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Marian Cleo (Bashaw) French

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Title

Marian Cleo (Bashaw) French

Subject

French, Marian Cleo (Bashaw) (1932-2021)

Description

Marian Cleo (Bashaw) French as a young blond girl with a bow in her hair. She is seated on a bench with one leg tucked under the other.

Marian was born in Staunton, Virginia, to Frank Linwood and Virginia (Heizer) Bashaw. The family moved to Maurertown in 1936, and ultimately settled on a farm on the banks of the Shenandoah River in 1945. She grew up as an only child.

She graduated from Woodstock High School in 1949 where she enjoyed the Glee Club and met many of her lifelong friends, including her husband, Francis Douglas "Doug" French.

Marian and her husband had nine children together and raised them on their farm in Saumsville.

Later, Marian and Doug moved to their home on Church Street in Woodstock in 1992 to care for Marian's aging mother.

Marian was very active in the community. She was awarded the "Joseph Clower Community Service Award" in 2018 by the Woodstock Rotary Club.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Labeled "May 3, 1939" on box of plates.

Contributor

Identified in 2008 by Barbara Adamson.
Biographical information was extracted from her obituary posted on the Find-A-Grave website.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Marian Cleo (Bashaw) French appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 014790, 014791, 015766, 024282, and 024290.

Identifier

015766

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Marian Cleo (Bashaw) French,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 15, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/45705.

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