The Female Stranger was a woman who died anonymously on October 14, 1816 in Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...

. She was buried in the local St. Paul's Cemetery

St. Paul's Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia)

-Notable interments:*Wilmer McLean - a Major and wholesale grocer.*The Female Stranger - a 23 year old woman who succumbed to a disease on the ship she traveled on with her husband which arrived in Alexandria...

, with a monument erected supposedly by her husband, but which only identifies her as the "female stranger" along with the epitaph. The unusual monument and story surrounding it have long been noted as a peculiar oddity of the town.