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This headstone is in memory of Emily Permelia Walters, wife of Dr. William B. Day. Emily was born on March 19th, 1818 near Fairfax, Virginia. She moved with Dr. Day to Dranesville where they lived together until she died on January 16th, 1892. The…

The headstone of Maj. Hampton Cothran Williams (1806-1877) and his wife Frances Alexander Williams (1806-1890) in the Chapman Family Cemetery on Bull Run Mountain near the towns of Thoroughfare and Broad Run, Virginia. According to the 1850 Federal…

The headstone of Frances Alexander Williams and her husband Maj. Hampton Cothran Williams in the Chapman Family Cemetery on Bull Run Mountain in northwestern Prince William County, Virginia, near the towns of Thoroughfare and Broad Run.

This is the headstone for Susan Pearson in the Chapman Family Cemetery on Bull Run Mountain in northwestern Prince William County, Virgina near the towns of Thoroughfare and Broad Run. When I took this photograph in 2008 the headstone was lying on…

An image of the headstone of Thomas William Swann in the Chapman Family Cemetery on Bull Run Mountain in Thoroughfare, Virginia.

Photograph of the headstone of Helen M. Swann in the Chapman Family Cemetery, Thoroughfare, Virginia (Bull Run Mountain). Helen Mary Swann (1855-1856) was the child of Thomas William Swann (1818-1860) and Helen Mary Chapman (1818-1895). Her brother…

This image shows the headstone of Joseph Thompson (d. March 16, 1917), which is located in the Oliver/Thompson Family Cemetery. The inscription reads, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord henceforth; yea, saith the spirit that they may rest…

This is the headstone of William Stanton Oliver, son of James Oliver, who died on April 6, 1898. The inscription reads, "HE GIVETH US BELOVED SLEEP."

This is the headstone of James Oliver, one of the first settlers to the Great Falls area. James Oliver split his land among his many children and requested that 1/2 acre of land be set aside to be a family graveyard.

This is the headstone of Eli Oliver (1816-1871), father of many children, including Lewis Oliver who is represented by the largest and most prominent headstone in the cemetery. Eli Oliver took after his father, James Oliver (see separate record), and…