"Small towns," wrote Virginia Moore in Scottsville on the James.  "America was born in one, passed its childhood and adolescence in others, and today, grown to maturity among great cities, still lives a vital part of its life in modest-sized towns scattered from coast to coast across the continent, thick as dandelions.  Resources, terrains, and people differ in America's small towns and sometimes unusual events well up from inside or break in from outside, altering the form of things.  For Scottsville, a special James-centered backdrop of nature and a very particular play of people and forces have made the town unique."  Scottsville is a town with a proud past and a population that goes to work, helps each other and themselves with a flash of humor, a spark of wit, and courage that does not fold easily.  The portraits of Scottsville citizens that follow are reflections of this hope, faith, courage, hard work, and good humor that has sustained our town into the 21st century. Please click on each image for a larger view and more information.

John Fitzallen Moore, 1928-2018
	Date:  ca. 2009 Image Number:  JohnFitzallenMoore_1928_2018 Comments:  John Fitzallen Moore (February 23, 1928 - January 31, 2018) was an American physicist, the son of authors, Virginia Moore and Louis Untermeyer.  Born John Moore Untermeyer, his name was legally changed after his parents' divorce in 1929, as Virginia's father had no male heir.  Virginia Moore legally changed her son's name to John Fitzallen Moore, II, after her divorce in 1929.  Cliffside in Scottsville was always home for Virginia and her son, John Fitzallen Moore, II. John Fitzallen Moore, II, attended schools in Scottsville, Virginia, and High Mowing School in New Hampshire.  John received a B.S. in nuclear physics from MIT in three years (where he and Walter Marvin, Jr., founded the Tech Model Railroad Club in 1946) and won a National Science Foundation fellowship that led to a M.S. in solid-state physics from Harvard's School of Applied Science. To learn more about John Fitzallen Moore , visit John Fitzallen Moore. Copyright � 2023 by Scottsville Museum

Franz Stillfried (1960-1988) by Evelyn Edson
	Date:  ca. 1988 Image Number:  FranzStillfried1988 Comments:  Franz Stillfried, whose parents, Dominick and Elko Stillfried, ran a dairy farm at Snowden and later at Scottland Farm was born with a genetic disorder known as brittle bone distease (osteogenesis imperfecta).  This stunted his growth and meant that his bones would break easily, a defect that eventually killed him. Franz was a lovely, intelligent, and amusing person, who was determined to live his life as independently as possible.  He graduated from St. Andrews Presbyterian College in 1982 where he majored in politics and earned the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award for his unselfish service to others.  Back in Virginia, he started a graduate program in international relations at the University of Virginia, where he was frustrated by the University's inaccessibility for disabled students and staff. To learn more about Franz Stillfried, visit Franz Stillfried. Copyright � 2023 by Scottsville Museum

Rassawek, Capital City of the Monacan Nation by Evelyn Edson
	Date:  1608 Image Number:  JohnSmithMapOfVirginia1608 Comments:  The Scottsville Museum sits on Monacan land.  There is no evidence that there ever was a permanent settlememt here, but traces of Monacan people remain--arrowheads, fish hooks, and stone tools.  Just a little way down river was the most important Monacan site -- Rassawek-- at the confluence of the James and Rivanna Rivers; see map above.  This was the capital city of the Monacan nation, established over 5000 years ago, and was the center of a population of about 15,000 in 1600.  It appears as one of the five Monacan towns on John Smith's 1608 map of Virginia. To learn more about Rassawek and the Monacan nation, visit Rassawek. Copyright � 2021 by Scottsville Museum

The President's Brother: Captain Randolph Jefferson by Joanne L. Yeck
	Date:  2012 Image Number:  JY01cdJY01 Comments:  When someone learns I am investigating the life of Randolph Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson's only brother, they inevitably want to know:  "What was his relationship with the great man?" That question inspired The Jefferson Brothers  (Slate River Press, 2012). The Jefferson brothers were very different men, living very independently from each other.  Randolph was younger by more than twelve years--virtually a generation apart in Colonial America.  Thomas spent much of his adult life away from central Virginia, whereas Randolph spent his entire life living and farming in Buckingham County, at the James River's Horseshoe Bend. To learn more about the Jefferson brothers, visit The President's Brother. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum

Thomas Jefferson Did Not Sleep Here: The Cave at Snowden by Joanne L. Yeck
	Date:  2014 Image Number:  DS01cdDS01 Comments:  Shown at left is the "cave" at Snowden that was dug out of phyllite rock and has been attached to a legend involving Randolph Jefferson's plantation, Snowden, and Thomas Jefferson's flight from Monticello during June of 1781 when Lt. General Charles Cornwallis, Col. Banastre Tarleton, and the British troops were bearing down on central Virginia. In 1968, Virginia Moore told an embellished version of this legend in her conversational history, Scottsville on the James.  She began, "There is a tradition that Jefferson hid out in a cave under a bluff below Scott's Landing, about a mile downstream from his brother Randolph's plantation house; the place is pointed out."  In the 18th century, Randolph's Snowden consisted of about 2,000 acres covering both high and low grounds at the James River's Horseshoe Bend. To learn more about this cave tradition and research of Jefferson's records and the geology of the Snowden area, visit Thomas Jefferson Did Not Sleep Here:  The Cave at Snowden. Copyright � 2021 by Scottsville Museum

Joshua Fry, 1699-1754
	Date:  2014 Image Number:  CG2019_4379 Comments:  Shown at right is Joshua Fry, portrayed by Kit Decker, as he walked up the Scottsville Museum stairs with a colonial woman, reenacted by Miranda Burnett, during Scottsville's Community Day in September 2014.  We offer here the text from the speech given by the inimitable Kit Decker, playing the role of Joshua Fry (1699-1754), who became the partner of Peter Jefferson (1708-1757) in Albemarle map making. To learn more about Joshua Fry, visit Joshua Fry, 1699-1754. Copyright � 2020 by Scottsville Museum
The Rushes of Chestnut Grove: One Family's Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Regina Rush
	Date:  2015 Image Number:  MS01cdMS01 Comments:  My pursuit of information about the Rush branch of my family began shortly after I began working as a Reference Coordinator in the Albert and Shirley Special Collections Library in the late nineties.  Researchers streamed through the library on genealogical quests, ferreting out information about ancestors ranging from the famous, to the not-so-famous, to the down-right infamous.  Before long, a fervid desire to know my family�s history had taken a hold of me, and I embarked on a journey to find out about the Rushes of Chestnut Grove.  What I knew about my family�s history could be summed up in a paragraph--a very short one at that.  My paternal grandparents were James Neverson and Roberta Brooks Rush.  They raised eleven children in a place called Chestnut Grove, a small unincorporated community nestled in the Green Mountains of Southern Albemarle County, Virginia. For the full feature article by Regina Rush that tells of her discoveries about the Rush family's life on Southern Albemarle plantations beginning in 1845, visit The Rushes of Chestnut Grove. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Eddie Adcock, Award-winning Banjoist and Bluegrass Artist
