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While I wish I could take this job with me, I am excited for what lies ahead. Our families both live in the north Orlando area and that’s where we plan to settle. As we look forward to hopefully being able to expand our own little family in the future, we realized how important it is to us that we do that with the care and support of our loved ones nearby.

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AUGUST 2016

FEATURES

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OLYMPIC BOUND

Equestrienne Lauren Kieffer heads to Rio for Team USA

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VINEGAR TAKES FLIGHT

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aniel Liberson, 29, is one of Fauquier County’s newest young professional entrepreneurs. He launched his business, Lindera Farms, only three years ago, in 2013. He identified vinegar as a product that was poorly perceived by the public and cheaply and irresponsibly made by large manufacturers. Liberson set out to change that perception.

Before starting Lindera, Liberson trained as a cook, working under world-renowned chefs like Bryan Voltaggio, John and Karen Shields and Matt Lightner.

At just 24 years old, he decided to use his experience to head off in another direction. That decision took him to the first floor of the barn on his parents’ 225acre farm, situated among the rolling pastures of picturesque Delaplane. There, Liberson began to manufacture vinegar with ingredients he foraged from the property. He purchased what he couldn’t find from select Virginia farmers who employ sustainable farming practices and innovative farming practices.

Liberson’s interest in vinegar stems from his years training under chefs who focused on the hyperlocal food movement. “The chefs I worked for were looking at sourcing their ingredients from a very small, local area,” he explains. “I decided to take that concept and focus on the state of Virginia. Rather than preparing plates, I prepare components – in this case,

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With his manufacturing process finely-tuned, Liberson outputs quality vinegars in a wide array of remarkable flavors including hickory, honey, strawberry, locust and many others sourcing from Virginia farmers such as Golden Angels Apiary, Agriberry Farm, and Falling Bark Farm.

He acknowledges the unique challenges he faces as he tries to break into the general public market. “My competition is public perception,” he says. “When people think about vinegar, they think about apple cider, red wine, balsamic and white distilled, and that’s it, and it’s all terrible!”

Liberson is confident that he can win over the public. “I need to get people to taste the vinegar, [because] tasting it changes their perception.” And he’s right. When he offered me a tasting of honey vinegar, I was skeptical. It was 10:30 in the morning. Who wants to

follow their morning coffee with a flight of vinegar?

But after a taste of the honey vinegar, the answer was an emphatic “me!” And more than that, I wanted an entire glass.

It turns out this is entirely possible, since Liberson offers recipes for both cocktails and mocktails. They all include his vinegars as one of the main ingredients.

Although Liberson’s selection of vinegars may appear to appeal only to self-described foodies, they are intended to be a substitute for any vinegar, lemon or acidic flavor added to dressings or marinades. The highquality, simple ingredients preserve the well-documented health benefits of vinegar.

Liberson is intelligent and wellversed in his niche field, as well as in the agricultural elements required to successfully make vinegars flavored with extracts from fruits and blossoms.

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He also possesses a self-deprecating sense of humor that makes him easy to speak with – if you can keep up with his rapid-fire information delivery.

He describes himself as “more than a migraine” to his parents, both of whom come from a more traditional corporate background in human resources and personnel management He says that they came to terms with his “consistent weirdness” long ago. “Generally, I think my parents are at the point when they look at me and think, ‘It could have been a lot worse,’” he jokes, but is confident he has won their support in this endeavor. “They enjoy the product and the idea behind it and are enjoying watching me launch a business.”

“The idea behind it” deals with working with area farmers to create artisanal products with goods that they are otherwise unable to sell. As Liberson explains, “Once produce hits the market, it has to sell. If it is not sold

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that first day and goes back on the truck, it cannot be sold at the same rate again since it is considered a second. What I am doing is offering farmers an opportunity to sell a certain percentage of their produce before going to market, ensuring sales before risking their product at a marketplace, with cash up front.”

While Liberson does forage on the family farm for ingredients, he finds himself at the whim of the seasons. “It’s hard for me to guarantee a particular flavor for any client, not knowing what the season will bring,” he says. It is for this reason he turns to local farmers. “In the future, I hope to have a growing list of vendors who will grow the ingredients that I am specifically looking for.” This mutually-beneficial relationship will ensure both a buyer for the vendor and ingredients for Liberson.

Liberson comes from a family of individuals committed to conservation. The 225-acre property that Lindera Farms operates from is now under conservation easement with

the Virginia Natural Conservancy, a 2+ year process that his parents embarked upon once they purchased the property in 2006. The Libersons restored the farm from the damage freerange cattle had done to it, including repairing the ruined banks along a stream running through the property. Much of the native growth seen today is replant from the Libersons over the past decade.

A walk along the rural farm road running parallel to the house is filled with natural greenery including wild chamomile, blackberries, and Lambs Quarter that Liberson describes as we walk.

