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Works Project Administration – Articles from Rockingham County
CHURCHES
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church (present site)
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A.H. Wilson (Uncle Aaron to many) who lived in this house for a long time was for many years a harness
maker. He also dealt in real estate and owned many acres, especially a fine farm adjacent to the town on the
north, a part of which at least is now within the city limits. He accumulated an estate of $60,000 or more. He
was a good workman, a good farmer, and necessarily prosperous. His brothers, D.L., Stacey M., John Wesley,
and his sister – who married John Friddle, and Victoria, who married William H. Viclett, all lived in and near
Moorefield, Hardy County, in what is now West Virginia. His widow married Mr. J.E. Reherd, who is now, and
has been for years past, President of the National Bank of Harrisonburg, Virginia.
7. ART:
None.
8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION;
My Recollections 1817-20 by Mrs. Marie Graham Carr.
Court Records, Rockingham County, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
October 16, 2024
Geo. W. Fetzer
Harrisonburg, VA
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CHURCHES
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church (present site)
Page Two
A.H. Wilson (Uncle Aaron to many) who lived in this house for a long time was for many years a harness
maker. He also dealt in real estate and owned many acres, especially a fine farm adjacent to the town on the
north, a part of which at least is now within the city limits. He accumulated an estate of $60,000 or more. He
was a good workman, a good farmer, and necessarily prosperous. His brothers, D.L., Stacey M., John Wesley,
and his sister – who married John Friddle, and Victoria, who married William H. Viclett, all lived in and near
Moorefield, Hardy County, in what is now West Virginia. His widow married Mr. J.E. Reherd, who is now, and
has been for years past, President of the National Bank of Harrisonburg, Virginia.
7. ART:
None.
8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION;
My Recollections 1817-20 by Mrs. Marie Graham Carr.
Court Records, Rockingham County, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
October 16, 2024
Geo. W. Fetzer
Harrisonburg, VA
Page 48 of 482