	Date:  2014 Image Number:  AEM03cdAEM01 Comments:  Eddie Adcock was born in Scottsville, VA, on June 21, 1938, and is the son of Bennie G. Adcock and Senora Ann (Johnson) Adcock.  Eddie is an award-winning American banjoist and guitarist, who lived in Scottsville until he was 16.  His professional career as a 5-string banjoist began in 1953 when he joined Smokey Graves and his Blue Star Boys, who had a regular show at a radio station in Crewe, Virginia. In 1957, Bill Monroe offered a job to Eddie, and he played with the Blue Grass Boys until he could no longer survive on bluegrass' declining pay due to the onslaught of Elvis Presley, who cornered all music markets.  Eddie continued in music and also returned to working a variety of day jobs including auto mechanic, dump truck driver, and sheet metal mechanic.  Then Charlie Waller and John Duffey asked Eddie to join their struggling new band, The Country Gentlemen, whereupon their vocal and instrumental synergy prompted a reinvention and elevation of their sound, sound revitalizing bluegrass music itself.  They were the first group to be inducted, in 1996, into the international Bluegrass Music Association's Hall of Fame as a band entity. To learn more about Eddie Adcock and his Scottsville beginnings as well as the dynamic bluegrass duo he formed in 1973 with his wife, Martha Hearon Adcock, visit Eddie Adcock, Award-winning Banjo and Bluegrass Artist. Copyright � 2020 by Scottsville Museum
Randolph Jefferson's Legacy
	Date:  2018 Image Number:  JY02cdJY01 Comments:  Peter Field Jefferson: Dark Prince of Scottsville by Joanne Yeck follows the rise and fall of Randolph Jefferson�s most successful son.  Nephew to President Thomas Jefferson, Peter Field Jefferson proved that at least one member of the family had a head for business.  The story of his life parallels the changing cultural landscape of the James River�s Horseshoe Bend across seven decades � rising from virtual frontier to the establishment of Scottsville in Albemarle County, through the building of the James River and Kanawha Canal, and culminating in the early months of the Civil War.  Jefferson�s success as a self-made man is tainted with great personal loss, making his story a distinctively American tragedy. Lost Jeffersons is a collection of essays which follows descendants of Randolph Jefferson and their kinfolk.  Their fates reveal, in part, the genetic decline of one branch of the Jefferson family.  A microcosm of Virginia�s gentry, multiple generations of cousin intermarriage resulted in a concentration of undesirable traits�including alcoholism, idiocy, and insanity�compromising individuals who might otherwise have led productive and useful lives. To learn more about Randolph Jefferson and his descendants, visit Randolph Jefferson's Legacy. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Robert Barclay Moon and Mary Barclay (Massie) Moon
	Date:  ca. 1850 Image Number:  CRMS11cdCRMS1, CRMS13cdCRMS1 Comments:  Robert Barclay Moon (1821-1891) was the son of John Digges Moon and Mary Elizabeth (Barclay) Moon of Albemarle County, Virginia.  He graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in civil engineering and served as magistrate and county engineer of Albemarle County.  In 1846, he married Mary Barclay Massie (1822-1911), the daughter of Nathaniel and Susan (Wood) Massie, in Augusta County, Virginia.  See larger images for more information on Robert Barclay Moon, and his wife, Mary Barclay (Massie) Moon. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Lilla Moon
	Date:  ca. 1872 Image Number:  CRMS17CDCRMS1 Comments:  Lilla Moon was born in 1854 in Albemarle County, VA, and she was the daughter of John Schuyler Moon (1823-1876) and Elizabeth (Tompkins) Moon (1826-1891) of St. Annes Parish.  In the 1860's, Lilla moved with her parents to Snowden in Buckingham County, VA.  In the 1880s, Lilla married Manlius T. Goodwin (b. ca 1850), a farmer in Louisa County, Virginia.  Lilla and Manlius Goodwin moved to Richmond, VA, and were the parents of two children, Clarence Quarles Goodwin and Lewis Pendleton Goodwin.  Manlius was deceased by 1904, and Lilla, his widow, moved to Montgomery, Alabama, to live with her son, Lewis, in Montgomery, Alabama, where she passed away on March 15, 1929. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Miletus Ballard and Frances Caroline (Grubbs) Harris
	Date:  before 1877 Image Number:  H63cdME04,  E12cdE02 Comments:  Miletus Ballard and Frances Caroline Harris arrived in Scottsville with their young family by late 1837.  Miletus was a wheelwright by trade and greatly impressed by the heavy wagon traffic bringing grain from the Shenandoah Valley to Scottsville.  He set up his wheelwright business in town and in 1860 purchased a general mercantile store on Main Street.   Frances Caroline opened her own millinery shop in their store's upper floor.  See larger images for more Harris info and photos. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Zachariah Fleming Jones and Cornelia (Crew) Jones
	Date:  1867 and ca. 1885 Image Number:  RA01cdRA01, RA19cdRA02 Comments:  Zachariah Fleming Jones served as a Mosby's Ranger during the Civil War.  He returned to his family farm after the war ended and married Cornelia Ann Crew in Richmond, Virginia, on March 2, 1881.  Zack was a dashing figure with an entrepreneurial spirit and invented many labor-saving devices for farm and town use.  Zack and Cornelia lived at Breezewood and were the parents of four children. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Edmonia Harris Moon
	Date:  ca. 1871 Image Number:  CRMS07cdCRMS02   Comments:  Edmonia Harris Moon was born at Viewmont in Albemarle County, Virginia, on March 16, 1851.  She was the daughter of Edward and Anna (Barclay) Moon, wealthy landowners and a Scottsville merchant.  In 1872, Edmonia surprised her family by accepting a call to go to North China as the first single woman Baptist missionary.  Edmonia's older sister, Charlotte "Lottie" Moon, joined her to do missionary work in China in 1873. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Charlotte 'Lottie' Digges Moon
	Date:  ca. 1891 Image Number:  RS15acdRS04 Comments:    Charlotte 'Lottie' Digges Moon, was born at Viewmont in Albemarle County, Virginia, on December 12, 1840.  She was the daughter of Edward and Anna (Barclay) Moon, wealthy landowners and a Scottsville merchant.    Lottie Moon received her education as a teacher at the Virginia Female Seminary and Albemarle Female Institute and accepted an appointment as a Baptist missionary to China in 1873.  She was absolutely devoted to the Chinese people for nearly forty years.  During a 1911-1912 famine, Lottie Moon shared her own meager money and food with everyone around her, severely affecting her health.  Weighing only 50 pounds, Lottie Moon died on December 24, 1912, from severe malnutrition. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Isaac Anderson Moon
	Date:  ca. 1880 Image Number:  CRMS03cdCRMS01 Comments:   Isaac Anderson Moon was born on May 13, 1836, in Albemarle County, VA; he was the sixth child of Edward Harris Moon and Anna Maria (Barclay) Moon.  During the Civil WAr, Isaac served in the Confederate Army in Virginia.  After the war, Isaac was an attorney of the Albemarle County Bar.  In 1857, Isaac married Margaret Elizabeth Jones (1838-1930) of Buckingham County, VA.  See the larger image for more family information and photos. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Elizabeth Tompkins Moon
	Date:  ca. 1880s Image Number:  CRMS15cdCRMS01 Comments:  Elizabeth Tompkins (1826-1891) was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Waddy Tompkins and Sarah Elizabeth (Gilmer) Tompkins.  Elizabeth married John Schuyler Moon (1823-1976) on April 21, 1847, in Albemarle County, Virginia.  John was a successful lawyer, and after starting their marriage at Mt. Ayr, John and Elizabeth soon moved to Stony Point just north of Scottsville.  In 1870, John and Elizabeth sold Stony Point and purchased Snowden across the James River from Scottsville in Buckingham County.  They were the parents of 14 children before John died at Snowden in December 19, 1876  Elizabeth Tompkins passed away in October 1891 and is buried at Mt. Ayre Cemetery, Albemarle County, Virginia. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Waller E. Mallory and Grandson
	Date:  ca. 1895 Image Number:  B01cd20 Comments:  Waller E. Mallory holds his grandson for this photo taken at Idylwood Studio.  Waller lived at Valmont and served as farm overseer for David H. Pitts, Valmont's owner.       Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Helen Goddin (Crafton) Harris
