Archive | December 2008

On This Day in 1851

Dec30
157 Years Ago Today
December 30, 1851 – November 2, 1905

Samuel G. Tabor, my great granduncle was the 4th of 9 children born toJames Harrison Tabor and Nancy Moore Runyon

John Andrew Tabor
Emily Tabor
Sarah Jane Tabor (my g-grandmother
Samuel G. Tabor
George C. Tabor
William B. Tabor
Joseph Wade Tabor
James Robert Tabor
Meldora Tabor
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77 Years Ago Today
December 30, 1931 – May 12, 1993
Tazewell County, VA – Veteran’s Cemetery, Brooksville, FL

William Paris Yost, Jr.(my 3rd cousin, once removed) was born in Tazewell County, VA to William Paris Yost and Jenetta “Nettie” Fay Steele Gregory. He married Louise Fox on May 10, 1957 and they had 5 children:

Irene Yost
Rhonda Yost
Sherry Yost
Tony Edward Yost, MD
William Paris Yost, III

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132 Years Ago Today
December 30, 1876 – December 25, 1960

George Robert Buckland, my granduncle was one of six children born to Jacob Alexander Buckland and Sarah Jane Tabor in Falls Mills, VA.

Nancy Jane Polly Buckland
George Robert Buckland
Cora Belle Buckland
William Harrison Buckland
Samuel Graham Buckland
Larkin Watson Buckland (my grandfather)

He married Margaret Bennett Ritter of Burkes Garden in Tazewell County on January 1, 1902. I believe they had eight children

Sarah Elizabeth Buckland
Margaret Louise Buckland
Roberta Buckland
George Ritter “Porgie” Buckland
Clara Phyllis Buckland
Mary Winifred Buckland
Dorothy Nell Buckland
Norma Virginia Buckland

On This Day in 1842

Dec28
166 Years Ago Today
December 28, 1842 – June 1, 1924
John Counts “Bull” Jessee of Russell County, VA was the youngest of fourteen (14) children born to George Lea Jessee and Elizabeth “Betsy” Counts.
  1. David Counts Jessee
  2. Nancy B. Jessee
  3. Margaret Jessee
  4. Frances Jessee
  5. George Lea Jessee
  6. Samuel Jessee
  7. Martin Counts Jessee
  8. Noah K. Jessee
  9. Jane Jessee
  10. Thomas Jefferson Jessee
  11. Elihu Kiser Jessee
  12. William Lea Jessee
  13. James M. Jessee
  14. John Counts Jessee, my 1st cousin, 5 times removed

John married Margaret “Peggie” Cross and they parented 10 children.

  1. Susan Helen Jessee
  2. William Robert Jessee
  3. Laura Jessee
  4. Charles Benson Jessee
  5. Asa Jeter Jessee
  6. Orpha Narcissus Jessee (stepmother to my grandmother Altha Brooks)
  7. Virthie Jessee
  8. Sally Jessee
  9. Nannie Maryanne Jessee
  10. Andrew J. Jessee

On This Day in 1667

Dec27
341 Years Ago Today
December 27, 1667
John Jessee, my 7th great-grandfather was born.

According to Jim Jessee’s website www.jessee.org
ID: I3358 Name: John JESSEE Sex: M Birth: 27 DEC 1667
Reference Number: 200 _UID: 6EDB01D906ABD146A732F3602B34C94C8B57
Note: The pedigree of John and Henry Jessee has been provided without any evidence by genealogical researchers in England, whose services were contracted by Dean Cornell Jessee, Salt Lake City, UT, and his brother. I believe we must consider this pedigree speculation, and our best research lead that needs to be proven or disquarded.
Change Date: 17 JAN 2004 at 20:18:38
Father: Henry JESSEE b: 1 FEB 1632 in North Molton, Devonshire, , England
Mother: Grace EDGLEYMarriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Children Henry JESSEE
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75 Years Ago Today
December 27, 1933 – November 26, 1971
Robert Sutherland, my 3rd cousin, once removed.
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114 Years Ago Today
December 27, 1894
Alfarie LaForce married S. C. Hammonds

On This Day in 1982

Dec27
Happy 26th Michael
December 27, 1982 ——————
131 Years Ago Today
December 27, 1877
John Kahle Walker, my 2nd cousin, twice removed, was the 2nd of 9 children born to Rev. John Randolph Walker and Mary Jane Brown from Tazewell County, VA. He was the grandson of Nancy Reeves Gregory and John Wesley Brown.

  1. Alexander Phillip Walker
  2. John Kahle Walker
  3. Marvin N. Walker
  4. Harriet Reaves Walker
  5. Robert Charles Walker
  6. Louise Laura Alice Walker
  7. Thomas Frank Fowler Walker
  8. Maybelle Stuart Walker
  9. Eleanor Stuart Walker

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61 Years Ago Today
December 27, 1947


Fay Gregory Yost (3rd cousin, once removed)
married Ermil Osbourne in Greenville, SC.
Fay is the daughter of Jenetta “Nettie” Fay Steele Gregory and Wm Paris Yost.

December 25th – Christmas Day

Dec26
…for today in the city of David there has been born for
you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11
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164 Years Ago Today
December 25, 1844
Sarah Rasnake, my 2nd cousin 3 times removed was born
in Russell County, Virginia to Jonas Rasnake and Rachel Laforce.
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151 Years Ago Today
December 25, 1857
Lorenzo Dow Kiser, my 1st cousin, 3 times removed was born
to Ephriam Mayfield Kiser and Mary Ervin.
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115 Years Ago Today
December 25, 1893
William Sherman Kiser married Mary Sutherland.

December 25th – Christmas Day

Dec26
…for today in the city of David there has been born for
you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11

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  1. Samuel P. Davidson, my 2nd g-grandfather, was born December 25, 1825
  2. Mary Gillespie & George C. Daugherty married December 25, 1856
  3. Angeline Walker & John Wm Daugherty married December 25, 1884
  4. Mary Etta Hammon(Smith) was born December 25, 1886
  5. Virginia Peake & Wm Harrison Buckland married December 25, 1900
  6. Otis Benton Harless was born December 25, 1913

William Harrison Buckland
1881-1932

On This Day in 1851

Dec23
157 Years Ago Today
December 22, 1851
Mary Jane Brown was born in Tazewell County, the daughter of Nancy Reeves Gregory and John Wesley Brown. Mary Jane, my 1st cousin, three times removed married Rev. John Randolph Walker, lived out her days near Clear Fork. She was laid to rest in Wythe County, VA at the East End Cemetery in Wytheville. Mary Jane and Rev Walker were the parents of nine children:
  1. Alexander Phillip Walker
  2. John Kahle Walker
  3. Marvin N. Walker
  4. Harriet Reaves Walker
  5. Robert Charles Walker
  6. Louise/Laura Alice Walker
  7. Thomas Frank Fowler Walker
  8. Maybelle Stuart Walker
  9. Eleanor Stuart Walker

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151 Years Ago Today
December 22, 1857

Sallie H. Mitchell, (1st cousin, 4 times removed) married George Davenport in McMinn County, TN. Sallie was the daughter of Clarinda Julia Dougherty of Tazewell County, VA and William Mitchell.