Job Hawxhurst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1823
Place of Birth: Roslyn, New York, United States
Date of Death: 07-Mar-1906
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Job Hawxhurst
- Job Hawxhurst (March 30, 1823 – March 7, 1906) was a nineteenth-century American Quaker from New York who moved to Fairfax County, where he and his elder brother John Hawxhurst farmed and operated a grist mill beginning in 1846.
- As Union men, they fled Virginia temporarily as the American Civil War began in 1861, but returned to Fairfax in early 1862 and led their communities for decades.
- Job Hawxhurst operated a general store in Fairfax City and was postmaster for three decades, as well as Fairfax County's delegate in the Virginia General Assembly for one term, and at various times Clerk of Court, Mayor of Fairfax City and member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
- John Hawxhurst and his wife Jane lived in Alexandria, Virginia after the war.
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