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'''Bazil Gordon''' emigrated from [[Scotland]] to [[United States|America]], settling in [[Falmouth, Virginia]] in 1786 where he opened a small store. Gordon grew his business, exporting large amounts of [[tobacco]] from [[plantations]] along the [[Rappahannock River]] to [[England]]. He is believed to be America's first [[millionaire]]. |
'''Bazil Gordon''' emigrated from [[Scotland]] to [[United States|America]], settling in [[Falmouth, Virginia]] in 1786 where he opened a small store. Gordon grew his business, exporting large amounts of [[tobacco]] from [[plantations]] along the [[Rappahannock River]] to [[England]]. He is believed to be America's first [[millionaire]]. |
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He married [Anna Campbell Knox], daughter of [[William Knox and Susannah Stuart Fitzhugh |
He married [Anna Campbell Knox], daughter of [[William Knox and Susannah Stuart Fitzhugh]]. Susanna Fitzhugh was a great-granddaughter of Colonal William Fitz Hugh, who came from Bedford, England in 1670. |
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Bazil Gordon emigrated from Scotland to America, settling in Falmouth, Virginia in 1786 where he opened a small store. Gordon grew his business, exporting large amounts of tobacco from plantations along the Rappahannock River to England. He is believed to be America's first millionaire.
He married [Anna Campbell Knox], daughter of William Knox and Susannah Stuart Fitzhugh. Susanna Fitzhugh was a great-granddaughter of Colonal William Fitz Hugh, who came from Bedford, England in 1670.
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