Enormous snowball hydrangea bushes flank a narrow walkway through a garden where Liberson does some of his foraging. The sweet blooms of a magnolia varietal are one of his future vinegars. “I came in a little late to the process for these blooms, but I should still be able to produce six or seven gallons. I have some blooms soaking in the honey now to extract as much aromatics from them as I can,” he explains.

Currently, the barn contains stainless steel containers with a variety of different vinegars in various stages of the fermentation process. The vinegars being processed include wild rose, strawberry, honey, spice bush, violets, chickasaw plum, scarlet bee balm, and juneberry. Much like winemaking, the process includes yeast fermentation. But rather than stopping when the yeast turns the sugar into alcohol, the process continues and converts the alcohol into an acid.

The manufacturing room, which includes shelving for storage, is filled with gallon containers of shelf-stable vinegar, ready to fill orders. Liberson, who is primarily a one-man show, fills the orders, affixes the labels, makes deliveries, and addresses general inquiries made about the products.

His mother manages much of his accounting needs, and he contracts with another individual for sales. Aside from this help, however, Liberson runs the business on his own.

Liberson is also an educator, having presented on the topic of vinegar to the Smithsonian this past February. During the presentation, he offered a history of the vinegar-making process, different production methods, and vinegar’s health benefits.

Lindera Farms is well on its way to becoming the preeminent leader of sustainably-made artisanal vinegar.

With a young entrepreneur blazing the way. Lindera Farms vinegar can be found at The Whole Ox, The Home Farm Store, The Corner Store in Sperryville, and The Williamsburg Cheese Shop. ❖

Aimée O’Grady is a freelance writer who enjoys transforming stories told by Fauquier residents into articles for Lifestyle readers. She learns more and more about our rich county with every interview she conducts. She and her husband are happy with their decision to raise their three children in Warrenton.

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f you haven’t already marked your calendar for the start of the 2016 Summer Olympics hosted this year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, starting August 5, you might want to do it now. Block off your calendar, set the DVR, whatever you have to do. A global pastime, this year’s XXXI Olympiad will be host to more than 10,500 athletes from over 200 countries. And more than a handful of those are coming straight from Northern Virginia.

In its summer issue, inFauquier magazine highlighted six local athletes who have or will be competing under the Olympic rings.

One more name to add to the list of Fauquier Olympians and Olympian-hopefuls is 28-year-old Lauren Kieffer.

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What has it been like to train with Olympians Karen and David O’Connor?

“It certainly is like going into the heart of eventing. I was very fortunate to get the opportunity to get to work for them when I was 17/18 and I never left. They’ve shaped me into the rider I am today.”

What is ‘eventing’?

Can you describe it for people who are unfamiliar?

A resident of The Plains, Kieffer’s name may sound familiar from her recent participation in the historic FEI Eventing Nations Cup held at Great Meadow on July 8-10. Kieffer and the U.S. team won. A talented young equestrienne, Kieffer was tapped to join Team USA along with Phillip Dutton, Boyd Martin, and Clark Montgomery at the end of June. At the Olympics, Kieffer and her horse Veronica will compete in both the individual and team eventing events.

An Illinoisan by birth, Kieffer moved to The Plains at 18 years old to train under local Olympians Karen and David O’Connor. The tutelage of their protege was incredibly successfu,l and over the last three years Kieffer has distinguished herself as a rising star. She was the lead U.S. rider at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event in 2014 and again in 2016, earning the Pinnacle Cup Trophy.

She is also the 2014 USEF national champion and was a member of the gold-medal team at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. Additionally, she won team bronze at the 2015 Aachen Nations Cup, where she also finished 15th individually. Kieffer was also named to the World Class Training List for 2015.

We were able to catch up with Kieffer just before she was offered a position on Team USA. After speaking with her, it’s clear that horses are her life. In fact, during our phone interview, Kieffer was actually riding a horse. The clip-clop of hoof beats could be heard over the line.

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“Eventing is sometimes called the triathlon of equestrian sports. We do three phases. The first phase is called dressage and it’s not unlike figure skating or something where they have to do three designed movements, then we’re scored on each movement from one to 10, 10 being the best. And that score is the score we start the competition on and is the goal is to finish on that score or the lowest score. Our next phase in the Nations Cup will be the show jumping. We do the rails that fall down, a set course and ring, and if you knock a rail down you get a penalty points. And then the last phase is cross country and that is where we gallop across the country and jump over fences, brush, rails, and logs, and into water. We have a certain amount of time, called the optimum time, that we try to finish it by. For Nations Cup, it’ll be around six and a half minutes.

What is your most memorable competing experience?

“There’s probably a lot of them. I would say jumping Landmarks Monte Carlo around Rolex this spring was pretty special because he was a home-bred, meaning we bred him.