	Date:  ca. 1896 Image Number:  E24cdE03 Comments:  Helen Goddin (Crafton) Harris was born in Richmond, Virginia, on December 28, 1856.  Her early education years were spent in Washington, DC, and Helen attended college in Richmond at the Richmond Female Institute (now called Westhampton College).  While visiting her Worsham cousins in Scottsville, Helen met her future husband, Charles Bascom Harris, Sr.  Helen married Charles on December 1, 1879, and moved to Scottsville where they raised a family of six children at their 'Fairview' home.  Helen died in 1954 at the age of 98 years. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
David Henry Pitts
	Date:  ca. 1900 Image Number:  DV01cdDV01 Comments:   David Henry Pitts was born on September 24, 1852, at Pedlar Mills, Amherst Co. VA.  He was the son of Mary Agnes (Snead) Pitts and Jonathan Pitts.  On November 4, 1878, David married his first wife, Cora L. Staples (1853-1901), in Albemarle Co., VA.  David worked as a Captain, merchant, and businessman with the James River-Kanawha Canal system with offices in Richmond, Scottsville, and Lynchburg.  David Pitts and W.S. Dorrier founded the Scottsville National Bank, and David was also connected with railway construction through Virginia, Maryland, and the South.  David took an active part in Virginia politics and for three terms represented Albemarle County in the Virginia House of Delegates.  David married secondly Stella Crisp of Baltimore in 1902 or 1903.  David passed away on August 3, 1932, at his home in Scottsville, VA, and is buried at the Scottsville Baptist Church Cemetery. Copyright � 2020 by Scottsville Museum
Mary Agnes (Babe) Pitts and Josephine J. Pitts
	Date:  ca. 1900 Image Number:  DV02cdDV01 Comments:  Shown at left are Mary Agnes (Babe) Pitts (L) and Josephine J. Pitts (R) as they posed for a photo in the Idylwood Photo Studio of William E. Burgess.  Mary Agnes (b. 1867 in Scottsville) was the twelfth child of Jonathan and Mary Agnes (Snead) Pitts of Scottsville, and Josephine (b. 1865 in Scottsville) was their tenth child.  These two Pitts sisters never married and lived most of their lives together at their parents' home (Lots 19 and 20) on East Main Street in Scottsville.  Mary Agnes passed away on June 26, 1948, and Josephine passed away on August 28, 1950, in Scottsville, VA; both sisters are buried in the Baptist Cemetery in Scottsville. Copyright � 2020 by Scottsville Museum
William 'Willie' Edward and Ellen Gentry (Cornett) Burgess
	Date:  ca. 1900 Image Number:  Roll12Neg17A,                    Roll12Neg20A Comments:  William 'Willie' Edward Burgess and his wife, Ellen Gentry (Cornett) Burgess, posed for these portraits taken by Willie at Idylwood shortly after their marriage.  For the past 100 years, these two hand-tinted portraits have hung side-by-side in the Burgess family home.  Willie and Ellen were the parents of three sons: Lawrence Edward, William Harold, and George Gentry Burgess.  See the larger images for more family information and photos. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Peter Valentine Foland
	Date:  ca. 1900 Image Number:  B01_RollOneNeg2A Comments:  Peter Valentine Foland was born on January 22, 1845, in Virginia; he was the son of Valentine Foland (1810-1893) and Frances Ann Jefferson (1820-1860).  Peter Valentine Foland served in the Civil War and returned to Scottsville to claim his inheritance from his grandfather, Peter Field Jefferson, which included Mt. Walla and the Scottsville Ferry in Scottsville.  Peter Valentine Foland went on to serve as Scottsville's postmaster, as a member of the Town Council and later as Mayor of Scottsville.  Please click on Peter Valentine Foland's image to see a larger view and more family information and photos. Copyright � 2019 by Scottsville Museum
Cary Ann (Coleman) Moon
	Date:  ca. 1900 Image Number:   CRMS19CDCRMS01 Comments:   Cary Ann Coleman was born on May 18, 1840, and was the daughter of John Harris Coleman and Sarah Nelson (Nicholas) Coleman of Locust Shades Farm (now called Totier) in Albemarle County, Virginia.  On September 24, 1866, in Albemarle County, Cary married James Nelson Moon (1836-1898), who served as one of Mosby's Rangers in the Civil War.    Please click on Cary's image for a larger view and more information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
John Barclay Moon
	Date:  ca. 1900 Image Number:  Men of Mark in Virginia by Lyon G. Tyler, 1907, Vol. 3, p. 271 Comments:   John Barclay Moon (1849-1915) was the son of Robert Barclay Moon and Mary Barclay (Massie) Moon of Albemarle County, VA.  He attended school in Scottsville and entered Washington and Lee College in Lexington where he was a student until 1868.  John Barclay went on to study law in Scottsville in the office of his uncle, Schuyler Moon.  On 20 March 1978, John Barclay married Marion Gordon Dabney (1858-1911), and they were the parents of eight children, who lived with them at Dunlora in Albemarle County.  Please click on John's image for a larger view and more information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
David Wiley Anderson
	Date:  ca. 1900 Image Number:   KVA07cdKVA01 Comments:  David Wiley Anderson was born on August 20, 1864, in Louisa, Virginia, to John Bledsoe Anderson (1819-1911) and Mary Elizabeth Morris (1823-1893).  "D. Wiley" excelled in mathematics and drawing in school, and then worked with his father, John, who was a successful contractor.  At age 16, D. Wiley was listed as working with his father on the new work on Rivanna Farm in 1880.  D. Wiley went on to design and construct well-built and substantial buildings in Richmond, Scottsville, and other Virginia locations.  He clearly admired and demanded fine construction, which may well be a legacy from his father.  To learn more about D. Wiley's contributions to Virginia architecture and about his other skills, please see the larger image. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
The Scottsville Beal Family, 1850-2001
	Date:  ca. 1900 Image Number:  B416cdB28 Comments:  In about 1850, Joseph Russell Beal arrived in Scottsville from Richmond, where his family was in the mercantile business.  He purchased a canal freight boat and two Scottsville lots on the James River to transport good from Richmond to his Scottsville mercantile business.  In association with James W. Mason and the Moon brothers of Scottsville, Joseph acquired a 60-year lease of part of the lot in front of the Scottsville Presbyterian Church.  The Beal family would grow and prosper in Scottsville through 2001. See the larger image for more Beal family information and photos. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
William Samuel Beal
	Date:  ca. 1900 Image Number:  ML07cdML01 Comments:  William "Billy" Samuel Beal was a merchant whose family's store was located in the Beal Building at the corner of Bird and Valley Streets.  A lifelong bachelor, Billy served as Scottsville's Town Constable for many years and was Past Master of Masonic Lodge #45.  See the larger image for more Beal family information and photos. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Family of Charles Bascom Harris, Sr.
	Date:  ca. 1902 Image Number:  E28cdE03 Comments:  Pictured here is the family of Charles Bascom Harris, Sr, who lived at Fairview in Scottsville.  Not included in this family gathering is a third son, Charles Bascom Harris, Jr., who suffered from asthma and was recuperating in New Mexico when this photo was taken.  See larger image for more family member details and names. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Alexina, Richard W., and Charles Bascom Harris, Jr.
	Date:  ca. 1902 and 1914 Image Number:  E29cdE05, E28cdE05 Comments:  Alexina (Harrison) Harris holds her young son, Richard Wheat Harris, in a ca. 1914 photo.  At right is her husband, Charles Bascom Harris, Jr., as a teenager at the turn of the century. Charles became the proprietor of a Scottsville store called 'C.B. Harris and Co.'   Alexina and Charles were the parents of five children. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Innes (Randolph) Harris and Percy Harris, Sr.
