Browse Resources (17 total)
Oral History, Part 2: Delbert (Bill) Sheads and Elsie Sisson (1921 - 2008)
In Part 2 of two interview sessions, Bill and Elsie (Sheads) Sisson, brother and sister, reminisce about their family, which came to the Braddock District from Culpepper, Virginia, in 1903. They talk about people and places, schools, lumbering and…
Oral History: Dennis Howard
Dennis Howard traces part of the history of African Americans in Fairfax County from the nineteenth century. He recreates the story of his own family from slavery to the present day. His ancestor, Horace Gibson, and fellow former slave Moses Parker…
Oral History: Mayo Stuntz
Mayo Stuntz is a descendant of the Fitzhugh family who came to the area in the 1600s. Born in 1915, he traces his genealogy, childhood, and county history. He talks about growing up in the county and its historic sites. Mayo Stuntz is a founding…
Oral History, Part 1: Delbert (Bill) Sheads and Elsie Sisson(1921 - 2008)
In Part 1 of two interview sessions, Bill and Elsie (Sheads) Sisson, brother and sister, reminisce about their family, which came to the Braddock District from Culpepper, Virginia, in 1903. They talk about people and places, schools, lumbering and…
Oral History: Steve Reynolds
Steve Reynolds calls himself an amateur historian. He developed a haunted history tour of the county, built on legends rooted in history. He talks about his research and the stories.
Tags: civil war, historic site, revolutionary war
Oral History: Suzanne (Suzi) Fowler Neal
Suzanne Fowler Neal's family moved to Northern Virginia in the early 1900s. In 1925, they moved into Silas Burke House, which they called Top o' the Hill. Suzi Fowler talks about growing up with a large family living in a historic home, the physical…
Oral History: Laura McDowall
Laura McDowall grew up in Northern Virginia as a child in the post-World War II era. When she and her husband moved to the Braddock District during the 1960s, she volunteered with the county's first anti-poverty agency and continued her involvement…
Tags: burke, childhood, civic activism, education, historic site
Oral History: Karen Larsson
Karen Larsson moved to Northern Virginia in 1979. She talks about the history of her former home, Ashford House, the Ashford family and the surrounding property originally owned by the Fitzhughs.
Tags: development, historic site
Oral History: Robin Hirst
Robin Hirst grew up among influential people when her father, Omer Hirst, served as a Virginia State Legislator. Her family's farm near Burke has been subdivided and developed, but the unique house they built, Hirst House, remains. She shares…
Tags: agriculture, childhood, civil war, government, historic site, lee, rebel hill, sports
Oral History: Tawny Hammond
Tawny Hammond moved to Fairfax County in 1989 to work with the Fairfax County Park Authority. She discusses the nature of civic involvement in growing, diverse communities.