Sorry that I just now noticed your post. Very helpful.
Will try to find the Wilfong article at the PG Library.
Do you know if Stephen Onion is related to Newell Onion, who seems to have speculated in land in DC, MD and Virginia in the Early 19th Century?
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: In the "Souvenir book of the Lanham
: Area" prepared for the Lanham
: centennial in 1972, Paul Lanham wrote
: "Stephen Onion, known as an iron
: founder, settled on the south side of top of
: the hill on today's Auburn Avenue and was
: ultimately to be buried midway down the
: hill. His tombstone (preserved for many
: years under the protective care of Mr. Zook
: of Auburn Avenue) reads 'Stephen Onion d
: Sept 23, 1865 age 96.'" I seem to
: remember that James Wilfong wrote an article
: about the Onion stone and Onion for the
: Prince George's Post back in the 1960s or
: 70s. I think a photo of the stone
: accompanied the article.
: In addition to land north of Riverdale
: Road (Auburn Ave neighborhood) Onion also
: owned 139 acres south of the road and
: slightly to the west that later became East
: Pines (PG land records AB 6, 332). That
: tract is now bisected by the B-W Parkway. In
: 1850 he was the highest bidder for 148 acres
: in Chillum, right up against the District
: line, at a sheriff's sale (ON 1, 51). The
: previous owner who lost the property was
: named William Markwood. One of Onion's
: daughters was named Julia Markwood (HB 13,
: 237) so I suspect Onion was bailing out a
: relative (son-in-law?). Onion still was
: holding that land, quite a few miles distant
: from his home place, in the 1860 tax
: assessment.
:
: Alan Virta
:
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: Did find a listing for the "Onion
: Family
: Cemetery" on Auburn Avenue in Planning
: Area 69,listed in the Inventory of Historic
: Cemeteries, which is apparently an appendix
: to the Preliminary Historic Sites and
: Districts Plan.
: Nothing else about the cemetery in the
: Inventory. I don't think any evidence of the
: cemetery remains due to the contruction I
: mentioned below.
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: Yes, the family of Stephen Onions owned
: property in the Lanham/Riverdale area - a
: parcel of land,part of "Walker's
: Farms" purchased by Stephen Onion(s) in
: 1830 from Howerton Cross. the Walker and
: Cross families owned quite a bit of land in
: that area around what is now Good Luck Road,
: and Greenbelt Park. Stephen Onion(s) died
: in 1865. I will check to see whether we
: have any record of his burial.
:
: Susan G. Pearl, Historian
: Prince George's County Historical Society
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: Does anyone have any information about a
: family named Onion or Onions that lived in
: the Wildercroft area (present day Auburn
: Avenue) of Riverdale in the 19th and
: possibly early 20th century.
: I've heard reports that a small Onion family
: graveyard was disturbed when some homes were
: contructed near present day Zook Place.
: thanks
:
: --Previous Message--
: Did find a listing for the "Onion
: Family
: Cemetery" on Auburn Avenue in Planning
: Area 69,listed in the Inventory of Historic
: Cemeteries, which is apparently an appendix
: to the Preliminary Historic Sites and
: Districts Plan.
: Nothing else about the cemetery in the
: Inventory. I don't think any evidence of the
: cemetery remains due to the contruction I
: mentioned below.
: --Previous Message--
: Yes, the family of Stephen Onions owned
: property in the Lanham/Riverdale area - a
: parcel of land,part of "Walker's
: Farms" purchased by Stephen Onion(s) in
: 1830 from Howerton Cross. the Walker and
: Cross families owned quite a bit of land in
: that area around what is now Good Luck Road,
: and Greenbelt Park. Stephen Onion(s) died
: in 1865. I will check to see whether we
: have any record of his burial.
:
: Susan G. Pearl, Historian
: Prince George's County Historical Society
: --Previous Message--
: Does anyone have any information about a
: family named Onion or Onions that lived in
: the Wildercroft area (present day Auburn
: Avenue) of Riverdale in the 19th and
: possibly early 20th century.
: I've heard reports that a small Onion family
: graveyard was disturbed when some homes were
: contructed near present day Zook Place.
: thanks
:
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