79 Years Ago Today
July 5, 1930
Statira Irene Yost married Fred L. Hughes. She was one of five children born to Frank Herford and Mary Claughton (Gregory) Yost.
Statira is buried at the Monte Vista Cemetery in Bluefield, WV
May 11, 1905 – March 4, 1989
106 Years Ago Today
July 5, 1903 – September 2, 1974
My aunt, Grace Erie Davis was born in Cleveland, Russell County, VA, the oldest of ten children born to Asa C. and Altha Rudolph (Brooks) Davis.
Aunt Grace married William G. “Bill” Carbaugh on July 8, 1922 and had six children.
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113 Years Ago Today
July 5, 1896 – October 24, 1959
Gaines Jessee (Thomas Jefferson, Stanford Lea, Jefferson, John J. Jr., John, Henry, John, Henry, Richard, Richard, Peter)was born on Mill Creek in Russell County, one of ten children of parents Big Jeff and Mary Frances (Jessee).
Gaines married Dema Troy (Cross) and had three children that I know of; Mary Elizabeth, Pegga Ann and Judy Elaine.
108 Years Ago Today
July 4, 1872
My great grandparents, Doctor Caleb Davis (Caleb, Robert) and Nancy C. “Nannie” Jessee (Stanford Lea, Jefferson, John J. Jr., John, Henry, John, Henry, Richard, Richard, Peter)were married. They had twelve children.
Nannie married her third husband, Joseph White, on that same day in 1901If anyone knows where Nannie or Doctor Caleb Davis are buried, please let me know.
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120 Years Ago Today
July 4, 1899
Carrie Nelia Kiser, my 6th cousin, 2x removed, married Ephriam Mexico Kiser in Russell County, VA. See post on June 27th for their children.
“Yesterday the 4th of July, being the Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America, was celebrated in this city with demonstration of joy and festivity. About noon all the armed ships and gallies in the river were drawn up before the city, dressed in the gayest manner, with the colours of the United States and streamers displayed. At one o’clock, the yards being properly manned, they began the celebration of the day by a discharge of thirteen cannon from each of the ships, and one from each of the thirteen gallies, in honour of the Thirteen United States. In the afternoon an elegant dinner was prepared for Congress, to which were invited the President and Supreme Executive Council, and Speaker of the Assembly of this State, the General Officers and Colonels of the army, and strangers of eminence, and the members of the several Continental Boards in town. The Hessian band of music taken in Trenton the 26th of December last, attended and heightened the festivity with some fine performances suited to the joyous occasion, while a corps of British deserters, taken into the service of the continent by the State of Georgia, being drawn up before the door, filled up the intervals with feux de joie. After dinner a number of toasts were drank, all breaking independence, and a generous love of liberty, and commemorating the memories of those brave and worthy patriots who gallantly exposed their lives, and fell gloriously in defence [sic] of freedom and the righteous cause of their country. Each toasts was followed by a discharge of artillery and small arms, and a suitable piece of music by the Hessian band. The glorious fourth of July was reiterated three times accompanied with triple discharges of cannon and small arms, and loud huzzas that resounded from street to street through the city. Towards evening several troops of horse, a corps of artillery, and a brigade of North Carolina forces, which was in town on its way to join the grand army, were drawn up in Second street and reviewed by Congress and the General Officers. The evening was closed with the ringing of bells, and at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks, which began and concluded with thirteen rockets on the commons, and the city was beautifully illuminated. Every thing was conducted with the greatest order and decorum, and the face of joy and gladness was universal. Thus may the 4th of July, that glorious and ever memorable day, be celebrated through America, by the sons of freedom, from age to age till time shall be no more. Amen, and amen.”
“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!” – Patrick Henry http://www.thepatrickhenrycausus.org/
Don’t forget your local tea party,
as a voice of the people and a show of democracy in action,
established in our Constitution and bestowed upon us
by the bravery and courage our founding fathers in the Declaration of Independence.
WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
“Yesterday the 4th of July, being the Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America, was celebrated in this city with demonstration of joy and festivity. About noon all the armed ships and gallies in the river were drawn up before the city, dressed in the gayest manner, with the colours of the United States and streamers displayed. At one o’clock, the yards being properly manned, they began the celebration of the day by a discharge of thirteen cannon from each of the ships, and one from each of the thirteen gallies, in honour of the Thirteen United States. In the afternoon an elegant dinner was prepared for Congress, to which were invited the President and Supreme Executive Council, and Speaker of the Assembly of this State, the General Officers and Colonels of the army, and strangers of eminence, and the members of the several Continental Boards in town. The Hessian band of music taken in Trenton the 26th of December last, attended and heightened the festivity with some fine performances suited to the joyous occasion, while a corps of British deserters, taken into the service of the continent by the State of Georgia, being drawn up before the door, filled up the intervals with feux de joie. After dinner a number of toasts were drank, all breaking independence, and a generous love of liberty, and commemorating the memories of those brave and worthy patriots who gallantly exposed their lives, and fell gloriously in defence [sic] of freedom and the righteous cause of their country. Each toasts was followed by a discharge of artillery and small arms, and a suitable piece of music by the Hessian band. The glorious fourth of July was reiterated three times accompanied with triple discharges of cannon and small arms, and loud huzzas that resounded from street to street through the city. Towards evening several troops of horse, a corps of artillery, and a brigade of North Carolina forces, which was in town on its way to join the grand army, were drawn up in Second street and reviewed by Congress and the General Officers. The evening was closed with the ringing of bells, and at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks, which began and concluded with thirteen rockets on the commons, and the city was beautifully illuminated. Every thing was conducted with the greatest order and decorum, and the face of joy and gladness was universal. Thus may the 4th of July, that glorious and ever memorable day, be celebrated through America, by the sons of freedom, from age to age till time shall be no more. Amen, and amen.”
