Married his 2nd cousin, Jannett Hooff Brown, after a "family-forbidden" courtship as he was Presbyterian and she was Episcopalian.
One of his letters to her in 1847 during their secret courtship exists with the famous "Alexandria Blue Boy" stamp, which is the most expensive stamp ever: it sold for $1 million in 1981 and is estimated to be worth many times that now.
They had three children, with their oldest being Mary Goulding Hooff Fawcett (b. 12/1/1853), their son Douglas (b. 9/18/1858).
Prior to the Civil War, he was Deputy Collector, Inspector, Weights & Measures of Alexandria City.
During the Civil War, he took his (St. Paul's Episcopal) church's valuable silver communion goblets and buried them in the his sideyard at 517 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA. to keep them safe from theft by Union soldiers.
One of his letters to her in 1847 during their secret courtship exists with the famous "Alexandria Blue Boy" stamp, which is the most expensive stamp ever: it sold for $1 million in 1981 and is estimated to be worth many times that now.
They had three children, with their oldest being Mary Goulding Hooff Fawcett (b. 12/1/1853), their son Douglas (b. 9/18/1858).
Prior to the Civil War, he was Deputy Collector, Inspector, Weights & Measures of Alexandria City.
During the Civil War, he took his (St. Paul's Episcopal) church's valuable silver communion goblets and buried them in the his sideyard at 517 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA. to keep them safe from theft by Union soldiers.
Married his 2nd cousin, Jannett Hooff Brown, after a "family-forbidden" courtship as he was Presbyterian and she was Episcopalian.
One of his letters to her in 1847 during their secret courtship exists with the famous "Alexandria Blue Boy" stamp, which is the most expensive stamp ever: it sold for $1 million in 1981 and is estimated to be worth many times that now.
They had three children, with their oldest being Mary Goulding Hooff Fawcett (b. 12/1/1853), their son Douglas (b. 9/18/1858).
Prior to the Civil War, he was Deputy Collector, Inspector, Weights & Measures of Alexandria City.
During the Civil War, he took his (St. Paul's Episcopal) church's valuable silver communion goblets and buried them in the his sideyard at 517 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA. to keep them safe from theft by Union soldiers.
One of his letters to her in 1847 during their secret courtship exists with the famous "Alexandria Blue Boy" stamp, which is the most expensive stamp ever: it sold for $1 million in 1981 and is estimated to be worth many times that now.
They had three children, with their oldest being Mary Goulding Hooff Fawcett (b. 12/1/1853), their son Douglas (b. 9/18/1858).
Prior to the Civil War, he was Deputy Collector, Inspector, Weights & Measures of Alexandria City.
During the Civil War, he took his (St. Paul's Episcopal) church's valuable silver communion goblets and buried them in the his sideyard at 517 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA. to keep them safe from theft by Union soldiers.
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