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Murray Forbes (1782-1863) was the son of Dr. David Forbes (1751-1789) and Margaret Sterling (1754-1806), the daughter of the last Laird of Herbertshire.  Murray was born in Dumfries, Prince William County, but decided upon a mercantile career rather than medicine.  He moved to Falmouth and in 1815 married Sallie Innis Thornton (1799-1885), the daughter of Francis…

Robert Lawrence Flatford (1852-1898) was the son of Robert Flatford (c.1810-1892) and Eliza Jane Harding (c.1812-after 1892) of Loudoun and Stafford Counties.  The elder Robert was a blacksmith by trade and lived in a log house across Garrisonville Road from modern North Stafford High School.  That house remains standing, though it has been covered with…

Dr. Alexander H. Fitzhugh (1786-1847) was the son of Thomas Fitzhugh (1760-1820) of Boscobel, Stafford County.  He was born on that farm and in 1815 married Eliza Gibbs Clare of Clarke County, Virginia.  During the 1840s, Alexander operated a blacksmith’s shop in Falmouth.  One of his advertisements reads, “The Subscriber will carry on the Blacksmith…

Ernest E. Fisher (1880-1969) was a Baptist minister and came to Stafford in 1922.  He was highly involved in the court system, serving as a federal commissioner for the U. S. courts, as an associate judge for Stafford, and was also the county’s juvenile court judge.  According to his obituary, “For a long time he…

Walter Harry Finnall (1799-1861) was the son of Robert Monteith Finnall (1776-1847) of Stafford.  He was a slave trader and broker in the 1830s and also operated the Tump Fishery near Aquia Landing for many years.  Walter H. Finnall married Elizabeth F. Bridwell (1805-1875).  His son, Morgan Lewis Finnall (1830-1901), continued the Tump Fishery after the…

During the War Between the States, John Albert Evans (1832-1921) served in the 9th Virginia Cavalry.  He married Margaret Jane Homes (1833-1853), the daughter of James Homes.  John spent some years as a boatman in Wide Water and later lived at Onville on or very  near what’s now the Quantico Marine Corps reservation.  In 1899…

Hancock Eustace (1768-1829) was the son of Isaac Eustace (c.1730-1795) and Agatha Conway (1740-1826).  Isaac owned a large tract in Stafford called Woodford, which straddled both sides of Garrisonville Road (Route 610).  This included what are now Porter Library, Kaz Automotive, Meadowlark subdivision, etc.  In 1792 he deeded one-half of the tract (525 acres) to…

Jesse Edwards (1742-1795) was the son of Ignatius Edwards (before 1719-1750) of Stafford.  Jesse owned land on Garrisonville Road now occupied by the Giant Food and Home Depot stores.  He may have been involved with freestone quarrying.  Jesse is buried in the King-Roles cemetery on the north bank of Aquia Creek in Wide Water.

John Catesby Edrington (1800-1879) was the son of John Catesby Edrington (1775-1820) and Sarah Porter Stone (1769-1816).  The younger John married his cousin, Elizabeth Hawkins Stone (1810-1891), the daughter of Hawkins Stone (1748-1810) and Elizabeth Burroughs (dead by 1833) of Stafford.  John resided at Myrtle Grove on the north side of Aquia Creek where he…

John Norton Dishman (1863-1951) was one of Stafford’s truly remarkable citizens. A highly respected African American businessman in Brooke, he was the son of Armistead Dishman (1837-1903) who had come to Stafford from Fauquier County. The elder Mr. Dishman purchased and resided on what was long known as the “Silk Farm” just east of Brooke.…

Susan King Davis (c.1804-after 1888) was the daughter of Mary (Brown) King (died 1845) of Stafford.  She married Bailis Davis (c.1809-1857) who fished on Aquia Creek.  A newspaper notice stated, “Mrs. D. is 87 years of age, and has a wonderful memory.  She remembers seeing the British shipping going up the Potomac in the war of…

George Curtis (1767-1844) was the son of George Curtis, Sr. (1730:35-c.1806) and Elizabeth Jett, the daughter of Peter Jett and Rebecca Bowen.  George, Jr. married first c.1792 Mary McIlhaney.  He married secondly in 1804 Jemima Payne (died c.1869), the daughter of Francis Payne and Susannah Jett.  George and Jemima were buried at their home, Green…