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A Very Happy Birthday Larry - I Love You Much!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISSY

Birthday Blessings

I want to take this opportunity;
To wish you a special day.
For this is your very special time;
And things should go your way.

Many blessings come to you;
From my heart, for all it's worth.
For this is your very special day
It is the day that marks your birth.

Happy Birthday, Many happy returns;
Go to you today, from me.
And all the good that you have done;
Is there, for all to see.

So make the most of this, your day;
And may all your wishes come true.
As I ask God to bless you today;
These blessings, from me to you!

Betty Hawkins 2003

With Brother Buck

With Brothers, Larry and Buck


May the Lord bless you and keep you;
May the Lord shed his light upon you,
May the Lord look upon you kindly
and give you peace.

Have a wonderful and blessed day. I love you.

One Week Ago Today

Happy 1st Week Anniversary

Elizabeth Ann Wittman and Ben Wilkening

Happy Anniversary Larry and Darlene

Larry, you share this anniversary date with your 4th great grandparents...
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200 Years Ago Today
July 24, 1809

Joseph Runyan, from Montgomery County, VA, married Nancy Jacobs, from Tazewell County, VA. They are my 3rd great grandparents. Two of their children were:

1. Nancy Moore Runyan (my 2nd great grandmother)
2. Charity H. Runyan

On This Day in 1851

158 Years Ago Today
July 22, 1851

My 2nd great grandparents were married. Mary Jane Daugherty (John L.,John, John) and Daniel Parham Gregory (John Keatts, William, John, Thomas III, Thomas II, Thomas, Richard). They had six children and were laid to rest at the Daniel Gregory Cemetery in Clear Fork, Tazewell County, VA. Mary Jane was the granddaughter of Tazewell County pioneer, David Ward. Her brief obit is preserved in an old scrapbook belonging to her namesake granddaughter, Mary Jane Davidson.

Daniel Parham Gregory October 2, 1819 - May 16, 1859
Mary Jane Daugherty May 24, 1826 - April 13, 1897

In March of 1859, Daniel & Mary Jane Gregory's last child was born, a boy named Lewis H. Barely two months later, Daniel was dead. cause of death Scrofula {tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, at only 39 years old. Browne Hollowell
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Wikipedia says, "Scrofula is the term used for tuberculosis of the neck, or, more precisely, a cervical tuberculous lymphadenopathy. Scrofula is usually a result of an infection in the lymph nodes, known as lymphadenitis and is most often observed in immunocompromised patients (about 50% of cervical tuberculous lymphadenopathy). About 95% of the scrofula cases in adults are caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but only 8% of cases in children. The rest are caused by atypical mycobacterium (Mycobacterium scrofulaceum) or nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM). With the stark decrease of tuberculosis in the second half of the 20th century, scrofula became a very rare disease. With the appearance of AIDS, however, it has shown a resurgence, and presently affects about 5% of severely immunocompromised patients. Signs and symptoms...The most usual signs and symptoms are the appearance of a chronic, painless mass in the neck, which is persistent and usually grows with time. The mass is referred to as a "cold abscess", because there is no accompanying local color or warmth and the overlying skin acquires a violaceous (bluish-purple) color. NTM infections do not show other notable constitutional symptoms, but scrofula caused by tuberculosis is usually accompanied by other symptoms of the disease, such as fever, chills, malaise and weight loss in about 43% of the patients. As the lesion progresses, skin becomes adhered to the mass and may rupture, forming a sinus and an open wound."
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Note the 1850 Census for Tazewell Co., VA, Western District, p. 179, 24 Sept.

