Notable People in Fredericksburg

• Louisa Alcott - niece of Rev. A. N. Alcott, pastor of the Congregational Church in 1874-1878; visited Fredericksburg during uncle's ministry
• Samuel Crawford - native of Fredericksburg; married Marie Irvin, youngest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Irvin; served as an army surgeon in the Union Army in the Civil War and became a distinguished physician in the West
• Sarah Irvin - daughter of Rev. Samuel Irvin. D.D.; born in Fredericksburg; married Mr. Mr. Wishart and was the mother of Dr. Charles F. Wishart, President Emeritus of Wooster College
• James Martin - son of Dr. James Martin; born in Fredericksburg; became distinguished jurist at Toledo, Ohio
• Orra Martin - daughter of Dr. James Martin; born in Fredericksburg; became missionary in Brazil
• Rev. John McNaugher - pastor of the United Presbyterian Church for one year in the 1870s; President of the Theological Seminary of Pittsburgh
• Lorena Peppard - native of Fredericksburg; later a resident of Wooster; artist and author; the hills and dales of the Fredericksburg countryside was a favorite subject for her pictures
• Isaac Singer - invented the sewing machine in 1856 in Pennsylvania; resident in 1845
• Mira Sheeley - taught school in Fredericksburg in the 1880s; Presbyterian Missionary to the Sandwich Islands
• Grace Smith - daughter of Boyd Smith, stock buyer; born in Fredericksburg; one of the nation's outstanding restaurant operators in Toledo, Ohio; graduate and trustee of Wooster College