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

72 Years Ago Today
February 10, 1937
Una Blanche Buckland married Jack Whitehead in Bluefield, Tazewell County, VA. Una was one of eigh first cousins, 2x removed born to Charles E. Buckland, Sr. and Elizabeth Burnett Hudgins.

1. Louise Annie “John” Buckland
2. William Clyde Buckland
3. Joseph Kelser Buckland
4. Una Blanche Buckland
5. Maude Clara Buckland
6. Clyde Curtis “Curt” Buckland (lived beside us at Falls Mills)
7. Charles Edward Buckland, Jr.
8. Hubert Buckland (wife Ellen below)

100 Years Ago Today
February 10, 1909

Rose Belle Brooks married William Ellis Jessee in Russell County, VA. My Greataunt Rose was one of six children born to William “Bill” Brooks and Mary Sutherland.

1. Armalda Vernon “Malvie” Brooks
2. Emory Luther Brooks
3. Altha Rudolph Brooks (my grandmother)
4. Emily V. Brooks
5. Rose Belle Brooks
6. Duard Brooks

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126 Years Ago Today
February 10, 1883
Archibald Jackson Kiser was one of ten 1st cousins, 3x removed, born to Lilburn Hendricks Kiser and Frances Sutherland.

1. Carrie Nella Kiser
2. Elijah Vallid Kiser
3. James Artrip Kiser
4. Mary Jane Kiser
5. Archibald Jackson Kiser
6. Houston J. Kiser
7. Philip W. Kiser
8. Fred Maynard Kiser
9. Elihu Debusk Kiser
10. Delphia Mae Kiser

48 Years Ago Today
February 9, 1961

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185 Years Ago Today
February 9, 1824
Lowry Gregory married Amelia Richeson in Amelia County, VA. My 3rd great granduncle was one of nine children born to William Gregory and Martha Tucker in Pittsylvania County, VA.

1. Martha “Patsy” Gregory
2. Robert T. Gregory
3. John Keatts Gregory (my 3rd great grandfather)
4. Mary Polly Gregory
5. William Gregory
6. Lowry Gregory
7. Elizabeth Gregory
8. Nancy Gregory
9. Richard Dennis Gregory

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148 Years Ago Today
February 9, 1861
Louisa Alice Peery was one of at least seven children (1st cousins, 3x removed) born to John Drew Peery and Mary Clay Gregory in Tazewell County, VA.

1. David Preston Peery
2. Charles Henry Peery Sr.
3. George Peery
4. Ella Martelia Peery
5. Mary Elizabeth Peery
6. Louisa Alice Peery
7. Mollie Elizabeth Peery

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145 Years Ago Today
February 9, 1864
Erastus Granger Davidson,my 2nd great granduncle married Sarah Ann Sanders. Erastus was brother to Samuel Patton Davidson and son of Robert W. Davidson and Mary Polly Harman.