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Major Perry Bloxom

Birth
Accomack County, Virginia, USA
Death
17 Dec 1879 (aged 73–74)
Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Major Perry Bloxom came to Fox Hill, Virginia, then part of Elizabeth City County, from Accomack County, Virginia on the Eastern Shore. He decended from John Bloxom I of Accomack County, that first appeared in records in the 17th century.

The Bloxom family became a well known family in Fox Hill, and the corner of Old Buckroe Road and Foxhill Road in Hampton still bears the name "Bloxom's Corner". The cemetery is located a short distance from there. Also located nearby is the J.C. Bloxom and son nursery, also decended from Major P. Bloxom, although the business is no longer in family hands.
Major Perry Bloxom came to Fox Hill, Virginia, then part of Elizabeth City County, from Accomack County, Virginia on the Eastern Shore. He decended from John Bloxom I of Accomack County, that first appeared in records in the 17th century.

The Bloxom family became a well known family in Fox Hill, and the corner of Old Buckroe Road and Foxhill Road in Hampton still bears the name "Bloxom's Corner". The cemetery is located a short distance from there. Also located nearby is the J.C. Bloxom and son nursery, also decended from Major P. Bloxom, although the business is no longer in family hands.


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