Sepia Saturday: On the Road to Bayse

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

This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt features two men engaged in conversation along a stage coach route.  Maybe one needed directions.  Maybe they were stretching their legs.  Regardless of the reason behind this animated conversation, stopping on the side of the road is a common occurrence even among my ancestors. 

Left: maybe Minnie Breeden
Leota Sullivan and  Wesley Breeden

And there they are:   two of the Sullivan sisters (first cousins twice removed) and their brother-in-law Wesley Breeden.  Their reason for pulling over on the side of the road was to enjoy a quick lunch.  Leota (in glasses) was tearing into that sandwich.  Wesley appears to be checking his email, but that was impossible; maybe he was studying a sandwich or seeing if his hands were sticky – it’s not clear what he was doing.  I’m not sure who the other Sullivan sister was.  It should be Minnie, Wesley’s wife, but it’s also possible Minnie was taking the picture.

Eating on the side of the road suggests they anticipated a long ride, probably on an out-of-the-way route with limited dining options.  Fortunately, the photo was dated and captioned:  "On the road to Basie 1924."  And just to confuse matters, it is also dated 1923 – on the same photo!

Wesley and Minnie Breeden

Assuming they were traveling to Bayse (the correct spelling) from their home in Shenandoah, they had to cross a mountain.  Today that ride would take roughly an hour.  But in 1923 or 1924, it was probably longer than that, surely long enough to require a stop on the side of the road to stretch one’s legs and grab a snack. 

What was the draw to Bayse?  Likely it was Orkney Springs, a resort boasting numerous underground mineral springs with healthful qualities.

Orkney Springs
photo courtesy of wikimedia commons

Virginia House Orkney Springs Hotel
photo courtesy wikimedia commons

Most of the original buildings which were constructed in the mid-late 1800s still stand.  In fact, the Orkney Springs Hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  The crowning jewel is the Virginia House, a 4-story hotel with wrap-around porches.  Supposedly it is the largest wooden structure in Virginia dating to the 1870s.

Elsewhere on the property are neatly painted cottages and small hotel-like buildings with names like Maryland House, Pennsylvania House, Williamsburg House, Norfolk House, Arlington House, and Fairfax House.  During the Civil War, Maryland House served as a hospital for Confederate soldiers.

Cottages, Pennsylvania House (3-story)
Virginia House (4-story)
snipped from Google Maps Street View

From its beginnings, the resort advertised heavily in newspapers drawing tourists from throughout the state and beyond, even from New York.  Society columns are filled with the names of respected families who were spending their entire summer at Orkney Springs.

Richmond Times Dispatch April 1923
GenealogyBank.com

Today the hotel is owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia which hosts conferences and retreats and summer camps.  It is also known for the annual Shenandoah Valley Music Festival held on weekends from July to Labor Day. 

Orkney Springs is just as beautiful and well-kept today as when the Sullivans and Breedens saw it in 1923 or 1924. 

Take a ride by stage coach or touring car to Sepia Saturday for lots of animated conversations on this week’s theme.

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Wordless Wednesday: Gone to the Dogs #13

Wordless Wednesday is a daily prompt at Geneabloggers that asks family historians to create a post in which the main focus is a photograph or image.

My granddaddy Fred Slade and his babies

My granddaddy feeding those pups in the beagle kennel

My granddaddy was proud
of his beagles

Counting down the number of photos of dogs in my collection

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52 Ancestors: #40 - Jacob FOLAND

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.

My 4X great-grandfather Jacob FOLAND was the third generation of Folands born in America and the second to be born in Virginia.  Jacob’s great-grandfather Johan Phillip Foland arrived in New York in 1715, at the age of 12.  Nine years later he married Eva Switselaar, also a German immigrant.  While they remained in New York for the rest of their lives, their son Jacob joined the migration of Germans moving south along the east coast.

