July 4, 2008 Independence Day FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE

Thank you Leman Clifton Davis

Thank you Walter Graham

FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE

Thank you Ellis Haynes Buckland

David Forrest Buckland

Larry Charles Buckland

Brian Keith Buckland

Charles Nye Buckland

Walter Edward Buckland

If anyone has pictures of others in uniform,

please attach in an email to sherrykelly@comcast.net

JULY 4, 2008 Independence Day FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE

Thank you Walter Edward Buckland
Thank you Walter Graham
Thank you Richard McHaffa

Thank you Leman Clifton Davis

FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE
Thank you Charles Nye Buckland
Larry Charles Buckland
Ellis Haynes Buckland
Brian Keith Buckland
David Forrest Buckland
If anyone has pictures of others in uniform who have served to
protect our freedom, I would love to add those to this tribute.

Please attach in email to sherrykelly@comcast.net

Nora Francis Buckland Graham

Nora Francis “Frankie” Buckland
Child of L.W. Buckland, Sr. and Mary Jane Davidson
b. July 25, 1913 in Bluefield, WV
d. February 12, 1955 in Tazewell VA
Harry Cemetery Falls Mills, VA


Jake & Mary Davis Johnson

Jake & Mary A. Davis Johnson – married March 11, 1895
Mary is sister to Asa C. Davis
She was born December 19, 1877
Their children are:
1. Arvel Johnson b. 1896
2. Willard Johnson b. 1896
3. Lealie Johnson b. 1896 (I’m beginning to question this year of birth)
4. Edna Johnson b. 1902
5. Beulah Johnson b. 1904
6. Unknown Johnson
7. Unknown Johnson

People and Cars

Cosby Davidson Stone & Pearl Stone 1954
Walt Graham & Frances Buckland Graham
Larkin Watson “Buddy” Buckland, Jr. – 1950 Chevy
Buddy – Plymouth
Larkin Watson Buckland, Sr. – ?1924 Nash

Jacob Alexander Buckland


Jacob Alexander Buckland (on the right)

1. Jacob Alexander Buckland, born November 26, 1849 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died November 1, 1919 in Falls Mills, Harry Cemetery. He was the son of Jacob W. Buckland and Martha W. “Patsy”. He married Sarah Jane Tabor March 2, 1871 in Mudfork. She was the daughter of James Harrison Tabor and Nancy Moore Runyan.

According to modern relatives (1990’s) Jacob ran a water mill at Falls Mills, Virginia. People came from miles around to grind corn and wheat. He also was a horse breeder. He imported a stud horse, named Brigadier, from England at a cost of $4,000. Sam Walton bought the horse first and sold it to Jacob Alex. Jacob traveled throughout the country renting the horse for stud service. Another horse, Deck, was also for stud service. He had a mare named Mell that the kids would ride. Jacob died of pneumonia caused from entering the icy water in winter to fix the mill.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Occupation: Horse Breeder/Mill Owner-Operator
Children of Jacob Buckland and Sarah Tabor are:

i. Nancy Polly Buckland, born January 19, 1872 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died May 13, 1922; married Charles Wimmer February 24, 1887.
ii. George Robert Sylvester Buckland, born December 21, 1876 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died December 25, 1960 in Roanoke, Virginia; married Margaret R. Ritter January 1, 1902.
He attended Milligan College/Milligan Tn. Occupation: N&W Railroad
iii. Cora Belle Buckland, born April 12, 1878 in Tazewell County, Virginia; married (1) C.B. Crawford; married (2) A.D. Fields December 17, 1901.

iv. William Harrison Buckland, born January 7, 1882; died August 20, 1932 in Welch, W. Va.; married (1) Virginia “Jennie” Peake December 25, 1900 in Eckinan, McDowell County, W.Va.; married (2) Rebecca Atwell August 15, 1924 in Big Four, McDowell County, W. Va. He was hit by a bus and killed. Occupation: Rock Quarry/ Foreman Coal Mines (1920 Census)
v. Samuel G. Buckland, born Abt. March 20, 1883 in Stony Ridge.

vi. Larkin Watson Buckland, Sr., born February 14, 1885 in Mudfork, Tazewell County, Virginia; died February 5, 1967 in Falls Mills, Virginia Harry Cemetery; married Mary Jane Davidson March 3, 1909 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Although Watson was a retired engineer for the Norfork and Western Railroad, he also worked as a fireman and PM section gang. He previously worked in a rock quarry for .50 per day. He was a member and honorary elder of Falls Mills Christian Church, a lifetime member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and a member of the Bluefield Old Guard. He and his family moved from Bluefield, West Virginia to Falls Mills in May 1922, to the log cabin his parents had lived in. He later built a brick home on the property, which is currently (1993) owned and occupied by his son and wife, Robert and Margaret Buckland.
Cause of Death: Conjestive Lungs
Church Affiliation: Falls Mills Christian Church
Date of Baptism: June 1911 by W.S. Bullard, Falls Mills, Va
Occupation: N&W Railroad Eng. Retired 1951/48yr Svc.

29th VA Infantry NO SHORTAGE OF JESSEE BOYS

There was no shortage of Jessee’s in this unit, the 29th Virginia Infantry!
29th Virginia InfantrySoldiers recruited in Russell County

Jessee Noah K. 30th A 7/10/61
Jessee Charles C. 29th G 3/27/62
Jessee David Lee 29th A 7/10/61
Jessee Fullen H. 29th A 7/10/61
Jessee John C. 29th A 7/10/61
Jessee John Tivis 29th A 7/10/61
Jessee Joseph 29th A 8/5/62
Jessee Martin C. 29th A 8/5/62
Jessee Stanford L. 29th A 7/10/61
Jessee Thomas Jefferson 29th A 7/10/61
Jessee Elihu Kiser 29th A 7/10/61
Jessee Timothy S. 29th A 8/5/62
Jessee William L. 29th A 8/1/62

Jessee William Mc. 29th A 7/10/61
Jessee Ephraim K. 29th G 3/27/62
Jessee Vincent 29th G 3/27/62

The Brooks Girls

(1-r back row) Emily Jane Sutherland (November 9, 1959)
& Malvie Brooks Cook
(l-r front row) Rose Brooks Jessee (1880)
& Altha Brooks Davis (October 15, 1884)
I’m not certain, but the information that I have for this picture is Emily Sutherland. My genealogy information states that Emily (sister to Malvie, Rose and Altha) married a Johnson. This Emily is probably the younger sister of Mary Sutherland Brooks.
The three girls are daughters of William Brooks and Mary Sutherland. Two brothers were also born of this union, Emery or Emory and Deward. Mary Sutherland died right after the birth of her son Deward. Mom always said that she died of “child bed fever.” Does anyone have more information on this family?