1953 Birthday Francis Maude, born in Abingdon, England, politician, Conservative party, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Horsham 1946 Birthday Frederick C. Boucher, born in Abingdon, Virginia, Representative-D-Virginia 1983 - 1873 Birthday Dorothy Miller Richardson, Abingdon Berkshire, novelist 1864 Event Raid on Stoneman: Abingdon and Glade Springs, VA 1864 Event Battle of Kinston North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia 1240 Death Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies
