Happy 91st Birthday
Uncle Robert
OOps! Happy belated bday. April 4th, not 14th 1918
Back in the day
with mother Mary Jane (Davidson) Buckland
with siblings at a party
Charles Nye
Walter Edward, Sr
Bertha Ward
Larkin Watson, Jr.
Robert Cecil, Sr.
what the boys in the mountains do
Robert kneeling in front
Buddy standing left
Cecil standing back right
the others are family friends
Bertha, Frankie, Robert (in chair), Buddy
117 Years Ago Today
April 13, 1892
My great granduncle, Hugh C. Davis, married Mary Casly Strouth in Russell County, VA. Hugh was one of fifteen children born to Thomas Jefferson and Sarah Ann (Combs) Davis. See previous listings in April for siblings.
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208 Years Ago Today
April 13, 1801 – March 19, 1883
John Yates, my 1st cousin, 4x removed, was born to Jonathan and Nancy (Sutherland) Yates.
Peter Charles Muller
Once a year I get the chance
To wish you birthday cheer.
It pleases me no end to say,
I wish you another great year.
So happy birthday to you Peter,
From the bottom of my heart.
And may your good times multiply,
Till they’re flying off the chart!
By Karl Fuchs
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On This Day in 1878
131 Years Ago Today
April 13, 1878 – March 8, 1899
Minnie B. “Ninia” Gregory, my 1st cousin, 3x removed, was one of twelve children born to Franklin Clemons and Shelma Statira (Shawver) Gregory.
Below is part of the obituary for Minnie. An old discolored clipping was discovered in the scrapbook kept by Mary Jane (Davidson) Buckland. Such treasured memories are wonderful resources filling in gaps for dates, names, cemeteries, etc. Sometimes the glued and tattered papers are our only recorded proof.
Hopefully, in a few weeks, I will visit the cemetery in Clearfork where Minnie is buried. The Daniel Gregory Cemetery was visited and copied April 21, 1975 by Betty Hollowell, accompanied by Claire Fox, as told in the book Some Old Cemeteries in Tazewell County. According to the book, the cemetery is “located on Rt. 61, Clear Fork, opposite Chestnut Grove Christian Church at Shawvers Mill. There were some unmarked graves”.
What an appropriate day to share this picture of Jesus. It belonged to my precious Grandma Davis, and I am so pleased to have it. Many of our Appalachian ancestors hung similar pictures in their homes displaying a true affection for their Savior; unfortunately, not so much anymore.
187 Years Ago Today
April 12, 1822 – August 29, 1888
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My 2nd great grandmother, Nancy Moore Runyan/Runion, was born to Joseph and Nancy (Jacobs) Runyan. She is buried at the Harry Cemetery, Falls Mills, VA along with her husband, James Harrison Tabor whom she married December 2, 1840. I am very thankful to Judy Llamas for identifying this couple from a picture that hung on the wall at the L.W. Buckland, SR house in Falls Mills. Nancy and James had eight children:
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131 Years Ago Today
April 12, 1878
My grand aunt, Cora Belle Buckland, was one of six children born to Jacob Alexander and Sarah Jane (Tabor) Buckland in Falls Mills, VA. See posts in January for siblings. Cora Belle married A.D. Fields and had one child that I know of, Nora Georgie Fields. If you know of more, please email sherrykelly@comcast.net
126 Years Ago Today
April 12, 1883 – October 17, 1973
My 6th cousin, 2x removed, Manoria Sutherland was one of ten children born to Elihu and Sereldia Jane (Kiser) Sutherland.
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139 Years Ago Today
April 12, 1870
My great grandaunt, Lydia “Liddy” Davis, was one of fifteen children born to Thomas Jefferson and Sarah Ann (Combs) Davis. See yesterday’s post for siblings.
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93 Years Ago Today
April 12, 1916 – December 30, 1996
My 4th cousin, 2x removed, Earl Agnus Brooks, was one of nine children born to Emory Luther and Sarah Margaret “Mag” (Jessee)Brooks.
What an appropriate day to share this picture of Jesus. It belonged to my precious Grandma Davis, and I am so pleased to have it. Many of our Appalachian ancestors hung similar pictures in their homes displaying a true affection for their Savior; unfortunately, not so much anymore.
My great grandaunt Virginia “Jennie” Davis (center in picture above) was one of fifteen children born to Thomas Jefferson and Sarah Ann (Combs) Davis.
Jennie married William Bonaparte Minnick on January 1, 1896 in Russell County, VA and they had four children. Jennie is buried at the Foster Family Plot in Henderson County, Hendersonville, NC.
I am indeed grateful to William Lindsay Foster, Jr. (Jennie’s great grandson) for this family information. Wm and I are third cousins.
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153 Years Ago Today
April 11, 1856 – 1960
My 1st cousin, 3x removed, Malissa Kiser was one of seventeen children born to Ephriam Mayfield and Mary (Ervin) Kiser. See post in February for her siblings. Malissa married Zachary Taylor Sutherland.
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137 Years Ago Today
April 11, 1872 – August 18, 1877
Leander Sutherland, my 5th cousin 3x removed, was one of fourteen children born to William and Sylvia (Counts) Sutherland. See posts in January and February for siblings.
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98 Years Ago Today
April 11, 1911
My 6th cousin, 2x removed, Elsie Sutherland married Henry Smith. Elsie was the daughter of Elijah Beauregard and Winnie (Kiser) Sutherland.
157 Years Ago Today
April 10, 1852 – September 16, 1934
John “Jack” Counts Sutherland, my 5th cousin, 3x removed, was one of fourteen children born to James and Nancy Ann (Counts) Sutherland.
100 Years Ago Today
April 10, 1909
Anna May Nash, my 3rd cousin, 1x removed, was one of four children born in Tazewell County, VA to Thomas Edward and Ora Lee (Neel) Nash.
Anna was the 4th great granddaughter of James Moore of the Abbs Valley Indian Massacre. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/indian/61.html
James Moore – Shawnee Indian Massacre – Abbs Valley, VA 
The Railroader's Daughter 