Job Hawxhurst (March 30, 1823 – March 7, 1906) was a nineteenth-century American Quaker from New York who moved to Fairfax County, where he and his elder brother John Hawxhurst farmed and operated a grist mill beginning in 1846. As Union men, they fled Virginia temporarily as the American Civil War began in 1861, but returned to Fairfax in early 1862 and led their communities for decades. Job Hawxhurst operated a general store in Fairfax City and was postmaster for three decades, as well as Fairfax County's delegate in the Virginia General Assembly for one term, and at various times Clerk of Court, Mayor of Fairfax City and member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. John Hawxhurst and his wife Jane lived in Alexandria, Virginia after the war.
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| - Job Hawxhurst (March 30, 1823 – March 7, 1906) was a nineteenth-century American Quaker from New York who moved to Fairfax County, where he and his elder brother John Hawxhurst farmed and operated a grist mill beginning in 1846. As Union men, they fled Virginia temporarily as the American Civil War began in 1861, but returned to Fairfax in early 1862 and led their communities for decades. Job Hawxhurst operated a general store in Fairfax City and was postmaster for three decades, as well as Fairfax County's delegate in the Virginia General Assembly for one term, and at various times Clerk of Court, Mayor of Fairfax City and member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. John Hawxhurst and his wife Jane lived in Alexandria, Virginia after the war. (en)
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| - Jamaica, Queens County, New York, U.S. (en)
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| - Roslyn, New York
- Scipio, New York
- People from Roslyn, New York
- Union Army
- Vienna, Virginia
- Virginia General Assembly
- Queens County, New York
- Long Island, New York
- Manhasset, New York
- 1823 births
- 1906 deaths
- 19th-century American politicians
- American Quakers
- People of Virginia in the American Civil War
- Burlington County, New Jersey
- People from Fairfax County, Virginia
- Abraham Lincoln
- Accotink, Virginia
- Alexandria, Virginia
- American Civil War
- Fairfax, Virginia
- Fairfax County, Virginia
- Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
- Falls Church, Virginia
- Quakerism in Virginia
- Cayuga County, New York
- Quaker
- Members of the Virginia House of Delegates
- John Hawxhurst
- Temperance movement
- Difficult Run
- Gristmill
- Fairfax Courthouse
- Great Neck, Long Island
- New York (state)
- Sea Cliff, New York
- Woodlawn Quaker Meetinghouse
- Virginia Supreme Court
- Democratic Party (USA)
- Wheeling, Virginia
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- dbr:James_Sangster_(Virginia_politician)
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| - Job Hawxhurst (March 30, 1823 – March 7, 1906) was a nineteenth-century American Quaker from New York who moved to Fairfax County, where he and his elder brother John Hawxhurst farmed and operated a grist mill beginning in 1846. As Union men, they fled Virginia temporarily as the American Civil War began in 1861, but returned to Fairfax in early 1862 and led their communities for decades. Job Hawxhurst operated a general store in Fairfax City and was postmaster for three decades, as well as Fairfax County's delegate in the Virginia General Assembly for one term, and at various times Clerk of Court, Mayor of Fairfax City and member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. John Hawxhurst and his wife Jane lived in Alexandria, Virginia after the war. (en)
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