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Talk:Ivy Hill Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia)

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Watch out for namesakes![edit]

The article claimed that "railway magnate" Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow was buried in the cemetary. That is unlikely. Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow (1816-1891), the railway tycoon, lived in Kansas and Missouri -- not Virginia. Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow (1840-1913), the infamous Confederate spy, lived in Virgina, and is buried in this cemetary, according to this reference. After the war, Stringfellow married Emma, but not before refusing to take the oath of loyalty to the Union and living in Canada. Frank and Emma are buried side-by-side in the Ivy Hill cemetery in Alexandria.

So I changed it. Geo Swan (talk) 01:30, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like there should be a way to extend von Braun's bio blurb to mention his Nazi connections a bit more to maybe help avoid the on-going edit/revision cycle and be more accurate and encyclopedic. Stringfellow, above, currently has "infamous Confederate spy", so it seems like there is room for some judgement/more description here. Skynxnex (talk) 14:22, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]