Before 1755, Jacob and his bride Anna Zufelt settled in Rockingham County, Virginia where they raised their family.  Their son Jacob Valentine Foland was born there in 1756.  Church records for the Rader Lutheran Church suggest the family lived in or near what is now Timberville, Virginia. 

Valentine lived his entire life in Rockingham County, but perhaps it was during the Revolutionary War that he wound up in Frederick, Maryland where he met and married a nice German girl, Anna Christina Schuckmaeninn.  They married in 1775 and raised about 15 children, among them my 4X great-grandfather Jacob. 

Flag from Fort McHenry War of 1812
from wikimedia commons

Jacob was born in February 1786.  At age 19 he married Mary Elizabeth Hinkle, and the two raised thirteen children.  In 1814, Jacob was drafted into the Virginia Militia engaged in “Mr. Madison’s War,” the unpopular War of 1812.  He served as a private under Captain Reuben Moore for 60 days between September 1 and December 1.  How quickly new recruits were sent into battle is not known, but the timing was right for Jacob to have been a part of the defense of Fort McHenry, preventing the British from entering the Baltimore Harbor.  This was the battle that inspired “The Star Spangled Banner” which became our national anthem.

Jacob mustered out at Camp Crossroads near Baltimore, Maryland, and headed back to Rockingham County.

Jacob Foland's discharge from the Virginia Militia

 He qualified for bounty land, but I’m not positive he applied for it.  In fact, the Folands remained in Virginia until sometime after 1835 when the whole clan –except one – took off for Jefferson County, Tennessee.  The lone exception was Helena, my 3X great-grandmother who married William EPPARD in 1835.

The rest of the Folands settled in Tennessee, Indiana, or Missouri.  Jacob died in Tennessee on September 8, 1846.  Fortunately his wife Elizabeth lived long enough to see the Act of February 1871 which granted pensions to widows of servicemen from the War of 1812 based on service alone, provided they had served sixty days and were honorably discharged.  Before then, only those whose husbands had died in service received any pension. 

Elizabeth Foland was 82 when she began jumping through the government’s hoops.  The pension file contains over twenty pages, but the best tidbit is the description of her address: 

Her P.O. is Erie, Roane Co, Tenn, her domicile or place of abode
is on wagon road leading from Kingston to Athens, & 16 miles from Kingston.

Kingston is just west of Knoxville, Tennessee.  If the Folands were alive today, no doubt they would vacation in Gatlinburg and visit the stomping grounds of Dolly Parton in Pigeon Forge. 

THREE GENERATIONS:

Jacob FOLAND ( 14 Feb 1786 Virginia – 08 Sep 1846 Jefferson City, Jefferson, TN ) & Mary Elizabeth HINKLE  (15 May 1789 Virginia – 12 Dec 1876 Jefferson, TN)   Feb 1807 Shenandoah Co, VA

1.  Maria FOLAND ( 1807 Rockingham Co, VA – 1812 Rockingham Co, VA )

2.  Valentine FOLAND ( 20 May 1810 Rockingham Co, VA – 31 Oct 1893 Indianapolis, IN ) & Jane Ann SMITH 07 Mar 1855 Jefferson Co, TN

3.  Nimrod FOLAND ( 13 Dec 1812 Rockingham Co, VA - Before 1850 Jefferson Co, TN ) & m1) Lucretia BAUGHER ( 1814 Rockingham Co, VA – 1840 Jefferson Co, TN)  11 Dec 1834 Rockingham Co, VA ; & m2) Emeline HINKLE 23 Jun 1842 Jefferson Co, TN

4.  Solomon FOLAND ( 1814 Rockingham Co, VA – Before 1900 Indiana ) & Sarah Belle FRANCISCO (1824 – 1905 )  19 Aug 1844 Montgomery Co, OH

5.  Helena FOLAND ( 02 Apr 1818 Rockingham Co, VA – 1880 Page Co, VA ) & William EPPARD ( 1803 Rockingham Co, Va – 24 Feb 1872 Page Co, VA )  24 Dec 1835 Rockingham Co, VA

