be wearing Confederate Veteran medals.

A wood fence and…

Five unidentified people are posed together outdoors. An older man and woman are seated together with a child standing between them.

Two unidentified men are standing behind them.

Probably, this was a family group.

The older man appears to…

Portrait photograph of Atwell W. Frye in his later years, holding a Confederate flag and sitting on a porch outdoors.

He was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, and served in Co. H, of the 11th Va. Calvary.

His wife was Martha (Maphis) Frye…

Portrait photograph of George Alva Boyer and his wife, Mary Susan (Saum) Boyer.

George Alva Boyer is most remembered as a Confederate Veteran of the Civil War.

He enlisted on Christmas Day, 1862 and served until May 1865. He was a member of…

Photograph of a large group of people who attended the 50th wedding anniversary celebration in December 1916 for John Henry Grabill and Mary Lytle (Hollingsworth) Grabill.

The couple married on 27 December 1866. John Henry Grabill was a…

John Henry Grabill with a mustache and wearing a suit and tie, shown seated in a chair with one foot on a stool.

Grabill was a Confederate veteran and the first Superintendent of Shenandoah County Public Schools. He was also the publisher of the…

William Harvey Riffey shown later in life with his trademark mustache and beard.

He was a Confederate Veteran and farmer, from the Woodstock area of the county. His parents were George and Polly (Book) Riffey.

He married Sarah (Hollar) Riffey…

Portrait photograph of John H. Grabill wearing glasses and a suit and tie with a starched collar.

Grabill was a Confederate veteran and the first Superintendent of Shenandoah County Public Schools. He was also the publisher of the Shenandoah…

Portrait photograph of James Knox Polk Hoover with a mustache and beard in his later years.

His parents were Abraham and Rebecca (Marshall) Hoover.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Civil War having fought with the Confederate side. One record…

Photo of an oval-framed portrait photograph of John Augustine Washington, III.

He was the great grandnephew of George Washington and the last Washington to own Mount Vernon.

During the US Civil War, he was a Lt. Colonel in the Confederate…

John H. Grabill, later in his life, is standing with one hand in his jacket pocket. A U.D.C. Cross of Honor medal is pinned to his jacket.

Grabill was a Confederate veteran and the first Superintendent of Shenandoah County Public Schools. He was…

Portrait photograph of John H. Grabill with a mustache and wearing a suit and bow tie.

Grabill was a Confederate veteran and the first Superintendent of Shenandoah County Public Schools. He was also the publisher of the Shenandoah Herald Newspaper…

Photograph of Reverend John David "J.D." Hamaker with his trademark mustache and beard.

J.D. Hamaker is most remembered for his decades long service as a Minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Strasburg and, in his early years,…

John David "J.D." Hamaker is most remembered for his decades long service as a Minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Strasburg and, in his early years, Woodstock.

Originally, J.D. was from Snowville, Pulaski County. He was the…

Reverend J.D. Hamaker seated in a chair with a pen poised in his right hand.

John David "J.D." Hamaker is most remembered for his decades long service as a Minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Strasburg and, in his early…

Photograph of Samuel Jefferson Artz astride his horse, "Mike".

Samuel Artz was born at the family farm near Edinburg. The beginning of the Civil War found the 24 year old farmer, orphaned and unmarried, ready and willing to enlist with a local…

Photograph of a print image of Stonewall Jackson.

Reverend J.D. Hamaker seated in a chair with a pen poised in his right hand.

John David "J.D." Hamaker is most remembered for his decades long service as a Minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Strasburg and, in his early…

Portrait photograph of William Harvey Riffey, Confederate Veteran and farmer, from the Woodstock area of the county.

His parents were George and Polly (Book) Riffey. He married Sarah (Hollar) Riffey and had many children.

During the Civil War,…

Portrait photograph of George Alva Boyer in his later years. He became the oldest living Confederate Veteran in Woodstock before he died.

He enlisted on Christmas Day, 1862 and served until May 1865. He was a member of the 35th Battalion Virginia…

Unidentified Confederate Veteran standing beside his unidentified wife.

The man is wearing a Southern Cross of Honor, a commemorative medal established in 1899 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to honor Confederate Veterans.

Studio photograph of John H. Grabill wearing a Confederate uniform.

Grabill was a Confederate veteran and the first Superintendent of Shenandoah County Public Schools. He was also the publisher of the Shenandoah Herald Newspaper in Woodstock for…

Copy of an older tin-type portrait photograph of Ephriam Mowery, son of John Mowery.

Ephriam served in the Confederate Army in Company G of the 2nd Virginia Infantry.

He died on April 14, 1865, in Elmira, N.Y. He is buried in Woodlawn…
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