Alton Plauger
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Title
Alton Plauger
Subject
Plauger, Alton George (1909-1927)
Description
Alton G. Plauger as a teenager wearing a suit and tie.
Alton was the son of William E. (1868-1943) and Amanda Leah (McInturff) (1867-1924) Plauger, of Fort Valley. He was one of five siblings.
He attended Fort Valley High School, then moved to Maryland, where he lived with his brother, Charles, in Ellicott City, a suburb of Baltimore.
Alton worked at the J. Natwick Lumber Company when, sadly, he fell ill, and died a few weeks later in the St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore.
He was a few months shy of his 18th birthday.
He is buried in the Plauger Cemetery, Detrick, Fort Valley.
Alton was the son of William E. (1868-1943) and Amanda Leah (McInturff) (1867-1924) Plauger, of Fort Valley. He was one of five siblings.
He attended Fort Valley High School, then moved to Maryland, where he lived with his brother, Charles, in Ellicott City, a suburb of Baltimore.
Alton worked at the J. Natwick Lumber Company when, sadly, he fell ill, and died a few weeks later in the St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore.
He was a few months shy of his 18th birthday.
He is buried in the Plauger Cemetery, Detrick, Fort Valley.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified in 2002 by Jeanette C. Rittenour, who had the same photograph at home.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records, including an obituary published by the Shenandoah Herald on March 11, 1927.
Some records noted his name as: "George A.".
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
001446
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Alton Plauger,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/24078.
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