• Thomas Alfred EPPARD ( 30 Jan 1837 Page Co, VA – 19 Jun 1908 Page Co, VA ) & m1) Mary Jane “Polly” MONGER  (15 Apr 1846 Rockingham Co, VA – 20 Mar 1884 Page Co, VA ) 10 Sep 1865 Rockingham Co, VA ; & m2) Elizbeth HAM (08 May 1846 Page Co, VA – 02 Jan 1903 Page Co, VA ) 08 Apr 1886 Page Co, VA ; & m3) Annie MERICA 14 Nov 1907 Page Co, VA
• George Harvey EPPARD ( Sep 1839 Rockingham Co, VA – 13 Jan 1917 Rockingham Co, VA ) & Segourney F. SHIFLETT (1851 Virginia – 09 Feb 1926 Washington D.C.)  28 May 1870 Rockingham Co, VA
• Sarah Elizabeth “Betty” EPPARD ( 1843 Rockingham Co, VA – 18 Mar 1924 ) & William Lewis BAKER ( 1837 – 13 Apr 1905 ) 24 Sep 1869 Rockingham Co, VA
• William Henry EPPARD ( Jan 1850 Page Co, VA – 14 Aug 1916 Muncie, IN ) & Pamela Ann ROGERS (03 Aug 1848 Rockingham Co, VA – 22 Apr 1939 Page Co, VA )  16 Sep 1867 Page Co, VA

6.  Esau FOLAND ( 1820 Rockingham Co, VA – 1897 Indiana) & Jeanette A. MCDEVITT  01 Jan 1873 Wayne Co, IN

7.  Sarah FOLAND ( 1823 Rockingham Co, VA – 1892 Missouri ) & William J. PUTNAM 18 Sep 1847 Jefferson Co, TN

8.  Henrietta FOLAND ( After 1825 Rockingham Co, Virginia – )

9.  Matilda FOLAND ( 19 Jan 1825 Rockingham Co, VA – 28 Dec 1903 Roane, TN ) & William B. SELLERS  Jan 1852 Jefferson Co, TN

10.  Erasmus FOLAND ( 17 May 1826 Rockingham Co, VA – 29 Dec 1891 Vernon Co, MO ) & m1) Mary Ann TUCKER  (10 Feb 1837 Kentucky – 1878 Vernon Co, MO )  15 Jun 1858 Vernon Co, MO ; & m2) Ida Wentworth ANDERSON ( 29 May 1858 Kentucky – 02 Feb 1927 Vernon Co, MO )

11.  Harriet FOLAND ( 18 Oct 1827 Rockingham Co, VA – 26 Jan 1880 Jefferson Co, TN ) & John SELLERS  Dec 1850 Jefferson Co, TN

12.  William FOLAND ( 1832 Rockingham Co, VA – 1885 Jefferson Co, TN ) & Mary SMITH  17 Jun 1848  Jefferson Co, TN

13.  Jacob FOLAND ( 1833 Rockingham Co, VA – 1925 Vernon Co, MO ) & Sarah Elizabeth JONES  05 Feb 1857 Jefferson Co, TN

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Sepia Saturday: The Boss

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

This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt features the cover of a Saturday Evening Post with suggested themes including magazine covers, packages, and the little guy. 

John C. Holland, about 1919
from album of Helen Killeen Parker
captioned "The Boss"

Clifton and Mae Holland with baby John
probably 1918
Helen captioned this one "They're happy"

No little guy was more welcome to the family than John Clifton Holland.  Born in 1917, he was the first child of my grandaunt Mae Killeen Holland and her husband Clifton; he was also the first grandchild of my great-grandmother Mary Theresa Sheehan Killeen Walsh.

Not only was John the first of the new generation, but also he was no doubt the pet of the entire household of dear sweet Irish aunties.  The little guy was probably fought over and passed around like a special prize, making sure everyone had a turn holding him and posing for pictures.