We’ve had him since he was a baby. So that was a very personal experience.

And also Veronica when she was second at Rolex in 2014. That was really special because it was only my second gold star (warsaw) and it was very cool.”

When did you catch the competing ‘bug’?

“I started competing when I was six and then started eventing when I was 11 or 12, so it’s really always been something I’ve done.

I’ve always been a pretty competitive person.”

Tell us about your experiences competing outside the U.S. “I competed in The Netherlands in 2013 and last year, and then France in 2014, and then I was actually based in England for three months last summer so I competed in England and Germany. The cool thing about it is you get to travel and not so much as a tourist, but you get to see a different side of countries rather than doing the touristy things.”

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competitions are great and we know what we do it for.

But I enjoy riding them every day and creating a bond with the horses.”

What is the most difficult part?

“Probably when the weather’s not very nice.

Regular vacations and holidays would be nice, but the horses certainly take us on some pretty cool adventures. I wouldn’t have been all over the world by now without them.”

What’s next for you?

“We’ve got a lot of horses and I’ve got young upand-coming horses. So the Olympics would be great, but we certainly have a lot of other goals this year with the other horses and big threedays. So the year will be busy, one way or another.”

Who have you been most “star-struck” to meet in your career?

What are you most proud of in your equestrian career?

“There’s certainly a long list. That’s the cool thing about this sport, you can compete for a very long time. One standout person is Mark Todd who has been incredibly successful from the beginning of his career on and he’s still incredibly successful. He’s probably going to the Olympics for New Zealand this year and he’s in his 60s.”

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“I think you have to have a lot of patience and you have to be willing to adjust to what the horses need. You can’t always just get on and

“I think there’s a lot of girls that are horse crazy girls when they’re young and I just never stopped being horse crazy.” ❖

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I actually love splitting the time. I wouldn’t want to spend any longer in either place. I’m always ready to move to the next, but yeah, we’re very fortunate. My big supporter and sponsor owns a farm in both Florida and Virginia, so we split our time between both. We go to Florida during the winter season, not only for the nice weather but the [shows and competitions] move south.”

What does it take to be a good horseman?

What is your favorite part about being a horsewoman, trainer, and competitor?

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Conveniently nestled alongside the John Marshall Library and the Northern Fauquier Community Park, MCC is a multipurpose center that offers classes, programs, and special events at little or no cost to visitors.

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Clockwise from top left: Situated at the entrance of MCC, the cozy and inviting James Marshall Library offers yet another reason to visit the center. The roomy and revamped auditorium is an ideal venue for public and private events alike. Open daily from dawn until dusk, MCC’s charming park includes a playground, picnic tables, and grills. Regular patron Amber Church skillfully molds her next creation at MCC’s Clayworks Pottery Studio.

all organizations, groups, and private rentals for lectures, conferences, receptions, celebrations, and a wide variety of other uses. These facilities include: • An indoor full-court gymnasium ideal for such sports as basketball, volleyball, and indoor soccer • An auditorium with seating for 220 • A sleek and sizable dance studio • A large meeting room (fits up to 50) • A combination small meeting room and café with an available

kitchen (fits up to 15) A fitness room equipped with state-of-the-art treadmills, elliptical machines, free weights, bench presses, towels, and a television • The Clayworks Pottery Studio, complete with Clay Rolling Machine, potters’ wheels, kilns, tables, and chairs for handbuilding and glazing Padded chairs and tables that seat eight are also on hand for all activities, and staff members will gladly arrange rooms as requested. They will even book rentals for events at the park. In fact, there are few requests that the center cannot accommodate. Offering everything from health screenings to dance lessons to birthday parties, the MCC is about the most serviceable site

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On a larger scale, the MCC hosts one of the biggest and most beneficial events of the year: the Marshall Regional Health Fair, which offers tests, presentations, and information focused on diagnosis and prevention of disease. Sponsored by various local churches, businesses, and healthcare providers, the fair is held annually on the first Saturday after Labor Day. Free screenings include a bone density scan, blood pressure check, heart attack risk, and sight and hearing testing. Starting as low as $15, additional screenings can test for cholesterol, diabetes, prostate cancer, and Vitamin D levels.

With all there is to do at MCC, the center has built a solid foundation of regular patrons who promote its various and valuable services by mere word of mouth. And one attraction in particular seems to have everyone talking. As Workman and Valentine stated, the biggest draw to MCC is its swing dance concert, with music provided by the incomparable Silver Tones Swing Band. Entertaining audiences since 2012, the Warrenton-based Silver Tones is a 17-member group of talented and dedicated musicians who perform public and private events, reliably packing the dance floor and paying homage to such Big Band legends as the Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller, Harry James, and Rosemary Clooney. The Silver Tones have been a mainstay of MCC, averaging about six shows per year, each with a different theme and plenty of refreshments. As Valentine convincingly commented, “It’s the most fun for $10 anyone can imagine.” Such is the popularity of the band’s performances that the center prepares attendees with swing dance lessons, offering Volunteer Vicky Newell and MCC staff member Terry Valentine welcome visitors with a warm smile and a wealth of information.

instruction for both beginners and more experienced dancers, with no partner required to sign up. For more information about the Silver Tones Swing Band and their upcoming events, visit silvertonesswingband.com.

