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Alexander Morson Green (1827-1904) was the son of industrialist Duff Green (179201854) and Eliza Ann Payne (1806-1876) of Falmouth, Virginia.  Alexander was never interested in business or industry and just wanted to farm.  With the help of his father, Alexander purchased Berry Hill and Shepherd’s Green on Potomac Creek upstream from Belle Plains.  He also owned…

Henry Fitzhugh (1818-1883) was the son of George Fitzhugh (1784-1881) and Sarah Battaile Dade (1787-1862) of Milton, Culpeper County, Virginia.  He married Jane Elizabeth Downman (1817-1881), the daughter of Joseph Ball Downman (1787-c.1818) of Lancaster County, Virginia.  From her father Jane inherited 726 acres in Stafford County, Virginia.  This land is located on what is…

John F. Farmer (1843-1929) was born in Caroline County, Virginia.  He married Mary E. Deshazo (1850-1939) and lived in the White Oak area of Stafford County, Virginia.  He called his farm Potomac View.  In 1910, a friendly rivalry between local farmers produced the following notice in the Free Lance newspaper of Oct. 8, 1910, “To…

Asbury Watson Evans (1836-1910) was the son of John R. Evans (c.1799-1873) and was born in Charles County, Maryland.  He lived near Onville in Stafford County, Virginia.  During the War Between the States, Asbury served with the 9th Virginia Cavalry.  In May of 1900, the Stafford Court approved his application for a $15 pension for…

Thomas  Alexander Slaughter Doniphan (1813-1869) was born in King George County, Virginia, the son of Joel T. Doniphan and Alice S. Slaughter.  While living in Stafford County, Virginia in 1834 he served as a deputy sheriff.  By 1839, Thomas A. S. Doniphan was residing in Natchez, Mississippi where he employed himself as a merchant.

Frederick Dent (1848-1918) was often called “Fed” or “Federal” Dent.  He was the son of Scott Dent (c.1820-1874) and Sophie Guy of Stafford County, Virginia.   Frederick married Sarah E. Knight (1840-1918), the daughter of Lewis K. Knight (c.1820-1893).  He partnered with his brother-in-law, Capt. Wesley Knight (1846-1937), in the timber business, the shipping for…

Walter E. Corson (c.1849-1924) lived on the Washington Farm (now Ferry Farm) in Stafford County, Virginia.  In May 1903, “lightning struck and set fire to a large new barn on the Corson Farm, in Stafford county, just across the Rappahannock River from the lower end of [Fredericksburg].  In a short while the barn with its…

Henry Rowzee Conway (1825-1863) was the son of John Moncure Conway (1779-1864), clerk of the Stafford County and Circuit Courts.  Henry married Elizabeth Griffin Chinn, the daughter of John Leroy Chinn (1795-1854) of Lancaster County, Virginia.  John M. Conway had owned the rather large Garrard tract situated on the east side of U. S. Route…

Kendrick Bowers Combs (c.1857-1912) was the son of David Wickliffe Combs (1816-1889) of Stafford County, Virginia.  In 1882 Kendrick married Delsey F. Briggs (1864-1941), the daughter of Winnie B. Briggs.  Kendrick operated a sawmill in Stafford.  On Aug. 16, 1880, he conveyed to George M. Weedon, trustee, his “sawmill, carriages & fixtures,” log carrier, oxen,…

Richard Arthur Cloe (1868-1953) was the son of William S. Cloe (1832-1919) and Hannah Katherine Stark (1842-1884) of Stafford County, Virginia.  He lived in northern Stafford on a farm called Anchorage and near Stafford Store.  After the U. S. government condemned his farm for the expansion of the Quantico Marine Corps base in 1942, Richard A.…

Albert Clift (c.1813-1890) was the son of Fielding Clift (c.1772-1856) and Sallie Elkins of Stafford County, Virginia.  In 1850, Albert paid taxes on 200 acres on Accokeek Run.  In 1865, he was appointed one of the committee “to Care for Citizens Made Needy by the War.”  In 1871, he was appointed to the original Board…

John Clark (1804-1882) was born on Clark’s Mountain in Orange County, Virginia.  In addition to being a widely known and respected Baptist preacher, Clark was also a publisher, writer, and editor, as well as a millwright, engineer, bridge builder, carpenter, machinist, and fabricator of agricultural implements.  He rebuilt the Chatham Bridge after it washed out…