Helen with John

John's aunts Helen Killeen and Lillie Killeen 

In adulthood, John Holland was anything but “a little guy.”  He was a big man with a huge personality, a character who was larger than life.   And he was a self-made millionaire. 

What was John’s secret of success?  Garbage. 

No, seriously. 

John bought land and created a landfill.  He developed a business to collect, destroy, and process trash.  I guess it’s true:  one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. 

John shared that treasure with lots of charities.  In particular, Toys for Tots was a favorite charity that his children have carried on now that they run the family business.

The Hollands still look out for the little guys.

Please visit the little guys and gals at Sepia Saturday to see what they made of this week’s prompt.

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Wordless Wednesday: Gone to the Dogs #12

Wordless Wednesday is a daily prompt at Geneabloggers that asks family historians to create a post in which the main focus is a photograph or image.

My paternal grandfather Fred Slade
and his precious hunting dogs
probably early to mid 1950s

Looks like a new momma beagle
at Granddaddy's kennel on Jolliff Road
(now Chesapeake, Virginia)

Counting down the number of photos of dogs in my collection

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52 Ancestors: #39 - John FRAZIER

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.

My 4X great grandfather John Frazier was born about 1770 somewhere in Virginia, most likely in a part of Orange County that later became Albemarle County or perhaps Greene.  Land records, birth records, and wills paint a picture of a family criss-crossing county lines, but I think of the Fraziers as Greene County people since the majority of this particular family lived there.

John is the oldest confirmed ancestor of a family that can claim a murderer, abusive husband, community nuisance, war deserter, philanderer, author, loving grandfather, and respected land-owners whose dedication to the land has been memorialized in a trail on the Skyline Drive. 

View of the Shenandoah Valley
from the Frazier Trail on the Skyline Drive, Virginia

An ongoing debate is whether John Frazier was the actual father of son Leland who at various times went by both Frazier and Shiflett.  Leland was born 7 years before John married Lucy Shiflett, leading to a logical argument that he could have been fathered by someone else, especially since he often used Shiflett as his last name.  Yet he also used Frazier with equal frequency. 

When the 1844 indenture between John Frazier and all his children surfaced, researchers thought the debate was over.  The use of the expression “for natural love and affection” in the document implied that John viewed Leland as a son, an equal with the other children, whether he was flesh and blood or not. 

Frazier cabin seen on the Frazier Trail
photo courtesy of Kevin Frazier

So for a couple years now, many Frazier researchers have accepted that Leland was, in fact, John Frazier’s son.  But a new possibility has been discovered in a DAR application.  Quite often the applications contain surprising information, like the names of siblings or children and their spouses.  An Albemarle County patriot named Isaac Hardin had a sister Lucinda who married William Scott and who also married somebody named Shiflett.  The dates are right for Leland to be the child of that marriage.

IF Lucinda “Lucy” Hardin is the same Lucy Shiflett who married John Frazier, the debate has a different conclusion.  Why?  Because Leland’s middle name HARDIN cannot be ignored.  Bestowing the mother’s maiden name as a middle name was a naming trend that often proves useful in family research and is especially illuminating in this one.   While it is most likely true that John Frazier was not Leland’s natural father, he was very much a father to Leland and gave him the same consideration as the legitimate heirs.   

THREE GENERATIONS:

John FRAZIER  ( 1770 – Bef 1850 Greene Co, VA ) & Lucy SHIFLETT  ( 1778 – Aft 1850 Greene Co, VA )  20 Jan 1811 Albemarle, VA

1. Leland Hardin FRAZIER ( 1805 – 1892 Greene Co, VA ) &  m1) Ann Smith MALLORY ( 1806 Orange Co, VA – 1833 Orange Co, VA )  17 May 1827 Orange Co, VA ; & m2) America MALLORY ( 1810 – 1854 Greene Co, VA )  13 Nov 1833 Albemarle, VA ; & m3) Artemissa SHIFLETT ( 1813 – Jun 1890 Greene Co, VA )  05 Nov 1855 Greene Co, VA

