89 Years Ago Today
February 15, 1920 – May 26, 1991
Mary Ruth (McHaffa) Rutherford, my 1st cousin, 1x removed, was born to Nathaniel Ezra MaHaffa and Nannie Crockett Davidson in Mercer County, WV. Ruth married Earl Forrest Rutherford and had three children:

1. Earl Forrest “Chuffy” Rutherford
2. Tim Rutherford
3. Mary Ann Rutherford

162 Years Ago Today
February 15, 1847 – December 10, 1923
William Warren Laforce, my 2nd cousin, 3x removed was one of thirteen children born to James Laforce and Dicie Kiser. See post on January 30th for siblings.
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134 Years Ago Today
February 15, 1875
Joseph Wilson Kiser was one of at least seven children born to Andrew Jackson Kiser and Melissa Hopkins Selfe. Joseph and his siblings were my 2nd cousins, 2x removed.
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153 Years Ago Today
February 15, 1856 – September 25, 1904
James H. Sutherland was one of 14 children born to James Sutherland and Nancy Ann Counts. See post on February 3rd for siblings, my 1st cousins, 3x removed.

124 Years Ago Today
February 14, 1885 – February 5, 1967

Grandaddy Buckland and his 1924 Nash

1st on left back at a delegation from the railroad was sent to St. Paul, MN.

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

121 Years Ago Today
February 14, 1888 – April 5, 1980

Rose Belle Brooks was one of six children born to William Brooks and Mary Sutherland (my great grandparents). My grandaunt married Wm Ellis Jessee. See post of January 31st for more on her siblings.

129 Years Ago Today
February 13, 1880
Albert B. Sutherland one of ten 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 (2nd cousin, twice removed)
7. Manoria Sutherland
8. Elijah B. Sutherland
9. Susie Sutherland
10. James N. Sutherland

99 Years Ago Today
February 12, 1910

Mary Jane and Margrette Haynes Buckland were born to Larkin Watson and Mary Jane (Davidson) Buckland. My aunts brought great joy to their parents these many years ago, but sadness soon followed as their young lives were lost in infancy. Mary Jane died July 23, 1910 and Margrette died September 3, 1910. They are buried at the Harry Cemetery, Falls Mills, Tazewell County, VA.

147 Years Ago Today
February 12, 1862

Elijah Beauregard Sutherland was one of ten children born to Elijah Sutherland and Mary Polly Childers in Russell County, VA. Elijah married Winnie Kiser January 31, 1883.

1. Elihu Sutherland
2. Martha Jane Taylor Sutherland
3. Elizabeth Sutherland
4. Rebecca Sutherland
5. Cynthia Sutherland
6. Phoebe Sutherland
7. Frances Sutherland
8. Mary Sutherland
9. Elijah Beauregard Sutherland (1st cousin, 3 x removed)
10. Noah Sutherland

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161 Years Ago Today
February 12, 1848 – August 22, 1943
Daniel Boone Sutherland was one of fourteen children born to James Sutherland and Nancy Ann Counts. See the post on February 4th for siblings. Daniel married Margaret Counts May 20, 1875.
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119 Years Ago Today
February 12, 1890
Carter Selfe, my 2nd cousin, 2x removed, was one of eleven children born to Wilson Vermillion Selfe and Elizabeth Kiser. See post of February 1st for siblings.

1. Jane “Jennie” Smith
2. Dora Belle Smith
3. Pheobe Russell Smith
4. Rufus Smith
5. Mary E. Smith
6. Viola Smith
7. Aut Smith
8. Onan B. Smith (2nd cousins, 2x removed)
9. James Farley Smith

A picture from Daniel Sutherland’s property in Russell County, VA.

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72 Years Ago Today
February 11, 1937
Goldia Imogene Brooks was one of ten children born to Charles Douglas Brooks and Etry Genova Austin.

1. William Brooks, Jr.
2. Ralph Leland Brooks
3. Eva Gray Brooks
4. Ruby Lee Brooks
5. Bernard Lonzo Brooks
6. Helen Mae Brooks
7. Goldia Imogene Brooks (2nd cousins, 1x removed)
8. Anna Fayrean Brooks
9. Bertha Evelend Brooks
10. Ronald Mac Brooks

147 Years Ago Today
February 11, 1862
Nancy J. Dougherty married John F. Asbury in Tazewell County, VA. Nancy was one of nine, born to Irishman James Thompson Dougherty and Lydia Dills. The picture below may be what the town of Tazewell looked like during this time.

1. E. Rebecca Dougherty
2. Nancy J. Dougherty (1st cousins, 4x removed)
3. Robert B. Dougherty
4. Louisa Dougherty
5. Amarinda Dougherty
6. Lydia B. Dougherty
7. Alexander W. Dougherty
8. Leda A. Dougherty
9. Martha Dougherty