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Dr. Henry Jackson Darst, Jr.
Henry Jackson Darst, Jr., son of Henry J. Darst and
Corine Fortune Darst, is a native of Kentucky. Dr. Darst’s
grandfather, Dr. John C. Darst, practiced medicine in
Pulaski and Roanoke, and his great grandfather, Major
James H. Darst, was one of the most influential men in
politics, banking and agriculture in Southwest Virginia.
Dr. Darst was reared at Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia
where his ancestors settled when the area was still
frontier. His childhood home was within two miles of the
graves of three Revolutionary soldiers and officers of the
War of 1812 and the War Between the States from whom he
descends. At an early age, he learned the significance of
his heritage.
Dr. Henry
Jackson Darst, Jr. is married to
Ann Harrison Booker Darst.
Dr. Darst earned his Masters Degree (History of Social
Thought), and his Ph.D. (History of Education) from the
University of Virginia.
He taught at Lynchburg College and the University of
Virginia. Dr. Darst was a senior educator in the
Department of the Army and was involved with the graduate
civilian education of regular army officers, and overall
operation of Army service schools. Since 1960 he has
operated two farms, 'Bird Hill' in James City County and
'Heron Hill' in York County, primarily engaged in the
breeding and raising thoroughbred and quarter horses.
Memberships
* Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia
(Registrar)
* Society of the Colonial Wars in Virginia (Registrar)
* Society of the War of 1812 in Virginia
* Huguenot Society of Virginia (President)
* Sons of the Revolution in Virginia
* Sons of the American Revolution (Williamsburg Chapter
President)
* Sons of Confederate Veterans
* Military Order of the Stars and Bars
Authorships
Ante-Bellum Virginia Disciples: an Account of
theOorigins and Early
Development of the Disciples of Christ in Virginia
(1959)
The Darsts of Virginia: a Chronical of Ten Generations in
the Old
Dominion with Sketches of the Cecil, Charlton, Glendy,
Grigsby,
Larew, Miller, Trolinger, Welch and Wygal and
WysorFamilies
(1972)
Dublin and the Darsts: a Portrait of a Virginia
Country Town and One
of its Families
(1992)
Other Notes
Dr. Darst is a member of the Commonwealth Club in
Richmond, Virgnia and the Farmington Club in
Charlottesville, Virginia. he also holds membership
in the Williamsburg Rotary Club and Middle Plantation Club
of Williamsburg,
Virginia.
He is Chairman of the Colonial Soil and Water Conservation
District, an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Dr. Darst was appointed by Governor Allen as Chairman of a
State Board to recommend the acquisition of conservation
easements. He is President of the Charles
City--James City-- New Kent-- York Farm Bureau, as well as
President of the Four Rivers Agricultural Services Corp.
Dr. Darst serves as Secretary for the James City Board of
Agriculture
In addition, Dr. Darst is Director of the the Disciples of
Christ Historical Society, and a member of the Virginia
Historical Society, the New River Historical Society, the
Rockbridge Historical Society, and the Association for
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