	Date:  1904 and 1938 Image Number:  RM05acdRM01,                      RM06cdRM01 Comments:  Innes Randolph is shown in graduation cap and gown for her 1904 graduation from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia.  Innes married Percy Harris, a medical student from the Medical College of Virginia, on September 20, 1904.  Percy graduated from medical school in 1905 and came to Scottsville in 1913 where he conducted a successful general medical practice and also served as Mayor of Scottsville from 1943-1953.  The Harrises were the parents of four children. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Dr. Benjamin Lewis Dillard
	Date:  ca. 1905 Image Number:  B114cdB17 Comments:  Benjamin Lewis Dillard was born September 4, 1857, and was the son of George Walden Dillard and Lucy Jane Dillard, who lived at Mill House on Glendower and at Chester in Scottsville.  Benjamin received his MD from Johns Hopkins and returned to Scottsville to set up his practice over the Fidelity National Bank on Valley Street.  Dr. Dillard married first, Maude Baptist, and after her death in 1905, he married Mildred Scoville Horsley.  Dr. Dillard was the father of six children.  He died on April 12, 1929, and is buried at Scottsville Cemetery. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
William Dorrier, Respected Scottsville Businessman and Citizen
	Date:  1906 Image Number:  436WilliamDorrier, Scottsville Cemetery Comments:  William Dorrier was born in Brunswick, Germany on June 9, 1839, and in the Spring of 1856, he arrived in Pennsylvania where he became a successful businessman.  He married Katherine Ritchey in Bedford Co., PA, and the Dorriers moved to Scottsville in 1874 where he engaged in successful business with D. H. Pitts, Lane Bros., Co., Valmont Stock Farm, Pitts & Dorrier Merchants, and the Scottsville National Bank.  He was a most well-respected businessman and Citizen of Scottsville.  William Dorrier passed away on May 27, 1906, after an accident coming to Scottsville via horse and wagon; he is buried at Scottsville Cemetery. Copyright � 2020 by Scottsville Museum
Katherine Elizabeth Pitts and Her Nurse
	Date:  January 1907 Image Number:  M08bcdKM01 Comments:  Katherine Elizabeth Pitts is shown with her nurse shortly after her birth on January 19, 1907, at Belle Haven in Scottsville. Katherine was the daughter of Captain John Lee Pitts and Helen Amanda (Burgess) Pitts. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Pleasant Morgan and Sarah (Clark) Burgess
	Date:  ca. 1907 Image Number:  M43cdKM02 Comments:  Pleasant Morgan and Sarah 'Sallie' (Clark) Burgess stand on the steps of Locust Grove, the Burgess family plantation on the Hardware River between Scottsville and Fork Union in Fluvanna County, Virginia.  They were the parents of eight children: Hattie Virginia, Florence Lindsay, Charles Russell, Amanda Helen, William 'Willie' Edward (the photographer), Laura Adelaide, Cornelia Clark, and Garnett Burgess.  See the larger image for more family photos and information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
A Family Gathering at The Terrace
	Date:  ca. 1907 Image Number:  Roll4Neg12A Comments:   Pictured here on the front steps of The Terrace are the Powers, Blair, and Bell families.  The Terrace is a Victorian-style residence on Scottsville's Jackson Street, built in 1897 by Dr. and Mrs. David Pinckney Powers.  See the larger image for identities of these family members. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
The Viscountess Astor (Nancy Langhorne Astor)
	Date:  1908 Image Number:  National Trust Collections, UK; Accessions No. 766112 Comments:   Pictured at left is a 1908 portrait of Mrs. Waldorf Astor, nee Nancy Langhorne (1879-1964), by John Singer Sargent.  Nancy Langhorne began her life in 1878 in a crowded house in Danville, VA, the fifth of her parents' eleven children.  Nancy's father, Chiswell Dabney Langhorne, moved his family to Richmond in 1886, where he finally struck it rich.  In 1893, he was able to relocate to the palatial estate of Mirador in Albemarle County.  To learn more about how his daughter, Nancy, survived a disastrous first marriage, moved to England, married Waldorf Astor, and became the first woman to take a seat in the British Parliament, see the larger image of Nancy's painting. Copyright � 2020 by Scottsville Museum
Thomas Ellison and Mary Estes (Browne) Bruce
	Date:  1908 and 1912 Image Number:  SD21cdSD2                                SD332cdSD18 Comments:  Thomas Ellison and Mary Estes (Browne) Bruce married on October 14, 1915, in Palmyra, VA.  Ellison was a successful young Scottsville druggist and Mary, an elementary teacher at Scottsville School.  They became parents of three children: Rebecca Jane; Thomas Ellison, Jr.; and Anne Shirley Bruce.  See the larger image for more family photos and information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Charlie Albert Lenaham
	Date:  ca. 1908 Image Number:  SB01cdSB01 Comments:  Charlie Albert Lenaham is shown in this charcoal drawing by his dear friend, Susie N. Blair.  Charlie was born in 1902 and the son of Amelia Lenaham, a trusted employee and member of the Powers family.  Due to his lifelong commitment to Scottsville, Charlie was fondly nicknamed 'Citizen Charlie.'  See the larger image for more family photos and information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Ruth Roberts
	Date:  1908 Image Number:  R01cdR01 Comments:  Ruth Roberts, daughter of William Smithson and Mary (Stinson) Roberts, is pictured standing in front of their Scottsville home.  She was born August 1904 in Scottsville, and this hand-tinted photo of Ruth shows her standing in front of the same potted plant which her brother, Earl, touches below in his sepia-toned photo taken the same day. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Earl Roberts
	Date:  1908 Image Number:  R03cdR01 Comments:  Earl Roberts, son of William Smithson and Mary (Stinson) Roberts, is pictured standing in front of their Scottsville home.  This sepia-toned Burgess photograph was taken the same day as the hand-tinted photo of Earl's sister, Ruth. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Edward Dorrier
	Date:  ca. 1908 Image Number:  M05cdKM01 Comments:  Born in 1906, Edward Dorrier was the son of Walter and Cornelia (Burgess) Dorrier.   This photo was taken by his uncle, William Burgess, when Edward was 19 months old.     Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Family of John Taylor Morris and Lelia B. (Lacy) Morris
	Date:  ca. 1910 Image Number:  JM13acdJM02 Comments:   Pictured here are members of the family of John Taylor Morris (1846-1920) and Lelia B. (Lacy) Morris (1854-1919) at Morrisena near Warren in Albemarle County, Virginia.  See the larger image for identities of these family members.   Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Senator Thomas Staples Martin
	Date:  ca. 1910 Image Number:  TSM004 Comments:  Thomas Staples Martin was born in Scottsville on July 29, 1847, to John Samuel Martin and his wife, Martha Ann Staples.  He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1893 where he served until his death in Charlottesville, Va., on November 12, 1919. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Annie Parker 'Parke' Harris
	Date:  ca. 1910 Image Number:  E22cdE04 Comments:  Annie Parker 'Parke' Harris was the oldest child of Charles Bascom Harris, Sr., and Helen Goddin (Crafton) Harris. She was a Scottsville school teacher and became the wife of Scottsville's principal, William Day Smith. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Clara Lee Pitts and Friend
	Date:  ca. 1910 Image Number:  M16cdKM01 Comments:  Clara Lee Pitts is shown with an unidentified friend at left in this photo taken at Idylwood Studio.  Clara was the daughter of Captain John Lee Pitts and Florence Lindsay (Burgess) Pitts of Belle Haven. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Nathaniel Thomas Sclater
	Date:  ca. 1910 Image Number:  B104cdB17 Comments:  Nathaniel Thomas Sclater ran Sclater Hardware Co. with his brother, Wirt Sclater.  Their store was first located on the north corner of the Carlton House on Valley Street in the early 1900's.   By 1915, Sclater Hardware had relocated to the north entrance of Traveler's Rest Hotel on Main Street.   Both Sclater brothers were active musicians in the Scottsville Band, as Nathaniel played a trombone and Wirt, a baritone horn.  Nathaniel married twice, and his second wife was Anna Moylin Moon, the daughter of James Nelson Moon and Cary (Coleman) Moon of Scottsville. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
The William Thomas Moulton Family
	Date:  ca. 1910 Image Number:  RM18cdRM03 Comments:  The William Thomas Moulton family is shown in this 1910 photo taken in Richmond where they lived on Floyd Avenue.  At that time, William, Sr. worked for Boscobel Quarry just outside Richmond.  After World War I, William Thomas Moulton moved to Scottsville where he operated Jefferson Mill with his son, John Adkins Moulton. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Annie Jones
	Date:  1912 Image Number:  B29cdB14 Comments:  Annie Jones of Scottsville -- she later graduated from Longwood College and became a teacher. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Laura and Kathleen Colley
	Date:  Christmas, 1912 Image Number:  B07cdB12 Comments:  Mrs. Laura (Burgess) Colley reads to her daughter, Kathleen, in this Christmas time photo taken at Idylwood Studio.  Laura was the sister of William E. Burgess, and this photo was a Christmas gift to the Colley family from the photographer. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Susie Blair and Andrew Gilbert Bell, Jr.
