1891
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Events
Elections
- September 6 – At the September regular meeting of the City Council, Mayor L. T. Hanckel appointed the following members to the standing committees: Finance: John S. Cochran, L. T. Hanckel, James Perley; Gas: L. T. Hanckel, F. M. Wells, B. F. Grove; Overseer of the Poor: C. D. Carter, James Perley, F. M. Wells; Streets: W. C. N. Randolph, Alonzo Wingfield, James E. Gleason; Buildings: Wm. J. Tyson, John S. Cochran, A. N. Peyton
Deaths
- April 21 – William Muscoe alias William T. Jordan, convicted of the murder on the evening of December 31, 1888 of Policeman George T. Seals, was hanged this morning in the city jail-yard at 9 o’clock in the presence of Company D (Monticello Guard) and about fifty other spectators. After the cap was drawn over his head he said: “God bless everybody.” The trap was sprung by Policeman William Dove, successor to the murdered man. [1]
Births
- March 6 – Susie Smith is born in Albemarle County. Raised in Stony Point, Smith worked as a chamber maid for the Valentine family in Charlottesville and had her portrait photograph included within the Holsinger Studio Collection. This image would later be featured in the “Visions of Progress: Portraits of Dignity, Style and Racial Uplift” exhibit that was organized by Professor John Edwin Mason of the UVA Corcoran Department of History and was on display at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library from 2022 to 2023.
- December 28 – Horace Carter Miller Sr. is born in Albemarle County. A resident of Burnley who later began working his own farm in the vicinity of Rivanna, Miller had his portrait photograph prominently included within the Holsinger Studio Collection.