As past and present visitors have demonstrated, the best way to support the MCC is to participate in its programs, get the word out, and provide feedback. This approach has helped the center expand and tailor its services to meet the needs and interests of the community. Ideas are always welcome, and visitors are encouraged to complete a Program Evaluation card that rates their experiences and invites suggestions for other programs they would like to see at the MCC. Donations are also accepted and can be made at the front desk. And donating time is a great way to give back to both the center and the community. The MCC uses volunteers for a wide variety of projects, such as upkeep of the center, office help, coordination of events, and conservation of the park. The MCC also works with organizations such as Scouts and 4-H, as well as students who need to complete volunteer civic projects.

Another worthwhile way to get involved with the MCC is to join its Advisory Committee. This active and dedicated group of nine volunteers supports and seeks support from the community for the center and park—the facility, grounds, programs, and special events. At present, the committee is fundraising to install a new sign at the center. Meetings are open to the public and are held at MCC the third Monday of every month at 6:00 pm.

If you or your group have ideas or would like to share your time, talents, or financial resources, please call 540-422-8580, email marshallcenter@fauquiercounty.gov, or stop by the MCC at 4133-A Rectortown Road in Marshall. You can also learn more about the center through the Fauquier County Parks and Recreation website at recreation.fauquiercounty. gov, which includes an interactive Good Times Guide, a quarterly publication that offers complete information on all Fauquier County community centers. Just click on the guide and proceed to the “Northern Notes” section, which provides details on the MCC events, programs, dates, times, and fees.

Registration and reservations can be easily set up through the “Register Now” link on the homepage.

So whether you’re looking for satisfying ways to help the community, rewarding activities to occupy your time, or a special meeting space for your next event or conference, consider the Marshall Community Center, a true full-service facility and a true highlight of the county. ❖

Maria Massaro is a Warrenton resident, freelance writer, and personal coach. She is the founder of Giati Counseling and has worked as a community counselor in Fauquier County since 2005.

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arrenton insurance company executive and Virginia Military Institute alumnus G. Wayne Eastham was visiting his alma mater in Lexington recently when he came across an interesting tombstone in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.

The inscription read, “Scott Shipp, born Warrenton, Va., Aug. 2, 1839, died Lexington, Va., Dec. 4, 1917. Soldier, Scholar, Christian Gentleman. Fifty-one years he faithfully served his native state. Cadet, Comdt., and Supt. VA. Mil. Inst. Maj. and Lt. Col., C.S.A..”

Mr. Eastham knew that Gen. Shipp was the second superintendent of VMI, and the commandant who led the Corps of Cadets into battle at New Market during the Civil War, but had no idea that he was born in Warrenton.

Charles Robert Scott Shipp was the son of John Ship (the second “p” was later added) and his third wife, Lucy Blackwell Scott (1826-1878). The family lived just outside of Warrenton, “…on the road to Culpeper Courthouse (presentday Culpeper Street Extended)” on land purchased from Hamilton Loughborough in May 1841.

After John Ship died in 1848, Scott and his mother moved to Boone County, Missouri, where he attended Westminster College. In 1852, Lucy married fellow Fauquier native Dr. Henry M. Clarkson (1796-1862).

It is notable that Dr. Clarkson’s first wife was Marion Margaret Payne (1802-1842), the daughter of Col. William Payne (1755-1837) and Marion A. Morson Payne (1765-1840) of Clifton, near Warrenton. Col. Payne built Bellevue, in the hills west of Warrenton in 1830 for his daughter and son-inlaw, who lived there until moving to Missouri in 1841.

Scott worked briefly for the North Missouri Railroad and his step-father encouraged him to enter VMI, which he did in August 1856.

An excellent student and cadet, Scott graduated fourth in his class of 29 in July 1859, and earned the rank of first lieutenant of Company B. Soon afterward he joined the VMI faculty, teaching Latin, mathematics, military history,

Top: GEN. L. LINDSAY LOMAX, 1835-1913. Bottom: GEN. SCOTT SHIPP, 1839-1917.

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In December 1859, Lt. Shipp accompanied the VMI cadets to Charles Town, Virginia (West Virginia after 1863), to stand by during the execution of John Brown, who had led the unsuccessful raid on the town and its Union arsenal.