Leland and Ann had the following children:

• Dr. Joseph Hardin FRAZIER ( 23 Apr 1828 Orange Co, VA – 01 Jun 1892 Randolph Co, MO) &  Deniza Emmaline EPPERLY  ( 04 Jan 1847 Randolph Co, MO – 07 Dec 1918 )  14 Feb 1864 Randolph County, MO

Leland and America had the following children:

• Huley FRAZIER ( 1836 - )
• Lou FRAZIER ( 1838 - )
• Thomas J. FRAZIER ( 1840 – Abt 1918 ) & m1) Julia Ann FRAZIER ( 1845 Greene Co, VA – Bef 1900 Greene Co, VA ) 04 Jul 1864 Greene Co, VA ; & m2) JENNIE FRAZIER ( 1877 Greene Co, VA – 22 Jan 1961 ) 12 Jun 1900 Greene Co, VA ; & possibly m3) Elizabeth HERRIN
• Barbara FRAZIER ( 02 May 1843 – 03 Aug 1910 ) & Anfield SHIFLETT ( 07 May 1837 – 31 Aug 1906 )  09 Nov 1858 Greene Co, VA

Leland and Artemissa had the following children:

• Columbia FRAZIER ( 1857 - Nov 1884 )  & m1) C. S. SHIFLETT ; & m2) Elvis Sturdivant SHIFLETT (1862 Greene Co, VA – Bef 1900 Greene Co, VA )  07 Apr 1881 Greene Co, VA

2. Nancy Elizabeth FRAZIER (14 Feb 1811 Albemarle Co, VA – 22 Jan 1895 Rockingham Co, VA ) & Burton SHIFLETT ( 1814 Orange County, VA – 22 Oct 1860 Greene Co, VA)  01 Dec 1834 Albemarle, VA

• Ola SHIFLETT ( 1835 –  Before 1850 )
• Jacob Haskell SHIFLETT (About 1836 – Before 08 Oct 1871 ) & Lucretia JOLLETT ( 18 Sep 1838 Rockingham Co, VA – 31 Dec 1911 Rockingham Co,VA )  05 Aug 1858 Page Co, VA
• John Conway SHIFLETT ( 02 Jun 1840 Greene Co, VA – 09 Feb 1917 Albemarle Co, VA ) & m1) Lucretia SHIFLETT  (1846 Greene Co, VA – Before Jul 1880 Greene Co, VA )  07 Dec 1863 Greene Co, VA  ; & m2) Nancy  J. SHIFLETT ( May 1848 - ) ; & m3) Mary D. SHIFLETT ( 1849 – 1924 ) 28 Jul 1880 Greene Co, VA 
• Lucy Ann SHIFLETT ( 1843 Greene Co, VA - 1884 Greene Co, VA ) & James Franklin JOLLETT ( 17 Nov 1836 Rockingham Co, VA – 03 Jun 1930 Augusta Co, VA )  12 Nov 1859 Greene Co, VA
• Francis M. SHIFLETT ( 1844 Greene Co, VA - )
• Jeremiah SHIFLETT ( 1847 Greene Co, VA - )
• Nancy Frances SHIFLETT ( 1849 Greene Co, VA – 1926 Fairfax, VA ) & William Gordon MORRIS JR.  (1851 Greene Co, VA – Before 1900 Greene Co, VA ) 20 Sep 1872 Greene Co, VA
• Susan Clementine SHIFLETT ( 22 Jun 1851 Greene Co, VA – 29 Dec 1928 Greene Co, VA )  & George Austin MORRIS  (06 Apr 1848 Greene Co, VA – 14 Nov 1934 Greene Co, VA )  12 Dec 1870 Greene Co, VA
• Victoria SHIFLETT ( Mar 1854 Greene Co, VA – Before 1930 ) & Ambrose VERNON 26 Dec 1875 Greene Co, VA
• George W. SHIFLETT ( 20 Apr 1856 Greene Co, VA - )
• Unnamed male SHIFLETT ( 1857 Greene Co, VA – 10 Mar 1857 Greene Co, VA )

