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The Charles Bratton Photograph was donated to Special Collections in 2002.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Charles Bratton Photograph commenced and was completed in June 2009.
The Charles Bratton of the photograph may be Charles William Bratton, who was born on October 9, 1903. He married Nancy Pearl Barlow on April 9, 1925, in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. They were divorced on November 29, 1944, while Bratton was living in Augusta County, Virginia. He died February 24, 1975, and is buried alongside his wife Agnes P. (1895-1971) in Snider Cemetery in Prices Fork, Montgomery County, Virginia.
External sources:
"Charles William Bratton", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123563056/charles-william-bratton, accessed April 14, 2023.
"Charles William Bratton" Abstract of Divorce Decree, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Divorce Records, 1918-2014, available on https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/2132806:9280, accessed April 14, 2023.
In the 1922 Staunton, Virginia, City Directory, Oliver Z. Hoge and Edmund Berkeley are each listed as owner of Hoge-Berkeley Studio.
Oliver Zell Hoge was born to P. Byron Hoge and Mary Elizabeth Jordan on December 16, 1880, in Baltimore, Maryland. He died on August 24, 1945, and is buried alongside his wife Stella Hanson (1881-1962) in Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton.
Edmund Berkeley (sometimes Edmond and Berkely) was born to Edmund Berkeley and Mary Randolph on September 20, 1844, in Staunton, Virginia. He enlisted as a private in the McClanahan Company of the Staunton Horse Light Artillery, of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was discharged due to disability on August 15, 1863. He died on September 27, 1924, and is also buried in Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton.
External sources:
"Oliver Zell Hoge Sr.", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39834885/oliver-zell-hoge, accessed April 14, 2023.
Death certificate for Oliver Zell Hoge, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014, available on Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1418073:9278, accessed April 14, 2023.
"Pvt Edmund Berkeley", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10450361/edmund-berkeley, accessed April 14, 2023.
"Edmund Berkeley", Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database, available on Amazon.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/3077823:1555, accessed April 14, 2023.
While this photograph is marked with a "Hoge–Berkeley Studio (Staunton, Virginia)" label, there is no other identification. Charles Bratton is pictured in uniform.
The guide to the Charles Bratton Photograph by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).