	Date:  ca 1912 Image Number:  B47cdB16 Comments:   Susie Blair was the daughter of Dr. Joseph P. and Susie (Powers) Blair and granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Pinckney Powers of Scottsville.  She graduated from Scottsville Schools and Hollins College where she studied drama.  Susie served as a board member for the Scottsville Museum for many years. Andrew Gilbert Bell, Jr., was the son of Andrew Gilbert and Annie (Powers) Bell of Scottsville and the cousin of Susie Blair. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Four Generations of the Pitts Family
	Date:  1913 Image Number:  M01cdKM01 Comments:  This wonderful Burgess photo brought together four generations of the Pitts family:   Jonathan Pitts, Captain John L. Pitts, Clara (Pitts) Dorrier, and Charles Richard Dorrier, Jr. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
James Benson and Mary Alice (Tapscott) Tindall
	Date:  October 27, 1914 Image Number:  JT24cdJT03 Comments:  James Benson and Mary Alice (Tapscott) Tindall are shown just as they prepared to board a train at Hatton for their honeymoon trip.  The Tindalls owned a country store, Hatton Post Office, Hatton Station, and Hatton Ferry from 1914 until 1945 when their son, Jim, Jr., took over Hatton management duties. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
William Harold Burgess
	Date:  June 1914 Image Number:  B46cdB15 Comments:  William Harold Burgess was born June 27, 1907, in Scottsville at the Burgess family's Idylwood home.  He was the youngest son of William Edward and Ellen (Cornett) Burgess. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Helen Harris
	Date:  ca. 1914 Image Number:  E14cdE02 Comments:  Helen Harris was the youngest daughter of Charles Bascom Harris, Sr., and his wife, Helen Goddin (Crafton) Harris.  Helen was born January 21, 1892, in Scottsville, and married James McFarland in 1919. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Marjorie (Harris) Fry and Marjorie Helen Fry
	Date:  ca. 1914 Image Number:  E27cdE03 Comments:  Marjorie (Harris) Fry holds her daughter, Marjorie Helen Fry.   Marjorie was the daughter of Charles Bascom Harris, Sr., and Helen Goddin (Crafton) Harris of Scottsville.  In 1912, Marjorie married George Washington Fry, who graduated from UVA law school in 1910 and began a law practice in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Captain John Lee and Helen (Burgess) Pitts
	Date:  ca. 1915 Image Number:  M39bcdKM03,                                M85KMcd04 Comments:  Captain John Lee Pitts, Sr., became a canal boat captain at the age of fourteen, and later was a senior member of a railroad construction firm.  After his first wife, Florence, died, John married her sister, Helen Burgess.  John and Helen lived at Belle Haven in Scottsville and became the parents of three daughters.  See the larger images for more Pitts family photos and information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Burgess, Dorrier, and Pitts Cousins
	Date:  1915 Image Number:  M06dcdKM01 Comments:   William Burgess photographed his nieces and nephews at a gathering of the Burgess, Dorrier, and Pitts families at Idylwood.  See the larger image for identities of these family members. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
The John Walter Nicholas Family
	Date:  ca. 1915 Image Number:  B201cd21 Comments:  John Walter and Anne (Fontaine) Nicholas pose with their daughters and friends.  This Nicholas family lived at The Hermitage, a home about two miles south of Scottsville in Buckingham County on property purchased by John's grandmother in 1832.  See the larger image for identities of family members and more information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
The Walter Clifton and Susan Henry (Spencer) Hamner Family
	Date:  ca. 1914 Image Number:  EA8875cdEA01 Comments:  The family of Walter Clifton Hamner and Susan Henry (Spencer) Hamner are shown in this ca. 1914 photo taken when they lived in Rockfish, Nelson County, Virginia.  Walter worked in the Alberene Soapstone Company, and by 1920, the Hamners moved to Schuyler in Nelson County, Virginia, where the Alberene Soapstone company thrived.  See the larger image for identities of Hamner family members and more information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Anna Anderson Manahan aka Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia
	Date:  ca. 1914 Image Number:  GGBC01 Commens:  Occasionally, Scottsville has been graced by the presence of famous people: movie stars, writers, even royalty.  One of the most memorable was Anna Anderson Manahan (1901-1984) who lived at Fairview (7631 Fairview Farm Rd which is located just north of Scottsville on Rt. 20) with her husband, John E. Manahan.  Anna maintained to her dying day that she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia, the sole survivor of the Czar's family, executed during the Revolution on July 16, 1918.  Although DNA testing appeared to prove her claim was false, there are those, including some of us in Scottsville, that continued to believe. See the larger image for more information about Anna Anderson Manahan and a recipe attributed to Scottsville's Anastasia. Copyright � 2021 by Scottsville Museum
Jonathan Pitts
	Date:  ca. 1917 Image Number:  RS01acdRS01 Comments:  Jonathan Pitts was a Confederate veteran, merchant of Scottsville, and patriarch of a large family.  He was born in 1822 and lived to be 98 years old. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
The John Lacy Morris, Jr., and Daisy (Callahan) Morris Family
	Date:  ca. 1918 Image Number:  EA8875cdEA01 Comments:  The children of John Lacy Morris, Sr. (1881-1940), and Daisy Holmes (Callahan) Morris (1881-1967) are shown in this ca. 1918 photo taken when they lived at Morrisena near Warren, Virginia.  John Lacy Morris, Sr., assisted his father, John Taylor Morris (1846-1920), in the farming of the Morrisena property, and after his father passed away, John Lacy took over the management of the farm.  John Lacy Morris married Daisy Holmes Callahan (1881-1967) on 08 October 1908, and they were the parents of the four children shown in the photo at left.  See the larger image for identities of family members and more information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Cornelius Wood
	Date:  unknown Image Number:  DW09cdDW01 Comments:   Cornelius "Neal" Wood was born about 1868 in Virginia and lived on a farm just a few miles east of Scottsville near Beals Road.  He and his wife, Mary Martin, were the parents of twelve children.  See the larger image for additional family information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
John Wesley and Florence (Johnson) Wood
	Date:  unknown Image Number:  DW05acdDW01,                               DW10cdDW02 Comments:   John Wesley Wood and his wife, Florence (Johnson) Wood, were the parents of three children: Lindsey Mason, Dorothy Beatrice, and Harry Wood.  They lived on their farm east of Scottsville, and Wesley also worked as a section hand on the C&O Railroad. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Lindsey and Dorothy Wood
	Date:  ca 1920 Image Number:  DW01cdDW01 Comments:   Pictured at Idylwood Studio are Lindsey Mason and Dorothy Beatrice Wood.  They are the children of John Wesley and Florence (Johnson) Wood, who lived on a small farm east of Scottsville on Beals Lane. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
John Adkins Moulton and Innes (Harris) Moulton
	Date:  ca. 1922 Image Number:RM13cdRM02, RM10cdRM01 Comments:  After his discharge from the U.S. Army in 1919, John Adkins Moulton moved to Scottsville to help his father, William, operate nearby Jefferson Mills.  John met and married Innes Roberta Harris on June 28, 1923.  The Moultons lived in Scottsville and were the parents of two children: John Adkins Moulton, Jr., and Randolph 'Ranny' Harris Moulton. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Mary (Wood) Alfama
	Date:  ca. 1925 Image Number:  DW07cdDW01 Comments:  Mary (Wood) Alfama is shown in this photo from the 1920's.  Mary was the daughter of Cornelius "Neal" and Mary Wood, who lived on a small farm east of Scottsville on Beals Road. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Elizabeth 'Patsy' (Johnson) Muse
	Date:  ca. 1920-1925 Image Number:  DW03cdDW01 Comments:  Elizabeth 'Patsy' (Johnson) Muse was the sister of Florence (Johnson) Wood and sister-in-law of John Wesley Wood of Scottsville.  Her mother was Nannie Johnson of Mateo, Buckingham County, Virginia. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Helen (Harris) McFarland and James Emmons McFarland, Jr.
	Date:  September 1920 Image Number:  E07cdE01 Comments:   Helen (Harris) McFarland holds her son, James Emmons McFarland, Jr.  Helen was the daughter of Charles Bascom Harris, Sr., and Helen (Crafton) Harris of Scottsville.  In 1919, Helen married James Emmons McFarland, Sr., a Charlottesville pharmacist. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Helen (Burgess) Pitts and Mrs. Evan Chesterman
	Date:  December 25, 1921 Image Number:  M03bcdKM01 Comments:   Helen (Burgess) Pitts poses on the grounds of Belle Haven with her friend, Mrs. Evan Chesterman.  Helen was the wife of Captain John Lee Pitts of Scottsville and the sister of William Edward Burgess. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
The Family of John Henry Phillips, Sr.