3. Keziah FRAZIER ( 1812 Albemarle Co, VA – 08 Oct 1855 Greene Co, VA ) & Lively MORRIS (1812 – Abt 1890 Greene Co, VA )  27 Nov 1838 Greene County, VA

• Leland Y. MORRIS ( 1840 – )
• Susan MORRIS ( May 1842 Greene Co, VA – 21 Aug 1916 Elkton, Rockingham Co, VA ) & Charles W. HERRING ( 1839 – Aft 1910 Greene Co, VA )  14 Mar 1867 Greene Co, VA
• Noah Jackson MORRIS ( 12 Aug 1842 Greene Co, VA – 14 Jan 1928 Greene Co, VA ) & Rachel MORRIS (09 May 1845 Greene Co, VA – Nov 1932 Greene Co,  VA )  25 Jan 1866 Greene Co, VA
• Durrett MORRIS ( 1844 – 1898 Rockingham Co, VA ) & Sarah CRAWFORD  ( 1851 Rockingham Co, VA – 1926 )  07 Feb 1867 Rockingham Co, VA
• Mary Ann “Polly” MORRIS ( 1847 Greene Co, VA – 1945 Rockingham Co, VA ) & Valentine ROACH  ( 1841 Rockingham Co, VA – Aft 1920 Greene Co, VA )  04 Nov 1865 in Greene County, VA
• George Fountain MORRIS ( Oct 1848 Greene Co, VA - ) & m1) Kitty Margarette SHIFLETT ( 1850 Greene Co, VA – Nov 1892 Greene Co, VA )  28 Dec 1869 Greene Co, VA ; & m2) Drucilla FRAZIER  ( 1850 – ) 15 May 1894 Rockingham Co, VA
• Nancy Frances MORRIS ( May 1852 Greene Co, VA – 07 Oct 1935 Greene Co, VA ) & m1) John Elzie SHIFFLET  ( 16 Mar 1849 Greene Co, VA – 21 Mar 1922 Albemarle Co, VA ) 20 Jan 1870 Greene Co, VA ; & m2) Austin Jackson FRAZIER ( Jun 1855 Albemarle Co, VA – Dec 1921 Greene Co, VA )  02 Mar 1876 Greene Co, VA
• Sarah Elizabaeth MORRIS ( 1853 Greene Co, VA – Aft 1930 Greene Co, VA ) & George Nathaniel MORRIS  (Aug 1850 Greene Co, VA – 1918 Greene Co, VA )  28 Sep 1871 Greene Co, VA
• Kesiah Jane MORRIS  (1854 Greene Co, VA – 07 Dec 1915 Greene Co, VA ) & Henry C. KEYTON / KEATON ( 1853 Albemarle Co, VA – Abt 1898 )  29 Dec 1874 Greene, VA

4. Michael P. “Miley” FRAZIER  ( Feb 1814 – Before 1910 Albemarle Co, VA ) & Virenda Jane SHIFLETT ( 1821 Orange County, VA – Bef.  1900 Greene Co, VA )  14 Jul 1844 Greene Co, VA

