62 Years Ago Today
May 23, 1947

Lois Jean Buttry married Victor Keith. Lois Jean was one of five of my 8th cousins born to Conly Clayton Buttry and Lottie Azen (Brooks).

1. Jerald Francis Buttry
2. Virginia Allene Buttry
3. Lois Jean Buttry
4. Bobby Joe Buttry
5. Dorothy Lou Buttry

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73 Years Ago Today
May 23, 1936-November 3, 2001

Kenneth Ray Brooks, my 2nd cousin, 1x removed, was one of sixteen children born to Henry Gracen and Myrtle Rose (Minnick)Brooks.

1. Ellen Hazel Brooks
2. Gertrude Marie Brooks
3. Philis Kathaline Brooks
4. Francis Gaynell Brooks
5. Barbara Ann Brooks
6. Jerry Elmer Brooks
7. William Grady Brooks
8. Charles Eugene Brooks
9. Leonard Carl Brooks
10. Kenneth Ray Brooks
11. Marvin Estel Brooks
12. James Ted Brooks
13. Fred Allen Brooks
14. Richard Ellis Brooks
15. Roger Dale Brooks
16. Robert Curtis Brooks

I don’t know who Kenneth Ray married, but he fatherd five children:

1. Marsheli Brooks
2. Denise Brooks
3. David Brooks
4. Sandra Garrett Brooks
5. Dexter Craiger Brooks

87 Years Ago Today
May 23, 1922 – May 10, 1995

My 1st cousin, 1x removed, Louise Davidson, was one of ten children born to Charles Lewis Davidson.

w/Lydia Hess

1. Ada Davidson
2. Lydia Davidson

w/Ella Louise Bealiles

1. Charles Davidson
2. Roberta Virginia “Bertie” Davidson
3. Louise Davidson
4. George Davidson
5. Frances Davidson
6. Carolyn Davidson
7. John Davidson
8. Roy Davidson

Sue, when you find some time, please send me the names of spouses and children with dates for Louise and siblings. Thanks and tell your Grandma Bertie that I said hello. sherrykelly@comcast.net

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152 Years Ago Today
May 23, 1857-February 23, 1870

William B. Tabor, my great granduncle, only lived to be twelve years old. He was one of eight children born to James Harrison and Nancy Moore (Runyan)Tabor.

1. Emily Tabor
2. Sarah Jane Tabor (my great grandmother)
3. Samuel G. Tabor
4. George C. Tabor
5. William B. Tabor
6. Joseph Wade Tabor
7. James Robert Tabor
8. Meldora Tabor

I believe that this tombstone from Harry Cemetery, Falls Mills, VA belongs to Wm.

157 Years Ago Today
May 22, 1852

Twins from the GREGORY line. John K. L. and Elizabeth Holland were born to Daniel Parham and Mary Jane (Daugherty) Gregory. John only lived until the next day, but Elizabeth, my great grandaunt, lived 68 years, and married William Hamilton Carbaugh. They had ten children:

1. Eliza Carbaugh (twin) 1889
2. Laura Carbaugh (twin) 1889
3. Daughter Carbaugh (twin) 1890-1890
4. Daughter Carbaugh (twin) 1890-1890
5. D.G. Carbaugh
6. J.H. Carbaugh
7. J.W. or G.W. Carbaugh
8. L.H. Carbaugh
9. Lydia Carbaugh
10. Daughter Carbaugh

If anyone knows more on this family, please share at sherrykelly@comcast.net
Below is Elizabeth’s obituary from the scrapbook. I believe she is buried in Concord Cemetery, Clear Fork. Find A Grave Memorial# 16881282 www.findagrave.com

150 Years Ago Today
May 21, 1859 – August 16, 1862

Mary Elizabeth Peery was one of seven children born to John Drew and Mary Clay (Gregory) Peery in Tazewell County, VA. She and her siblings were my 3rd cousins, 3x removed.

1. David Preston Peery
2. Charles Henry Peery
3. George Peery
4. Ella Martelia Peery (WPC)
5. Mary Elizabeth Peery (WPC)
6. Louisa Alice Peery
7. Mary E. Molly Peery (WPC)

Ella, Mary Elizabeth and Mary Molly, along with parents John Drew and Mary Clay Peery are buried at the Whitley-Peery Cemetery on Riverside Drive, N. Tazewell, VA.

If anyone has or is willing to take photos of their monuments, please let me know
sherrykelly@comcast.net or publish them at www.findagrave.com

124 Years Ago Today
May 21, 1885
My grand aunt, Ida E. (Davis) Blankenship, was one of twelve children born to Doctor Caleb and Nancy C. “Nannie” (Jessee) Davis in Russell County, VA. She married Patton Blankenship and they had five children.

1. Samuel A. Davis
2. Jefferson Bonaparte Davis
3. Charles Henry “Keen Eye” Davis
4. Mary A. Davis
5. Sarah Ellen Davis
6. Manerva Josephine “Josie” Davis
7. Polly M. Davis
8. David P. Davis
9. Vance P. Davis
10. Asa C. Davis (my grandfather)
11. Ida E. Davis
12. Nannie K. Davis

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1. Ruby Blankenship
2. Roxie Blankenship
3. Etta Mae Blankenship
4. Gilmer Blankenship
5. Claude Blankenship

134 Years Ago Today
May 20, 1875

Daniel Boone Sutherland, my 5th cousin, 3x removed, married Margaret Counts. Daniel was one of 14 children born to James and Nancy Ann (Counts) Sutherland.