“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!” – Patrick Henry http://www.thepatrickhenrycausus.org/
Don’t forget your local tea party,
as a voice of the people and a show of democracy in action,
established in our Constitution and bestowed upon us
by the bravery and courage our founding fathers in the Declaration of Independence.
WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
awwww – how sweet
with sister Gail
in the middle of Cousins Bill Mundy and June Davis
punk high school kid with pegged pants
Thank you for serving the United States
and protecting us!
Happy Birthday
Ellis Haynes Buckland
Enjoy your big day Cam!
CELEBRATE!
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138 Years Ago Today
June 29, 1871 – January 19, 1939
Charles Edward Gregory (Franklin Clemons, John Keatts, William, John, Thomas III, Thomas II, Thomas, Richard) was one of twelve children born to Franklin Clemons and Shelma Statira V. (Shawver) Gregory in Tazewell County, VA. Charles, my 1st cousin, 3x removed, married Yeuracia Florence (Caldwell) on February 23, 1860. They had two children that I know of – Carl David and Jenetta Fay “Nettie” Steele.
130 Years Ago Today
June 27, 1879 – February 27, 1968
Carrie Nelia Kiser (Lilburn Hendricks, Andrew A., John C.) was one of ten children born to Reverend Lilburn Hendricks and Frances “Frankie” (Sutherland) Kiser. See post on June 10th for siblings.
Carrie, my 6th cousin, 2x removed, married Ephriam Mexico Kiser on July 4, 1899 in Russell County, Va. They were the parents of six children.
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114 Years Ago Today
June 27, 1895
My great grand uncle, Solomon Lemuel Brooks (John Jeremiah, Constantanople, William) married Rosanna Amburgey. Uncle Sol was one of thirteen children born to John Jeremiah and Elizabeth “Betty” (Hill) Brooks. He and Aunt Rosa had three children that I know of, (1)Swanson, (2)Ezra, (3) Ester.
As recorded in PIONEER RECOLLECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, by Hettie Swindall Sutherland, Copyright 1984-1995; Published 2007 by Dickenson County Books.Solomon L. Brooks recollects…as told to Elihu Jasper Sutherland:
I was born on Big Rock Creek, right under Roan Mountain, in Mitchell County, North Carolina, on January 17, 1856. My parents were John and Elizabeth __________ (I forgot her maiden name). My grandparents were Constantine and __________ Brooks. He was a half Indian and lived in Rutherford County, NC out the South Carolina line.
My parents came to Sandy about 1866 or 1868 – I was ten or twelve years old then. They settled on Russell Fork, just below the Johnson Bottom Baptist Church and a short distance above the mouth of Indian Creek. It was on the old Billy Barnett Place. We stayed there four or five years, and then moved into the woods up on Sullivan Branch near Henry Sutherland’s. The people I remember being in that section at that time were John Duty, Henry Sutherland and the Tillers. Old Man Duty, the father of Doctor John, was dead, but he had lived at the forks of Indian Creek, where Lem Duty later lived. Billy Barnett lived near the Johnson Bottom Church. He had known my father before they left North Carolina, where they had lived near each other. Jerry Compton and Burrell Compton lived on Abner’s Branch. Bill Barnett, son of Billy, lived at the mouth of Big Branch. Feddy Deel had his home down the river a mile or two, and Ancil Johnson lived on the ridge near where his son, Harve, now lives.
On our trip to Virginia, we all walked most of the way. We carried bundles of clothing, cooking vessels and other things. My oldest brother, Alfred Broods, had married Billy Barnett’s sister and had already settled on a farm below the mouth of Abner’s Branch. We came on the railroad to Abingdon, Virginia; then on the dirt road through Hayter’s Gap in Clinch Mountain; then by Nash’s Ford, Big A Mountain and on down Russell Fork to the Barnett Place, where we settled first. There were few roads at that time, and it was four or five years after we came that we saw any wagons on our section of Russell Fork.
My parents children were… (see June 14th post)
Father has been dead about twenty years. He died on Copper Ridge, aged 94 years, 9 months and 9 days. Mother died about 16 years ago, aged 94 years, 6 months and 6 days.
There were no schools on Russell Fork when I moved there. We stayed at the Sullivan Branch Place five or six years, and then moved to the Joseph Artrip Place at the mouth of Island Branch below Cleveland.
I have shot the gun that killed Indicut on Long Ridge near Abner’s Branch. Dr. John Duty had it when I shot it. I used ita lot in hunting. One day Henry Sutherland told me I would find the print of a rifle’s muzzle in a chestnut log on Long Ridge, and that it was made by the Indicut gun. Me and my brother Charles looked it up one day and found that it fit the gun exactly. I have heard the old folks talk a lot about Brewer killing Indicut on Long Ridge, but I don’t remember the details now.
Solomon L. Brooks
December 2, 1930
Clintwood, Virginia
Looks like the cupcakes taste pretty good..mmmmmm68 Years Ago Today
June 27, 1941
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80 Years Ago Today
June 27, 1929 – June 25, 1964
My 3rd cousin, 1x removed, Donald Edward Tabor (George Edward “Hub”, Henry J., Stephen Paris, James, William) was one of only two children that I know of born to George Edward and Annie Marie (Harris) Tabor. His sister was Judy Gail Tabor. Donald Edward served in the US Air Force during World War II and is buried in the Tabor Cemetery at Mudfork, Tazewell County, VA.
The Railroader's Daughter 
