Howard J. Benchoff and Daughter, Rosalie
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Title
Howard J. Benchoff and Daughter, Rosalie
Subject
Benchoff, Howard Johnston (1876-1958)
Noel, Rosalie Benchoff (1907-1973)
Description
Photograph of Howard J. Benchoff with his arm around his young daughter, Rosalie (Benchoff) Noell.
Howard Johnston Benchoff was a well-known and influential headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in Woodstock.
He was the son of Loudon Francis and Martha Belle (Johnston) Benchoff. His first wife was Kathryn Leona Mahon who died in 1918. His second wife was Florence Conant. He had a son, Robert J. Benchoff and a daughter, Mrs. William (Rosalie) W. Noel, when he died in Woodstock in 1958.
His daughter, Rosalie, grew up on the campus on Massanutten Military Academy. In 1930, she married a doctor, William B. Noel, and moved with him first to Michigan and eventually to North Carolina where the couple raised two sons.
Howard Johnston Benchoff was a well-known and influential headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in Woodstock.
He was the son of Loudon Francis and Martha Belle (Johnston) Benchoff. His first wife was Kathryn Leona Mahon who died in 1918. His second wife was Florence Conant. He had a son, Robert J. Benchoff and a daughter, Mrs. William (Rosalie) W. Noel, when he died in Woodstock in 1958.
His daughter, Rosalie, grew up on the campus on Massanutten Military Academy. In 1930, she married a doctor, William B. Noel, and moved with him first to Michigan and eventually to North Carolina where the couple raised two sons.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
No ID form. Name was written in the margin of the paper copy.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Howard Johnston Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004097, 008453, 012549, 016794, 020039, 020091, 020110, 020276, 020287, 024477, and 027490.
Rosalie K. (Benchoff) Noel appears in Morrison Studio Collection Images 001856, 013736, 016794, 016974, 016975, 020159, 020276, 020287, 022480, 024401, and 024402.
Identifier
016794
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Howard J. Benchoff and Daughter, Rosalie,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/46791.
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