119 Years Ago Today
February 22, 1890 – April 11, 1960
Mattie Elizabeth Kiser was one of at least five children born to Allen and Leah Kiser in Russell County, VA. My 2nd cousins, 2x removed were:
Leah (d/o Joseph “Polka Joe” Kiser & Martha “Mattie” Hamon)
Allen (s/o James S. “Bell Clapper” Kiser & Susan Sutherland)
212 Years Ago Today
February 20, 1797
My 4th great granduncle Stephen Giles Letcher married Elizabeth Perkins in Goochland County, VA. I believe that he was one of nine children born to John Letcher and Mary Davidson Houston, my 5th great grandparents. However, you can be certain by researching for yourself. This site seems to have some answers about their ancestry from Wales/Ireland/Scotland.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/giles/messages/3176.html
152 Years Ago Today
February 20, 1857 – 1929
Phoebe Sutherland was one of ten children born to Elijah Sutherland and Mary Polly Childress. For a list of her siblings, my 1st cousins, 3x removed, see post on February 12th.
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139 Years Ago Today
February 20, 1870
Dora Belle Smith was born to Jasper Newton Smith and Martha Jane T. Sutherland. Dora Belle was one of nine 2nd cousins, 2x removed, previously posted on February 11th.
150 Years Ago Today
February 19, 1859
Joseph Kiser, son of Nimrod Kiser, was born.
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118 Years Ago Today
February 19, 1891 – January 22, 1985
Dorsey Terry Sutherland, my 2nd cousin, 2x removed, was one of at least five children born to Noah and Rachel (Kiser) Sutherland in Russell County, VA.
114 Years Ago Today
February 19, 1895
Dorsey’s brother Walter Dolphus Sutherland was born.
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98 Years Ago Today
February 19, 1911 – March 16, 1990
1st cousin, 2x removed, Gay Nell Brooks was one of seven children born to Joseph B. Brooks and Alverda “Verta” Kiser. See previous posts for siblings. Gay married Henry Dotson
164 Years Ago Today
February 19, 1845
Hannah Letcher married Brigadier General John Dunlap Stevenson.
Hannah was of at least four children, my 1st cousins, 5x removed, born to Captain John Letcher, Jr. and Mary Pugh in Rockbridge County, VA.
Hannah and General Stevenson had at least two children.
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182 Years Ago Today
February 19, 1827
My 3rd great granduncle, Richard Dennis Gregory, married Elizabeth H. Pigg in Pittsylvania County, VA. Richard was one of nine children born to William Gregory and Martha Tucker.
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152 Years Ago Today
February 19, 1857
John M. Dougherty married Sarah Harpole. John was one of ten children, (1st cousin, 4x removed) born to Giles Dougherty and Mary Polly Doak. John was born in Pike, MO and elected Lt. Governor to IL in 1868. See previous posts for siblings and children.
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128 Years Ago Today
February 19, 1881 – March 7, 1881
A dear baby was laid to rest in Clearfork, Tazewell County, VA. Heart broken parents were Franklin Clemons Gregory and Shelma Statira V. Shawver.
153 Years Ago Today
February 18, 1856 – September 27, 1917
Mary Catherine Kiser was one of thirteen children, my 1st cousin, 3x removed, born to Henry and Mary “Polly” Kiser.
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150 Years Ago Today
February 18, 1859
My great grandaunt, Elizabeth Ann (Davis)Jessee was one of fifteen children born to Thomas Jefferson Davis and Sarah Ann Combs. See post of Feburary 1st for siblings.
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147 Years Ago Today
February 18, 1862
My great grandaunt, Martha (Davis)Taylor was one of fifteen children born to Thomas Jefferson Davis and Sarah Ann Combs. See post of Feburary 1st for siblings.
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98 Years Ago Today
February 18, 1911 – May 27, 1983
Guy Thurman Brooks, my 2nd cousin, 1x removed, was born to Emory Luther Brooks and Sarah Margaret Jessee. Guy was one of nine children.
147 Years Ago Today
February 18, 1862 – June 1, 1922
Dudley Davis Baker was one of six children born to James William Baker and Fannie Ellis. And although he and I are not directly related, he married my 1st cousin, 3x removed, Sarah Texan Tabor.
Dudley Davis Baker
Sarah Texan Tabor
James William Baker
Fannie Ellis
140 Years Ago Today
February 17, 1869 – January 5, 1943
Nancy Maryland Sutherland was one of 14 children born to James Sutherland and Nancy Ann Counts. See recent posts for siblings. Nancy married William Floyd Sutherland.
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139 Years Ago Today
February 17, 1870
Elijah Thurman “Lige” Sutherland married Nancy Dyer. My 1st cousin, 3x removed was one of fourteen children born to William Sutherland and Sylvia Counts. See recent posts for siblings.
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118 Years Ago Today
February 17, 1891 – October 7, 1918
James Farley Smith was one of nine children born to Jasper Newton Smith and Martha Jane T. Sutherland. James married Mildred Kennedy. My 2nd cousins, 2x removed are:
145 Years Ago Today
February 17, 1864 Jane K. McDaniel married my cousin, Walter M. Dougherty. Walter was born in Pike, MO, one of 10 1st cousins, 4x removed, to parents Giles Dougherty and Mary Polly Doak.
Walter and Jane had 5 children:
Most of these Dougherty’s moved westward, even as far as Molalla, Clackamas County, Oregon.
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88 Years Ago Today
February 17, 1921
In Falls Mills, Tazewell County, Virginia Fannie Geneva Givens married my 1st cousin, 2x removed, James J. Buckland. James was one of at least four children born to William Jasper Buckland and Emily Tabor.
149 Years Ago Today
February 16, 1860
My 2nd cousin, 3x removed, Joseph Laforce married Mary Polly Kiser. James was one of 13 children born to James Laforce, Sr. and Dicie Kiser. See post of January 30th for siblings.
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155 Years Ago Today
February 16, 1854
My 1st cousin, 3x removed, Mary Kiser (w/o Elihu Kiser) was one of ten children born to Abraham Kiser and Mary “Pop” Counts.
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147 Years Ago Today
February 16, 1862
Francis Marion Breeding married Alameda Compton. Francis Marion and at least some of his siblings, my 2nd cousins, 3x removed, were:
The Railroader's Daughter 
