Joseph and Tirzah (Miley) Coates and Sons
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Title
Joseph and Tirzah (Miley) Coates and Sons
Subject
Coates, Joseph Bowman (1884-1961)
Spiggle, Tirzah Lucetta (Miley) Coates (1903-1998)
Coates, Joseph Bowman Jr. (1923-1991)
Coates, Douglas Miley (1928-1990)
Description
Family photograph of the Coates family. Seated in front are Joseph Bowman Coates, Sr. with his wife, Tirzah Lucetta (Miley). Standing behind the couple are their two sons, Joseph Bowman Coates, Jr. (left) and Douglas Miley Coates (right).
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "June 1945" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified in 2006 by Gloria Stickley who knew Tirzah but did not know the other members of her family.
Library staff were able to identify the other members of the family using the 1940 census and the Find-A-Grave website.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
This family appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 011195 and 013116.
Douglas M. Coates' U.S. Navy Discharge Certificate appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 026205.
Identifier
011195
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Joseph and Tirzah (Miley) Coates and Sons,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/37681.
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