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Mary Lytle (Hollingsworth) Grabill

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Title

Mary Lytle (Hollingsworth) Grabill

Subject

Grabill, Mary Lytle Hollingsworth (1846-1934)

Description

Photograph of Mary Lytle (Hollingsworth) Grabill taken in her home where she is crocheting, something she loved to do.

A Christmas tree is visible behind her.

Her parents were Isaac Milton and Mary C. (Prichard) Hollingsworth.

She married John Henry Grabill (1839-1922), a well-known Confederate veteran. the first Superintendent of Shenandoah County Public Schools, and the publisher of Shenandoah Herald Newspaper in Woodstock for many years..

The couple raised at least seven children together. They were: Lizzie Grabill, Mayme Grabill, Eleonor (Grabill) Haun, Mrs. Ernest Ring, J. Don, David W., Frank H., and Henry Grabill.

She died only a few years after this photograph was taken.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

ca 1930

Contributor

Identified in 2007 by John Adamson and verified by Jake Haun, grandson of the subject.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Mary Lytle (Hollingworth) Grabill appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001903, 003210, 004717, 018913, 020228, 023359, 023360, and 040073.

Identifier

003210

Original Format

Glass Negative
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Citation

Morrison Studio, “Mary Lytle (Hollingsworth) Grabill,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 24, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/29494.

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