Elmer Markley
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Title
Elmer Markley
Subject
Soldiers - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Markley, Elmer W. (1918-2010)
Description
Portrait photograph of an Elmer Markley wearing a U.S. Army uniform.
Elmer served in the United States Army during World War II. He then worked as an engineer in the temperature department at Avtex in Front Royal retiring in 1980.
He is most remembered as being a master sawyer and operating the sawmill west of Columbia Furnace in Johnstown for many years.
His wife was Hilda (Barb) Markley.
The name, "Elmer Markley", is written on the glass plate.
Elmer served in the United States Army during World War II. He then worked as an engineer in the temperature department at Avtex in Front Royal retiring in 1980.
He is most remembered as being a master sawyer and operating the sawmill west of Columbia Furnace in Johnstown for many years.
His wife was Hilda (Barb) Markley.
The name, "Elmer Markley", is written on the glass plate.
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 "June 1945".
Contributor
Identified in 2025 by library staff based on another image of him in the Morrison Studio Collection.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Elmer Markley appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 025297 and 025801.
A photograph of the marriage certificate for Elmer and Hilda (Barb) Markley appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 026950.
Identifier
025297
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Elmer Markley,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/54958.
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