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 chair with her ankles crossed.
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.
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
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "May 1939".
Contributor
Identified in 2011 by Phyllis Wright.
Biographical information was extracted from her obituary posted on the Find-A-Grave website.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Marian (Bashaw) French appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 014790, 014791, 015766, 024282, 024290, 028446, 029348, 029349, and 030167.
Identifier
024290
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Marian Cleo (Bashaw) French,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/53927.
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