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Lois Marbert Collection

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

990 WFCHS

Scope and Content: This collection contains genealogical information on the Scrivener, Elliott, and Pope families of Frederick County, Virginia. A notebook of alphabetized obituaries and funeral cards for the years 1876 through 1953 is included. The obituaries were compiled by Edgar W. Carper.
(1 box) Last updated 08/05.

Biographical/Historical: Edgar W. Carper (1865-1954) lived in Frederick County and Winchester, Virginia, during his entire life. He collected the information in the notebook. Lois Carper Marbert, granddaughter of Edgar W. Carper, compiled the obituary information in the notebook.

Cite As: Lois Marbert Collection, 990 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

Box 1

Notes of Edgar W. Carper, obituaries and funeral cards for local residents, 1876-1953

Scrivener, Elliott, and Pope Families of Frederick County, Virginia, 1 item, 57 pages, typescript