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Barbara Loudoun (Benchoff) Miles

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Title

Barbara Loudoun (Benchoff) Miles

Subject

Miles, Barbara Loudoun Benchoff (1934- )

Description

Portrait photograph of Barbara Loudoun (Benchoff) Miles as a young girl with a bow in her curly, short hair.

Barbara was a daughter of Guy Benchoff and Ann Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff. She and her three siblings grew up in Woodstock. Both parents worked at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) for many years.

Barbara married Wesley Parker Miles in 1956. He was a Presbyterian Minister born in Accomac County, Virginia. At the time of their marriage, he lived in Geneva, New York.

As of 2020, she lived in Brooklyn, New York.

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 "May 3 1939".

Contributor

Identified in 2025 by Katharine Shilling (Stamm) Schindler, a niece of the subject.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Barbara Loudoun (Benchoff) Miles appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001438, 001762, 012068, and 024221.

Identifier

024221

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “Barbara Loudoun (Benchoff) Miles,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/53857.

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