Clyde B. Bly
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Title
Clyde B. Bly
Subject
Bly, Clyde Branson (1922-1994)
Soldiers - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Portrait photograph of Clyde B. Bly in his U.S. Army uniform. The stripe on his sleeve indicates he was a Private. He served in the Army's "Service Forces".
Clyde was born near Strasburg, the son of Anthony Bly and Mary Ellen Sager. His father died when he was quite young and his mother married again to Earl L. Grove.
Madeline, or "Madge", as she was called by friends, was from Alexandria and was working at the Navy Torpedo Factory there in late 1941 when she married Clyde B. Bly.
He was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to Fort George Meade in Maryland. Next, he was assigned to Biloxi, Mississippi, where Madge joined him.
After his service, the couple moved to the Linton Family's farm and Clyde's father-in-law helped him get a job as a railroad fireman for the Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad.
By 1950, the couple had two sons, Anthony C. and Gary W. Bly.
Clyde and Madge stayed in Alexandria until his retirement from the railroad. They moved to Edinburg after that.
The name, "Cl_d_ Bly", is written on the glass plate.
Clyde was born near Strasburg, the son of Anthony Bly and Mary Ellen Sager. His father died when he was quite young and his mother married again to Earl L. Grove.
Madeline, or "Madge", as she was called by friends, was from Alexandria and was working at the Navy Torpedo Factory there in late 1941 when she married Clyde B. Bly.
He was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to Fort George Meade in Maryland. Next, he was assigned to Biloxi, Mississippi, where Madge joined him.
After his service, the couple moved to the Linton Family's farm and Clyde's father-in-law helped him get a job as a railroad fireman for the Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad.
By 1950, the couple had two sons, Anthony C. and Gary W. Bly.
Clyde and Madge stayed in Alexandria until his retirement from the railroad. They moved to Edinburg after that.
The name, "Cl_d_ Bly", is written on the glass plate.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "Sep 1946" on the box of plates.
Contributor
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
Identified by library staff based on other images of him in the Morrison Studio Collection.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Clyde B. Bly appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001980, 022773, and 024794.
Identifier
001980
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Clyde B. Bly,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/25791.
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