Left Rugswamp, Hanover County, Va., and went to Oakland, in the same county where he married in 1847, Elizabeth Burwell Nelson, 4th daughter and eighth child of Capt. Thomas Nelson also of Oakland.. (Ref: Genealogy of the Page Family of Virginia).
On Mar 6, 1902, Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, wife of the famous author, makes an endowment to the Fork Church. "The sum of $8,000 has been settled by Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page upon the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocrese of Virginia, to be know as "The Fork Church, St. Martin's Parish, Fund." It is primariy for the care of the church and also the Nelson Page section of the burying grounds." (ref: The Times, Richmond, Va., Mar 6, 102, Page 9, the "8" is double-typed and may not be $8)
On Mar 6, 1902, Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, wife of the famous author, makes an endowment to the Fork Church. "The sum of $8,000 has been settled by Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page upon the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocrese of Virginia, to be know as "The Fork Church, St. Martin's Parish, Fund." It is primariy for the care of the church and also the Nelson Page section of the burying grounds." (ref: The Times, Richmond, Va., Mar 6, 102, Page 9, the "8" is double-typed and may not be $8)
Left Rugswamp, Hanover County, Va., and went to Oakland, in the same county where he married in 1847, Elizabeth Burwell Nelson, 4th daughter and eighth child of Capt. Thomas Nelson also of Oakland.. (Ref: Genealogy of the Page Family of Virginia).
On Mar 6, 1902, Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, wife of the famous author, makes an endowment to the Fork Church. "The sum of $8,000 has been settled by Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page upon the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocrese of Virginia, to be know as "The Fork Church, St. Martin's Parish, Fund." It is primariy for the care of the church and also the Nelson Page section of the burying grounds." (ref: The Times, Richmond, Va., Mar 6, 102, Page 9, the "8" is double-typed and may not be $8)
On Mar 6, 1902, Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, wife of the famous author, makes an endowment to the Fork Church. "The sum of $8,000 has been settled by Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page upon the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocrese of Virginia, to be know as "The Fork Church, St. Martin's Parish, Fund." It is primariy for the care of the church and also the Nelson Page section of the burying grounds." (ref: The Times, Richmond, Va., Mar 6, 102, Page 9, the "8" is double-typed and may not be $8)
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MAJOR JOHN PAGE
Born at
Rug Swamp
April 26. 1821.
Died at
Oakland
Oct 30, 1901
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