	Date:  October 1924 Image Number:  B687cdB41 Comments:   The children of John Henry Phillips, Sr., pose for a photograph with their spouses and children on the occasion of the funeral of their father in October 1924, in Cunningham, Fluvanna County, Virginia.  John Henry, Sr., was born on April 6, 1858, and was the son of Vincent Witcher Phillips and Julia Holloway (Omohundro) Phillips.  John Henry, Sr., worked as a Fluvanna farmer and married Martha Edmonia Bramham (1860-1930) on 21 November 1880  John Henry and Martha Phillips were the parents of 9 children.  Their son, John Henry Phillips, Jr., served as a rural mail carrier from the Scottsville Post Office for 42 years.  See the larger photo for the names of the John Henry Phillips, Sr., family and more information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
John Henry Phillips, Jr., and Annie Phillips
	Date:  October 1924 Image Number:  B687cdB41 Comments:  John Henry Phillips, Jr., and his wife, Annie (Whitlock) Phillips, are shown at a gathering of the Phillips family in Cunningham, Fluvanna County, Virginia, in October 1924.  John Henry, Jr., was a rural mail carrier for the Scottsville Post Office, who retired in 1961 after 42 years of service.  Anne Phillips retired in June 1961 after teaching in Scottsville schools for 40 years.  See the larger photo to learn more about John Henry Phillips, Jr., and his wife, Annie. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Katherine Elizabeth Pitts
	Date:  ca. 1925 Image Number:  M08acdKM01 Comments:  Katherine Elizabeth Pitts was born in 1907 at Belle Haven in Scottsville.   She was the daughter of Captain John L. Pitts and Helen Amanda (Burgess) Pitts.  Katherine graduated from Scottsville High School and Randolph Macon College; she taught in Scottsville public schools for many years.  She married John Randolph Phillips on April 6, 1929, in New York City, New York. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Mary White Oliver
	Date:  ca. 1925 Image Number:  B43cdB15 Comments:   Mary White Oliver grew up in Scottsville and lived with her parents about 5 miles east of Scottsville on Rt. 6; her father was a highway contractor.  Later Mary moved to Fork Union. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Virginia Faulconer
	Date:  ca. 1925 Image Number:  B44cdB15 Comments:  Virginia Faulconer was the daughter of George Faulconer, who was a depot operator for both the C&O and Southern Railway; her mother was a Houchens from North Garden.  Virginia's siblings were Ethel, Carl, and George Faulconer, and her uncle was Herbert Faulconer, the Scottsville Depot Operator. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Frank Russell Moon, Sr.
	Date:  ca. 1927 Image Number:  CRMS18cdCRMS02 Comments:  Frank Russell Moon, Sr., was the son of James Nelson Moon and Cary Ann (Coleman) Moon of Shirland in Albemarle County, VA.  Frank married  Annie Dunscomb Horsley in 1901, and they lived at Travelers Rest near Warminster, VA, where they raised their family.  Frank was a farmer, a local merchant in Warminster, and also the postmaster at the Warminster Post Office for many years.  See the larger image for more information on Frank and Annie (Horsley) Moon. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Helen (Crafton) Harris and Charles Bascom Harris, Sr.
	Date:  ca. 1928 Image Number:  E09cdE01 Comments:  Helen and Charles Bascom Harris, Sr., posed for this photo at Idylwood Studio.  They were married in 1879 in Richmond and lived in Scottsville until Charles' death in 1930.   Charles was a merchant and owned Fairview (now 'High Meadows') in Scottsville.  Helen and Charles were the parents of six children.  See larger images for more Harris family photos and information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Virginia Steger
	Date:  ca. 1928 Image Number:  B48cdB15 Comments:  Virginia Steger graduated from Scottsville High School in 1929.  Her father was Robert Steger, a Scottsville barber.  The family lived in an apartment over the Harris Building until it burned in 1925; they next lived on a houseboat in the James River until moving to Texas in 1930. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
John Randolph and Katherine (Pitts) Phillips
	Date:  ca. 1928 Image Number:  KM209acdKM09 Comments:  John Randolph and Katherine (Pitts) Phillips married on April 6, 1929, in New York City, NY.  They returned to Scottsville to live at Belle Haven, the Pitts family home, where they raised a daughter, Kathleen.  Randolph was a free lance writer, and Katherine taught the seventh grade at Scottsville School from 1937 until she retired in the 1970's.  Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Annie Woody Jackson
	Date:  unknown Image Number:  DW011acdDW01 Comments:  Annie Woody Jackson was the mother of Fitzhugh Woody of Scottsville. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Charlie Woody
	Date:  unknown Image Number:  DW011bcdDW01 Comments:  Charlie Woody was the brother of Annie Woody and uncle of Fitzhugh Woody of Scottsville. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
William Smithson and Mary (Stinson) Roberts
	Date:  1930 Image Number:  R02cdR01 Comments:  William Smithson and Mary (Stinson) Roberts farmed the Walter Dorrier farm about 3/4 miles north of Scottsville on Rt. 20.  They were the parents of Earl and Ruth Roberts, and Mary was the sister of Dr. L. R. Stinson of Scottsville.  The Roberts are buried at Scottsville Cemetery. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Dr. Emory Hill
	Date:  ca. 1930 Image Number:  B579cdB33 Comments:  Dr. Emory Hill was born in Scottsville on September 8, 1883, and was the youngest son of Major James C. and Mary Emory (Lamb) Hill.  Emory attended Scottsville School and went on to earn his medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia in 1907.  Dr. Hill became recognized as one of the outstanding ophthamalogists in the South. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
William Robert Pitts, Sr.
	Date:  ca. 1935 Image Number:  RS12ccdRS02 Comments:  William Robert Pitts, Sr., was born on July 17, 1908, in Fine Creek Mills, Powhatan County, Virginia, and was the son of William Patteson Pitts and Betty Frances (Pearce) Pitts.  In 1930, this Pitts family lived in Scottsville, Virginia, where William Robert married first, Ruth Morton Kent (b. August 27, 1910; they were the parents of two sons, Edward Patteson "Pat" Pitts (b. April 11, 1946, VA) and William "Billy" Robert Pitts, Jr. (b. May 25, 1941).  William Robert Pitts, Sr., was very active in the Scottsville community, operating a successful grocery store, Pitts Market on Main Street, from 1937 until 1962.  Besides operating a grocery store, William Robert Pitts, Sr., was also successful and busy with a real estate business, political, civic, and church activities in Scottsville. Copyright � 2021 by Scottsville Museum
Mary Barclay (Moon) Nicol
	Date:  ca. 1940 Image Number:  CRMS05cdCRMS02 Comments:  Mary Barclay Moon was born in Scottsville District, Albemarle County, VA, in January 1870 and was the daughter of James Nelson Moon and Cary Ann Coleman Moon.  Mary married John Aylett Nicol in Washington, DC, in 1903, and they lived in Manassas, VA, where John was a real estate agent.  See the larger image for identities of their family members and more information. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Carter G. Woodson
	Date:  ca. 1940 Image Number:  Berea College, Kentucky Comments:  Carter G. Woodson was born in New Canton, Buckingham County, Virginia, in 1875, the son of Anne Eliza Riddle and James Henry Woodson.  His father was a share-cropper who had been enslaved until he joined the Union Army.  His mother learned to read and write--his father never did--but both parents encouraged their children to attend the local school run by his mother's brother, James B. Riddle.  Even so Woodson could not always attend as he was helping his parents on the farm.  See the larger image to learn more about Carter Woodson's significant accomplishments in life as an educator and historian in the field of Black history. Copyright � 2021 by Scottsville Museum
Luther Randolph Stinson
	Date:  1941 Image Number:  MJR02cdMJR01 Comments:  Luther Randolph Stinson was born on August 25, 1879, in Buckingham County, VA; he was the son of Thomas Henry Stinson and Eveline Elizabeth Baber.  Luther spent most of his early life in Buckingham County where he attended Axtel Academy in Glenmore.  In 1900, Dr. Stinson graduated from the University College of Medicine in Richmond.  Desiring to learn more of medical techniques, he enrolled for an eight-month course at the Polytechnic Clinic Medical School and Hospital in New York City in 1903 and completed it.  In 1904, Doctor Stinson began his general practice in Scottsville.  See the larger image to learn more about Dr. Stinson's medical career in Scottsville and about his family. Copyright � 2019 by Scottsville Museum
Charles and Joseph Wingfield
	Date:  ca. 1942 Image Number:  RM21cdRM03                                RM20cdRM03 Comments:  Charles Wingfield and his son, Joseph, lived on the Dr. Percy Harris farm about 3 miles west of Scottsville on Rt. 6.  Every Saturday, the Wingfields took large water jugs to Albevanna Springs to get water for Dr. Percy Harris which was better for his gout than Scottsville's water. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
L. Gordon White
	Date:  1942 Image Number:  AC01cdAC01 Comments:  L. Gordon White was co-owner of The White-Bruce Motor Company in Scottsville and also served as a member of the Town Council from 1911-1915, a Past Master of the Scottsville Masonic Lodge No. 45, and a member of St. John's Episcopal Church.  White was serving his fifth term as a member of the Virginia Assembly when he passed away on July 27, 1942. Copyright � 2020 by Scottsville Museum
Alan Martin Bruns
	Date:  ca. early 1950s Image Number:  AB48cdAB03 Comments:  Alan Martin Bruns grew up at his grandparents' summer home (Dungannon) in Buckingham County, VA, on the James River near Howardsville.  Alan attended Scottsville schools, and, in October 1943, his mother advised Scottsville HS Principal Leslie Walton that Alan had to stop school to learn to be a telegraph operator on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.  Bruns worked as a relief telegraph operator for the C&O railway in 1943 and 1944, and returned to school to graduate one year behind his original class.  Alan attended the University of Virginia and went on to a fulfill his life's passion, a successful career as a newspaperman.  See the larger image for more photos and additional information about Alan. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Rev. Houston Bryan and Mrs. Ruth (Morgan) Perry
	Date:  ca. 1950s Image Number:  RH01cdRH01 Comments:  Rev. Houston Perry was the minister at Union Baptist Church from 1939 to 1964.  Rev. Perry designed the current Union Baptist sanctuary, and in 1954, John Dickerson and he constructed it.  He and his wife, Ruth (Morgan) Perry were the parents of Ruth Perry and Houston Perry, Jr.  Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
George T. Omohundro, Sr.
