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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.

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

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.

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