Julia Hammon Fansler
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Title
Julia Hammon Fansler
Subject
Fansler, Julia Hammon (1912-2011)
Description
Photograph of Julia Hammon Fansler seated on a bench and wearing a pearl necklace.
This was her Triplett High School graduation picture.
Julia was born in Mt. Clifton, Virginia, the oldest child of Burtelle Whitmore Fansler, Sr. and Julia Virginia (Tisinger) Fansler.
She was a 1929 graduate of Triplett High School and attended State Normal School (now JMU) at Harrisonburg, Va.
She began her teaching career at Hudson Cross Roads School and later teaching 5th grade at Triplett. She briefly taught at Patrick Henry Middle School in Arlington, Virginia, before returning to Triplett in the 1940s when a librarian position became available.
Julia retired in 1974 as librarian at Stonewall Jackson High School at Mount Jackson.
She never married.
This was her Triplett High School graduation picture.
Julia was born in Mt. Clifton, Virginia, the oldest child of Burtelle Whitmore Fansler, Sr. and Julia Virginia (Tisinger) Fansler.
She was a 1929 graduate of Triplett High School and attended State Normal School (now JMU) at Harrisonburg, Va.
She began her teaching career at Hudson Cross Roads School and later teaching 5th grade at Triplett. She briefly taught at Patrick Henry Middle School in Arlington, Virginia, before returning to Triplett in the 1940s when a librarian position became available.
Julia retired in 1974 as librarian at Stonewall Jackson High School at Mount Jackson.
She never married.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "Feb 1933" on box of plates.
May 1929 per the identifier.
Contributor
Identified in 2007 by Kenna Fansler, a nephew of the subject who has the same photograph at home.
Biographical information was compiled from public sources including her obituary published in the Northern Virginia Daily on October 10, 2011.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
012030
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Julia Hammon Fansler,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed March 31, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/40312.
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