	Date:  1952 Image Number:  SS1952_01_24 Comments:  George T. Omohundro, Sr., was born in Buckingham County, VA, in 1870, and moved to live with his grandparents when orphaned at the age of three.  George started his professional life as a bookkeper for the Virginia Alberene Corporation, and he entered the hardware business in 1926 when he started the Omohundro Hardware Company in Scottsville. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Robert Kirkwood Spencer
	Date:  1953 Image Number:  1953SHS_RobertSpencer Comments:  Robert "Bobby" Spencer was born in 1935 in Scottsville and is the son of Kirkwood A. Spencer and Louise P. (Pitts) Spencer.  He was raised in Scottsville and is a 1953 graduate of Scottsville High School.  Bobby attended the University of Richmond and earned his degree in English.  Then he attended Wake Forest University and earned a masters degree in divinity.  Bobby began a 31-year career at the Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia where he taught English as well as psychology, sociology, and religious studies.  He has lived a life full of many interests in which he excels. Copyright � 2020 by Scottsville Museum
Jackie Jensen, Famous Baseball Player
	Date:  1959 Image Number:  BPLAD019 Comments:  A recent biography of Jackie Jensen, baseball star of the 1950's, is entitled The Golden Boy and authored by George Martin.  Not only was Jackie handsome and fair-haired, but he was a fantastic athlete, playing both football and baseball in high school and college, but eventually going to the major leagues with the NY Yankees.  There he was awed to be on a team with his idol, Joe Dimaggio.  Jackie was traded to the Senators, and Casey Stengel was to say later, "Trading Jackie Jensen was the biggest mistake of my life!"  Jackie eventually wound up with the Boston Red Sox and played for them as a right fielder for nine years, 1953-1961.  To learn more about Jackie Jensen, his family and baseball career, and his retirement activities near Scottsville, click on his photo at left. Copyright � 2021 by Scottsville Museum
William Edward Moody, MD
	Date:  1966 Image Number:  DrWEMoody1966 Comments:  Dr. William Edward Moody was born in Ohio and came to Scottsville in 1946 after serving as a U.S. Army physician in the South Pacific during World War II.  Originally Dr. Moody came to Charlottesville to practice medicine, but when he learned that Scottsville needed a doctor, he moved his work to Scottsville.  Dr. Moody served faithfully as a country doctor in Scottsville for 44 years, retiring in 1990.  While he was actively working as a doctor in Scottsville and surrounding areas, he was available around the clock to his patients for help, encouragement, and advice.  To learn more about Dr. Moody and his many years of service to his Scottsville patients as well as those in the Albemarle and Buckingham countryside nearby, click on his photo at left. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Virginia Moore
	Date:  ca. 1969 Image Number:  JM01cdJM01 Comments:  A resident of Scottsville for sixty-two years, Virginia Moore started her career as a freelance writer in New York City, writing poetry, critical reviews, and articles.  She traveled to every continent as a journalist and later returned to Columbia University to earn a doctorate in philosophy.  Beginning in 1929, Virginia lived in Scottsville and wrote most of each year at Cliffside where she penned books of poetry, biography, history, and even travel. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Eugene Charles Allen
	Date:  ca. 1970 Image Number:  CEA01cdCE01 Comments:   Eugene Charles Allen was born on July 14, 1919, in Buckingham County, VA, to the late Kate Allen Tapscott.  Eugene was raised by his aunt and uncle, Susie and Charlie Brown, on Shirland Farm near Scottsville, VA.  In 1951, Eugene went to the White House to interview for a vacant Pantryman position, and soon advanced the ranks from Pantryman to Butler and then to his final position as maitre d' of the White House under President Ronald Reagan.  In his 34-year White House career, Eugene served 8 presidents and their families before retiring in 1986. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
George Bledsoe Wheeler, Sr.
	Date:  ca. 1970 Image Number:  AWPB01cdAWPB01 Comments:   George Bledsoe Wheeler, Sr., was born on July 12, 1928 in Schuyler, Virginia, and was the son of William Ira Wheeler (b. 1871) and Etta (Goin) Wheeler (b. 1882).  By 1946, 18-yr. old George was employed by the U.S. Rubber Plant in Scottsville and worked at this plant for 45 years as a precision machinist.  George married Elma Lucinda Baird on 1 January 1952 at the home of Scottsville's Methodist Minister, Reverend J.E. Daniels. George and Lucinda moved to their new home in the 'Paulett Town' area of Scottsville after their wedding. To learn more about George and Lucinda Wheeler and their family, please click on the photo of George at left. Copyright � 2019 by Scottsville Museum
Marguerite Patteson Spencer
	Date:  1978 Image Number:  CRMS01cdCRMS06 Comments:   Marguerite Leah Patteson was born on February 5, 1930, at the Ransoms in Buckingham County, VA, and was the daughter of Luther W. and Ethleen (Maxey) Patteson.  Marguerite graduated from Buckingham Central High School in 1946 and began working at W.F. Paulette and Sons, a hardware store in Scottsville, at the age of 17.  Marguerite married Samuel Ayers Spencer, Jr, on April 17, 1954, at the Sharon Baptist Church in Wealthia, Buckingham Co., VA.  She was employed for many years as clerk and bookkeeper at W.F. Paulett and Sons, and in 1964, Marguerite became co-owner of the Paulette store.  To learn more about Marguerite Spencer, please click on the photo of Marguerite at left. Copyright � 2021 by Scottsville Museum
Salute to Marguerite Ross Barnett
	Date:  ca. 1990 Image Number:  University Of Missouri-St. Louis website Comments:  A tombstone in the Union Baptist Church Cemetery east of Scottsville marks the gravestone of Marguerite Ross Barnett (1942-1992).  Put up by her husband, Walter King, and her mother, Mary Eubanks, the stone also bears a quotation:  "We can either be bystanders to a passing twenty-first century historical drama of heroic proportions, or we can be leaders." Those words of Dr. Barnett (shown at left) illuminate a brillian academic career beginning with her education at Antioch College and the University of Chicago.  She trained as a political scientist, writing a book on The Politic of Cultural Nationalism in South India, and as a teacher first in Chicago, then moving on to Princeton, Howard, and Columbia University.  In 1983, she found her vocation in higher education to everyone, including women and minorities.  She felt that large metropolitan universities should have a mission to reach out to surrounding communities and help to solve social problems.  To learn more, click on Marguerite's photo at left. Copyright � 2021 by Scottsville Museum
Lular Moore Parson, 1932-2007
	Date:  2000 Image Number:  RP11cdRP02 Comments:  Lular Moore Parson (at right) is shown with her granddaughter, Charissa Davis (at left) during a Parson family gathering in 2000 near Keene, VA.  Lular Moore Parson was born on January 3, 1932, to the late Herbert and Sadie Moore.  Lular graduated in 1951 from Douglass High School in Loudon County, VA, where she earned valedictory honors and composed the school song.  She was also a 2002 graduate of the Institute of Biblica Studies at Liberty University.  Lular married Reverend Robert Roosevelt Parson in 1956, anf from their loving union were born four daughters (Melody, Monica, Merisa, and Martika) and one son (Mark).    To learn more, click on the photo of Lular and Charissa at left. Copyright � 2022 by Scottsville Museum
Robert Roosevelt Parson, 1932-2022
	Date:  2003 Image Number:  RP1cdRP01 Comments:  Robert Roosevelt Parson was born on December 15, 1932, in Buckingham County, Virginia, about 4 miles from Scottsville.  Robert was the youngest child of Mattie Patterson and Willie Oscar Parson.  He lived in Buckingham County, VA, for all of his life except for the 9 years he served in the U.S. Air Force.  Robert married Lular Moore in 1956, and brought his wife over to live him while he was stationed in Germany.   When he left the Air Force service, in 1957, Robert and Lular Parson set up their home in Buckingham County.  To learn more, click on the photo of Robert at left. Copyright � 2022 by Scottsville Museum
Arthur Raymon Thacker
	Date:  2002 Image Number:  B656cdB40 Comments:  Arthur Raymon Thacker, shown above, was born on October 14, 1909, in Stuarts Draft, Virginia.  He was the son of a miller, Arthur Lewis Thacker (1879-1956), and his wife, Eddie Bell (Cary) Thacker (1880-1950).  Raymon's father accepted a position with the Scottsville Flour Mill and loaded his family, including Raymon's older brother, Homer Dodge Thacker (1903-2006), onto a horse-drawn carriage to make the journey to Scottsville on May 6, 1911.  Raymon lived his entire life in Scottsville and was its longest-serving mayor for 30 years (1966-1996).  To learn more, click on Raymon's photo at left. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Dr. Charles Luther Fry, Sr.
