Sepia Saturday: Fab 50s

Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family history through old photographs.

This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt features the iconic juke box of the 1950s.  In the 50s, my parents were just young parents but already old enough to give up the jitterbug and bunny hop to stay home with one very precious child. 

For them, dances were replaced with other social outlets, most often a game of Bridge with their closest friends Betsy and John Lumsden.

Mary Eleanor Slade, Betsy Ward Lumsden, Fred Slade
John must've been the "Dummy"
Has Momma curled her hair with bobby pins??

Momma and Daddy learned to play Bridge when they were in college.  They said that at any time of day almost anywhere on campus there was a game in progress.  Lectures took a backseat to a no-trump hand.

Momma and Daddy weren't partners that night.
No talking across the table!
I wonder if this game was Men vs Women.

Photos of a typical Bridge night at the Lumsdens’ house in the swanky new upscale neighborhood of Sweetbriar help bring some fuzzy memories into focus. 

Betsy's house as it looks today

First of all, I thought it was the most beautiful and modern house ever with that big picture window.  To me, the yard was enormous, such a long walk from the street to the front door.  (Amazing how that yard shrank over time – I hardly recognized the house the last time I drove by because that front door seemed a lot closer.) 

The Ricardos' house from "I Love Lucy"
photo from Flickr Commons

To a five-year old’s eye, the décor was something out of a magazine.  Betsy furnished their new home in “Early American” which was all the rage in the 50s, probably thanks to “I Love Lucy” when Lucy and Ricky bought that home in Connecticut.

Who is that adorable child? No, I mean the older one.

Betsy, baby Greg, Fred and Mary Slade
Momma had her "ciggy butt."
Betsy held a pacifier, but I'm sure there was cigarette close by.

Betsy and John had a baby boy, Greg.  He and I were born at a time when smoking and drinking while pregnant were the norm for women.  Both of our mothers were smokers and social drinkers.  I guess we turned out alright.

OK, you Cats and Chicks, don’t be a drag, man.  Don’t be square.  Beat feet to Sepia Saturday.  It’s Fat City, Daddy-O.  I mean it’s far out.  It’s outta sight.  Word from the Bird!

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A to Z April Challenge: U is for Utz

My theme for the A to Z April Challenge is “In-Laws and Out-Laws – Friends of the Family.”  I will be researching friends, colleagues, neighbors - those people who came and went touching my family’s lives in both small and large ways. 

is for Utz.  Montello Utz.

Montello Utz was the only son of Fountain Utz (pronounced Fon-TAIN) and Frances Brown, born about 1830.  For many years various members of the Utz family were neighbors to my Jollett, Eppard, and Rucker ancestors in the Naked Creek community that straddled both Rockingham and Page counties.  In fact, their farms often formed one border of land purchased by my 3G grandfather Fielding Jollett and land purchased by his sons James Franklin and John Wesley. 

Page Co, VA Chancery Cause Utz vs Jollett 1869-024 
available online Library of Virginia
(click on image to enlarge)

But poor ol’ Montello was evidently not very popular with the Jolletts, nor them with him.  In 1867, Montello agreed to pay John W. Jollett $150 for a gray horse that John Wesley promoted as a superior workhorse able to pull anything hitched to it.  Montello was skeptical but felt compelled to purchase because he trusted Jollett’s good word.  After all, John Wesley Jollett was a respected community leader and preacher.  However, the horse did not measure up, and, in fact, was deemed worthless.  Montello tried to return the horse, but John Jollett refused to take it back, much less forgive the loan.  This led to a lawsuit between the two in 1869.

In 1873, a large number of Montello’s neighbors brought suit against him.  Most were seeking payment for loans they had made to his father, Fountain Utz.  John Jollett was suing for the rest of the payment and interest on that deadbeat horse.  The complainants requested the Court sell Montello’s land that he had inherited from his father in 1861 since he had no personal property that would satisfy the debt. 

