Perry Garnett Coverstone and Alva Coverstone
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Title
Perry Garnett Coverstone and Alva Coverstone
Subject
Garnett, Perry (1900-1986)
Coverstone, Alva (1920-1998)
Description
Photograph of Perry Garnet and his second wife, Alva V. (Shiley) Coverstone, standing together.
Garnett Coverstone was still single when he registered for the WWI draft. His emergency contact was listed as “Mrs. D.F. Frederick, Postmaster, Waterlick”. At that time, he worked and lived on his family’s farm in Fort Valley.
Garnett was a son of John Edward and Ida Susan (Ritenour) Coverstone. He married for the first time in 1922. His bride was Mary Margaret Burke (1899-1938), the daughter of Robert and Lydia (Cullers) Burke. The couple had a daughter together before she died. In the 1940 census, Garnett was widowed and lived with his 11-year old daughter, Maria, and a housekeeper, on his farm in Fort Valley.
Two years later, he married Alva Virginia Shiley (1920-1998) from Frederick County. She was the daughter of James Samuel and Attie Gertrude (Newcome) Shiley.
Garnett Coverstone was still single when he registered for the WWI draft. His emergency contact was listed as “Mrs. D.F. Frederick, Postmaster, Waterlick”. At that time, he worked and lived on his family’s farm in Fort Valley.
Garnett was a son of John Edward and Ida Susan (Ritenour) Coverstone. He married for the first time in 1922. His bride was Mary Margaret Burke (1899-1938), the daughter of Robert and Lydia (Cullers) Burke. The couple had a daughter together before she died. In the 1940 census, Garnett was widowed and lived with his 11-year old daughter, Maria, and a housekeeper, on his farm in Fort Valley.
Two years later, he married Alva Virginia Shiley (1920-1998) from Frederick County. She was the daughter of James Samuel and Attie Gertrude (Newcome) Shiley.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "March 1944" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by Jeanette Ritenour who knew the subjects.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Perry Garnett Coverstone appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001814, 007989, 029376 and 029391
Identifier
007989
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Perry Garnett Coverstone and Alva Coverstone,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/27671.
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