When Virginia seceded from the Union, Shipp and the VMI cadets were placed under the command of Commandant Thomas J. (later known as “Stonewall”) Jackson, and sent to Richmond for training. After a brief recruiting assignment in Rockbridge County, Shipp was called to Camp Lee, Va., and promoted to the rank of captain in the Provisional Army of Virginia.

In June 1861, he was promoted to major in the 21st Virginia Infantry, and with a company of VMI cadets, participated in Jackson’s Romney Expedition in late 1861. He returned to VMI in January 1862, succeeding Jackson as the Commandant of Cadets, and earning a promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

As part of Maj. Gen. John Breckinridge’s forces, on May 15, 1864, Col. Shipp led the VMI Cadet Battalion against Union troops under Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel at the Battle of New Market. The VMI contingent included an infantry battalion of 247 cadets and a two-gun artillery section.

During the intense fighting at the Bushong orchard, Col. Shipp was hit in the face and shoulder by a spent artillery shell, and knocked unconscious. He was replaced on the field by Capt. Henry A. Wise. The VMI Cadets suffered 47 wounded and 10 killed or mortally wounded.

The Battle of New Market was a Confederate victory, and Gen. Sigel’s forces were driven from the Shenandoah Valley. Gen. U.S. Grant was furious about the defeat, and replaced Sigel

with Gen. David Hunter. On June 11, 1864, Hunter entered Lexington with 18,000 troops, and the VMI cadets retreated to a camp in the Blue Ridge near Balcony Falls.

The next day, Hunter’s troops burned VMI, which he considered a legitimate target, since it was both the site of a state arsenal and a military training school. On June 25, the cadets returned to Lexington, but were furloughed two days later.

Col. Shipp recovered from his wounds, and with VMI shut down, he was sent to Lynchburg to serve as an aide to Gen, Jubal A. Early, who was in charge of the defense of the city. In October, he was sent to Richmond with a contingent of former VMI cadets, who were quartered at the Alms House and manned defensive trenches around the Confederate capital.

By the end of December, Col. Shipp’s cadets resumed academic classes in the Alms House, but on March 11 returned to the trenches as Union forces closed in. On April 2 – as Richmond was being evacuated – the VMI unit was disbanded, and most of the cadets started on their journey home. A week later, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox Courthouse.

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academic work resumed there just six months after the end of the war.

Col. Shipp returned to serve as the Commandant of Cadets, and in August 1869, married long-time friend Anne “Nannie” Alexander Morson (18401884), the daughter of Arthur Alexander and Maria Martin Morson. They had three children: Elizabeth Scott, Lucy Scott and Arthur Morson Shipp.

In addition to serving as Commandant of Cadets, in 1876, Col. Shipp was appointed chairman of the Department of Latin. In August 1880, he briefly served as president of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (known today as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), resigning after 13 days “…because of a dispute over the organizational authority of the faculty,” according to the VPI online history.

He returned to VMI, and in 1890, he took office as the second Superintendent of VMI at the rank of brigadier general, a role he would fill until retiring in 1907. Gen. Shipp spent the last years of his life as Superintendent Emeritus.

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The main building at the Virginia Military Institute stands in ruins after it was burned by troops under Gen. David Hunter on June 12, 1864. The school reopened in October 1865.

War; making improvements to the physical plant and academic programs; and increasing the size of the cadet corps from 199 to 310.

Gen. Shipp died on Dec. 4, 1917, and was buried next to his wife in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.

GEN. L. LINDSAY LOMAX If Gen. Shipp’s presidency of the college that became VPI&SU was measured in days, fellow Confederate general and Fauquier County resident Lunsford Lindsay Lomax (1835-1913), the fourth president of the institution, served for five years, 1886-1891.

Gen. Lomax was born at Newport, R. I., but both of his parents were descendants of old Virginia families.

His father, Maj. Mann Page Lomax (1787-1842) was an ordnance officer in the United States Army, and his mother, Elizabeth Lindsay Lomax (1796-1875), was a descendant of Capt. Lindsay, who commanded a company in the cavalry of “Light Horse” Harry Lee during the Revolutionary War. The family returned to Virginia, and Lindsay Lomax attended schools in Richmond and Norfolk before receiving an appointment to West Point in 1852, graduating in 1856. Commissioned as a brevet lieutenant in the Second Cavalry, he served on frontier duty in Kansas and Nebraska. He was later promoted to first lieutenant.

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Lt. Lomax resigned his commission and offered his service to the Confederacy.

He was appointed captain, and assigned to the staff of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, and later transferred to the field of operations west of the Mississippi under Gen. Earl Van Dorn.