And so for the next several years (at least through 1882), the Courts were busy selling off Montello’s property and settling all those judgments.

click on image to enlarge

click on image to enlarge

So when I found a listing (no photo) on Findagrave.com for Montello Utz, I wasn’t surprised to learn that he is buried at the Western State Hospital Cemetery in Staunton, Virginia.  Why not?  The former name was “Western State Lunatic Asylum.”  I’m sure Montello’s legal problems would have made anyone crazy.

With unabashed admiration for my utterly unequal colleagues, I issue this ultimatum for you to unite with umpteen users at the A to Z April Challenge to uncover some uncanny and unconventional blogs that will be unveiled to you.

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A to Z April Challenge: T is for Thelma

My theme for the A to Z April Challenge is “In-Laws and Out-Laws – Friends of the Family.”  I will be researching friends, colleagues, neighbors - those people who came and went touching my family’s lives in both small and large ways. 

is for Thelma.  Thelma Clare Hockman.

Okay, it’s time for me to come clean.  

THIS is Thelma Clare Hockman.  

Thelma Clare Hockman Sarver

It is NOT Bill Porter as I reported HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.

See -- it says "Bill"

When my grandaunt Velma Davis Woodring labeled the picture “Bill,” I believed her.  There really was a girl at Harrisonburg Teachers College in 1925 known as “Bill Porter.”  But the name was never aligned with a photo to compare.  I trusted my aunt not to deceive.

But she did.  When I ran across the “Lovingly, Thelma” portrait, I went searching for the truth which had been in front of me every time I looked at a census.  There she was:  Thelma Hockman, next door neighbor. 

Thelma was the third of four children born to Jacob and Attie Hockman.   Velma and Thelma grew up side by side in Shenandoah, Virginia.  They even went to college together.  However, Thelma attended for just one year.  Yet, there are probably more photos of Thelma in Velma’s scrapbook than of any other friends.

Thelma Hockman at Massanutten Peak
a college hiking trip Oct. 1924

Thelma Hockman on the right
waiting for the train on the campus of
Harrisonburg Teachers College

Velma captioned this "Us and No More"
Thelma, Leta LeVow, and Velma
Leta and Velma were roommates;
maybe Thelma was the third roommate.

Unknown, Thelma, Velma
in the new outdoor pool at
Harrisonburg Teachers College 1924

June 9, 1925 - last day
of their freshman year at HTC
Velma, Thelma, Leta LeVow, and
unknown

Thelma is sitting on the beam
Virginia Cole is standing.

Thelma married Lacy Wilson Sarver March 7, 1927.  An amusing tidbit in the social column of the Richmond Times Dispatch on March 6 noted that Lacy was spending the weekend in Shenandoah.  

Cambria, Virginia social column sent to Richmond Times Dispatch March 6, 1927
from Genealogybank.com

Well, I guess so!  It was the wedding.  Then at Christmas, the newspaper reported that Thelma was spending several weeks with her parents. 

Cambria, Virginia social column sent to Richmond Times Dispatch Dec. 1927
from Genealogybank.com

Velma captioned this "Us and Our Mothers"
Standing: Thelma and Velma
Sitting:  Attie Hockman and Mary Frances Davis

Thelma and Lacy lived in Christiansburg, Virginia, and had four children, 3 girls and a boy.  Lacy worked as a postal clerk for the railroad.  At least during the time when the 1930 and 1940 censuses were conducted, Thelma did not work.  Apparently they never left Christiansburg.

Thelma died in 1992.  She and Lacy are buried in the Sunset Cemetery in Christiansburg, Virginia.

 

from Findagrave.com
photo courtesy Jan Robinson

I am no toady who would try to thwart the throngs in their tenacious trek through the terrain called the A to Z April Challenge.

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A to Z April Challenge: S is for Shore

My theme for the A to Z April Challenge is “In-Laws and Out-Laws – Friends of the Family.”  I will be researching friends, colleagues, neighbors - those people who came and went touching my family’s lives in both small and large ways. 

is for Shore.  Katherine Elizabeth Shore.

Katherine Elizabeth Shore was yet another friend of my grandaunt Violetta Davis Ryan from their college days at the Normal School in Harrisonburg (later Harrisonburg Teachers College, then Madison College, now James Madison University).  No doubt she lived in Spotswood Hall, judging by the location of many of Violetta’s photos. 

