{"results":[{"title":"Adams, Jacob Lew","text":"Jacob Lew Adams, dentist and civic leader, was born in rural Hanover County, Va., on November 25, 1909, a son of truck farmer<\/span> John Ewell Adams and his...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11673&search=farmer","sid":"11673"},{"title":"Anable, Samuel Low","text":"Samuel Anable was born on November 28, 1821, at Bethlehem, Albany County, New York, a son of Joseph and Alma Sheldon Anable. Married to Sarah Roxcina ...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11400&search=farmer","sid":"11400"},{"title":"Arents, Grace Evelyn","text":"Grace Evelyn Arents, philanthropist, was the youngest child born to Stephen Arents and his wife Jane Swain Ginter. Her father, a cedar cooper, died in...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11376&search=farmer","sid":"11376"},{"title":"Atkins, Isabella ","text":"Isabella Atkins (sometimes spelled Adkins), a free black woman, was born around 1830. During a time when many blacks were slaves and did not own prope...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11401&search=farmer","sid":"11401"},{"title":"Atkins, Katie May Brown","text":"Katie May Brown Atkins was born in Henrico County, Virginia, on May 30, 1903, a daughter of William Henry and Texhanna Martin Brown, and grew up on he...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11466&search=farmer","sid":"11466"},{"title":"Austin, Henry ","text":"Henry Austin, a painter and farmer<\/span>, was born on October 16, 1816, in Wallingford, Connecticut. Possibly on an extended visit to Virginia, he met a Hen...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11602&search=farmer","sid":"11602"},{"title":"Baughan, Benjamin S.","text":"Benjamin S. Baughan and his wife Maria lived in western Henrico County on a tract of land \"about 6 miles west of Richmond\" that he had purchased from ...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11650&search=farmer","sid":"11650"},{"title":"Beattie, Joseph Gilmore","text":"A son of Hugh and Agnes McBlane Beattie, Joseph Gilmore Beattie, physician, was born on March 18, 1822, in Belfast, Ireland. He studied medicine at th...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11599&search=farmer","sid":"11599"},{"title":"Beaty, Powhatan ","text":"Powhatan Beaty was born on October 8, 1837 in Richmond, Virginia, and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1849 where he spent the majority of his life. A far...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11462&search=farmer","sid":"11462"},{"title":"Boggs, Edmond Mac","text":"Born on February 23, 1909, labor advocate Edmond Mac Boggs was a son of Edgar M. and Olive Norman Boggs. His father, a farmer<\/span> in Gilmer County, WV, mo...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11657&search=farmer","sid":"11657"},{"title":"Bolling, John ","text":"John Bolling, born on January 27, 1677 at \"Kippax,\" in Charles City County, Va., was the only child of Robert Bolling and his wife wife Jane Rolfe, an...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11405&search=farmer","sid":"11405"},{"title":"Branch, Christopher ","text":"Christopher Branch, colonist, plantation owner, and Henrico County Burgess, is the earliest known recorded American ancestor of U.S. President Thomas ...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11658&search=farmer","sid":"11658"},{"title":"Brauer, William Henry","text":"Born on June 27, 1842, William Henry Brauer, a butcher by trade, but also a farmer<\/span> and businessman, was a son of John and Sarah Ann Hogg Brauer. His f...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11648&search=farmer","sid":"11648"},{"title":"Browning, Robert Walter","text":"Born on January 7, 1848, in Henrico County, Va., Robert Walter Browning was a son of prosperous local farmer<\/span> Williamson Browning and his wife Sarah. B...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11647&search=farmer","sid":"11647"},{"title":"Christian, Edmund ","text":"Edmund Christian, son of a prominent wealthy planter and physician, Dr. William A. Christian, and his wife Anna Harrison, was born at \"Creighton,\" in ...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11541&search=farmer","sid":"11541"},{"title":"Cosby, Hilda Johnson","text":"Hilda Phyllis Johnson Cosby, witness to civil right history, educator and extension agent, was born on August 18, 1927, in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, a...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11724&search=farmer","sid":"11724"},{"title":"Cosby, Jr., William (Willie) Dew","text":"William Dew Cosby, Jr. (known as Willie), businessman and entrepreneur, was born on May 30, 1910, possibly in the Henry District of Hanover County, Vi...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11610&search=farmer","sid":"11610"},{"title":"Cussons, Susan Ann Sheppard","text":"Susan Ann Sheppard was one of several daughters of Mosby Sheppard and his wife Mary Austin of \"Meadow Farm,\" in Henrico County, Virginia. Her first ma...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11385&search=farmer","sid":"11385"},{"title":"Dabbs, Josiah ","text":"A native of Charlotte County, Virginia, Josiah Dabbs, a wealthy planter and slaveowner, carpenter, and master builder, was a son of Joseph and Judith ...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11567&search=farmer","sid":"11567"},{"title":"Ferguson, William Haigler","text":"Farm manager and businessman William Haigler Ferguson was born in Surry County, N.C., on November 30, 1885. He was a son of Lindsay Carson Ferguson, a...