	Date:  2002 Image Number:  CF02cdCF01 Comments:  Charles Luther Fry, II, was born on 08 March 1932 in New York City, NY.  Charles graduated from Haverford College, NY, with a major in philosophy.  He then obtained his PhD from the University of Rochester in 1962.  Charlie accepted a position at the University of Virginia in its Department of Psychology in 1962 and taught psychology at UVA for the next 36 years.  He married Patricia Lloyd (Bergen) Armstrong in 1975, and they lived in Scottsville for the rest of their lives.  Charles played a most important role at the Scottsville Museum, serving as a Trustee and greatly aiding the Museum's efforts to digitalize its collections.  To learn more about Charles and his family and about his many contributions to Scottsvile Museum, please click on his photo at left. Copyright � 2020 by Scottsville Museum
Anne Shirley Bruce Dorrier
	Date:  2002 Image Number:  SD1CDSD1 Comments:  Anne Shirley Bruce Dorrier was born in Scottsville on November 6, 1920 and was the daughter of Thomas Ellison and Mary Estes (Browne) Bruce.  She graduated from Scottsville High School and Randolph-Macon Women's College, marrying her childhood sweetheart Lindsay Gordon Dorrier, in 1941.  Together Anne Shirley and her husband raised their four children (Lindsay, Claire, Bruce, and Richard) on their farm (Enfield) near Scottsville. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
James Benson Tindall, Jr.
	Date:  2009 Image Number:  JT01cdJT01 Comments:  James Benson Tindall, Jr., was born in Hatton, Virginia, the son of James Tindall, Sr., and Mary Tapscott Tindall, on October 17, 1915, and lived there most of his life.  Upon his father's death in 1945, James, Jr., took over his father's business that included the Hatton General Merchandise Store.  Soon, James also became the Hatton Depot Agent and the Hatton Postmaster, too. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Virginia McCraw Lumpkin
	Date:  2009 Image Number:  VLOH2009184 Comments:   Virginia McCraw Lumpkin was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, on July 06, 1924.  Virginia moved to Scottsville in 1947 and quickly became involved in the hospitality and restaurant businesses in Scottsville.  She worked at the Beal Store and then the Traveler's Rest Inn in Scottsville before marrying Nelson Lumpkin in 1955.  Virginia is best known for her ownership and management of Lumpkins Motel and Restaurant, a well-known and respected Scottsville business since 1970.  Copyright � 2020 by Scottsville Museum
Arthur Lee Lane, Jr.
	Date:  ca. 2009 Image Number:  ALL01cdALL01 Comments:  Arthur Lee Lane, Jr., was born in the Esmont Community of Albemarle County on June 12, 1929.  He was the son of Arthur Lee Lane, Sr. and Carrie Butler Lane.  Arthur graduated from Scottsville High School in 1946 and went on to graduate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.  Arthur was employed by the City of Charlottesville's Engineering Department and was a certified land surveyor.  Arthur went on to serve in the U.S. Army after WWII and then started his public service career in Waynesboro as City Manager and then served as City Manager of Dublin, GA for 10 years before moving to Radford, VA, in the same position.  He served then as Commissioner of the Virginia Employment Commission and also served as County Administrator of Buckingham County, VA, until retiring in 1992.  Upon his retirement, Arthur served as a Magistrate of the 10th Judicial District of Virginia.  Arthur and his wife, Marie Combs Lane, were residents of Scottsville and served as faithful volunteers at Scottsville Museum in the 1990's - early 2000's. Copyright � 2018 by Scottsville Museum
Lindsay Gordon Dorrier, Jr.
	Date:  May 2009 Image Number:  Photo Courtesy of Charlottesville Tomorrow Comments:  Lindsay Gordon Dorrier, Jr., of Scottsville, was born on August 27, 1943, in Scottsville, VA.  He was the son of Anne Shirley (Bruce) Dorrier (1920-2014) and Lindsay Gordon Dorrier, Sr. (1919-1996) of Scottsville.  Lindsay, Jr., was raised in Scottsville, attended public schools, graduated from St. Christopher's School in Richmond, VA, and Trinity College.  He enlisted in the U.S. Army, graduated from Infantry Officer Candidate School, and served in Japan in Military Intelligence.  Lindsay, Jr., returned home then to attend the University of Virginia Law School and pursued his career as a lawyer.  Lindsay served for many years as the Democratic representative for the Scottsville Magisterial District on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors (1976-1981 and 2000-2011).  Lindsay Gordon Dorrier, Jr., married Dorothea Jane Ikenberry on February 14, 1982, in Charlottesville, VA.  In 2022, Lindsay and Jane Dorrier reside in Scottsville.  To learn more about Lindsay Gordon Dorrier, Jr., please click on his photo above at left. Copyright � 2022 by Scottsville Museum
Ruth Lucilia Gardner Brooks
	Date:  2020 Image Number:  EE01cdEEdson01 Comments:  Ruth Lucilla Gardner Brooks, a long-time volunteer at the Scottsville Museum, died on June 5, 2021, at the age of 92.  Born in Esmont, VA, on November 9, 1928, Ruth was the daughter of William Kenton and Hattie Nelson Gardner.  She was the youngest of eight siblings, all of whom pre-deceased her.  Ruth received a cosmetology degree from St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville, VA, and ran a beauty salon out of her home for over 50 years.  Please click on the photo at left for a larger view and more information. Copyright � 2021 by Scottsville Museum
Arbutus May (Diehl) Thacker
	Date:  1950's Image Number:  RT41cdRT13 Comments:  Arbutus May (Diehl) Thacker, devoted wife of A. Raymon Thacker and mother of Matthew Thacker, passed away on December 8, 2021, at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, VA.  She was born on February 27, 1926, a daughter of the late John and Annie (Wheatley) Diehl.  For many years,, Arbutus lived in Reedville, Richmond, and Scottsville, VA, and worked as a hairdresser.  Arbutus was a devoted wife of A. Raymon Thacker and mother of Matthew Thacker.  Please click on the image at left for a larger view and more information. Copyright � 2021 by Scottsville Museum
Lillian Ruth Schafft
	Date:  2015 Image Number:  LillianSchafft2015 Comments:  Lillian Ruth Schafft, who died on December 13, 2021, at age 99, was an energetic member of the Scottsville Community.  As Literary Chair of the Scottsville Council of the Arts, Lillian solicited contributions for an anthology of local writers, Riverbanks to Mountaintops: Writings by Rural Virginians (2013).  She also ran a program for elementary school children, encouraging them to become writers and giving them an opportunity to read their works in public at the library.  After she retired to Our Lady of Peace in Charlottesville, Lillian continued to stay plugged in to local happenings.  As long as she was able, she had a "Telephone Ministry," reaching out to people she knew, who were ailing or in trouble.  She is survived by her daughters, Linda LaFontaine and Ruth Ann Rehm, and five grandchildren.  Her funeral service was on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Charlottesville.  For more details on Lillian Ruth Schafft's life, see her obituary at https://www.thackerbrothers.com Above 2015 photo of Mrs. Schafft is courtesy of the American Bible Society News, May 15, 2015 (https://news.americanbible.org). Copyright � 2021 by Scottsville Museum

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