When I read in the yearbook that Katherine lived in Burkeville, I was surprised she didn’t attend the Normal School in Farmville (now Longwood University).  After all, Burkeville is less than a 30-minute drive away.  But after looking for her in the census records, I am guessing her family might have moved to Burkeville after she had already enrolled in Harrisonburg.

Katherine Shore

Katherine moved quite a bit in her early years.  In fact, she and her sister were born in the same city where I grew up:  Portsmouth, Virginia.  In 1910 the Shores were living in Portsmouth.  Her father was a streetcar conductor.  By 1920 they relocated to Columbus, North Carolina, where Katherine’s parents both worked in a retail store.  Yet the Normal School School Ma’am yearbooks of 1922 and 1923 note they were residents of Burkeville in Nottoway County, Virginia. 

In college, Katherine was a member of the High School Club, typical for girls planning to go into secondary education.  She also joined the Elizabeth Club for girls who shared that name, whether first or middle.  She was remembered for being “Not too serious and not too gay, but at all times a good pal.”  In the description under her graduation picture, words like “steadily” and “reserved” capture the quiet personality of one for whom “Avoiding unnecessary excitement is [her] chief occupation.”

Katherine Shore
scanned from the School Ma'am 1923

In the times when Katherine and Violetta were studying to become teachers, a 2-year degree entitled the graduate to teach anywhere for seven years.  A 4-year degree was a life-time certificate to teach.  Violetta earned her two-year diploma in 1923 and put in her seven years before returning to school for the 4-year degree.  But not Katherine.  As soon as she graduated, Katherine went straight to the State Normal School in Farmville.  She earned her BS degree two years later in 1925. 

Katherine Shore
scanned from The Virginian 1925

In 1930, Katherine boarded with her aunt and uncle, the Cobbs, in Swain County, North Carolina, along the Tennessee border.  There she taught in the public high school as did her cousin Jacob and another teacher from South Carolina. 

It doesn’t seem that she stayed there much longer though, at least according to the multitude of mentions in the Burkeville social columns – unless she was doing a lot of weekend travel.  It seemed if there was a Bridge game, Katherine was there. 

from Genealogy Bank
Richmond Times Dispatch Jan. 1931

from Genealogy Bank
Richmond Times Dispatch Nov. 1932

from Genealogy Bank
Richmond Times Dispatch Apr. 1933
("Gay Bachelors" probably had a
different meaning in 1933.)

Unfortunately, in 1934 Katherine was sick enough to be admitted to a hospital in Richmond.  I wonder if she had some long term condition.  In 1940, she was back home in Burkeville with her parents where she had lived at least since 1935.  She was not working.  Katherine Elizabeth Shore died in 1945, only 39 years old. 

from Genealogy Bank
Richmond Times Dispatch Jan. 1934

The sagacious among you sedentary spectators should slip on over to the A to Z April Challenge to scrutinize some scintillating and sardonic selections that will surely leave you feeling satiated.

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A to Z April Challenge: R is for Rebekah

My theme for the A to Z April Challenge is “In-Laws and Out-Laws – Friends of the Family.”  I will be researching friends, colleagues, neighbors - those people who came and went touching my family’s lives in both small and large ways. 

is for Rebekah.  Rebekah Elizabeth Stephenson

Rebekah Stephenson was a college friend of my grandaunt Violetta Davis Ryan when the two were students at the Harrisonburg Normal School (later Harrisonburg Teachers College, then Madison College, now James Madison University.  GO DUKES!)

Rebekah was older than many of her classmates by about six years.  Violetta and other girls went to college straight from high school, but Rebekah didn’t.  In fact, in 1920, at age 21, she was already a teacher in Wakefield, Virginia.  In 1921, she was a student at the State Normal School. 

Rebekah Stephenson
scanned from the School Ma'am 1923

While that seems backwards today, the requirements for becoming a teacher were quite different.  In a rural area, someone with an eighth grade education could be appointed teacher.  However, I don’t know what Rebekah’s situation was or what she was teaching when she enrolled in college.  She was in a two year program, most likely in Home Economics judging by her membership in that club, indicating her desire to either teach or supervise in that special area. 