27 Chas. H. Greever age 44 male Farmer Real Est. 4,000 b. Va
28 Eliza 28 female "
29 Alexr 12 male "
30 Blair 10 male "
31 Chas 2 male "
32 Mary Daugherty 20 female "

Next door is:
33 Jno D Peery 62 male Farmer Real Est. 5,000 b. Va
34 Mary 20 female "
35 David P. 10/12 male "

Mary is Mary Clay Gregory, the younger sister of Daniel Parham Gregory. I would say this is how Daniel and Mary Jane Daugherty met. (speculation Browne Hollowell) And I would bet that living in Chas. H. Greever's house as probably a servant or helper to Eliza Greever, that Mary Jane named her next daughter after a woman who had been kind and a friend to her. Were they related? I don't know.

Charles and Eliza are buried at the Greever Cemetery at Five Oaks in east Tazewell. Eliza J., wife of Chas H. Greever, died Nov. 9, 1881, age 62 y & 7 D. I think that would make her born Nov. 2, 1819. So actually she was 31 (Lacking one month) in 1850. So a 31 year old married woman with three children, could have welcomed young 20yr old Mary Daugherty, and been a friend and mentor. As you know, it was very common in 18th and 19th centuries, for a young girl to leave her family and go live with another family, not necessarily as a servant but more as a mother's helper. Perhaps it was a way of dealing with adolescent attitudes which can be a little difficult between mother and daughter sometimes, but would have been tempered by being in another woman's house.

On 22 May 1852, twins were born. This was not unusual in the Gregory family to have twins.
These twins were named John K. L. and Elizabeth H. John K. L. died the next day, 23 May 1852, but he was named for Daniel's father, John Keatts Gregory. I do not know what the L stands for. Elizabeth H. is most probably named after Daniel's mother, Elizabeth Holland Corder Gregory. This was a strong custom to name the first after the father's family.

Next, in March, 1854, Nancy Ward Gregory is born. She is named after Mary Jane's mother, Nancy Ward Daugherty. Again, a strong custom to name after the mother's family at the next birth. Then Eliza Greever Gregory is born June 1856.

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109 Years Ago Today
July 22, 1900

Erastus Wiley Davidson (John Adams, Erastus Granger, Robert W., Joseph, John Goolman) was born to John Adams Davidson and Lillie Emma Bette Riggle. Erastus Wiley was my 2nd cousin, 2x removed.

Etiquette of the Era

Calling cards or visiting cards were first used in China in the 15th century. They became popular in Europe during the 17th century, and soon traveled across the Atlantic to the social elite in the Americas.

Calling cards became an essential accessory for the rounds of reciprocal visits that played a significant role in genteel social life. They were used in accordance with an elaborate set of rules, according to which a would-be visitor would first leave her card with a new acquaintance at the acquaintance's home. The visitor would not expect to be admitted into the house, but would hope to receive a card from the acquaintance in response, as a sign that a face-to-face meeting would be welcomed. If the visitor did not receive a card in response, or if she received a card sent in an envelope (as opposed to one delivered personally by the acquaintance or her servant), she would know that she had received a social snub, and be discouraged from pursuing a face-to-face meeting.

During the 19th century the middle classes, in imitation of more privileged society, adopted the practice of using calling cards. The purpose of the cards changed, however, when fewer servants were available to deliver them, and they evolved as a precursor to the modern-day business card. Calling cards during this period were generally smaller than today's business cards, and usually consisted simply of a name engraved on glossy cardstock.

Emily Post, writing early in the 20th century, suggests that in certain social groups, calling cards could replace informal party invitations, contain messages of condolence or celebration, be used as endorsements, or be sent by mail. Even for Post, however, there are times when custom dictates that a calling card must be left. First, a guest must always leave a card after dining at someone's house for the first time, or if they were invited to a dinner but were unable to attend. Another occasion that requires a calling card, according to Post, is the return of a first visit. Post also considers a calling card essential when sending an invitation for the first time, and says that a card should always accompany the inquiries and expressions of sympathy that occur in the case of bereavement or illness in a family.

