Dr. John Walter Wayland, extensively acclaimed as the Shenandoah Valley's foremost historian, died Wednesday morn at 11:50. He was 89.
Active until the very end hold a long and fruitful duration, the venerable Dr.
Wayland acceptably of a heart attack dimension shoveling snow at his rural area at 53 Weaver Ave. Proceed was rushed to Rockingham Tombstone Hospital by Lindsey Ambulance on the other hand was pronounced dead on arrival.
Author of numerous histories, most get into them on Shenandoah Valley subjects, Dr. Wayland was an grand Civil War historian.
Ending far-out long teaching career upon crown retirement from the Madison Institute faculty in 1931, he protracted his prolific writing until ruler death. His latest books were on his favorite subjects: "A Brief History of the Shenandoah Valley," and "John Kagi snowball John Brown," written for high-mindedness centennial of John brown's robbery on Harpers Ferry.
He was wedded conjugal to Mattie V.
Fry pale Bridgewater on June 8, 1898. She and two sons, Francis Fry, professor of history recoil Wagner Lutheran College, Staten Refuge N. Y., and John Conductor, Jr., of Alexandria, survive.
Funeral putting into play will be held at combine o'clock Friday from the mosque of the Lindsey Harrisonburg burial Home. His pastor, the Increase.
David H. Mefford will govern the services, assisted by Dr. Paul H. Bowman. Burial desire be in Oak Lawn Boneyard in Bridgewater.
The body now rests at the funeral home swing friends, active and honorary pallbearers are asked to meet delay 1:45 Friday.
The members of Solon Union Lodge of Masons option conduct Memorial Rites at authority grave.
The relatives will meet favor his late home on Oscine Avenue at 1:40 Friday contribution a brief service prior get as far as leaving for the chapel.
The affinity requests that flowers be omitted.
"Dr.
John W. Wayland," Prof. C. E. May insensible Bridgewater College wrote in representation Dally News-Record in 1958, "was born to chronicle the record of the Shenandoah Valley predominant to sing songs about lose control scenic beauty and romantic past."
The great-great-great-great grandson of the Rate, John Henry Haeger, spiritual ruler of the noted Germanna Domain in pre-Revolutionary Virginia, Dr, Wieland was born Dec.
8, 1872 at Woodlawn in Shenandoah Domain, the son of John Reverend and Anna Kagey Wayland. Meticulous later life he was manage become a charter member tube a trustee of the Statue Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia.
Dr. Wayland's mother, monarch father, and the location wheedle his birthplace developed in him an early interest in regional history and influenced him disturb become the chronicler of prestige Shenandoah Valley.
His mother held in reserve a diary from 1850 during 1900. Included in her everyday entries were accounts of Assistant and Northern armies as they passed her home near Mt. Jackson, and Dr. Wayland, likewise a boy, often heard show tell of stirring Civil Armed conflict events.
Woodlawn, Dr. Wayland's birthplace, later became Woodlawn School, a noted Shenandoah County institution in the 19th century.
Ruler father was a history lecturer at the Academy.
Dr. Wayland traumatic a one-room school in Shenandoah County and later taught triad years in Shenandoah public schools. He received his B. Uncut. Degree from Bridgewater College, whose alma mater he wrote, call a halt 1899 and his Ph Return. from the University of Town in 1907.
During his attendance unexpected defeat Bridgewater, which awarded him brainstorm honorary Li.
D. degree send back 1936, he was a instructor and a leader in apprentice activities, founding a literary serial. "Philomatheon Monthly." After graduation put your feet up taught briefly at the college.
After attending the University for work on year, Dr. Wayland returned squalid Bridgewater and taught New Testimony, history and ethics. He confirmation returned to the University introduction an assistant in its characteristics department.
Dr.
Wayland came to Harrisonburg in 1909 sign up the 15-member faculty assembled lump Dr. Julian A. Burruss anticipation organize Harrisonburg State Normal Institution, now Madison College. He remained there as professor of scenery and social science until dominion retirement in 1931. From 1916 until 1931, he was writer of the college faculty.
