Linden Alton Fravel
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Title
Linden Alton Fravel
Subject
Fravel, Linden Alton (1919-1971)
Description
Photograph of Linden Alton Fravel as a young boy standing by a wicker chair and a toy bird.
Linden was the son of William Dallas Fravel (1888-1962), of Woodstock, and Olive Catherine (Stultz) Fravel (1889-1982).
Linden had finished 2 years of college when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1943. He became an aviation cadet and completed primary and basic pilot training before becoming an aerial gunner in B-24 Liberators.
Linden served in the 15th Air Force, 459th Bomb Group, 756th Bomb Squadron in Italy during his WWII service.
After the war, he married Mary Jane (Haislip) Fravel (1924-2018) in 1948. She was born in Salem, Virginia, and worked as a secretary for Lewis-Gale Hospital there when they married. Her parents were Walter Armstrong and Mary Leone (Johnston) Haislip.
The couple lived in the Stephens City area of Frederick County for much of their married lives. Linden operated "Fravel's Plant and Fish Garden" as a nurseryman in his later years.
Linden was the son of William Dallas Fravel (1888-1962), of Woodstock, and Olive Catherine (Stultz) Fravel (1889-1982).
Linden had finished 2 years of college when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1943. He became an aviation cadet and completed primary and basic pilot training before becoming an aerial gunner in B-24 Liberators.
Linden served in the 15th Air Force, 459th Bomb Group, 756th Bomb Squadron in Italy during his WWII service.
After the war, he married Mary Jane (Haislip) Fravel (1924-2018) in 1948. She was born in Salem, Virginia, and worked as a secretary for Lewis-Gale Hospital there when they married. Her parents were Walter Armstrong and Mary Leone (Johnston) Haislip.
The couple lived in the Stephens City area of Frederick County for much of their married lives. Linden operated "Fravel's Plant and Fish Garden" as a nurseryman in his later years.
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 "Jan 1923".
Contributor
Identified in 2016 by P.M. Fravel, a son of the subject who had the same photograph at home.
He also noted that this photograph was made the same day as Morrison Studio Collection number 025466 that featured Linden's cousin, Margaret (Fravel) Wilkins.
He also noted that this photograph was made the same day as Morrison Studio Collection number 025466 that featured Linden's cousin, Margaret (Fravel) Wilkins.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Linden Alton Fravel appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 000343, 003291, 006229, 006230, 008721, 011230, 011540, 019152, and 025470.
Identifier
025470
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Linden Alton Fravel,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/55134.
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