Pleasant Grove School and Students
Files
Title
Pleasant Grove School and Students
Subject
Public schools - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Schoolchildren - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Wakeman, Zelia Mae (Hoover) (1902-1984)
Gochenour, Esta Belle (1902-1985)
Description
Mostly unidentified students from the Pleasant Grove School's class of 1910-1911 are posed outside the school.
The first girl in the 2nd (middle) row is Zelia Mae Hoover Wakeman.
Esta Belle Gochenour appears in the same middle row, third from the right.
Pleasant Grove School was located in the Alonzaville community on Route 676 (Fravel Road) between Back Road and Alonzaville Road.
The first girl in the 2nd (middle) row is Zelia Mae Hoover Wakeman.
Esta Belle Gochenour appears in the same middle row, third from the right.
Pleasant Grove School was located in the Alonzaville community on Route 676 (Fravel Road) between Back Road and Alonzaville Road.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
1910 or 1911
Contributor
Zelia Mae Hoover Wakeman was identified in 2002 by her daughter, Maxine Wakeman.
Esta Belle Gochenour was identified by Wayne E. Smith, grandson of the subject, in 2024.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Pleasant Grove School Students for 1911-1912, many of which are pictured here, appear in Morrison Studio Collection image 001265.
Zelia Mae (Hoover) Wakeman is pictured in Morrison Studio Collection images 007636, 007466, 007780, 009055, 001262, 001265, and 021065.
Esta Belle Gochenour appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001262 and 001265.
Identifier
001262
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Pleasant Grove School and Students,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 6, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/23583.


Comments
Wayne E Smith
Middle row, third from right is Esta Belle Gochenour, my grandmother.
Wayne E Smith
Middle row, third from right is Esta Belle Gochenour (1902-1985), my grandmother.