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11509&search=farmer","sid":"11509"},{"title":"Frayser, Robert Alley","text":"Born on December 6, 1832, Robert Alley Frayser, physician and farmer<\/span>, was a son of Thomas Allen Frayser of New Kent County, Va., and Mary Mitchell Cru...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11605&search=farmer","sid":"11605"},{"title":"Frayser, William Ballard","text":"Born in New Kent County, Va., William Ballard Frayser, farmer<\/span>, was a son of W.H. Frayser and his wife Barbara Anne Bowis. Records are in dispute regar...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11637&search=farmer","sid":"11637"},{"title":"Friend, Robert Craig","text":"A descendant of early Henrico County settler Thomas Batte, farmer<\/span>\/farm manager Robert Craig Friend was born on January 15, 1832, in Chesterfield Count...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11628&search=farmer","sid":"11628"},{"title":"Glover, Richard Wade","text":"Businessman and Henrico County Supervisor Richard Wade Glover was born on October 29, 1934, in Victoria, Va., a son of Armstead Boyd and Minnie Dillar...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11535&search=farmer","sid":"11535"},{"title":"Goddin, Harvie Dill","text":"Harvie (sometimes noted as Harvey) Dill Goddin, farmer<\/span> and sometime bookkeeper, was a son of wealthy real estate agent Wellington Goddin and his wife ...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11617&search=farmer","sid":"11617"},{"title":"Grant, Walter E.","text":"A son of James Henry Grant, a wealthy tobacconist, and his wife Anne Elizabeth Crenshaw, Walter E. Grant was born in Richmond, Virginia. Grant grew up...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11590&search=farmer","sid":"11590"},{"title":"Grubbs, John Lewis","text":"John Lewis Grubbs, farmer<\/span>, real estate agent, and assistant postmaster, a son of Peter Winston Grubbs and his wife Rebecca Lipscomb, was born on March...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11615&search=farmer","sid":"11615"},{"title":"Hedrick, Wilmer John","text":"Born on January 31, 1910, in Ghent, Raleigh County, West Virginia, Wilmer John Hedrick was a son of merchant and farmer<\/span> Oda Cecil Hedrick and his wife...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11643&search=farmer","sid":"11643"},{"title":"Herman, Michael B.","text":"Born in Ireland on August 15, 1844, Michael B. Herman, farmer<\/span> and furniture dealer, immigrated with his parents to the United States at the age of nin...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11649&search=farmer","sid":"11649"},{"title":"Holladay, Elizabeth Jane","text":"A daughter of Benjamin Lewis Holladay and his wife Martha Mason Dillard, Elizabeth Jane Holladay was born in Virginia on September 14, 1848. She resid...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11442&search=farmer","sid":"11442"},{"title":"Hughes, James ","text":"James Hughes, carpenter and farmer<\/span>, resided in the Varina area of Henrico County, Virginia, during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hardworking and ...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11630&search=farmer","sid":"11630"},{"title":"Kemp, Leroy Hazelwood","text":"Born at \"Greenwood\" in Caroline County, Virginia, on September 20, 1851, Leroy Hazelwood Kemp was one of several sons born to Leroy Hazelwood and Cath...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11575&search=farmer","sid":"11575"},{"title":"Lewis, Jacob E.","text":"An African American farmer<\/span> and preacher, Jacob E. Lewis is of local importance as one of two men (Moses Johnson being the other) who founded the Mount...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11595&search=farmer","sid":"11595"},{"title":"Lyne, Chamberlayne Wilson","text":"Born on February 24, 1858, in Henrico County, Va., Chamberlayne Wilson Lyne, farmer<\/span> and businessman, was a son of Thomas Lowrey\/Laurie Lyne and his wi...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11624&search=farmer","sid":"11624"},{"title":"Lyon(s), William H.","text":"William H. Lyon (sometimes spelled Lyons) an African-American farmer<\/span>, was elected as a Republican candidate from Fairfield District to the Henrico Cou...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11616&search=farmer","sid":"11616"},{"title":"Martin, Berkeley Hancock","text":"Berkeley Hancock Martin, born at Hallsboro in Chesterfield County, Va., was one of at least six sons of farmer<\/span> Benjamin W. Martin and his wife Susan. ...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11507&search=farmer","sid":"11507"},{"title":"Miller, Charles Louis","text":"According to available sources, Charles Louis Miller, dairy farmer<\/span>, was born in Lauterbach in Hesse, Germany, on July 6, 1840, to Frederick and Maria ...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11635&search=farmer","sid":"11635"},{"title":"Nuckols, Oscar Newton","text":"A son of Jacob Woodson Nuckols and his wife Mildred Hester Jordan, Oscar Newton Nuckols was born in Henrico County, Virginia, on August 1, 1869. Nucko...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11498&search=farmer","sid":"11498"},{"title":"Nuckols, Thomas E.","text":"Thomas E. Nuckols, farmer<\/span> and magistrate, possibly one of several children born to Jonathan and Elizabeth Childress Nuckols, was born in Henrico Count...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11604&search=farmer","sid":"11604"},{"title":"Patterson, Richard Archibald","text":"Richard Archibald Patterson, doctor, farmer<\/span>, businessman and banker, was born in Caroline County, Virginia, on March 15, 1826, the second son of Thoma...