Rebekah in front of Spotswood dorm

Described in the yearbook as “capable and sensible, broadminded . . . , brilliant . . . ,”  it is no wonder Rebekah was voted President of the Senior Class.  The added description as “musician for us all” plus the Class Prophecy that she would one day be on a music tour abroad are puzzling since she seemed never to have been in the Glee Club or orchestra.

Whether she went on to teach Home Economics after graduation in 1923 is not known.  On October 15, 1925, Rebekah married Charles Baskerville Watkins, Jr., a businessman twenty years her senior. 

Wedding Announcement
Richmond Times Dispatch
from Genealogybank.com

In 1930, the two were living in Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  Bass was a banker and Rebekah was caring for their three-year old son. 

By 1935, they were living in South Hill, Virginia, where in 1940 Bass was an accountant.  Rebekah was caring for three sons.

Obituary Richmond Times Dispatch
from Genealogybank.com

In the 1950s, the Watkins were in Richmond where Bass died in 1952. Rebekah died August 30, 1977 in Harrisonburg, Virginia.  I have to wonder what brought her back to the home of her Alma Mater.

Run right over to the A to Z April Challenge for some roaring good reads.

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52 Ancestors: #16 - Fielding JOLLETT

Amy Johnson Crow of No Story Too Small has issued a challenge:  write one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor.  It can be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem – anything that focuses on one ancestor.

The supposed first son of James and Nancy Walker is my direct ancestor, Fielding Jollett, my 3G grandfather.  Since I have already written a great deal about Fielding’s legal problems, I will present “just the facts, ma’am,” but you can read about his exploits here:

Fielding Jollett in Chancery Court

The Road to Chancery Court

I O U

Decree in the Court of Equity

Was It a Dirty Deed?

Grayson's Complaint

Was It Fraud?

Fielding was born sometime between 1795 and 1801 in Orange County, Virginia.  He married Ann Stoutemire/Stoutamoyer on December 7, 1822 in Rockingham County.  They had two known children, but the presence of a second boy under age 5 in the 1830 Rockingham County, Virginia census suggests there may have been a third child.  Ann did not live long.  In fact, she died about 1828.  Perhaps she died in childbirth.

The wife in the 1830 census is Fielding’s second wife, MaryAnn Armentrout, from whom I descend.  Whether the boy was hers or Ann’s is unknown, but he evidently did not live long.  He does not appear after the 1840 census. 

Fielding and Mary Ann had 5 known children.

Mary Ann died January 1870 of Epaulus.  Searches for this term have turned up no definition.  One possibility is that it was a misspelling of a type of skin tumor.

Lucretia Jollett and
Thomas Shifflett tombstone
photo courtesy Jan Hensley
Findagrave.com

Following the death of his wife, Fielding lived with his youngest daughter Lucretia and her family in Rockingham County, Virginia, until he died after 1880.  She and her husband are buried in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in McGaheysville.  It makes sense that Fielding would be there too, but if he is, there is no marker. 

Three Generations:

Fielding JOLLETT (1795 in Orange Co, Virginia - After 1880 in Rockingham Co, Virginia) & m1) Ann STOUTEMIRE  (1795 – Before 1828 Rockingham Co, Virginia)  7 Dec 1822 in Rockingham Co, Virginia ;  & m2) Mary Ann ARMENTROUT (1795 – Jan 1870 Rockingham Co, Virginia) 2 Oct 1828 in Rockingham Co, Virginia

Family of Fielding & Ann Stoutemire JOLLETT:

1. Emanuel JOLLETT  (16 Jun 1824 - 19 Oct 1859 in Rockingham Co, Virginia) & Ann Elizabeth BREEDING/BREEDEN (10 Sep 1824 – After 1870)  4 Jan 1843 in Page County, Virginia

• Jonathan S. BREEDEN (1839 - ) & Elizabeth MEADOWS (1837 - ) 28 Oct 1858 in Page Co, Virginia
• Susannah (Susan A.) JOLLETT  (1844 in Page Co, Virginia - ) & Charles W. LONGLEY (1838 Rockingham Co, Virginia – 3 Oct 1864 Elmira, New York)  19 Oct 1862 in Page Co, Virginia
• Margaret A. JOLLETT (1845 in Page Co, Virginia - )
• William H. JOLLETT (1847 in Page Co, Virginia - 28 Jun 1924 in Monroe Co, West Virginia) & m1) Mary Elizabeth MARTIN (1845 Warren Co, Virginia - ) 27 Nov 1865 in Warren Co, Virginia ; & m2) Harriet Hattie ECHOLS (28 Sep 1857 – Before 1940) 1 Aug 1876 in Giles Co, Virginia  **aka William P. BOYD
• Nancy JOLLETT (1850 in Page Co, Virginia - )
• Sarah E. JOLLETT  (1852 in Page Co, Virginia - )
• Andrew J. JOLLETT (14 Nov 1855 in Page Co, Virginia - )
• UNNAMED JOLLETT (27 Aug 1859 in Page Co, Virginia - 27 Aug 1859 Page Co, Virginia)

2. Margaret Ann JOLLETT (19 May 1826 in Rockingham Co, Virginia - 15 Aug 1899 in Oakland, Carroll, Maryland ) & Peter J. NAIR (20 Mar 1819 – 13 Nov 1884) 13 Jan 1845 Rockingham Co, Virginia

• George NAIR (6 Oct 1845 in Bath County, Virginia - )
• Thomas J. NAIR (6 Oct 1845 in Bath County, Virginia - 11 Dec 1911) & m1) Elizabeth WINE ( 1839 – Before 7 Sep 1878) ; &  m2) Mary Fanny KINDIG  (Feb 1851 Virginia - ) 7 Sep 1878
• Mary Jane NAIR (14 Dec 1847 - 11 Aug 1926) & Matthias Buchanan ROSS (1836 – 11 Jul 1898) 9 Jun 1866
• Robert Franklin NAIR (14 Mar 1848 - Jun 1917) & m1) Susannah HESS ; & m2) Mary Susan SMITH
• John NAIR  (1849 in Highland Co, Virginia - )
• Simon Peter NAIR (10 Jun 1849 - 24 Apr 1924)
• Martha Laura NAIR (1851 Virginia - )
• Sarah Frances NAIR (19 Mar 1853 - 24 Jan 1930 in Loch Lynn, Ohio) & John Wesley CALHOUN (Sep 1851 - )
• Melvina NAIR (1858 in Highland Co, Virginia - 18 Feb 1860 Rockingham Co, Virginia)
• Bellzora NAIR  (1 Oct 1859 in Rockingham County, Virginia - ) & Charles MCROBIE
• Malinda NAIR (1861 in Virginia - )
• William J. NAIR (1867 in Highland Co, Virginia - ) & Mary Ellen SMITH
• Alpharetta NAIR  (1869 in Virginia - )
• Ruhamiah A. B. NAIR (1872 in Maryland – 1918) & Ellis Rizer SHROUT (17 Nov 1869 – 1935) 19 Mar 1892

Family of Fielding & Mary Ann Armentrout JOLLETT:

1. Lydia Catherine JOLLETT  (26 Apr 1830 in Rockingham Co, Virginia – After  1910) & George Washington BREEDEN (1825 – 1910) on 19 Oct 1846 in Page Co, Virginia