Promoted to the rank of colonel, Lomax returned to the Eastern Theater, where he commanded the 11th Virginia Cavalry. His unit participated in the Gettysburg Campaign, and he was promoted to brigadier general after the battle, serving under Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Gen. Lomax would participate in several major battles during the war, but lesser known is his involvement with the establishment of Capt. John S. Mosby’s Partisan Rangers.

While serving in the Western Theater, then-Lt. Col. Lomax became aware of the scouting system operated by partisans in Tennessee. Returning to Richmond, he worked with partisans in the Shenandoah Valley to set up a scouting system like the one in Tennessee. Known as the Linville Partisan Rangers, they were trained in scouting, tapping into telegraph lines, use of blasting powder, and other tactical skills.

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Mosby was reluctant to talk about Gen. Lomax and his involvement with the partisans while the general was still alive. They had been friends during and after the war, and the information was not made public until Harper’s interview was published in the Baltimore Sun in 1920, four years after Mosby’s death.

POST-WAR ACTIVITIES The war over, Gen. Lomax’s sister played a minor role in the high drama surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

“Virginia Lomax was imprisoned in Washington during their residency there as a suspected spy, when she went from that city to Baltimore, where they had gone with their mother to carry food to a sick friend,” wrote M. Louise Evans in an article published in The Fauquier Democrat in 1954. “The family was possibly under suspicion, as their father was a major general in the Confederate Army.

“Miss Virginia was imprisoned in a cell just below that of Mrs. Mary Surratt, and the night of her execution as an assassin or possible accomplice in the shooting of Pres. Lincoln, Miss Lomax taught Mrs. Surratt’s daughter handwork to try to interest and divert the girl.”

The war over, Gen. Lomax returned home and had farms in Caroline and Fauquier counties. These properties included Bellevue, the former Clarkson home, which he bought from Thomas Edward Saunders in May 1866. Bellevue would serve as the Lomax homplace for the next three decades.

In 1871, public schools were

Top: Balcarres, on Culpeper Street Extended, was built by Gen. Lomax in 1875 for his sisters, who operated the Warrenton Seminary there for many years. Bottom: Historic Bellevue was built by Col. William Payne c. 1830 for his daughter, Marion Margaret Payne Clarkson and her husband, Dr. Henry M. Clarkson. Widowed in 1842, Dr. Clarkson married Lucy Blackwell Scott Shipp, the mother of Gen. Scott Shipp. Bellevue was owned

by Gen. Lomax and his family from 1866 to 1897.

Photo credit: A Pride of Place, Rural Residences of Fauquier County, Virginia.

established in Fauquier County, and from 1875 to 1877, Gen Lomax served as school superintendent. After the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC) opened in 1872, Gen. Lomax expressed his interest in serving as its president, although he had no experience in operating an educational institution.

In 1873, he married Elizabeth Winter Payne (1850-1932) of Warrenton, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Albin Payne of Granville, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth Lindsay (1874-1951) and Anne Tayloe (1888-1961).

It is recalled that Elizabeth married Washington, D.C. architect Waddy B. Wood (1869-1944), who built Leeton Forest on Lees Ridge Road. Anne lived in Washington, D.C., and was associated with Children’s Hospital for many years.

In 1875, Gen. Lomax had a new home built on Culpeper Street Extended for his unmarried sisters, Virginia, Julia, Mary and Victoria Lomax. It was called Balcarres, so named for the Lindsay clan hometown in Scotland. The sisters operated the Warrenton Seminary, a school for girls, at the home for several years.

The sisters were described as “…a talented lot of women, gay, loyal, and high-spirited,” by Miss Evans, who also noted that they once cultivated a garden on the place that had more than 100 varieties of roses.

After Thomas Nelson Conrad was removed from the position of president of VAMC in 1886, Gen. Lomax was offered the position. “To his credit, after his appointment and before he took office, Lomax began studying other land-grant college programs, even visiting one of the premier schools and holding discussions with government officials involved in agricultural programs,” according to the online history of the VPI&SU. Under Pres. Lomax, VAMC returned to the semester system, added a non-diploma business program, and re-instituted the preparatory department for students not appropriately prepared for college work. He requested and received $20,000 for a new barracks and $4,000 to convert the old Preston and Olin Building into a shop.

The barracks was later renamed Lane Hall, in honor of James H. Lane, the first commandant of the corps.

Gen. Lomax resigned as president of the VAMC in 1891, and subsequently worked in Washington, D.C., as a clerk in the War Department for six years,

compiling records of northern and southern armies used in The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. He was appointed a commissioner of Gettysburg National Park in 1905, serving in this capacity until his death.

Bellevue left the family in January 1897, when Gen. Lomax sold the property to Marshall Payne. One of last surviving Confederate major generals, Lindsay Lomax died May 28, 1913, in Washington, D.C., and was buried in the Warrenton Cemetery. ❖

John Toler is an author and historian who has served Fauquier County for over 50 years, including four decades with the Fauquier-Times Democrat. Toler is the co-author of 250 Years in Fauquier County: A Virginia Story, and author of Warrenton, Virginia: A History of 200 Years.

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Nicole Seiss and her brother Mark Alvarez stand in an outdoor space at The Bittersweet Garden.

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hirty years ago, Nicole Siess often enjoyed breakfast with her family at The Rail Stop in The Plains. It was during these visits that she grew to admire the charming buildings that lined the quiet, small town. Siess, a horticulturist with a degree from Virginia Tech, lived in nearby Gainesville at the time. She was in the early stages of launching a landscape design/build business. This was a career she pursued thanks in part to her parents, who introduced her to the joy of gardening at an early age. “I was very lucky to have some very fine people take a chance and hire this

young inspired woman to help them design and plant their exterior spaces very early on in my career,� she recalls.

Sixteen years building the landscape business followed when she and husband Mark expanded to the retail side as Siess increasingly sought to incorporate elements such as containers, benches, bird houses and other ornamental pieces to complete her designs. The retail shop would allow Siess to have ready at hand elements to suggest for incorporation into projects.

As they developed this vision, the property located at 6472 Main Street in The Plains, just a few doors up from

The Rail Stop became available. Siess called her brother, Mark Alvarez, on a whim while he was on his way home from work.

Having grown up in a family of four children, Nicole and her brother Mark, the two middle children, shared a special bond that evolved over the years. The two also shared interests in the creative world. The timing was perfect. Alvarez, a licensed architect, had just left an architecture firm and was working as a sole proprietor when Siess approached him with the opportunity to run the shop. Office space on the second floor of the available building would

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enable Alvarez to continue working on architecture projects while helping his sister and brother-in-law launch the retail component of their business and maintain the attached warehouse space for their landscaping equipment and projects. The Bittersweet Garden began to take shape.

Between occasional architecture projects and his full-time work at The Bittersweet Garden, Alvarez’s thirst for creativity has been more than satisfied.

“Nicole and her husband are very creative and motivated people,” Alvarez says. “The shop is just an extension of that creativity.” He believes that he and his sister form the perfect team. “Nicole sets the tone for the shop. She is the buyer. Meanwhile, over the years, I have gotten to know our customers, and I try to understand what they are looking for.”

Their familiarity with their customers is evident from even a short walk through the shop. The charming, lightfilled, south-facing corner building includes a small front courtyard, side

pathways, and rear outdoor space ideal for displaying garden pieces.

Meanwhile, the interior boasts a myriad of garden pieces and complimentary items such as vases, containers, candles, greeting cards and even a sampling of books. The deceptively large space continues through a locked gate at the back of the property, where the landscape side rents warehouse space. Items that have been sold, pieces for projects, and most of their landscaping equipment are kept in the warehouse. Adjacent to the warehouse is a small nursery where project plants are kept, as well as plants available for customers to purchase.

The Bittersweet Garden offers something at every price point. “We have items that cross the entire spectrum, from the more affordable to finer pieces. There is something here for every garden no matter how small or large the garden space. Garden ornaments add wonderful character to a garden and reflect the style of the home and personality of the owners,” Siess

explains.

“Together, brother and sister, and willing husband have ridden the economic waves in this charming town, been through personal joy and sorrow, and have felt we have always come out on top for being able to be part of this special community,” says Siess.

The majority of the shop’s customers are from Fauquier County. “Our focus is out here in Fauquier,” Alvarez says.

“About 75% of our sales are local. And sometimes people come inside just to look and talk.” Inviting music often lures people into the shop from the street, where they come in curious about the quaint building with its gargoyle and dragon statuaries.

Coupled with the support of the town and the visitors coming to the region for country getaways, the business has stood strong through the years. For Alvarez, it’s the people that he enjoys the most about working in The Plains. “The town is great. The Plains is very artsy, and we fit into that nicely,” he says. “It’s nice to be a part of a small town.” ❖

Aimée O’Grady is a freelance writer who enjoys transforming stories told by Fauquier residents into articles for Lifestyle readers. She learns more and more about our rich county with every interview she conducts. She and her husband are happy with their decision to raise their three children in Warrenton.

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Born in Prince William County, Ballantyne moved to Fauquier County when he was seven years old, and has lived in Warrenton ever since. Ballantyne has been involved with Fire & Rescue for seven years this October, and he’s not quite 21 years old.

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an application at the New Baltimore Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department (Company 10). “Warrenton’s program was for those who were 16 or older and I was impatient, so I decided to start at the New Baltimore Station which offered the Cadet Program for those who were 14.”

After successfully completing the Cadet Program, Ballantyne was even more determined to increase his knowledge. When he was in high school, he pursued his firefighter certification.