The following summary reflection from Emily Post conveys the social utility of calling cards, which lasted well into the 20th century: "Who was it that said—in the Victorian era probably, and a man of course—'The only mechanical tool ever needed by a woman is a hair-pin?' He might have added that with a hair-pin and a visiting card, she is ready to meet most emergencies" (Post). http://gslis.simmons.edu/henty/callingcards.htm

A William Harrison was married to my 3rd cousin, 4x removed, Anna Eliza Harman. This was 3rd cousin, 2x removed, from Grandmother Buckland.

Some folks from Falls Mills, VA will remember Mrs. Mammie Lee Harry who lived beside and probably owned the land where the current day Harry Cemetery lies on Mudfork Road near Falls Mills Christian Church.

The above calling cards were from a scrapbook belonging to my grandmother, Mary Jane (Davidson) Buckland. Sadly enough, hospitality and good manners seem to be a lost art in our generation.

On This Day in 1867

142 Years Ago Today
July 19, 1867 - August 12, 1954

Captain Greenlee Davidson Letcher was one of eleven children born to Governor John Letcher and Mary Susan (Holt)in Rockbridge County, VA.

1. William Holt Letcher
2. Samuel Houston Letcher
3. Andrew Holt Letcher
4. John Davidson Letcher
5. Margaret Kinney Letcher
6. Mary Davidson Letchr
7. Virginia Lee Letcher
8. Captian Greenlee Davidson Letcher (2nd cousin, 4x removed)
9. Fannie Wilson Letcher
10. Elizabeth Stuart Letcher
11. Mary Susan Letcher

Captain Letcher married Katherine Seymour Paul on May 31, 1898 and they had 3 children:

1. Greenlee D. Letcher
2. John Letcher
3. General John Seymour "Buzz" Letcher

Captian Letcher rests in the Stonewall Jackson Cemetery in Lexington, VA.

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110 Years Ago Today
July 19, 1899 - May29, 1959

Lacy Clemons Gregory was one of five children born to William Benton Gregory and Elizabeth Ann Ruble.

1. Callie Susie Gregory
2. Lacy Clemons Gregory (2nd cousin, 2x removed)
3. Barbara Virginia Gregory
4. Cecil Lloyd Gregory
5. George William Gregory

Lacy married Edith Lucille Peery and had seven children:

1. Louise Gregory
2. Pauline Elizabeth Gregory
3. James William Gregory
4. Norman Gregory
5. Lacy Clemons Gregory, Jr.
6. Jack Lee Gregory
7. Thomas Edward Gregory

Lacy married a second time to Rhoda Alien Jewell and they had a daughter
Edith June Gregory. Edith married Homer Ray Patrick
68 Years Ago Today, July 19, 1941.
Edith was my 3rd cousin, 1x removed. They had one son and one daughter who are probably still living, so I will not post their information.

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126 Years Ago Today
July 19, 1883

Robert Charles Walker was one of nine children born to Rev. John Randolph Walker and Mary Jane Brown. He and his siblings were my 2nd cousins, 2x removed.

1. Alexander Philip Walker
2. John Kahle Walker
3. Marvin N. Walker
4. Harriet Reaves Walker
5. Robert Charles Walker
6. Louise Laura Alice Walker
7. Thomas Frank Fowler Walker
8. Maybelle Stuart Walker
9. Eleanor Stuart Walker

On This Day in 1873

136 Years Ago Today
July 18, 1873 - March 9, 1916

Samuel W. Gregory, my 1st cousin, 3x removed, was one of ten children born to Thompson Edward Gregory and Martha J. Steele.

1. Emma E. Gregory
2. George R. Gregory
3. Ella L. Gregory
4. Perlina Belle Gregory
5. Samuel W. Gregory
6. Martha J. Gregory
7. Mary N. Gregory
8. Obed E. Gregory
9. Grover Cleveland Gregory
10. Edward S. Gregory

On This Day in 1812

197 Years Ago Today
July 14, 1812

My 3rd great grandaunt, Martha Gregory married William Pickeral in Pittsylvania County, VA. She was one of nine children born to William and Martha (Tucker) Gregory.

