Phlegar, Harvey Lee, 1862-1952
Biographical Note
Harvey Lee Phlegar was born to John S. Phlegar and Elizabeth Snidow on September 30, 1862, in Pembroke, Virginia. He attended V.A.M.C. from 1881-1882 and played the Eb cornet in V.A.M.C.'s Glade Cornet Band. He married Maggie B. Strader (b. 1864) on October 14, 1884, in Giles County, and they had several children: John, George, Bessie, Archie, and Paul. He worked as a farmer in Giles County. He died on June 7, 1952, and is buried in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg.
External sources:
University Catalogs, 1881-1882
U.S. Federal Censuses, 1870-1950
"Eb cornet played by Harvey Lee Phlegar in the Glade Cornet Band 1881-1882, with case and framed description", Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Museum, https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/VTCCMuseum/00_020009.tif, accessed June 12, 2023.
"Harvey Lee Phlegar" in the Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/2302081:9278, accessed Feb. 29, 2024.
"Maggie B. Strader" in the Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/3182576:60214, accessed Feb. 29, 2024.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
H. L. Phlegar Report of Scholarship
The H. L. Phlegar Report of Scholarship is a report card for Phlegar from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in October 1882. The report is signed by V. E. Shephard, secretary of the faculty at the college.