• Current Projects, Willcoxon/Farr Family Cemetery

    Posted on June 2nd, 2010

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    Scouts Restore Willcoxon/Farr Family Cemetery

    Scouts Restore Willcoxon/Farr Family Cemetery

    In a project planned and led by an Eagle Scout candidate, Boy Scout Troop 1983 cleared brush, cleaned markers, and constructed a new path adjacent to the cemetery, which is located on the grounds of Fairfax City’s Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim.
    The Willcoxon family were early settlers of what today is the City [...]

  • Current Projects, Willcoxon/Farr Family Cemetery

    Posted on February 27th, 2010

    Written by fccpa

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    Willcoxon/Farr Family Cemetery

    Willcoxon/Farr Family Cemetery

    The cemetery is located at 3610 Old Lee Highway on the grounds of Fairfax City’s Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim. The Willcoxon brick home, Blenheim, dominates the twelve acre parcel.
    During the Civil War, Union soldiers were housed in the home and camped outside. Some believe Blenheim was used as a hospital. The [...]