203 Years Ago Today
January 8, 1806

Agnes Laforce and Henry Sutherland, my 3rd great granduncle, were married in Botetourt County, VA. Henry was the 2nd of 7 children born to James Sutherland and Sarah Buchanan.

1. Nancy Sutherland
2. Henry Sutherland
3. Catherine Sutherland
4. Daniel Sutherland, 3rd great grandfather
5. Elizabeth Sutherland
6. Sarah Sutherland
7. Mary Polly Sutherland

Henry and Agnes had 5 children that I know:

1. Caroline Sutherland
2. Mary Sutherland
3. Samuel Sutherland
4. Henry Sutherland
5. Van Rensselaer Sutherland

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153 Years Ago Today
January 8, 1856
Elizabeth Kiser, my 1st cousin, three times removed, was born to Abraham Kiser and Mary “Pop” Counts in Russell County, Va. She was one of 10 children.

1. Gideon Daniel Kiser
2. Joseph Kiser
3. Nancy Tennessee Kiser
4. Martha Kiser
5. Mary Kiser
6. Elizabeth Kiser
7. Joshua Kiser
8. Abraham “Con” Kiser
9. Leah Kiser
10. Rachel Kiser

note – incorrect birth year on picture – should read 1883

My grandfather, Asa C. Davis was born at Mill Creek in Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia. He was the 10th of 12 children born to Doctor Caleb Davis and Nancy C. “Nannie” Jessee.

1. Samuel A. Davis
2. Jefferson Bonaparte Davis
3. Charles Henry “Keen Eye” Davis
4. Mary A. Davis
5. Sarah Ellen Davis
6. Manerva Josephine “Josie” Davis
7. Polly M. Davis
8. David P. Davis
9. Vance P. Davis
10. Asa C. Davis
11. Ida E. Davis
12. Nannie K. Davis

Asa married Altha Rudolph Brooks on August 20, 1902 in Bristol, TN. She was the daughter of William M. “Bill” Brooks and Mary Polly “Pop” Sutherland. They had 10 children.

1. Grace Erie Davis
2. Lacy Clarence Davis
3. Ila Lillian Davis
4. Hollie William Davis
5. Jo Ella Davis
6. Lettie Russell Davis
7. Ellis Vaden Davis
8. Leman Clifton “Sleepy” Davis
9. Nannie Lucille Davis – my mother
10. Evelyn Elizabeth Davis

My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud;
My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.

142 Years Ago Today
January 6, 1867 – May 7, 1952

Sabastian Caleb Hamon, my 2nd cousin twice removed, was born, 2nd of 9 children to John T. Hammon and Francis Kiser:

1. Margaret Elizabeth Hamon
2. Sabastian Caleb Hamon
3. Martha Alice Hamon
4. Albert Monroe Hamon
5. Cynthia Jane Hammon
6. John M. Hammon
7. Samuel J. Hammon
8. Robert L. Hammon
9. Mary Etta Hammon

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141 Years Ago Today
January 6, 1868 (Alvin)
138 Years Ago Today
January 6, 1871 (Andrew)

Alvin Ashbrook Kiser and Andrew Jackson Kiser, my 1st cousin, three times removed, was the 8th of 11 children born to Noah S. and Rachel Kiser

1. Elbert S. Kiser
2. Robert Boyd “Dick” Kiser
3. Joseph Cephas Kiser
4. Polly Ann Kiser
5. Ephriam Kiser
6. Thomas Hansford Kiser
7. Martha Adela Kiser
8. Alvin Ashbrook Kiser
9. Andrew Jackson Kiser
10. Noah Hayes “Toby” Kiser
11. Rauseline Kiser

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64 Years Ago Today
January 6, 1945
Sarah Radcliffe Braswell, my 2nd cousin once removed married William Lindsay Foster.

145 Years Ago Today
January 6, 1864

Mary Peery Brown was born to David Preston Peery and Mary E. Harman in Tazewell County, VA, my 2nd cousin, twice removed. Mary married Thomas Jackson Brown.
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167 Years Ago Today
January 6, 1842

Julia Dougherty, my 3rd great grandaunt married Manuel Parkinson. Julia was the daughter of Hannah Letcher and John Dougherty.

166 Years Ago Today
January 3, 1843

Martha Rasnake was born to Jonas Rasnake and Rachel Laforce in Russell County, VA. My 2nd cousin, three times removed was one of nine children:

1. John M. Preston Rasnake
2. Catherine Rasnake
3. Elijah Laforce Rasnake
4. James Harvey Rasnake
5. Mary Rasnake
6. Martha Rasnake
7. Sarah Rasnake
8. Noah Kernan Rasnake
9. Henry Clay Rasnake

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118 Years Ago Today
January 3, 1891

James N. Sutherland,my 2nd cousin, twice removed, was the youngest of 10 children born to Elihu Sutherland and Sereldia Jane Kiser:

1. Neurassie Sutherland
2. Martha V. Sutherland
3. Orval Sutherland
4. Cynthia Sutherland
5. Wade H. Sutherland
6. Albert B. Sutherland
7. Manoria Sutherland
8. Elijah B. Sutherland
9. Susie Sutherland
10. James N. Sutherland

Picture of James’ father Elihu and Uncle Elijah

120 Years Ago Today

January 3, 1889 – October 20, 1966
(Photos from FINDAGRAVE.COM supplied
by Judy Llamas and Stephen Moody)

1. Dudley Thomas Baker
2. James H. Baker
3. Margaret Virginia “Ginny” Baker
4. Everett Taylor Baker

Sallie Elizabeth Davidson was the 3rd of 8 children born to Erastus Granger Davidson and Eliza Greever Gregory; a sister to my Grandmother Buckland (Mary Jane Davidson). Aunt Sallie was also the wife of my 1st cousin, once removed Robert “Bob” Johnson Wimmer. Uncle Bob was a nephew to Mary Jane’s husband, Larkin Watson Buckland, Sr. Got that? This whole genealogy thing sometimes gets confusing. Aunt Sallie and Uncle Bob lived in a large house on the hill overlooking Falls Mills Dam on the Mudfork Road. I doubt the house still stands, but I would love to have a picture of it. It was a modest dwelling in the midst of the woods, but the view from there overlooking the dam must have been spectacular.

Sallie & Siblings:

1. Charles Lewis Davidson
2. Mary Jane Davidson
3. Sallie Elizabeth Davidson
4. Cosby Isabell Davidson
5. Samuel Patton Davidson
6. Luther Hefford Davidson
7. Nannie Crockett Davidson
8. Ella Findley Davidson

I believe that Aunt Sallie & Uncle Bob had 4 children :

1. Hazel Wimmer
2. Lee Anna Wimmer
3. Nancy Wimmer
4. Loraine Wimmer

Anniversarys
113 Years Ago – Virginia Davis and William Bonapart Minnick

90 Years Ago – Lora Brooks Dye