“I made the age cut by two days. I was the only one who had to have parents drop them off—I was the baby in the class,” he reminisced.

By age 16, Ballantyne was a certified firefighter and became very active in helping the community - quite different from most other students. “My high school experience was the firehouse— that’s what shaped me,” Ballantyne recounted. “It was a good environment as a teenager. Hanging with people twice and three times my age provided me with a very adult experience. It gave me interactions I wouldn’t have

had until after college,” continued Ballantyne as he described his formative years.

At 17 years old, still determined to make this a career, Ballantyne became a certified EMT. Now 20 years old, Ballantyne is in the final stages of completing his paramedic certification.

He compared all of the instruction he has endured thus far, “The firefighter training was more physical; less books.

EMT and now the paramedic training are much more cognitively challenging.

There is a lot of material to absorb.”

“I loved being a firefighter and an EMT because it was my first passion.

Now with my paramedic certification, I enjoy it because of the life-saving interventions I can provide. I can give meds, start IVs, I can tell what is going on with someone’s heart. I like being well-rounded,” explained Ballantyne.

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When asked if there was one particular call that stood out in his mind, he simply stated, “There is no one particular call. There are so many differences with each call, and calls happen much more often than most people realize. Not one call stands out as more challenging than another.”

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related or breathing issues. This past year, though, we have seen more drug overdose calls than I have seen in my first three years of running calls.”

When Ballantyne, known by his peers as “Breo,” has down time at Station 10, he works on his paramedic studies and assists with the updating of the map system in the computers installed on the vehicles. These maps allow the NBFD response team to know exactly where they are going when they are responding to an emergency. He also spends time with his peers cooking, watching tv, playing ping pong or sleeping in one of the several bunk rooms Station 10 offers.

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What brings a smile to Ballantyne’s face when it comes to his work? It’s simple—appreciation. “People are so appreciative. Yesterday, I had a call where the individual had to fly to Fairfax hospital. I explained everything that was necessary to best assist the patient to the spouse, who of course was extremely upset. It is nice to be the calming presence when no calm exists.

We have to be there for the people at their worst. Just to be there and support them in their time of need.”

“We really make a difference and get people where they need to be and help care for them. I feel good about what we do—and people don’t really know where or what we are doing when sirens and lights are blaring,” explained Ballantyne of all those involved in Fire and Rescue.

“People call us on their worst day and we provide them with compassion and care.”

Technology changes all the time and positively affects those in Fire and Rescue as well. Ballantyne shared that modern devices help save lives, just as people do. “We used to be all manual with CPR—hands pumping on chests.

Now we have obtained a LUCAS device that provides chest compressions and takes away the need for two to three people,” shared Ballantyne.

“Along with the LUCAS device (officially LUCAS™ Chest Compression System), our county fire and rescue teams utilize LIFEPAKs (LIFEPAK® automated external defibrillators) as well to assist in life-saving measures.

Technology, as a whole, always offers something bigger and better. Manpower is at a premium in Fauquier County.

There are not many volunteers or career staff, so these devices truly assist,” he explained.

This young paramedic offered advice to individuals seeking a career in fire and rescue, “If you have a passion

for it, go to the local fire department and set up a ride along. You need to fill out a form and then schedule it.

If the interaction doesn’t give you an “itch”—it’s not for you. For some, the experience ‘bites’ them and doesn’t let go. Follow the path and fill out the volunteer application if you get a ‘bite’ during the ride along.”

“People don’t realize it (becoming a firefighter or paramedic) is not a quick process,” Ballantyne noted.

“Once you submit an application for volunteer work, you must go through fingerprinting (which takes 30-60 days) and then training. By the time you are certified in firefighting and as an EMT, it can take one to two years to complete.

This process takes personal dedication.

You have to want it. Your personal goals and desires need to be there.”

There are many men and women within Fire and Rescue throughout the county. Ballantyne is one of approximately 60 volunteers at the New Baltimore Fire Department, and one of approximately 15 that are under age 21. Many fellow volunteers, such as Adam (now age 17), Mary (age 23) and Nick (now age 21) began their careers between the ages of 16 and 17, showing that youth in our region follow a very mature and perceptive path at a young age.

These amazing individuals truly have a passion to assist the community. The Fire and Rescue teams help citizens daily through any of the crises that may require their services. Next time you see a fire and rescue vehicle pass you on the road, remember the time, dedication and passion it takes for these individuals to serve us and thank them for their service when presented the opportunity. They are an integral part of our everyday life and in Ballantyne’s own words, they are there for us on our “worst days.” ❖

Debbie Eisele is Jill-of-all-trades including writer, editor, certified horticulturist, education advocate, President of the Board of Directors for Allegro School of the Arts, wife, and mother of twins. When she’s not busy saving the world, she enjoys a cup of coffee and being in the great outdoors.

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