Archive | October 2008

On This Day in 1832

Oct18
(The picture date of 1833 is incorrect)

176 Years Ago Today
Mahala Kiser was the 11th of 12 children born in Russell County, VA
to Joseph Kiser, Jr. and Mary “Polly” Childers

Mahala is my 2nd great grandmother.

Mother of Mary Sutherland
Mother of Altha Brooks
Mother of Lucille Davis
Mother of Sherry
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129 Years Ago Today 10-18-1879
Mary Elizabeth Laforce was born.
She was my 2nd cousin, twice removed.
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186 Years Ago Today 10-18-1822
Mary “Polly” Childress was born.
She was the wife of my 2nd great grand uncle Elijah Sutherland
and mother of 10 children all in Russell County.

On This Day in 1996

Oct17


Happy 12th Birthday
Joseph William
October 17, 1996
s/o Kurt W. and Sherry Ann

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53 Years Ago Today
October 17, 1955
James Brittan Tabor married Sylvia G. Landreth
James was my 2nd cousin, 3 times removed.
Sylvia was my 2nd cousin, twice removed.
They were 2nd cousins, once removed.

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Happy 32nd Birthday
Heather Anne Harless
4th cousin, once removed

On This Day in 1829

Oct16
179 Years Ago Today
Ailsie Breeding was born 10-16-1829.
She was my 2nd cousin, 3 times removed.


125 Years Ago Today
Laura Davis was the second born 10-16-1883
to Charles Henry Davis and Mary Ann Fields
in Russell County, VA.
Laura was my 1st cousin, once removed.


90 Years Ago Today
Beulah Kate McFadden 10-16-1918 – 12-6-1991
She married my 1st cousin, once removed – Guy Thurman Brooks.

On This Day in 1862

Oct16
Virginia Lee Letcher October 16, 1862 – February 6, 1942

146 Years Ago Today
the youngest of 10 children was born to
Governor John Letcher and Mary Susan Holt.
Virginia is my 2nd cousin, 4 times removed.

On This Day in 1884

Oct15
124 Years Ago Today
Grandma Davis was born in Cleveland, Russell County, VA, the third of fourteen children . Altha’s mother, Mary Sutherland died when she was only seven. Her father William married Orpha Narcissus Jessee who reared Altha, along with her other five siblings; Wm and Orpha added eight more children to the household.



One evening, at the age of 96, Grandma ate dinner
..layed down …and went to be with Jesus.

But the obituary in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph 12/4/1980 read:
Mrs. Altha R. Davis, 96, of North Tazewell, Va., was dead on arrival at a Tazewell hospital Tuesday evening of natural causes.Born in Russell County, Va., she was a daughter of the late William and Mary Sutherland Brooks. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in North Tazewell.Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Al (Lillian) Berman of Abingdon, Va., Mrs. N.F. (Joella) Mace and Mrs. C.F.(Russell) Mundy, both of North Tazewell, Mrs. L.W.(Lucille) Buckland of Bluefield, Va., and Mrs. Ralph (Elizabeth) Clevy of Vincennes, Ind; four sons, Lacy Davis and Hollie Davis, both of Akron, Ohio, Vaden Davis and Leman Davis, both of North Tazewell; two sisters, Mrs. Gene (Effie) Owens and Mrs. Kathleen Dye, both of Lebanon, Va.; sixteen grandchildren, several great grandchildren and several great great grandchildren.Funeral services will be conducted today at 2:30 at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. William Sadler officiating. Burial will follow in Maplewood Cemetery.Pallbearers will be Paul Bales, Buddy Herald, B.C. Peek, Jimmy Dawson, Jeff Davis, James Mullins and Ronald Davidson.

155 Year Ago Today Doctor Caleb Davis
(Altha’s father-in-law) was born 10-15-1853 – 3-21-1899

Also on this day in 1854, 154 years ago today,
Orpha Sutherland was born. She’s my 1st cousin, 3 times removed.

On This Day in 1886

Oct13
Grandmother Buckland was born
122 Years Ago Today in Tazewell, VA
October 13, 1886 – October 20, 1960
Mary Jane Davidson
d/o Granger Davidson & Eliza Greever Gregory


On This Day in 1929

Oct13
Happy Birthday Cousin Hobart Davis
79 Years Ago Today
s/o Lacy Clarence Davis & Okie Grubb

l to r June Davis, Elizabeth Davis, Hobart Davis
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On this day in October 13, 1863 – 145 Years Ago Today
Richard “Dick” Sutherland was born to parents
James Sutherland and Nancy Ann Counts.
one of 14 children:
  1. James E. “Little Jim” Sutherland
  2. Phoebe Sutherland
  3. Noah Baldwin Sutherland
  4. Ezekiel Sutherland
  5. Margaret Sutherland
  6. Daniel Boone Sutherland
  7. Elizabeth Sutherland
  8. John “Jack” Counts Sutherland
  9. Orpha Sutherland
  10. James H. Sutherland
  11. Rebecca Sutherland
  12. William Beauregard Sutherland
  13. Richard “Dick” Sutherland (1st cousin, 3 times removed)
  14. Nancy Maryland Sutherland

EXPECT the Unexpected!

