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William “Bill” Smedley lived up the other hollow, Racer Hollow, across the road from the Oscar Baldwin place. This property was owned by Philip Rudasill and before tljiat the Partlow family.
One of the oldest and best known citizens of Rappahannock County, who died three days short of her 95th birthday, was Nancy Jane Smedley Beahm. Known more affectionately as “Janie” Beahm. She was a daughter of William Smedley and a niece of the aforementioned James Smedley. Janie lived on Route 614, near the Little Devil Stairs.
Grant it, Little Devil Stairs has its place and is known quite well, but mainly to a hiker who now days seems to be the “foreigner.”
Janie Smedley Beahm touched more lives and probably is remembered by far more natives than will ever be known. The Smedley family, too, touched the lives or Rappahannock’s citizenry. From “Bill” Smedley, who was known for his grafting techniques and capabilities, often being employed by both the Keysers and Sneads, to the.Smedleys who ran the Post Office.
Isn’t it an irony that people who never knew a Smedley or their worth want to change or erase from someone else’s memory knowledge of them? Stay with Smedley Hollow Road! Little Devil Stairs is in the
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