• Josiah BREEDEN (1847 in Page Co, Virginia - Before 1900) &  Mary Susan Polly PATTERSON (1854 – After 1930) 3 Jan 1876
• James Madison BREEDEN  (Jan 1851 in Page Co, Virginia – 1915) & Sarah Eliza MEADOWS (May 1841 – 1917)
• John F. BREEDEN (1 Apr 1853 Page Co, Virginia - 3 Oct 1889 Augusta Co, Virginia) & Mary S. UNKNOWN
• Fielding L. BREEDEN (26 Oct 1857 Page Co, Virginia - 23 Mar 1865 Page Co, Virginia)
• Mary Catherine BREEDEN (1858 – After 1930 Washington) & George CARPENTER (1850 Greene Co, Virginia – Before 1930 Washington) 12 Feb 1880 Rockingham Co, Virginia
• Elijah Nicholas BREEDEN (Apr 1864 -26 Dec 1928 Rockingham Co, Virginia) & Christina Catherine SELLERS (2 Sep 1859 Rockingham Co, Virginia – 4 mar 1940 Rockingham Co, Virginia) 4 Oct 1884 Rockingham Co, Virginia
• Berryman Suel BREEDEN (1869 - 15 Jul 1876 Rockingham Co, Virginia)
• Charles Wesley BREEDEN (5 May 1872 – 1938) & m1) Mollie F. WILLIAMS on 12 Oct 1893 in Rockingham Co, Virginia ; & m2) Lucy CRAWFORD on 01 Jun 1926

2. John Wesley JOLLETT  (6 Apr 1832 in Rockingham Co, Virginia - 18 Oct 1916 in Page Co, Virginia) & Sarah Elizabeth SMITH (22 May 1834 in Rockingham Co, Virginia - 30 Jan 1917 in Page Co, Virginia) 21 Feb 1853 in Rockingham Co, Virginia

• Artubine Joseph JOLLETT (16 Dec 1853 Page Co, Virginia - 27 Oct 1862 Page Co, Virginia)
• Mary E. V. JOLLETT  (1854 Page Co, Virginia - Before 1901 Page Co, Virginia) & Hiram Franklin MEADOWS (14 Sep 1849 - 22 Feb 1911 Page Co, Virginia) 8 Mar 1870 Page Co, Virginia **aka Marietta V.
• Matilda Catherine JOLLETT (16 Feb 1858 Page Co, Virginia - 24 Jan 1953 Page Co, Virginia) & Thomas Wesley MEADOWS (15 Jan 1854 Page Co, Virginia - 4 Feb 1941 Page Co, Virginia)  7 Dec 1873 Page Co, Virginia
• John B. JOLLETT (30 Jan 1867 Page Co, Virginia - After 1940 Baltimore, Maryland) & m1) Fannie Bell GRIFFITH  (Mar 1872 – Before 1940) 13 Dec 1883 ; & m2) Carrie M. UNKNOWN (1894 Maryland - )
• Charles Belsin Lewis JOLLETT (29 Aug 1871 Page Co, Virginia - 15 Jan 1939 Portsmouth, Virginia) & Nannie June FOGG (Aug 1872 Rappahannock Virginia – 30 Jun 1947 Portsmouth, Virginia) 24 Jun 1890 Page Co, Virginia 

3. Henry Harvey JOLLETT (26 Jul 1834 Rockingham Co, Virginia – 1850 Page Co, Virginia)

4. James Franklin JOLLETT  (17 Nov 1836 Rockingham Co, Virginia - 3 Jun 1930 Augusta Co, Virginia) & m1) Lucy Ann SHIFLETT (1843 Greene Co, Virginia - 1884 Monroe, Greene, Virginia) 12 Nov 1859 in Greene Co, Virginia ; & m2) Eliza Jane COLEMAN (17 Jan 1856 Greene Co, Virginia - 9 Dec 1938 Augusta Co, Virginia) 29 Aug 1885 Greene Co, Virginia

Family of James Franklin & Lucy Ann Shiflett JOLLETT:

