Monthly Archives: September 2022

This article is a biographical sketch of Reginald Fairfax, who owned land in the Vienna area in the mid-1800s. The article is based on a post I made on Nextdoor in early 2021, looking at the history of the area northwest of Northeast Vienna, Virginia. Introduction: From the Northern Neck… Continue reading →

The Thornton Brothers This post begins the biography of the Thornton brothers and one of their cronies, Samuel Stead. Benjamin Thornton in 1852 acquired land in the Vienna area from Reginald Fairfax. Between them, the Thorntons and Stead owned property in the Vienna area from 1852 to 1883. (See Figure… Continue reading →