Charles Crabill
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Title
Charles Crabill
Subject
Crabill, Charles Lemuel (1912-1997)
Description
Portrait photograph of Charles Crabill as a young man wearing a suit and tie.
Born in Washington D.C., Charles was the son of George Dallas and Della Jean (Munger) Crabill. His mother died of influenza in 1918 when Charles was six years old.
Charles was raised by Charles Edward and Permelia (Stickley) Crabill on Queen Street in Strasburg.
He married Mary Margaret "Peggy" (Hisey) Crabill in 1936.
In the 1940 census, he and Peggy had a son, Ralph, and Charles was a clerk in a retail grocery store.
At some point after this, he was a policeman in Strasburg.
By 1950, he and his wife had three children, Ralph, Sallie E., and Jean B. Crabill. The family still lived on Queen Street in Strasburg and Charles was a policeman in Mt. Jackson.
When he died, he worked at the weighing station in Stephens City.
Born in Washington D.C., Charles was the son of George Dallas and Della Jean (Munger) Crabill. His mother died of influenza in 1918 when Charles was six years old.
Charles was raised by Charles Edward and Permelia (Stickley) Crabill on Queen Street in Strasburg.
He married Mary Margaret "Peggy" (Hisey) Crabill in 1936.
In the 1940 census, he and Peggy had a son, Ralph, and Charles was a clerk in a retail grocery store.
At some point after this, he was a policeman in Strasburg.
By 1950, he and his wife had three children, Ralph, Sallie E., and Jean B. Crabill. The family still lived on Queen Street in Strasburg and Charles was a policeman in Mt. Jackson.
When he died, he worked at the weighing station in Stephens City.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "July 16, 1932" on the glass plate.
Labelled "July 1932" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified in 2007 by Graham Conner who lived on Queen Street, Strasburg, at the same time as Charles Crabill.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Charles Lemuel Crabill appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 013154 and 025980.
Identifier
013154
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Charles Crabill,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 6, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/42720.
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