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Big Red Doors
1700s

Rev. Rodham Kenner 28 Sep 1707/Northumberland Co., VA – 1734/1735

By Trip Wiggins

Rev. Rodham Kenner
28 Sep 1707/Northumberland Co., VA – 1734/1735
Second St. George’s Rector
At St George’s: Mar 1729 – Oct 1730 (continued as “supply” or temporary until 1733)

Big Red Doors
1700s

Rev. Theodosius Staige 1696/London, England – 26 Dec 1747

By Trip Wiggins
Rev. Theodosius Staige
1696/London, England – 26 Dec 1747/Charles Parish, York Co., Va
First St. George’s Rector
At St George’s: late 1725 – about Nov. 1728

Big Red Doors
1800s

Rev. Edmund C. Murdaugh, Rector Fredericksburg, VA 1871-1877

By Trip Wiggins

Rev. Edmund C. Murdaugh (aka Edward C Murdaugh, E C Murdaugh)

15th St. George’s Rector
At St. George’s: Oct. 1871 – April 1877
Burial: City Cemetery (St. George’s lot for ministers)/Fredericksburg, VA.

Getting Started in St. George's History - 6 essential resources

Selections from several categories of our history.

5. Rev. Edward McGuire

McGuire served all 3 churches over the course of 45 years. He is probably the most influential of all our rectors in all phases of ministry from preaching, teaching, and outreach. Trip Wiggins, our archivist, wrote this for a Sunday school class and has been teaching classes for years

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6. Tom Faulkner confronts the Vestry on race

Faulkner served St. George's for 30 years from 1946-1976. During these years racial policies were paramount, especially 1954, in the year of Brown vs. Board of Education, Faulkner was challenged by the Vestry on the role of Blacks in our service. He was able to move St. George's toward racial justice that other rectors would further

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