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Two sisters, Ruth Hoover (Wakeman) Whetzel (right, standing) and Ruby Maxine Wakeman (left, seated), are posed together.

Their parents were David Lemuel and Zelia (Hoover). Wakeman.

They grew up on a farm 1.5 miles west of Edinburg until Ruth…

Portrait photograph of Ruth Hoover (Wakeman) Whetzel as a young woman.

She was a daughter of David Lemuel and Zelia (Hoover) Wakeman. She grew up on a farm west of Edinburg.

Over the course of her life, she married several times. Her married…

James and Kathrine Whetzel, posed together. Kathrine is wearing a corsage and flowered hat.

The couple was from Edinburg and raised four children together.

Photo of a photograph of the Whetzel family.

Identified are: James Whetzel, seated beside his wife, Kate. They are holding their twin daughters, Drucilla and Sarah (we are unsure which is which). Their older daughter, Patricia, is standing…

Twin sisters, Drucilla and Sarah Whetzel, photographed as babies. We are unsure which is which.

Their parents were James and Kate Whetzel.

Portrait photograph of James Whetzel and Sadie Herbaugh, posed together.

Photograph of Clara Ellen Whetzel of Edinburg sitting at a table.

Born in Lantz Mills, she was the daughter of William Henry (1867-1943) and Mary Catherine (Litten) (1870-1939) Whetzel. Her father was a carpenter.

Clara attended two years of…

Photograph of James Franklin Wetzel as a boy, posed cheek-to-cheek with his mother, Drucilla (Hottel) Wetzel.

James lived in Woodstock as a boy, but spent his later years in Edinburg. He finished high school and served in the U.S. Army during WWII…

Photograph of Vada and Vivian Morris although we are not sure which is which.

Their parents were Welford Whitley (1897-1945) and Myrtle Victoria (Whetzel) (1902-1989) Morris, from the Mount Olive area of Shenandoah County.

Vada married James…

Portrait of James Whetzel.

The name "Floyd Whetsel" is written on the glass plate of this image.