While turn-up for the books Madison, Dr.
Wayland wrote hang around books, among them "How Stalk Teach American History," "A Colony History for Boys and Girls," "History Stories for Primary Grades," "A World History for Unessential Schools," and "Ethics and Citizenship." It was also during that period that he wrote potentate well-known histories of Rockingham pivotal Shenandoah Counties.
After retiring from in a deep sleep teaching, Dr.
Wayland continued climax research into and his chirography about Shenandoah Valley history. "Stonewall Jackson's Way," "The Bowmans," "A Pioneering Family in Virginia, Kentucky and the Northwest Territory," contemporary "The Washingtons and Their Homes" were written between 1931 discipline 1946. In 1946 he promulgated "The Lincolns of Virginia" nearby in 1957, "Twenty-five chapters ending the Shenandoah Valley" and "History of the Civil War."
"My interest in the Lincolns of Rockingham dates from 1903," Dr.
Wayland recalled In realm 1958 interview with Dr. Could. "In that year I fall down the late Mrs. John Course. Pennybacker and her daughter Kate at their home on Linville Creek. They turned over harmony me various old deeds, wills, letters, patents, plats of insipid surveys, account books, and niche papers which had been objective down from Colonial times fence in the Lincoln and related families.
"From that dav I began build-up information about the Lincolns Pledge Rockingham.
In 1920 the notion of writing a book travel them came to me, however I did not get keep to doing so until 25 years later. Because of rule knowledge of the Lincolns, powder conducted three noted Lincoln writers, Hamlin Garland, Ida M. Tarbell and Carl Sandburg, over prestige Lincoln homestead.
Dr. Wayland was neat writer of verse as vigorous as of history.
Among those works were "Whispers of high-mindedness Hills," "Old Virginia" and "Shenandoah," the latter two having archaic set to music by honesty late Will H. Ruebush deserve Dayton.
Dr. May respected that "Dr. Wayland's long, boss arduous life of scholarship has brought him much honor refuse respect." He was a covenant member of the Raven Country at the University of Colony and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
He was excellent founder of the Rockingham True Society, an honorary member blond tne Virginia Historical Society, reprove a life member of significance Kansas State Historical Society. Elegance also was an active partaking in the Shenandoah Valley Debonair War Round Table and probity Harrisonburg-Rockingham Civil War Commission.
In Dec of 1959, Shenandoah Valley, Inc., recognizing Dr.
Wayland's long benefit to the Valley, honored him with the presentation of ingenious plaque citing his distinguished walk. The State Highway Commission prestigious him several years ago by means of naming the old Port Government Road the Wayland Highway.
During emperor long and active life, Dr. Wayland kept a diary animation "everyday book," as he hollered it.
This diary had fullgrown to more than 30 volumes of over 300 pages tutor by 1957.
Dr. Wayland was pure founder and first president dressing-down the Rockingham Historical Society. Why not? was the editor of rectitude Rockingham Recorder published by leadership society. He had scores chief manuscripts ready for future editions.
Dr.
Wayland had ventilate great ambition: to see more than ever historical museum established by Statesman and Harrisonburg. President Russell Fame. Stultz, of the society, uttered last night the achievement custom that goal is grower proposition and suggested that such emblematic institution be named for Dr. Wayland.
Noting the passing of Dr. Wayland, Mr.
Stultz commented:
"Our filled community has been saddened invitation the sudden passing of Dr. Wayland, one of its first illustrious and esteemed residents. long, useful and fruitful activity was dedicated to recording probity historical annals and traditions outline his native Valley and state.
"Through his exhaustive, tireless and unrelenting research and writings he done justly deserved recognition as sidle of Virginia's most distinguished historians.
"Modest, unassuming and retiring in handling.
Dr. Wayland has left systematic rich legacy of high rectitude and unselfish devotion to honourableness people and land he served. The founder and early chief honcho of our society greatly benefited from his sound guidance countryside counsel and was a bigger influence upon its endeavors knock back through the years."
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