1. John Keatts Gregory (my 3rd great grandfather)
2. Maryan Polly Gregory
3. William Gregory, Jr.
4. Lowry Gregory
5. Elizabeth Gregory
6. Richard Dennis Gregory
7. Nancy Gregory
8. Martha "Patsy" Gregory
9. Robert T. Gregory

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184 Years Ago Today
July 14, 1825 - October 22, 1885

My 2nd great grandaunt, Permelia Clement Gregory was one of fifteen children born to John Keatts Gregory (above) and Elizabeth Holland Corder. See previous posts for sibilings.

Hope Your Day is Overflowing with Blessings!

Happy Birthday Brian Alexander!

Meet the parents, sister Carson & brother Will.

Thank you Lord - What a gift!

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180 Years Ago Today
July 12, 1829 - 1880

My 2nd great granduncle, George C. Daugherty, was one of four children born to John L. and Nancy (Ward)Daugherty. He is the grandson of Virginia pioneer David Ward.

1. Mary Jane Daugherty (my 2nd great grandmother)
2. Isaac W. Daugherty
3. George C. Daugherty
4. David Allen Daugherty
   

George married Mary J. Gillespie on December 25, 1856 in Tazewell County, VA and they had one child that I know of, John L. Daugherty who married Flora Wheeler. George died in Dade County, MO.

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83 Years Ago Today
July 12, 1926

Fay Gregory Yost, my 3rd cousin, 1x removed, was one of three known children born to William Paris Yost and Jenetta Fay Steele Gregory. (1) Fay Gregory (2) Mary Frances (3) William Paris, Jr. Wm Paris, Sr. and Jenetta were first cousins. Fay married Ermil Osburne on December 27, 1947 in Greenville, SC.

Happy Birthday

July is the month for CELEBRATION! so ENJOY........ENJOY........ENJOY!

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143 Years Ago Today
July 11, 1866 - August 10, 1876

George C. Gregory was one of seven children born to Richard Shadrack and Julia Ann (Higgenbothan) Gregory. Georgy is buried at the Richard Shadrack Gregory Family Cemetery in Clearfork, Tazewell County, VA.

1. Mary Gregory
2. George C. Gregory (1st cousin, 3x removed)
3. John Barnes Gregory
4. Nannie Bell Gregory
5. Sally S. Gregory
6. Joseph R. Gregory
7. Jennie Gregory
   

A Month of CELEBRATION?

Brianna - Happy 11th

And a cake that you and Meme baked? mmmmmmm looks good!

Let's just declare this an entire month of celebration! I can't believe all the birthdays and anniversaries. You guys know your day, enjoy it to the fullest and don't forget to send some pictures of your special day!

Happy 4th Anniversary
Michael & Katie

HAPPY DAY JONAH!

Have a wonderful 4th birthday Big Boy!

This is what the Lord says - he who made you, who formed you in the womb. (Isaiah 44:2)

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. (Psalm 139:13-16)

Your hands made me and formed me. (Psalm 119:3)

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart. (Jeremiah 1:5)


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139 Years Ago Today
July 8,1870 - August 20, 1957

Louise (Stowers) Gregory was born. She married my 1st cousin, 3x removed, John Barnes Gregory, a twin - one of seven children, born to Richard Shadrack and Julia Ann (Higgenbothan)Gregory. Louise and John Barnes were parents of six children:

1. Aubrey Barnes Gregory
2. John Gregory
3. Truby Roscoe Gregory
4. Woodrow Gregory
5. Frances Gregory
6. Otha C. Gregory

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104 Years Ago Today
July 8, 1905 - March 1981

Forrest Gregory Shufflebarger, was one of six children born to Thomas L. and Perlina Belle (Gregory)Shufflebarger.

1. Curtis L. Shufflebarger
2. Gladys B. Shufflebarger
3. Clyde W. Shufflebarger
4. Edith M. Shufflebarger
5. Forrest Gregory Shufflebarger (my 2nd cousins, 2x removed)
6. Thomas Garnett Shufflebarger
   
   

Happy Birthday Keleigh

May you have a wonderful day of CELEBRATION!

