Virginia Inventors
A mile and a half northwest, Cyrus H. McCormick perfected, in 1831, the grain reaper. In that vicinity, in 1856, J. A. E. Gibbs devised the chainstitch sewing machine.
Marker is at the intersection of Lee Jackson Highway (U.S. 11) and Raphine Road (County Route 606), on the left when traveling south on Lee Jackson Highway.
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