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The word "Chula" was likely derived from a Native American word meaning "fox" or "red fox". [5] [6] The town apparently was founded in the 1850s as a stop on the recently completed rail line from the state capital: Chula is notably absent on a map of Amelia County circa 1850; [7] but a postal facility using the name "Chula Depot" was established in 1857, [8] and an 1860 map shows the town as a ...
Before the fire that set Melissa Lamesch 's home ablaze on Nov. 25, 2020, the day had started with excited anticipation. Melissa was due to give birth to a baby boy in just two days, and ...
Roughly bounded by the Essex County line, Supply, Clarkes Store, and Pilkington Rds., the Rappahannock R., Blandfield (028-5084-0510), and Tidewater Trail through center. 38°06′16″N 77°06′05″W / 38.1044°N 77.1014°W / 38.1044; -77.1014 ( Occupacia-Rappahannock Rural Historic
David Greenhill Member of the Colonial House of Burgesses; Edmund Harrison (1764–1826), Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates (1802–1803) John Winston Jones, (1791–1848), born in Amelia County. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives [22] Nellie A. Ramsey Leslie (c.1840s–c.1920s), born into slavery in Amelia County. [23]
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At around 4:30 a.m. on August 29, 1994, a passerby reported a fire at the Hodges residence in Vinton, Virginia. [2] Firefighters and police found fire burning throughout the house. Gaining entry, authorities found 37-year-old Teresa Lynn Hodges' body on a couch, still burning—she had been strangled and doused with diesel fuel. [2]
Essex County Public Schools (ECPS) is the public schools system for Essex County, Virginia, United States. [12] The following schools make up the Essex County Public Schools system: Tappahannock Elementary School (Grades PK - 4th) [ 13 ]
A judge told the parents of 27-year-old Ellen Greenberg, a Philadelphia teacher found dead with 20 stab wounds in 2011, that the city's declaration of suicide was "puzzling."