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Agreement between the "Linhoss & Shirley Pharmacy" and Martha Henkel regarding the rental of space for the pharmacy to operate in New Market Virginia.

The agreement is dated October 1921. It is signed by Martha Henkel, Dr. William C. Shirley, and…

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Portrait photograph of Elon O. Henkel from New Market.

For more than fifty years, Mr. Henkel was a newspaper man, printer, and publisher.

He was the son of Rev. Socrates Henkel and the grandson of Ambrose Henkel, founder of the "Henkel Press"…

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Portrait photograph of Elon O. Henkel from New Market.

For more than fifty years, Mr. Henkel was a newspaper man, printer, and publisher.

He was the son of Rev. Socrates Henkel and the grandson of Ambrose Henkel, founder of the "Henkel Press"…

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Large group of mostly unidentified people are posed together on the steps of a house.

Identified are: Ida F. Henkel (Bowman) Painter (on porch 6th adult from the left) and her mother, Barbara Ellen (Bowman) Henkel (on porch 3rd from right). The…

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Copy of an earlier photograph of Julia Arnetta (Henkel) Tisinger. It's possible this copy was made shortly after she died.

Julia was the daughter of Siram Peter (1809-1879) and Margaret (Koiner) (1820-1899) Henkel of the Plains Mill - Timberville…

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Portrait of Margaret Amelia (Tisinger) Shutters as a young woman, probably taken not long before she married.

Margaret was one of at least seven children born to Joseph Homer (1853-1838) and Julia Arnetta (Henkel) (1859-1911) Tisinger, a farming…

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Martha Henkel always said “I loved my babies.” After delivering over 1500 of them, its apparent she did.

Martha came to New Market in 1923 with her husband Stuart. She had grown up in Philadelphia and was trained as a nurse . In New Market she…

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Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing the "Abbie Henkel House" at the corner of US Route 211 and US Route 11 in New Market Virginia. Built around 1802, this limestone and brick house has had several resedential and commercial occupants.…

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Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing the "Abbie Henkel House" at the corner of US Route 211 and US Route 11 in New Market Virginia. Built around 1802, this limestone and brick house has had several resedential and commercial occupants.…

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Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing the "Abbie Henkel House" at the corner of US Route 211 and US Route 11 in New Market Virginia. Built around 1802, this limestone and brick house has had several resedential and commercial occupants.…

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Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing the "Abbie Henkel House" at the corner of US Route 211 and US Route 11 in New Market Virginia. Built around 1802, this limestone and brick house has had several resedential and commercial occupants.…

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Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing the "Abbie Henkel House" at the corner of US Route 211 and US Route 11 in New Market Virginia. Built around 1802, this limestone and brick house has had several resedential and commercial occupants.…

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A vast majority of European immigrants who came to Shenandoah County had a strong German background. With them came the Lutheran faith and the strong desire to preserve their heritage.

The Henkel family of New Market built a printing business…
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