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Walter Harry Finnall

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…

John Albert Evans

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 Widewater and later lived at Onville on or very  near what’s now the Quantico Marine Corps reservation.  In 1899 John…

Hancock Eustace

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

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 Widewater.

John Catesby Edrington

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

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

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

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…

Robert Crutcher

Robert Crutcher (c.1773-1829) was the son of Hugh Crutcher (c.1739-1779) and Frances Coleman of Culpeper County and the grandson of Thomas Crutcher, Sr. (c.1695-1786).  In 1809 Robert married Tarissa Hamble Phillips (1783-1853), the daughter of Col. William Phillips (1744-1797) and Elizabeth Anne Fowke (1747-c.1829) of Traveler’s Rest, Stafford County.  Tarissa eventually moved to Warrenton and…

Thomas Whiting Cowne

Thomas Whiting Cowne (1784-1857) was the son of Robert Cowne (c.1756-1829) and Sarah Whiting of Culpeper.  His first wife was Martha H. Buchanan (died 1818).  In 1820 he married Susan Latham (born 1787) of Fauquier.  Thomas W. Cowne was a merchant in Falmouth.  He also operated a school in Falmouth and offered courses such as…

John Travers Cooke

Col. John Travers Cooke (1755-1819) was the son of Travers Cooke (1730-1759) and Mary Doniphan.  He lived at West Farm, which adjoined Clifton and Dipple in upper Widewater on the Potomac River.  For much of the eighteenth century a ferry operated from Cooke’s Bar at West Farm across the Potomac River to the Maryland shore.…

Gen. George Mason Cooke

George Mason Cooke (1792-1866) was the son of Col. John Travers Cooke (1755-1819) and Mary Thomson Mason (1762-1806) of West Farm in Widewater.  George shared business dealings with his father in farming, timbering, fishing, and freestone quarrying on Aquia Creek.  In 1818/19 he built Chelsea, a fine frame home in Widewater.  Part of this is now…