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11577&search=farmer","sid":"11577"},{"title":"Penick, Junius Wilson","text":"Born on May 13, 1858, in the Roanoke Township section of Halifax County, Va., Junius Wilson Penick was one of several sons of William and Susan Sydnor...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11614&search=farmer","sid":"11614"},{"title":"Pleasants, Joseph Jordan","text":"Joseph Jordan Pleasants, surveyor and farmer<\/span>, was born on January 19, 1799, in Goochland County, Va. His parents, William Henry and Mary Ladd Pleasant...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11585&search=farmer","sid":"11585"},{"title":"Powell, John N.","text":"Born in Virginia on October 5, 1805, John N. Powell was a wealthy physician and farmer<\/span>. He married Mary Catherine Wright (1824-1885) in Westmoreland C...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11478&search=farmer","sid":"11478"},{"title":"Richardson, William Harvie","text":"William Harvie Richardson, farmer<\/span> and government leader, born in Richmond, Virginia, on December 18, 1795, was a resident of Henrico County and an act...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11473&search=farmer","sid":"11473"},{"title":"Sanders, William Hugh","text":"William Hugh Sanders, businessman and dairy farmer<\/span>, was born on October 17, 1888, in Henrico County, Va. His parents, William and Rosa Sanders, were f...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11511&search=farmer","sid":"11511"},{"title":"Schermerhorn, John Poole","text":"A Schodack, New York native, potter John Poole (sometimes spelled Pool) Schermerhorn arrived in Henrico County, Virginia, around 1810 after a sojourn ...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11565&search=farmer","sid":"11565"},{"title":"Scott, Andrew Richard","text":"A native of Toronto, Canada, a son of Peter Scott and his wife, Elizabeth Cortice, Andrew Richard Scott moved to Henrico County, Va., while still a yo...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11500&search=farmer","sid":"11500"},{"title":"Selph, Willard Pleasant(s)","text":"Willard Pleasant(s) \"Bill\" Selph was born on February 9, 1924, in Henrico County, Va. A son of farmer<\/span> and blacksmith Arthur Bryon Selph and his wife G...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11487&search=farmer","sid":"11487"},{"title":"Sheppard, Adam Empie","text":"Adam Empie Sheppard was born on October 13, 1850 in Henrico County, Va., the only son of his parents. His wealthy planter father, James Sheppard, conn...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11640&search=farmer","sid":"11640"},{"title":"Slocum, Sylvia Hill","text":"Educator and public servant, Sylvia Hill Slocum was a daughter of Michigan farmer<\/span> Charles A. Slocum and his schoolteacher wife Cornia (Cornelia) Soper...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11666&search=farmer","sid":"11666"},{"title":"Smith, Norman(d) ","text":"Colonel Norman (sometimes noted as Normand) Smith was born in Vermont, a son of William M. and Louisa Smith. Born into a farming family, Smith served ...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11620&search=farmer","sid":"11620"},{"title":"Southward, Joseph Wilbur","text":"Joseph Wilbur Southward, farmer<\/span> and sheriff, was born in Virginia about 1847. Details of his life before 1880 are scanty: he has not been found on cen...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11634&search=farmer","sid":"11634"},{"title":"Thompson, Mark Thomas","text":"Mark Thomas Thompson, businessman, farmer<\/span>, and horticulturalist, was born in Bedfordshire, England, on October 11, 1848. As a young man, he came to th...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11664&search=farmer","sid":"11664"},{"title":"Throckmorton, Jesse Phillip","text":"One of several sons in the large family of Samuel and Jane Johnson Throckmorton (sometimes noted in records as Throgmorton), Jesse Phillip Throckmorto...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11631&search=farmer","sid":"11631"},{"title":"Tinsley, Edward Raymond","text":"Edward Raymond Tinsley was born in Henrico County, Va., on October 8, 1907, a son of John Lewis Tinsley and his wife Mary Frances Melton. Tinsley's fa...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11484&search=farmer","sid":"11484"},{"title":"Wilber, John Wesley","text":"Descended from New Englanders who migrated to Michigan, John Wesley Wilber was a son of a well-to-do Michigan farmer<\/span>, Randolph Henry Wilber, and his s...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11508&search=farmer","sid":"11508"},{"title":"Willson, Richard Taylor","text":"Richard Taylor Willson was born on December 14, 1845, in Henrico County, Va., a son of Henry Chamberlayne Willson, a farmer<\/span>, and his first wife, Eliza...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11625&search=farmer","sid":"11625"},{"title":"Worsham, John ","text":"Born at Bermuda Hundred, in Henrico County, Va., John Worsham was a son of William Worsham and his wife Elizabeth Littleberry. Apparently a man of man...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11354&search=farmer","sid":"11354"},{"title":"Yahley, Frank Martin","text":"Frank Martin Yahley, businessman, was a native of Zurich, Switzerland. He came to the United States with his parents, Bertold (or Blasius) and Kingold...","url":"\/nhdb-display-page\/?sid=11501&search=farmer","sid":"11501"}]}