People
1903 – The Telephone Comes to Ashland
Posted on Jan 18, 2012 by Nancy.
In 1903 the telephone came to Ashland. Julia Weisiger was the manager of the telephone exchange from that time until she retired 35 years later when the C&P Telephone Company installed a new automatic dialing system. Under the old manual system, Julia served as the day operator, and one of Dr. Daniel S. Ellis’ sons [...]
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1943 Ashland High School Football Team
Posted on Feb 14, 2011 by Nancy.
1943 Ashland High School Football Team. Front row, from left, Ray Harlow, Chastine Mallory and Clifford White. Second row, from left, Archie “Joe Justice” Cannon, Jimmy Pollard, Billy Buchanan, Tom Mills, James Meharg. Back row, from left, Argyle Haley, Hill “Twig” Mallory, Edwin Bailey, Will Campbell, Jimmy “Punch” Taylor, coach Taylor Sanford, Sonny “P.K.” Perrin, [...]
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Ashland Hall of Fame Established October 18, 2008
Posted on Feb 26, 2012 by Jen.
The Hall of Fame recognized 20 people posthumously who have made significant contributions to Ashland, the state and the nation. These 20 individuals were unveiled during Ashland’s 150th Birthday Grand Celebration on October 18, 2008. C. Hunter Jones 1918-2001 Dr. Robert Emory Blackwell 1854-1938 Dr. J. Earl Moreland 1897-1967 Edwin Robinson 1807-1863 Eunice Daniel Bundy Floyd W. [...]
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C. Hunter Jones 1918-2001
Posted on Feb 26, 2012 by Jen.
C. Hunter Jones, a native Ashlander, gave generously of his time and talents to improve the lives of others. He served on the Ashland Town Council for 11 terms (22 years), including terms as Mayor and Vice-Mayor. As PTA President, he was a proponent of adding a 12th grade and consolidating high schools to improve [...]
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Dr. J.Earl Moreland 1897 – 1967
Posted on Feb 26, 2012 by Jen.
As President of Randolph-Macon College from 1939 to 1968, Dr. Moreland is credited with building the enrollment, reputation, physical plant, and financial stability of the school. The Moreland era witnessed a tremendous expansion of the college, with almost every campus building east of Henry Street constructed during his tenure, including Fox Hall (1951), Smithey Hall [...]
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Dr. Robert Emory Blackwell 1854-1938
Posted on Feb 26, 2012 by Jen.
As a thirteen-year-old, Robert Blackwell came to Ashland on a railroad handcar to begin his education, and his seventy year association with Randolph-Macon College. In 1876, he became Randolph-Macon’s English professor. In 1902, the trustees of the college appointed him president, an office that he held until his death in 1938. He was a proper, [...]
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Edwin Robinson
Posted on Feb 26, 2012 by Jen.
Edwin Robinson was President of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac (RF&P) in 1846 when he first realized the potential of the 462 acre property the railroad owned at the center of present day Ashland. The property had a mineral spring and was used as a refueling and lumber stop between Richmond and Fredericksburg. Beginning in [...]
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Eunice Daniel Bundy
Posted on Feb 26, 2012 by Jen.
Born in Emporia, Virginia and educated at Virginia Union University, Eunice Bundy received her Master of Arts from Columbia University in New York City. She came to Hanover County in 1930 as a combined elementary and high school teacher at the Hanover Training School. She was appointed principal in 1936, and remained principal when the [...]
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Floyd W. Tucker April 4, 1888 – September 9, 1954
Posted on Feb 26, 2012 by Jen.
Floyd Woodruff Tucker, Jr. enlisted in the army at the age of 16. He returned to Ashland to begin a career of community service and leadership. In 1917 he was commissioned as Captain of the Hanover Grays, a local National Guard unit. He began the first Boy Scout troop in the state of Virginia and [...]
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Harry V. Smeeman 1890-1929
Posted on Feb 26, 2012 by Jen.
Harry V. Smeeman served as Ashland’s solitary police sergeant from 1922 to 1929, when he was shot and killed while patrolling the streets of Ashland. Sgt. Smeeman was the elected town Sergeant, prided himself on finding ways to resolve conflicts peacefully, and rarely used a weapon. His compassion extended to Ashland’s homeless who often found [...]
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Henry Clay 1777-1852
Posted on Feb 26, 2012 by Jen.
Henry Clay was born in 1777 at Clay Spring, his family home, located just east of Ashland in the area known as “the slashes of Hanover County”. After law school in Virginia, Clay moved to Kentucky and rose to be a state and federal legislator and U.S. Secretary of State in 1825. He was three [...]
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Hill Carter 1846-1918
Posted on Feb 26, 2012 by Jen.
Born in Caroline County, Hill Carter moved to “North River” near Beaverdam as a boy. He studied law at Washington College which later became Washington and Lee University. In 1870, he was admitted to the Bar of Hanover County. He lived and practiced law in Ashland and was a great defender of minorities. He defended [...]
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Hugh Stephens
Posted on Feb 26, 2012 by Jen.
Hugh Stephens graduated from Randolph-Macon in 1941 and became the athletic director of Henry Clay High School. In 1948, he was named the graduate manager of athletics at R-MC and was promoted to full-time athletic director and head baseball coach the following year. The Yellow Jacket baseball team had 32 successful seasons under his direction. [...]
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Hughes Drug
Posted on Nov 08, 2010 by Nancy.
After graduating from the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) School of Pharmacy, James Goodrich (J.G.) Hughes moved to Ashland from Cumberland County, VA. He opened Hughes Drug and married Nannie B. Luckett in 1889. Pharmacists of this era mixed chemicals and natural products by hand to make drugs in liquid or pill form often containing [...]
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James Napoleon Luck 1886-1954
Posted on Feb 26, 2012 by Jen.
A natural entrepreneur, James Napoleon Luck’s first business was the S.A. Luck & J.N. Luck Livery, Board, and Feed Stable located in downtown Ashland in 1906. As automobiles began to outnumber horses, J.N. changed with the times, and the J.N. Luck Motor Company was founded in 1916. It continues today as Luck Chevrolet, the oldest [...]