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Picture Courtesy of Ken Carpenter

This Greek Revival-style house was built about 1852 for state senator Thomas N. Welch. In 1868, James Lawson Kemper (1823-1895) purchased it from his mother in law, Mrs. Belfield Cave. Kemper, an attorney, representing Madison County in the House of Delegates(1853-1863), served as speaker(1861-1863), led a brigade in the civil war, was wounded in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, and served as governor of Virginia (1874-1878). In 1882 he moved from Madison to Walnut Hills in Orange County
In Madison, on Route #29 business, in the parking lot for the Madison County offices Madison County Virginia
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Ken Carpenter: ...
It should be noted that the pronounciation of Rio is "rye-oh" and not "ree-oh" as in the spanish pronounciation. The local folks will correct you if you try to call it by anything else.
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July 07, 2008
Ken Carpenter: ...
Sorry, the previous comment should be associated with the "Skirmish at Rio Hill" in Albemarle County. W-197
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July 12, 2008
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