1. Pheobe Sutherland
2. Noah Baldwin Sutherland
3. Ezekiel Sutherland
4. Margaret Sutherland
5. Daniel Boone Sutherland
6. Elizabeth Sutherland
7. John “Jack” Counts Sutherland
8. Orpha Sutherland
9. James H. Sutherland
10. Rebecca Sutherland
11. William Beauregard Sutherland
12. Richard “Dick” Sutherland
13. Nancy Maryland Sutherland
14. James E. “Little Jim” Sutherland

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199 Years Ago Today
May 20, 1810

My 2nd great grand aunt, Margaret Elizabeth Kiser was one of 12 children born to Joseph, Jr. and Mary (Childers) Kiser of Russell County, VA .

1. Warren Kiser
2. Margaret Elizabeth Kiser
3. James E. “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 2nd great grandmother)
12. Matilda Kiser

Margaret Elizabeth married John L. Hamond, Jr. and they had 12 children.

1. Mary “Polly” Hamond
2. Mahala Hamond
3. Martha Mattie Hamond
4. John L. Hamond III
5. Andrew Hamond
6. Cynthia Hamond
7. Joseph T. Hamond
8. Samuel G. Hamond
9. David Hamond
10. Nancy A. Hamond
11. Robert P. Hamond
12. Margaret Elizabeth “Peggy” Hamond

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84 Years Ago Today
May 20, 1925

Joseph Campbell Garrett was one of thirteen children born to Gilmer and Etta Cordelia (Brooks) Garrett.

1. Marvin Kermit Garrett
2. Ewal Erman Garrett
3. Madeline Garrett
4. Hartford Garrett, St.
5. Bess Garrett
6. Gilmer Garrett, Jr.
7. Joseph Campbell Garrett (8th cousin ??)
8. Clarence Garrett
9. Harry Garrett
10. Matilda Ann Garrett
11. Thomas Gifford “Pete” Garrett
12. Lowell Garrett
13. Kathaline Garrett

65 Years Ago Today
May 20, 1944

Hubert Buckland, my 2nd cousin, 1x removed, married Ellen Caudill in Tazewell County, VA. Hubert was one of eight children born to Charles Edward, Sr. and Elizabeth Burnett (Hudgins) Buckland.

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
7. Charles Edward Buckland, Jr.
8. Hubert Buckland

Ellen Caudill ( w/o Hubert)
She is buried at the Baltimore National Cemetery in Maryland.

On the recent visit to Virginia during early May, Buck brought Mom some young tomato plants which she was anxious to put in the ground right away. However she hesitated because during a phone conversation with her childhood friend, Mom learned from Viola that she should not plant anything until after May 18th.

Now I grew up in the mountains and I know that the much anticipated spring is often late showing up in Bluefield. We always abided by the Farmers Almanac which declared planting could proceed only after May 10th. (I think that is about the same time they can wear white shoes. you know?) Apparently, according to Viola, it thundered on a certain day in February, so therefore, it would frost on May 18th. Snickering to myself, I thought this old timer must put too much faith in the old wives tales and folklore.

TODAY, May 18th, my mother called to say, IT FROSTED.

Susan Perdue Buckland said…
It did frost on the 18th and the 19th. Covered my flowers and Ellis’s tomatoe plants the night before. Sometimes you have to listen to these “Ole timers”.

On the recent visit to Virginia during early May, Buck brought Mom some young tomato plants which she was anxious to put in the ground right away. However she hesitated because during a phone conversation with her childhood friend, Mom learned from Viola that she should not plant anything until after May 18th.

Now I grew up in the mountains and I know that the much anticipated spring is often late showing up in Bluefield. We always abided by the Farmers Almanac which declared planting could proceed only after May 10th. (I think that is about the same time they can wear white shoes. you know?) Apparently, according to Viola, it thundered on a certain day in February, so therefore, it would frost on May 18th. Snickering to myself, I thought this old timer must put too much faith in the old wives tales and folklore.

TODAY, May 18th, my mother called to say, IT FROSTED.

132 Years Ago Today
May 18, 1877

My 6th cousin, 2x removed, Walter Selfe was one of eleven children born to Wilson Vermillion and Elizabeth (Kiser) Selfe.

1. Hettie Selfe
2. Greely Selfe
3. Ida Selfe
4. Francis Wayland Selfe
5. Walter Selfe
6. Nevada “Vada” Selfe
7. Dora Selfe
8. Mattie Selfe
9. Roy Selfe
10. Carter Selfe
11. Arthur Selfe

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87 Years Ago Today
May 18, 1922

Zolene Nell (Campbell)Lee was one of nine 1st cousins, 1x removed, born to John Harrison and Sarah Ellen (Davis)Campbell.

1. Flora Lola Campbell
2. Ethlyn C. “Ed” Campbell
3. Barclay Campbell
4. John Walter Campbell
5. Mary Gertrude Campbell
6. Baird Kermit Campbell
7. Virginia Madge Campbell
8. Charles Dudley Campbell
9. Zolene Nell Campbell