Oct12
A newly discovered cuzin pointed out to me the incredible number of twins born in the GREGORY FAMILY. That’s Grandmother Buckland’s side of the family. I have added a couple to her list from our existing generation. Do you know others?

Daniel Parham Gregory & Mary Jane Daugherty
John K.L. & Elizabeth H. Gregory – May 22, 1852

Elizabeth Holland Gregory & William Ham Carbaugh
Eliza & Laura Carbaugh – April 1889
Girl 1 & Girl 2 not named – September 27, 1890

William Lowery Gregory & Mary Jane Duncan
John Chester & Charles S. Gregory – April 7, 1873

Richard Shadrack Gregory & Julia Ann Higginbotham
John Barnes & Nannie Bell Gregory – August 30, 1868

Mary Jane Davidson & L.W. Buckland
Mary Jane & Margrette Haynes Buckland – February 12, 1910

Ella Findley Davidson & E.K. Akers
Edna & Ellen Akers
James Walter Lawrence & Nell Marie McClung
Linda Faye & Brenda Kay Lawrence

Sherry Ann Pruett & Kirt Wm Wittman
Melissa Gail & Elizabeth Ann Wittman

Probability, just in case you want to know…
Finally, a question about twins that has nothing to do with Mary Kate and Ashley! As you probably know, twins come in two types – fraternal and identical. Fraternal twins are produced from two different eggs that are each fertilized by different sperm, which results in two embryos with different genetic make-up. Identical twins are produced when a fertilized egg divides in two, and both “halves” grow into identical twins that have the same genetic make-up.
…the propensity to bear fraternal twins does run in families, but one generation doesn’t necessarily have a higher probability of having fraternal twins than another. Fraternal twins occur in about 12 of every 1000 births. There is no evidence that the likelihood of having identical twins is impacted by genetics. Identical twins occur in approximately 4 of every 1000 births, and are no more common in any one group of people.
Fraternal twinning is caused by inheriting a gene that makes it more likely for those with the gene to have fraternal twins than those without that gene. This gene on the X chromosome may cause hyper-ovulation – when a woman’s ovaries release more than one egg per ovulation cycle. A woman can inherit the hyper-ovulation gene from either of her parents. However, if she inherits it from her father, the gene will appear to “skip a generation” because men cannot affect whether his partner’s ovaries will release multiple eggs. Thus, a man with a family history of twins is not more likely to father twins himself. But, if a man has fraternal twins in his family, he can pass the twin gene on to a daughter.
The probability of fraternal twins is, therefore, impacted by whether a particular generation has more males or females. If your grandparents had all boys, none of them would contribute to multiple births in the next generation. But if your grandparents had daughters … those aunts would also have an increased probability of having twins.
There are other factors that appear to influence the probability of a woman releasing more than one egg per cycle. Women of African descent are two times more likely than Caucasian women to have twins, and four times more likely than Asian women. Women who are well-nourished, who are between the ages of 20 and 35, or who have had children, all have a higher probability of having fraternal twins. So, if you are female and your uncles were fraternal twins, it is likely that you have a higher probability of having twins than many other people. But no need to run out and buy the double baby carriage yet, because the chances are still pretty small of two babies appearing at once!

On This Day in 1905

Oct12


Lacy Clarence Davis
was born 103 years ago today in Cleveland, VA
October 12, 1905 – November 21, 1994
Buried 11/26/94 Glendale Cemetery, Canton, OH

Uncle Lacy married Okie Grubb October 30, 1923.
They had three children:
  1. Claude Davis
  2. Lacy Clarence Davis, Jr.
  3. Hobart

On This Day in 1909

Oct11


99 Years Ago Today
Hollie William Davis was born in Cleveland, VA
s/o Asa C. Davis an Altha R. Brooks
Hollie William Davis

October 11, 1909 – May 26, 2000
Buried at Greenlawn Memorial Park, Akron, OH
99 Years Ago Today

Uncle Hollie married Martha Campbell and had two children:
  1. Jo Ann Davis
  2. Fredrick Lancing Davis