Shenandoah County Library Archives

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James Worth Pence was born on April 23, 1893 to Milton M. Pence and Nanetta E. (Neff) Pence in Quicksburg, Virginia.

James was the youngest of ten children: Fredericka Davies, Philip Pence, Verner Pence, Louisa Funkhouser, Lawrence Pence, Rose…

Photographic postcard showing "Charlotte Josephine Bowman." The card is labeled "age 5, Xmas Greetings to Aunt Sarah" which dates it to December 1921.

Charlotte was born August 14 1916 in Shenandoah County Virginia. Her parents were Milton H.…

Walter Herman Saum was born on March 2, 1879 to Green B. Saum and Mary Elizabeth (Hollar) Saum. He had two sisters, Ethel Mary (Saum) Hockman and Mrs. Allen Orndorff.

Walter died on October 7, 1912. He was buried as Walter Harman Saum at the Saint…

Photograph showing Guy Tamkin, Nellie Riffey Tamkin, Carl W. Tamkin, and Essie Riffey Tamkin soon after the double marriage ceremony for the two brothers and two sisters.

The couples were married on October 25, 1922 in the District of Columbia in…

Undated photograph showing "Miss Edith (May) Miller."

Edith Milller was born March 28, 1878 in Edinburg Virginia and died on April 28, 1955 in the same town. Her parents were George M. and Fannie Vincent Miller. Siblings were W.V. Miller,…

A cabinet card photograph of Jacob Ryman. The photograph was produced by Leedham of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania.

Jacob Ryman was born September 10, 1877 in the St. Luke Community of Shenandoah County. On December 23, 1903 he married Rose Riffey…

Photograph showing Perry Franklin Riffey and his wife Irva Catherine Rinker Riffey.

The two were married on November 23, 1913 by J.W. Hauserman, a Lutheran minister, at Thomas Rinkers House in Jerome Virginia. At the time Perry was a postal clerk…

Emma:
BIRTH 11 May 1914
Sperryville, Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 13 Dec 1995 (aged 81)
Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA
BURIAL
Kirkersville Cemetery
Kirkersville, Licking County, Ohio, USA
Married: William Eugene Gutridge in…

This is a family register belonging to the Fadely family. The register was a page from the family Bible. The page lists names and dates of births.

The page lists Sybilla Fadely, who was born April 20, 1828; Uriah Jonathan Fadely, who was born…

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Complimentary rail pass issued to George Rye, Treasurer of Virginia, by the "Richmond & Danville and Piedmont Railroad Co's." in 1871. Rye was a resident of Edinburg Virginia

Postcard send by "Jas. Wendel" to E.D. Newman of Woodstock Va. The postcard is dated February 26, 1885 and is postmarked Harrisville VA.

The card details instructions for activities Newman should be carrying out for Wendel.

Color photograph showing "Miss Holler" and her second grade class at Toms Brook School.

The photograph was taken during the 1959-1960 school year and the identity of the students is unknown.

Engineering drawing showing a hopper car. The drawings are part of a collection related to the Liberty Iron Furnace Company which operated a narrow railroad in the western portion of Shenandoah County.

Engineering drawing for "Bell and Hopper" used by the "Mt. Alli (?) Furnace" ordered for the Liberty Iron Furnace in Shenandoah County Virginia. Dated July 14 1882.

Engineering drawing of a flat car produced by the Ryan-McDonald Manufacturing Company of Baltimore Maryland.
The drawings are part of a collection related to the Liberty Iron Furnace Company which operated a narrow railroad in the western portion…

Drawing and information for a patent issued to Samuel Kerns of Strasburg Virginia for a clover threshing machine. The patent is dated May 8, 1838.

Patent and patent drawing issued to Samuel Kerns of Strasburg Virginia for a surveyor's compass. The patent is dated July 31 1846.

Patent application and drawing for an improvement to trusses issued to Jacob Cooke and John Stirckler of Strasburg Virginia.

Partial can label produced by W.E. Stickley of Strasburg Virginia for Stickley's Tomatoes and Stickley's Hand Packed String Beans.

Pledge to the vestry of "Jacob's Church" along Swover Creek in Shenandoah County.

At the time the church was a "Union Church" between what is now St. Jacob's Lutheran Church, which stands in the same area as Jacob's Church, and Christ Reformed…

Envelope and letter written by John Wisman of Woodstock to R.H. Newland of Hamburg Virginia. Dated August 15, 1889.

The letter concerns a construction debt owed by Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock to Newland.

Undated cabinet card photograph labeled "Ella." It was produced by the Irwin Photo Co. of Edinburg Virginia.

Letter sent by Shenandoah County resident Christopher Fansler to Mary C. Fansler in August 1863. At the time Christopher, a native of Woodstock VA, was serving in the Confederate Army's 12th Cavalry Regiment and was stationed in Culpeper Virginia.…

Photographs of an unidentified quarry/stone processing plant. One photograph is identified as "Place where Carl went to work. his office."

The photographs are undated and come from an album containing photographs from members of the Hamilton,…

In 1915 the German Army released the effective Chlorine gas attack of World War One against British positions in Ypres. Before the end of the war these types of Chemical agents would kill or injure millions of men on both sides.
To combat these…
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