Philip "Pete" Grabill
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Title
Philip "Pete" Grabill
Subject
Grabill, Philip Magruder "Pete" Sr. (1914-1998)
Description
Portrait photograph of Phil M. "Pete" Grabill, Sr. as a young man with wavy hair and wearing a striped tie.
Pete was the grandson of Captain John H. Grabill, a well-known confederate officer and later, the owner and editor of the Shenandoah Herald newspaper.
Pete’s parents were David Walton Grabill and Annie (Magruder) Grabill. He grew up in Woodstock and graduated from Strayer College in Washington D.C. and the Washington & Lee Law University in Lexington, Virginia.
Pete spent five years on active duty with the U.S. Army. He trained at Camp Lee, then served in the South Pacific during WWII as an Army Lieutenant. Later, he was promoted to Captain.
After the war, he returned to Woodstock and married Lucy Christian (Calhoun) (1916-2005) from Deerfield, Virginia. Lucy had attended Mary Washington College and was working as a bookkeeper for the Boyer Grocery Company in Woodstock when she married in 1946. The couple moved to Roanoke for a short time where he worked with the Veterans Association.
By the 1950 census, the couple was back in Woodstock where Pete worked as a “Crew Leader” for the Census Bureau. He also practiced law there.
Pete and his wife are buried in Woodstock.
Pete was the grandson of Captain John H. Grabill, a well-known confederate officer and later, the owner and editor of the Shenandoah Herald newspaper.
Pete’s parents were David Walton Grabill and Annie (Magruder) Grabill. He grew up in Woodstock and graduated from Strayer College in Washington D.C. and the Washington & Lee Law University in Lexington, Virginia.
Pete spent five years on active duty with the U.S. Army. He trained at Camp Lee, then served in the South Pacific during WWII as an Army Lieutenant. Later, he was promoted to Captain.
After the war, he returned to Woodstock and married Lucy Christian (Calhoun) (1916-2005) from Deerfield, Virginia. Lucy had attended Mary Washington College and was working as a bookkeeper for the Boyer Grocery Company in Woodstock when she married in 1946. The couple moved to Roanoke for a short time where he worked with the Veterans Association.
By the 1950 census, the couple was back in Woodstock where Pete worked as a “Crew Leader” for the Census Bureau. He also practiced law there.
Pete and his wife are buried in Woodstock.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified in 2001 by Lena Fuller.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Philip "Pete" M. Grabill, Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001521 and 010707.
Identifier
001521
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Philip "Pete" Grabill,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 6, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/24265.
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