Archive | December 2008

On This Day in 1874

Dec8
134 Years Ago Today
December 8, 1874
My 1st cousin, three times removed – Phoebe Kiser
married Simeon Kiser in Russell County, VA.
Phoebe was one of 12 children born to
James A. “Bell Clapper” Kiser and Susan Sutherland.

On This Day in 1831

Dec8
177 Years Ago Today
December 8, 1831
Nancy Gregory, my 2nd great grandaunt was the
10th of 15 children born to John Keatts Gregory
and Elizabeth Holland Corder.
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156 Years Ago Today
December 8, 1852
My g-g-g granduncle William Houston Dougherty (Daugherty)
married Louisa Hurt in Tazewell County, VA.
Wm was one of at least nine children born to John L. (from Ireland)
and Hannah Letcher Dougherty.
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93 Years Ago Today
December 8, 1915
Edward Clemons Yost, my 2nd cousin, twice removed,
married Rheba Virginia Duncan.

Dec6
260 Years Ago Today
December 6, 1748

My 4th g-grandaunt Sylvia Stacy was born in Russell Co., VA
to the parents of John Stacy, Jr. and Elizabeth Ashby.
She was the 5th of 8 children known to me…

  1. Anne Stacy
  2. John Stacy
  3. Katherine Stacy
  4. Sarah Stacy
  5. Sylvia Stacy
  6. Margaret “Peggy” Stacy
  7. Susannah “Sukie” Stacy
  8. Shadrach Stacy

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153 Years Ago Today
Matilda Kiser, 2nd g-grandaunt married Thomas T. Fields

On This Day in 1906

Dec4
102 Years Ago Today
December 4, 1906
Thomas Starling Brooks, my 1st cousin, twice removed was
the son of Joseph B. Brooks and Alverda Kiser in Russell County, VA.

On This Day in 1890

Dec3
118 Years Ago Today
December 3, 1890
My 2nd cousin, once removed, Garland Bruce Owens
was born to William Walter Owens and Rosina Agnes Sutherland.

On This Day in 1840

Dec3

Thank you Judy Llamas for identifying and sending a copy of this picture to me. For years the picture of the couple hung on the wall at the Buckland homeplace in Falls Mills, but I could never identify who they were or find out who had the picture. Thanks to you Judy, I now know that it was L.W. Buckland’s grandparents, his mother Sarah’s parents. Sarah actually inherited the property where the house was built from her parents James and Nancy. A log home stood on the property originally, and in the 1920’s LW and Mary Jane built the brick home that stands today. Every piece of the puzzle helps to paint the picture, preserving it for future generations.

168 Years Ago Today

December 3, 1840

Nancy Moore Runyan and James Harrison Tabor were married.
My 2nd great grandparents are buried at the
HarryCemetery
Falls Mills, Virginia.

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December 3, 1999
Happy 9th Anniversary Libbie & Dave

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85 Years Ago Today

December 3, 1923 – May 11, 2001
Jesse McHaffa (w/o Richard, my 1st cousin, once removed)

On This Day in 1937

Dec3
71 Years Ago Today

December 2, 1937 – July 13, 2005
George Watson “Red” Lawrence – my 1st cousin.
Red was the son of
James Walter Lawrence and Bertha Ward Buckland.


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118 Years Ago Today
December 2, 1890
Charles Henry Peery and Ellen Phoebe Beavers
gave birth to and lost twins.
The babies rest at the Whitley-Peery Cemetery,
Riverside Dr, N. Tazewell, VA.

On This Day in 1873

Dec3
135 Years Ago Today
December 2, 1873
Matilda Sutherland, my great grandaunt and
Fullen Kiser, my 1st cousin, three times removed were married in Russell County, VA.
Matilda was the daughter of Mahala Kiser and Jessee Sutherland
and sisther to my great grandmother Mary Sutherland Brooks.
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On This Same Day in Russell County
James Schofield Kiser
was born to Andrew Jackson Kiser and Melissa Hopkins Selfe.
James was my 2nd cousin, twice removed.
December 2, 1873

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104 Years Ago Today
Etry Genova Austin was born on December 2, 1904
She was the mother of 10 and the wife of my 1st cousin, twice removed,
Charles Douglas Brooks.

On This Day in 1842

Dec1
166 Years Ago Today
December 1, 1842
Doctor Clauton Gregory, my 2nd great granduncle was born.
He was the son of John Keatts and Elizabeth Holland Gregory,
and the youngest of 15 children.
His short life ended at the age of 21
during the Civil War in Red River, TX.
Daniel Parham Gregory (my 2nd great grandfather)
Lewis Corder Gregory
William Lowery Gregory
Perlina Ledford Gregory
John Henry Gregory
Permelia Clement Gregory
Martha Tucker Gregory
Mary Clay Gregory
Richard Shadrack Gregory
Nancy Reeves Gregory (mother of Mary Jane Brown below)
Elizabeth Holland Gregory
Franklin Clemons Gregory
James Madison Gregory
Thompson Edward Gregory
Doctor Clauton Gregory
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133 Years Ago Today
December 1, 1875
My 1st cousin, 3 times removed Mary Jane Brown
married Rev. John Randolph Walker.
Mary was the daughter of
Nancy Reeves Gregory and John Wesley Brown.