• Burton Lewis JOLLETT  (1860 in Virginia – Before 5 May 1934 in Greene Co, Virginia) & m1) Louisa SULLIVAN (1861 – 1900) 20 Jan 1881 ; & m2) Cornelia MORRIS (Nov 1844 – Before 1920) 19 Sep 1900 Greene Co, Virginia
• Emma F. JOLLETT (1 Feb 1863 Greene Co, Virginia - 10 Apr 1945 in Shenandoah, Page, Virginia) &  Andrew Jackson COLEMAN (29 Jul 1858 Greene Co, Virginia – 4 Oct 1947 Shenandoah, Page, Virginia) 26 Nov 1880 Greene Co, Virginia
• Laura E. JOLLETT (30 May 1865 Greene Co, Virginia - 30 Jul 1947 Shenandoah, Page, Virginia) & William J. SULLIVAN (13 Jan 1866 – 22 May 1942 Shenandoah, Page, Virginia) 14 Jan 1886 Greene Co, Virginia
• Columbia Ann Leanna JOLLETT (14 Mar 1867 Greene Co, Virginia - 20 Sep 1936 Greene Co, Virginia) & James Mitchell KNIGHT (9 May 1866 Greene Co, Virginia – 16 Feb 1942 Greene Co, Virginia) 1 Mar 1885 Greene Co, Virginia
• Mary Frances JOLLETT (10 Jan 1870 Greene Co, Virginia - 22 Feb 1950 Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia) & Walter Beriah Sylvester DAVIS (12 Sep 1867 Rockingham Co, Virginia - 31 Oct 1934 Shenandoah, Page, Virginia) 11 Feb 1890 in Greene Co, Virginia 
• Sarah Catherine Sallie JOLLETT (11 May 1872 Greene Co, Virginia  - 7 Jul 1944 Washington DC) & George Thomas CLIFT (Sep 1865 Virginia - ) 30 Mar 1891
• Victoria Elizabeth JOLLETT (19 Mar 1878 Greene Co, Virginia - 2 May 1944) & Decatur Bainbridge BREEDEN (15 Sep 1877 – 27 Sep 1952 Washington DC) about 1902
• William Isaac JOLLETT  (Jan 1880 Greene Co, Virginia - Jul 1903 Newport News, Virginia)=
• Ulysses Finks JOLLETT (26 Jan 1883 Greene Co, Virginia - 30 Jan 1931 Baltimore, Maryland) & Sadie Janiero LAMB 23 Nov 1903 Greene Co, Virginia

Family of James Franklin & Eliza Coleman JOLLETT:

• James Henry JOLLETT  (Apr 1894 Augusta Co, Virginia - 1909 Augusta Co, Virginia)

5. Lucretia  JOLLETT (18 Sep 1838 Rockingham Co, Virginia - 31 Dec 1911 Rockingham Co, Virginia) & m1) Jacob Haskell SHIFLETT (1836 Greene Co, Virginia – Before 1871) 5 Aug 1858 in Page Co, Virginia ; & m2) Thomas S. SHIFLETT (1839 Albemarle Co, Virginia – 16 Jan 1924 Rockingham Co, Virginia) 8 Oct 1871 Greene Co, Virginia

Family of Lucretia JOLLETT & Jacob Haskell SHIFLETT:

• Mary E. SHIFLETT  (May 1859 - Before 1955) &  George Remington MAYHEW (Jul 1847 New York - ) 17 Mar 1879 Page Co, Virginia,
• Martha F. S. SHIFLETT (1863 - Before 1955) George W. MCCAULEY (Aug 1852 – Before 1920) 8 Jun 1882 Rockingham Co, Virginia

Family of Lucretia JOLLETT & Thomas SHIFLETT:

• James William Newton Will SHIFLETT (16 Apr 1873 - 2 Mar 1955 Rockingham Co, Virginia) & m1) Phenie BERRY (1881 – Before 1902) 18 Jul 1901 Rockingham Co, Virginia ; & m2) Sudie Belle LIFE (Jul 1885 – 28 Mar 1950 Rockingham Co, Virginia) 17 Dec 1902 Rockingham Co, Virginia
• John Thomas Sylvester Sell SHIFLETT (19 Oct 1876 Rockingham Co, Virginia - 10 Mar 1958 Rockingham Co, Virginia) & m1) Annie Laura MEADOWS  (1880 – 27 Dec 1898) 13 Dec 1898 Rockingham Co, Virginia ; & m2 ) Margaret JOHNSON (25 Nov 1862 Rockingham Co, Virginia – 27 Dec 1954 Rockingham Co, Virginia) 14 Dec 1901 Rockingham Co, Virginia
• Aaron SHIFLETT (Apr 1891 Rockingham County, Virginia - )

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