Mrs. Barbara Pratt Willis

By Barbara Pratt Willis, CRRL Staff
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The Mayor appointed the following citizens to serve as the first Trustees: St. George Fitzhugh, S. J. Quinn, A. T. Embrey, J. W. Roseboro, James Knox, E. D. Cole, A. P. Rowe, B. P. Willis and James Lowery.

By Barbara Pratt Willis, CRRL Staff
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The Mayor appointed the following citizens to serve as the first Trustees: St. George Fitzhugh, S. J. Quinn, A. T. Embrey, J. W. Roseboro, James Knox, E. D. Cole, A. P. Rowe, B. P. Willis and James Lowery.

By Barbara Pratt Willis, CRRL Staff

In 1987 Mrs. Barbara Pratt Willis, who is in charge of the Virginiana Room of the Headquarters Branch, Central Rappahannock Regional Library, found that it was in the possession of the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs and was on display on the fourth floor of their Latham, New York, headquarters.

Another famous Elder painting, Appomattox has hung in the Virginia State Library in Richmond, along with his portraits of governors, judges, and other distinguished Virginians.

According to research provided by Barbara Willis, manager of the Virginiana Room of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg, Crutchfield was from a family with deep roots in Spotsylvania.