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William Mahone, born near Courtland, Virginia, in 1826, rose from civil engineer to railroad builder, Confederate general, and U.S. senator. He helped develop the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad through the Dismal Swamp, fought at major Civil War battles, and later led efforts to rebuild Virginia’s rail systems during Reconstruction.
Major General Richard Jaquelin Marshall (1895–1946) was a Virginia-born U.S. Army officer who served in World War I and rose to chief of staff of U.S. Army forces in the Pacific during World War II. After retiring, he became superintendent of Virginia Military Institute. The article also outlines his family, marriage to Isabel Crum, and children.
William Jackson Jenks rose through the Norfolk and Western Railway from telegraph operator to chairman of the board. Born in Wake County, North Carolina, in 1870, he later made his home in Roanoke, Virginia. The biography also notes his marriage to Sallie C. Baldwin and their daughter, Virginia Kyle Jenks Woods.
Frederick J. Kimball was a railroad executive and mineral developer who helped shape the Shenandoah Valley Railroad and Norfolk and Western. Born in Philadelphia in 1844, he rose from railroad engineering jobs to lead major coal and rail expansions in Virginia, including the Pocahontas coalfield and a westward line to the Ohio River.
Life fact Information Full name John W. Wayland Born December 8, 1872, at Woodlawn, near Mt. Jackson, Virginia Parents John Wesley Wayland and Anna (Kagey) Wayland Spouse Mattie V. Fry Children Francis Fry Wayland and John Walter Wayland Jr. Primary residence Bridgewater, Virginia Principal roles Educator, historian, and author Genealogy of John W. Wayland This genealogical account was constructed from the family information contained in the biography below. No relationships or life facts have been added from outside sources. John W. Wayland was born December 8, 1872, at Woodlawn, near Mt. Jackson, a son of John Wesley Wayland and Anna … Read more
The Greenlee family was among the earliest pioneer families of the Timber Ridge settlement in present-day Rockbridge County, Virginia. James Greenlee and his wife, Mary M’Dowell, arrived with the M’Dowell family in 1737 and established themselves within the new settlement near the headwaters of the James River. Through Mary, the Greenlees were closely connected with one of the most prominent families in the early history of Rockbridge County.
Members of the Lyle family were prominent in the early Scotch-Irish Presbyterian communities of western and central Virginia. The family first appears in the surviving account at Timber Ridge in present-day Rockbridge County, where Daniel, John, and Samuel Lyle supported the congregation served by Rev. John Brown. Later generations and branches were associated with the South Branch of the Potomac in Hampshire County, the Buffalo and Briery congregations in Prince Edward County, Bedford County, and Kentucky.
The Campbell family of Holston was one of the most prominent Whig families of Virginia’s southwestern frontier during the Revolutionary era. Descended from a Scottish family that had settled in Ireland, the Virginia Campbells established themselves first in Augusta County and later near the headwaters of the Holston River. Their descendants included soldiers of the Revolution, county officers, judges, and governors in Virginia and Tennessee.
Ernest Cleveland Firestone, born 1 Nov 1886, was a Botetourt County, Virginia businessman whose career spanned canning, poultry production, construction, and corporate leadership. President of Troutville Poultry Farm and active in local banking, insurance, and church work, he also expanded food-canning operations during World War I to meet wartime demand.
Biography of Samuel Riley Hurst, a Winchester horticulturist, florist, orchardist, apple packer, and landscape architect. Born in Kentucky in 1890, he worked in postal service and wholesale grocery before building Hurst Rainbowridge Gardens near Winchester. The account also notes his marriage to Juanita June Fishpaw, their two daughters, and his church and business roles.