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Jul20
L. W. Buckland, Sr is 1st on left on the back row.
I am told that this picture was taken in St. Paul, MN,
and he was there for as a union representative
for the locomotive engineers.

Engine 1218 – June 2003

Freight Station in Falls Mills, VA

Ila Lillian Davis

Jul20
Asa Davis, Altha, Ila Lillian Davis Jordan
(October 29, 1907-July 4, 2001)
Evelyn Elizabeth Davis, (d/o Asa-Altha)
Gilmer & maybe Anne (children of Lillian)

Asa & Altha with Grace, Lacy & Lillian

Gilmer Jordan & Grandma Altha Davis
Lillian (with bow and curls on the left middle)

I remember her as being a beautiful lady,

but I don’t have any other pictures of her.

Asa & Altha with Grace, Lillian,

JoElla, Russell, Lacy & Holly

Hollie Edward Davis

Jul19
Hollie Edward Davis & Jo Ella Davis
Hollie b. October 11, 1909
d. May 26, 2000

Hollie, Altha, Lacy & Vaden (Mother & Sons )


Hollie & Martha Campbell
Jo Ann & Freddie

I been workin’ on the railroad…

Jul18
Bluefield Freight Station
Engineer Buddy Buckland
Buckland railroad employees include:
L.W. Buckland, SR & his brother George
L.W. JR & his children Larry Buckland & Sherry Buckland
Robert Buckland & his son, Cecil Buckland
Charles Buckland & his son, Charley Buckland
Walter Buckland

Steam Engine 1218
Powhatan Arrow
1946 – The wreck of the Powhatan Arrow

Lacy Clarence Davis, SR

Jul17

Holly & Lacy after gigging frogs:)

Lacy Clarence Davis

b. October 12, 1905 Cleveland, Russell County, VA

d. November 21, 1994 buried in Canton, OH

m. Okie Grubb

3 Children (1)Claude (2) Lacy, JR (3) Hobart

Holly & Lacy

Uncle Ellis Jessee, Lacy Davis, Asa Davis

Lacy, JR

Asa Davis & Lacy

Grace Erie Davis

Jul16
Grace Erie Davis
b. July 5, 1903 Cleveland, Russell County, VA
d. September 2, 1974 Akron, Ohio
Married W. G. Carbaugh
Grace & Bill Carbaugh,
Lucille, Holly Edward, Harold

Grace & her mother, Altha Brooks Davis
Harold & Lucille

50th Anniversary 1959

Jul16
Larkin Watson Buckland, Sr.
Mary Jane Davidson
Married : March 3, 1909
50th Anniversary Celebration: March 1, 1959


Bertha, L.W.,JR, L.W., SR, Robert, Mary Jane, Walter, Charles

Mary Jane, Sally, Ella, Cosby

Bought a house…rode it home ???

Jul12
This home currently sits about 6 miles west of Bluefield, VA
on Route 460 – Bluefield Tazewell Road
The above picture was published in the Sunset News Observer on
Friday, September 2, 1966. Atop this “mobile home” was
Buddy Buckland, proud owner. He said that he was
the first man to buy a house and ride it home.

History Preserved

Jul12
Kerry, Sherry & Katie at Whitten’s Fort near Tazewell, VA
Reported to us as Asa Davis’ old school (not sure?)
Reported to us as Asa Davis’ old school (not sure?)
Jessee Mill, Russell County VA
Old Brooks Homeplace, Russell County, Va