Dr. Jessee Bennett--1769-1842
Historical highway marker A-59 · Rockingham County
Near Edom, Virginia, on January 14, 1794, in a heroic effort to save his wife, Elizabeth, and child, Dr. Jessee Bennett performed the first successful Caesarian section and oophorectomy to be done in America.
Erected by the Linville-Edom Extension Homemaker's Club, Rockingham County, and the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, 1983 Rockingham County, 1983 Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission