Stribling, Erasmus, 1784-1858
Biographical Note
Erasmus Stribling was born to Francis and Nancy Tate Stribling on June 1, 1784. He attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) from 1800-1803. He married Matilda Kinney (1789-1829) on April 23, 1807, in Augusta County, Virginia, and they had 11 children, including Dr. Francis T. Stribling (1810-1874), superintendent of the the Western Lunatic Asylum (now Western State Hospital) at Staunton.
Stribling worked as a merchant and lawyer, primarily in Staunton, Virginia, where he served as mayor (1816-1818). He and Matilda also developed and managed the local resort, Augusta Springs (renamed Stribling Springs after his death) from about 1817 until 1857. Stribling also served as the Clerk of the District Court at Sweet Springs, Clerk of the County Court of Augusta (1812-1831), and Clerk of the U.S. Court for the Western District of Virginia (1846-1857).
According to the 1830 census, Stribling enslaved 11 people, whose names are not recorded.
Stribling died on July 2, 1858, and is buried beside his wife in Trinity Episcopal Churchyard in Staunton.
External sources:
U. S. Federal Census, 1830-1850
"Erasmus Stribling", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39077117/erasmus-stribling, accessed on May 31, 2023.
"Erasmus Stribling" in the Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/32489:3723, accessed on December 7, 2023.
Charles Culbertson, "Historic Stribling Springs was one of top U.S. resourts", News Leader, May 30, 2015, https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/history/2015/05/30/historic-stribling-springs-one-top-us-resorts/28240213/, accessed on December 8, 2023.
Hugh Milton McIlhany, Some Virginia Families: Being Genealogies of the Kinney, Stribling, Trout, McIlhany, Milton, Rogers, Tate, Snickers, Taylor, McCormick, And Other Families of Virginia, Staunton, Virginia: Stoneburner & Prufer, printers, 1903, pp. 37-39, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011440903, accessed on December 8, 2023.