Charlotte W. (Richards) Arrington
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Title
Charlotte W. (Richards) Arrington
Subject
Arrington, Charlotte Wisman Richards (1923-1995)
Description
Damaged photograph of Charlotte Wisman (Richards) Arrington seated on a bench as a young woman.
She was born in Page County, Virginia, to James Homer and Annie Delia (Wisman) Richards. She grew up in Woodstock.
She lived on N. Church Street in Woodstock. Her father co-owned a shop on N. Main Street next to where the Bank of America is located.
Charlotte attended Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and met her husband, Thomas Marshall Arrington there. He was a First Lieutenant attached to the Army Medical Corps when they married in 1945.
In the 1950 census, Charlotte and her husband lived at Camp Ritchie, Washington County, Maryland where her husband was a medical supervisor at the chronic disease hospital there. By then, the couple had three children, Thomas Marshal, Jr., James Richard and Cheryl Arrington.
Thirty five years later, in 1980, the couple divorced. By then, Charlotte lived in Richmond, Virginia, where she stayed for the rest of her life.
She was born in Page County, Virginia, to James Homer and Annie Delia (Wisman) Richards. She grew up in Woodstock.
She lived on N. Church Street in Woodstock. Her father co-owned a shop on N. Main Street next to where the Bank of America is located.
Charlotte attended Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and met her husband, Thomas Marshall Arrington there. He was a First Lieutenant attached to the Army Medical Corps when they married in 1945.
In the 1950 census, Charlotte and her husband lived at Camp Ritchie, Washington County, Maryland where her husband was a medical supervisor at the chronic disease hospital there. By then, the couple had three children, Thomas Marshal, Jr., James Richard and Cheryl Arrington.
Thirty five years later, in 1980, the couple divorced. By then, Charlotte lived in Richmond, Virginia, where she stayed for the rest of her life.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Oct 1941".
Contributor
Identified in 2010 by Sarah Nelson, a friend of the subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Charlotte (Richards) Arrington appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002202, 002204, 002207, 002211, and 021743.
Identifier
021743
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Charlotte W. (Richards) Arrington,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 1, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/51297.
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