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Genevieve D. McClain

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Title

Genevieve D. McClain

Subject

McClain, Genevieve D. Robinson (ca 1895-1983)
African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Teachers - Virginia - Shenandoah County

Description

Genevieve D. McClain with glasses and seated on a bench. She is best remembered for having been a teacher at Creekside School in Woodstock.

Genevieve D. Robinson was born in Douglas Grove, Berkley County, West Virginia, to David Henry and Sarah E. (Banks) Robinson. The year of her birth varies depending on the document, anywhere from 1892 to 1898. She was one of nine children and her father worked in a stone quarry when she was a child.

She married William McClain (1876-1931) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1922. He was the son of Henry and Georgie (Brown) McClain. Genevieve and William may have had a daughter, Genevieve, but little is known about her.

In the 1930 census, they lived in Pittsburgh, PA, but William died less than two years later. It appears Genevieve moved back to West Virginia.

Genevieve worked as an elementary school teacher in Franklin, W. Va., Woodstock, Va., and Stanardsville, Va. In Woodstock, she taught during the late 1940s and early 1950s at Creekside Elementary School, Woodstock's segregated school.

In the 1950 census, she appeared as a boarder in the household of William and Elizabeth Jefferson near Church and Water Streets in Woodstock. She was a schoolteacher. This photograph was undoubtedly taken during her time in Shenandoah County.

She was a retired teacher and lived in Ranson, West Virginia, when she died. Her obituary noted she had been a member of the Jefferson County Committee on Aging and the N.A.A.C.P. She is buried with her husband in Douglas Grove Cemetery, Berkley County, West Virginia.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Labeled "July 1949" on box of plates.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Genevieve McClain appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 006697, 008832, 0014463, 0021891, 0021981, 0025327, and 0025202.

Identifier

014463

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Genevieve D. McClain,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 23, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/44371.

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