John Landon Dirting ID Photograph
Files
Dublin Core
Title
John Landon Dirting ID Photograph
Subject
Dirting, John Landon (1893-1976)
Description
Profile portrait of John Landon Dirting, seated.
This image was one of two produced for Landon Dirting's Federal Prohibition Agent identification card which was dated August 8, 1921.
John Landon Dirting was the son of Perry William (1871-1947) and Cora Alice (Barton) (1870-1928) Dirting, of Edinburg. He was working as a “Baggageman” for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company out of Pittsburgh when he registered for the WWI draft in May 1917.
He served in France during WWI, as a Private with Company C of the 323rd Infantry. He entered the Army as a truck driver but became a signalman during his service.
After the war, he returned to Shenandoah County and lived with his parents. The 1920 census found him teaching in a public school.
When this photograph was taken on July 14, 1918, he was about to become a Federal Prohibition Agent working for the IRS. He stayed with that career until he retired.
He married Irene E. Ashenfelter (1895-1981) in June 1948, when he was in his fifties. By then, he had retired from Federal service and was farming. Irene was the daughter of George David and Metta Oris (Hite) Ashenfelter. She, too, was in her fifties when she married.
This image was one of two produced for Landon Dirting's Federal Prohibition Agent identification card which was dated August 8, 1921.
John Landon Dirting was the son of Perry William (1871-1947) and Cora Alice (Barton) (1870-1928) Dirting, of Edinburg. He was working as a “Baggageman” for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company out of Pittsburgh when he registered for the WWI draft in May 1917.
He served in France during WWI, as a Private with Company C of the 323rd Infantry. He entered the Army as a truck driver but became a signalman during his service.
After the war, he returned to Shenandoah County and lived with his parents. The 1920 census found him teaching in a public school.
When this photograph was taken on July 14, 1918, he was about to become a Federal Prohibition Agent working for the IRS. He stayed with that career until he retired.
He married Irene E. Ashenfelter (1895-1981) in June 1948, when he was in his fifties. By then, he had retired from Federal service and was farming. Irene was the daughter of George David and Metta Oris (Hite) Ashenfelter. She, too, was in her fifties when she married.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
July 14, 1918
Contributor
Identified by Virginia M. Rutz
Additional biographical information was compiled from public sources.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
John Landing Dirting appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 000372, 000373, 000601, 001950, 008610, 010481, and 010482.
Identifier
000372
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “John Landon Dirting ID Photograph,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 26, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/22607.
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