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1834 – Wilson Cary Nicholas Randolph was born at “Edgehill’’ to Thomas Jefferson Randolph (grandson of Thomas Jefferson) and Jane Nicholas. He became a leading physician in the community, rector of the University of Virginia for eight years and was appointed to the Council of the Town of Charlottesville during Reconstruction.

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-*[[1869]] &ndash; Tobacconist, merchant, and railroad investor '''[[Samuel Miller]]''' died (aged 70). Born from poverty in [[Albemarle County]], he later lived in the outskirts of [[Lynchburg]] and quietly amassed his fortune to become one of the wealthiest men in the antebellum South. Considered a miser during his lifetime, but a generous philanthropist after death, Miller bequeathed both funds and land. His educational endowments today help support the [[University of Virginia]] and two institutions that bear his name: [[The Miller School of Albemarle]], a boarding school for orphaned children, and the Miller Home for Girls of Lynchburg. Found in [[1878]], the '''[[Miller School of Albemarle|Miller Manual School]]''' was a pioneer in combining the value of hands on labor with a liberal arts education.
+*[[1834]] &ndash; '''[[Wilson Cary Nicholas Randolph]]''' was born at “[[Edgehill]]’’ to Thomas Jefferson Randolph (grandson of [[Thomas Jefferson]]) and Jane Nicholas. He became a leading physician in the community, rector of the [[University of Virginia]] for eight years and was appointed to the Council of the Town of Charlottesville during Reconstruction.