Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers

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Location of collection:
James Madison University
Second Floor Room 203, MSC 1704
Carrier Library
James Madison University
880 Madison Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
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Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Mr.& Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers, 1776-1963, SC 0098, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
1 cubic feet 2 Hollinger boxes, 1 oversize folder
Creator:
Hoover, Anna B., 1937-2008, Hoover, James B. (James Beery), 1934-2017, and Strickler family
Abstract:
This collection deals mainly with the Strickler family of Massanutten, Egypt Bend, and Luray, Virginia, along with a few other related families.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Mr.& Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers, 1776-1963, SC 0098, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers, 1776-1963, consists of two Hollinger boxes and a few oversize materials dealing largely with the Strickler family of Massanutten, Egypt Bend, and Luray, in what would become Page County, Virginia in 1831, and a few related families. There are scattered documents relevant to related families, especially the Civil War correspondence of the Kauffmans, but the bulk of the collection documents parts of the lives of two Mary Stricklers (1860s, 1907-1940s); Joseph and Joseph T. Strickler (1810-1856, 1890s); and Baptist Elder Reuben T. Strickler (1854-1937). There is also some correspondence concerning the Strickler land claim and experiences in Oregon and Washington Territory (1860s-1880s).

From surnames Coffman, Ward, Crim, & others, mostly to Strickler family in Luray; mention of land purchases in the Valley, typhoid fever, farm & financial news. A few from Oregon concern prospecting in Rogue River. Includes an autograph copy of a letter from A. Strickler at University of VA to Dr. Thomas (Dec. 10, 1835).

Mostly between Robert G. Mauck in Page Cty & nephews Joseph F. & E.V. Kauffman & brother John W. Mauck, all in the 10th VA Reg., who wrote from various camps of camp life & troop movements. R. Mauck writes of farm news and "excitement and rumors of all kinds" (June 24, 1861)

Several from E.V. Kauffman from camp. Most of rest are to Mary Strickler from grandson Will concerning death in family. Mention of Cambellites (Sept. 1, 1866). Includes a cross-hatched letter dated August 30, 1863.

Mostly to Mary Strickler at Massanutten, including from grandson Will in Washington D.C. Details of W.A. Strickler's land claim in Washington Territory and his disappearance.

Friends & Strickler family in VA, WV, OH, NV, IL, MO, KS; two items related to Mill Creek Church (1874, 1879).

Mostly from W.S. Strickler in NV, where he was working, prospecting & mining, to brother Reuben T. & other relatives in VA.

Mostly from W.S. & J.G. Strickler in NV & Dakota to relatives in Page Cty; a few from Joshua Ruffner in ID & MT to VA. Several items related to Mill Creek Church.

Mostly to Reuben T. Strickler from relatives & Baptist Church members.

Mostly from family & friends with news of home to Mary Strickler, in Page County & later in Washington, D.C. One of Mary's school compositions (1913?) mentions gypsies in Page Cty. Some items incomplete.

Con't previous file; includes documents related to Mary Strickler's husband S.B. (Beery) Hoover; letters to Litha Strickler. Genealogy, 1770s

Property tax receipts of Jos. Strickler, 1810-1827; property tax receipts of Mary Rooff (adm. Jos. Strickler), 1810-1832; 1813 birth verification of Negro girl; inventory of Jos. Strickler estate, 1856; inventories & receipts for estate of Jos. T. Strickler, 1890 (see also Oversize); misc. other items.

Includes Shenandoah Valley Route and several other Virginia routes.

District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, & und.

District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, & und.

District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, & und.

District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, & und.

District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, & und.

District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, & und.

District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, & und.

District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, & und.

District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, & und.

Debt/interest ledger (?), Jos. Strickler (?),; bound with store/labor ledger, Jos. & Jos. T. Strickler (?), 1835-1864. See also oversize.

Includes religious pamphlet by J.G. Strickler (2 cop.), Minutes of Ebenezer Baptist Assoc. sessions (65,68,69,76, 1893-1904), Luray & Bridgewater newsletters (1885-93), & unidentified printed German poem.

Biographical / historical:

Abraham Strickler was one of the original settlers of the Shenandoah Valley at Massanutten (now Page County) in the 1720s. He was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He first settled in America around 1700 in the province of Pennsylvania. He then migrated to Virginia and settled about 4 miles west of Luray. His descendants figured prominently in the life of the region. Abraham is credited as being the ancestor of most of the Stricklers in Shenandoah County.

Acquisition information:
Donated to Carrier Library by Mrs. James Hoover of Harrisonburg in May 1993.
Processing information:

This collection was minimally reprocessed in May 2017 and renamed Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers, a change from Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection. In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2062.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in three series:

  1. Letters & Genealogy, 1776-1963
  2. Business & Legal Documents, 1810-1928
  3. Miscellaneous, 1865-1904
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Land settlement -- Washington (State) -- To 1889 -- Sources
Soldiers -- Virginia -- Correspondence
Prospecting -- Oregon -- Sources
Prospecting -- Nevada -- Sources
African Americans -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Business records -- Sources
Inventories of decedents' estates -- Virginia -- Sources
Debt -- Virginia -- Sources
Romanies -- Virginia -- Page County
Railroads -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Timetables
Railroads -- Virginia -- History
Church buildings -- Virginia -- History -- Sources
Real property and taxation -- Virginia -- Sources
Real property -- Virginia -- Sources
Letters (correspondence)
Genealogies (histories)
Tax records
Legal documents
Financial Records
Family papers
Names:
Ebenezer Baptist Association (Va.)
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 10th -- History
Mill Creek Regular Baptist Church (Va.)
Kauffman family
Hoover family
Hoover, Anna B., 1937-2008
Hoover, James B. (James Beery), 1934-2017
Strickler, Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas), 1828-1889
Strickler, Joseph, 1786-1856
Strickler, Reuben T. (Reuben Thomas), 1854-1937
Strickler, Mary
Places:
Egypt (Va.) -- History
Massanutten (Va.) -- History
Luray (Va.) -- History
Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History
Virginia -- Genealogy
Virginia -- History, Local
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs -- Sources
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Economic conditions -- Sources
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History
Oregon -- History -- 1859-
Washington Territory -- History -- To 1889 -- Sources
United States -- History -- 1913-1921
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Page County (Va.) -- History