Historical Note

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:

Staunton, Virginia, City Directory, 1922. Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/683232277:2469, accessed April 14, 2023.

"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.

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