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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 Laura Ripley (Middleton) Shannon as a little girl.

Born in Covington, Virginia, her parents were William Wylie Middleton, Sr. and his first wife, Katherine "Kacky" (Allen) Middleton. She grew up in Mt. Jackson.

In 1937,…

Photograph of siblings Laura Ripley (Middleton) Shannon (left) and her younger brother, William Wylie Middleton, Jr. when they were young children.

Their parents were William Wylie Middleton, Sr. (1890-1970) and his first wife, Katherine "Kacky"…

Three of the seven children born to William Wylie Middleton, Sr., and his first wife, Katherine "Kacky" Walker Allen (1893-1973) Middleton.

Identified (L to r) are: Tiphen Allen Middleton, Laura Ripley (Middleton) Shannon, and William Wylie…

A portrait photograph of Isabelle Bemis (Sheetz) Shannon.

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 attended…

Photograph of Henry Clay Ellis of Strasburg standing beside a gate. He was the son of William Henry Clay Ellis and Bess Ellen (Machir) Ellis.

As a young man, Henry worked as a bank teller in Washington D. C. There, he met and fell in love with…

Photograph of the C.M. Shannon House located on Route 11 at Shannon Avenue in Mt. Jackson, across from the Dellinger Funeral Home.