1. Warren Kiser
2. Margaret Elizabeth Kiser
3. James S. “Bell Clapper” Kiser
4. Dicie Kiser
5. Ephriam Mayfield Kiser
6. Mary Polly Kiser
7. Simeon Kiser, Sr.
8. Joseph Kiser
9. Noah S. Kiser
10. Abraham Kiser
11. Mahala Kiser (my gg-grandmother)
12. Matilda Kiser

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136 Years Ago Today
November 5, 1872
Margaret Smith, my 1st cousin, 3 times removed,
married Andrew Keith.

She was the daughter of John Smith & Nancy “Big Nance” Sutherland

237 Years Ago Today

on November 5, 1771 in St. James, Goochland Co., VA
Hannah Letcher, my 4th great grandmother, was born the oldest of 9 children to John Letcher and Mary Davidson Houston .

1. Hannah Letcher
2. James Letcher
3. Stephen Giles Letcher
4. William Houston Letcher
5. John Letcher, Jr.
6. Isaac Anderson Letcher
7. Mary Polly Letcher
8. Sarah ” Sallie” Letcher
9. Ann Letcher

1. Daniel Parham Gregory (my gg-grandfather)
2. Lewis Corder Gregory
3. William Lowery Gregory
4. Perlina Ledford Gregory
5. John Henry Gregory
6. Permelia Clement Gregory
7. Martha Tucker Gregory
8. Mary Clay Gregory
9. Richard Shadrack Gregory
10. Nancy Reeves Gregory
11. Elizabeth Holland Gregory
12. Franklin Clemons Gregory
13. James Madison Gregory
14. Thompson Edward Gregory
15. Doctor Clauton Gregory

CHOOSE LIFE

Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
you formed me in my mother’s womb.
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day.
Psalm 139

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Happy 39th Lorelei Gregory; my 4th cousin.

Jean Gregory Leffell was born 81 years ago today in 1927 and passed away March 7, 2008. She was my 3rd cousin, once removed. Buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, near Shawvers Mill.

180 Years Ago Today
November 1, 1828
Noah S. Kiser was born.
He was my 2nd great granduncle.

119 Years Ago This Month
November 1889
Philip W. Kiser was born.
He was my 2nd cousin, twice removed.

81 Years Ago This Month
November 1927
Ila Lillian Davis and Vince Jordan were married.
She was my mother’s sister.

180 Years Ago Today
November 1, 1818
Nancy Gregory & Wm C. Keatts were married.
Nancy was my 3rd great grandaunt.

183 Years Ago This Month
November 1838
Perlina Ledford Gregory and James Woodson were married.
She was my 2nd great grandaunt.

162 Years Ago This Month
November 1846 in Madison County, TN
Elizabeth Brooks and John Henry Gregory were married.
He was my 2nd great granduncle.

158 Years Ago This Month
November 1850 in Pittsylvania County, VA
Mary Cook and Lewis Corder Gregory were married.
He was my 2nd great granduncle.

150 Years Ago Today
November 1858
William Henry Gregory was born.
He was my 1st cousin, 3 times removed.

133 Years Ago Today
November 1, 1875 in Molalla, Clackamas, Co., OR
Mary Elizabeth Sawtell and Charles William Dougherty were married.
He was my 1st cousin, 4 times removed.

133 Years Ago This Month
November 1875
Ella Martelia Peery and Joseph were married.
She was my 1st cousin, three times removed.

118 Years Ago This Month
November 1890
Dora B. Lowder was born.
She was my 2nd cousin, twice removed.

112 Years Ago This Month
November 1896
Regina R. Johnston was born.She was my 2nd cousin, twice removed.

1. Claude Davis
2. Lacy Clarence Davis, Jr. – July 18, 1924
3. Hobart Davis – October 13, 1929

(Thank you Janet Harless Peters for supplying this picture)

142 Years Ago Today

October 29, 1866 – January 7, 1917

William Benton Gregory was the 4th of 12 children born

1. John C. Gregory
2. Louisa Victoria Gregory
3. Mary Claughton Gregory
4. William Benton Gregory (1st cousin, 3 times removed)
5. James M. Gregory
6. Charles Edward Gregory
7. Sarah Elizabeth Gregory
8. Statiza Virginia Gregory
9. George W. Gregory
10. Minnie B. “Ninia” Gregory
11. Baby Gregory
12. Lewis F. Gregory

Does anyone have a picture of the old Shawver’s Mill?

Aunt Lillian had one of the warmest, prettiest smiles of any woman I have ever seen. She was always so kind to me, and I never saw her behave unpleasantly. In her failing years, Mom, Katie, Sarah and I visited her in a nursing home in Abingdon, VA. My Sarah has always been a pretty girl too, but through her alzhiemers, Aunt Lillian looked at Sarah and said, ” whose cute little boy is that?” At 11 years old, Sarah was highly insulted and big sister Katie still loves to tease her about that.

Although not appropriately dressed for the farm, Aunt Lillian and her husband Vince Jordan are standing in the chicken coup… and (below) with the cows and her son Gilmer. Who knew that polka dots were farm attire??????????

What was she thinking?

Ila Lillian Davis
October 29, 1907 – July 4, 2001
Mother of four – Unnamed Jordan, Gilmer, Altha Ann, Lacy Lee.

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163 Years Ago Today (1845) Margaret Sutherland was born in Russell County, VA. She was my 1st cousin, 3 times removed.

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165 Years Ago Today Patsy Kiser was born (1843)

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119 Years Ago Today (1889) Sarah Margaret “Mag” Jessee was born.