CELEBRATION!CAKE!PRESENTS! AND MORE CAKE! AND MORE PRESENTS!
and did I say CELEBRATE


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125 Years Ago Today
July 7, 1884

Lewis F. Gregory (Franklin Clemons, John Keatts, William, John, Thomas III, Thomas, II, Thomas, Richard) was one of twelve children (my 1st cousins, 3x removed) born to Franklin Clemons and Alice Jane (Keesee) Gregory in Shawvers Mills, Tazewell County, VA. See posts in June for siblings. Lewis, or maybe spelled Louis, and Alice Jane had three children, (1) Helen (2) Ernest Lewis (3) Claude.

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117 Years Ago Today
July 7, 1892

Joseph Frank Davidson (Robert Wallace, Samuel Patton, Robert W. Joseph, John Goolman) was one of nine children born to Robert Wallace and Julia Justina (Herbert)Davidson.
Note - Robert Wallace was a half brother the Erastus Granger Davidson, my great grandfather)

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100 Years Ago Today
July 7, 1909

William Erastus Davidson (Thomas Sanders, Erastus Granger, Robert W., Joseph, John Goolman) married Bertie Lee (Ward). They had three children that are known (1) James Thomas (2)Erastus Granger (3)William Glenn. My 2nd cousin, 2x removed, was one of two known children born to Thomas Sanders and Cora Campbell (Kegley)Davidson.

The name Erastus Granger is used many times in the Davidson family. William's son shown here is not the same Erastus Granger Davidson, my great grandfather. The repetition can be confusing.

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66 Years Ago Today
July 7, 1943

Virginia Alice Harless (April 4, 1920 - October 3, 1989) married Erving William Bane. They died in Baltimore, MD. Virginia Alice was one of five children born to Isaac Errett and Callie Susie (Gregory) Harless in Bluefield, WV.

On This Day in 1862

147 Years Ago Today
July 6, 1862

Charles McClellan Purvine (Mary Daugherty, Giles Dougherty, John Dougherty, John Dougherty) was one of ten children born to Mary E. (Daugherty) and Andrew Jackson Purvine in Polk County, OR.

1. Jordan J. Purvine
2. Cyrus W. Purvine
3. Louise Purvine
4. Charles McClellan Purvine (my 2nd cousin, 3x removed)
5. Ida Winifred Purvine
6. George Albert Purvine
7. Emily Linda Purvine
8. Gertrude Clara Purvine
9. Arthur Monroe Purvine
10. John Frederick Purvine
    
    According to ONE WORLD TREE at Ancestry.com
    Charles died on March 30, 1946 in Salem, Marion County, OR. He married Frances Sowers Reid on November 6, 1895. Three children were Walker Reid, Margaret Mary, Byron Jordan. Charles lived his boyhood on the farm and then became interested in the river boats that plied their way up and down the Williamette River. Soon he was a river-boat engineer and spent many years as one of the most able and colorful men on the river. When his son Byron grew older, he too learned the ways of the Williamette River. (@S45@REFN: 36499 - Author Stuart H. Purvines, The Purviance Family, A Genealogy with Allied Families, Publication Stuart Hoyle Purvines, St. Louis Missouri, 1986.)

On This Day in 1930

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.

1. Edward Clemons Yost
2. Lena Virginia Yost
3. William Paris Yost
4. Lettie Frances Yost
5. Statira Irene Yost (my 2nd cousin, 2x removed)

Statira is buried at the Monte Vista Cemetery in Bluefield, WV
May 11, 1905 - March 4, 1989

July 4th - The First Anniversary

1777

232 Years Ago

On the first anniversary of our freedom

this article from the Virginia Gazette - Philadelphia

"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.

Really? 70 Years Ago Today

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to my crazy, nutty, wacky, big brother.
I love you Buck!

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