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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…

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

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…

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.

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 Albert T. Willcoxon, son of Rezen Willcoxon and Elizabeth Betsey Deneale. Though he wanted to expand the cemetery it fell into disuse shortly after he was buried there. His wife Mary was buried in Fairfax City Cemetery.

The headstone of Margaret Conn Willcoxon Farr at the Willcoxon-Farr Cemetery. The daughter of Rezen Willcoxon and Elizabeth Betsey DeNeale. She was born in 1820 and died in 1904. Her headstone reads, "In Memory of Margaret Conn Willcoxon wife of…

The headstone of Margaret Conn Willcoxon. Mother of Capt. Rezen Willcoxon. This is the oldest grave in the Willcoxon-Farr Cemetery. The headstone reads, "Margaret Willcoxon. Departed this life the 6th day of July, 1832 in the 93 year of her age."…

Headstone of Capt. Rezen Willcoxon. He built the original house on the Blenheim property in Fairfax, Virginia which burned down in the 1850's. It was rebuilt by his son Albert and remains standing today. Rezen owned about 1000 acres of land in…

Headstone of Richard R. Farr. Husband of Margaret Conn Willcoxon Farr. He died at the age of 41. The headstone reads, "In Memory Of Richard R. Farr, Born March 7th 1804. Died Sept 17th 1845. O where this silent marble weeps. A Friend, a Husband, a…