• Julia Ann FRAZIER ( 1845 Greene Co, VA – Bef. 1900 Greene Co, VA) & Thomas J. FRAZIER (1840 – 1918) 04 Jul 1864 Greene Co, VA
• John T. FRAZIER ( 1847 Greene Co, VA – 1860 )
• Henry Timber FRAZIER ( 12 Aug 1849 Greene Co, VA - 12 Feb 1931 Greene Co, VA ) & Eliza Susan LAWSON ( Oct 1857 Rockingham Co, VA - )  03 Jan 1874 Rockingham Co, VA
• Jacob Emanuel FRAZIER ( 1851 – 1920 ) & Frances Jane MORRIS ( - Bef. 1920 ) 26 Dec 1883 Greene Co, VA
• Austin Jackson FRAZIER ( Jun 1855 Albemarle Co, VA - Dec 1921 Greene Co, VA ) & Nancy Frances MORRIS ( May 1852 Greene Co, VA - )  02 Mar 1876 Greene Co, VA
• J. M. FRAZIER ( 1859 Albemarle Co, VA - )
• Polly Jane FRAZIER ( 1862 Greene Co, VA -  09 Apr 1936 Greene Co, VA ) & Elvis Sturdivant SHIFLETT ( 1862 Greene Co, VA  – Bef. 1900 Greene Co, VA )  07 Jun 1885 Greene Co, VA
• George Dallas FRAZIER ( May 1866 Greene Co, VA - 13 Sep 1949 ) & Pauline Ann “Polly” MORRIS ( 1862 Greene Co, VA – After 1930 )  21 Oct 1886 Greene Co, VA

5. John Harris FRAZIER ( 1815 Virginia – Aft 1880 ) & Mary J. MORRIS ( 1817 – Bef 1860 ) 05 Apr 1836 Albemarle Co, VA

• William Andrew FRAZIER ( 02 Apr 1838 Rockingham Co, VA – 30 Dec 1891 Harrison, OH ) & Esther SNYDER (23 Oct 1840 Ohio – 17 Feb 1885 Harrison, OH )  24 Mar 1858 Scioto, OH
• John Elvis FRAZIER ( 15 Apr 1839 Rockingham Co, VA – 06 Nov 1924 Crawford, Kansas) &  Mary Ann Catherine MITCHEM (20 Nov 1840 Pike, Fulton, OH – 04 Feb 1917 Cherokee, OK )  07 Feb 1859 Jeffersonville, Fayette, OH
• Jacob FRAZIER ( 1841 Rockingham Co, VA – )
• Alfred FRAZIER ( 1843 Rockingham Co, VA – )
• Mary FRAZIER ( 1845 Rockingham Co, VA – )
• Leannah FRAZIER ( 1847 Rockingham Co, VA – )

6. William Thomas FRAZIER ( 1817 Madison Co, VA – 16 Dec 1860 Page Co, VA ) & Ardena MORRIS ( 1817 Orange Co, VA – Aft 1880 Page Co, VA ) 01 Jan 1841 Greene Co, VA

• Elias FRAZIER ( 1841 Greene Co, VA – 1864 Page Co, VA )
• William S. “Todd” FRAZIER  ( 1843 Greene Co, VA – 1888 Page Co, VA ) & Mary Jane KITE ( Dec 1847 Page Co, Va – 05 Jul 1919 Page Co, VA )  26 Feb 1874 Page Co, VA
• Joseph H. FRAZIER ( Oct 1848 Page Co, VA – 26 Jun 1923 Page Co, VA )
• James  F. FRAZIER ( 1849 Page Co, VA – )
• Jeremiah FRAZIER ( Mar 1852 Page Co, VA – 21 Nov 1906 Page Co, VA ) & Sarah MCDANIEL (1851 – 15 Feb 1924 Page Co, VA )
• Francis Catherine “Fannie” FRAZIER ( 02 May 1857 Page Co, VA – 02 Jul 1912 Page Co, VA ) & William MCDANIEL ( 11 May 1847 – 21 Aug 1921 Page Co, VA )  06 Oct 1871 Rockingham Co, VA

7. Shadrack FRAZIER ( 1820 – Aft 1880 Page Co, VA ) & Naomi DEAN  (1828 – 24 Oct 1860 Page Co, VA ) 13 Sep 1847 Albemarle Co, VA

• John Mordichai FRAZIER ( 04 Aug 1848 – 08 Apr 1916 Rockingham Co, VA ) & m1) Sarah C. DOVEL (13 Jul 1861 Rockingham Co, VA – 09 Jun 1907 Rockingham Co, VA ) ; & m2) Annie BURKETT (15 Oct 1874 Rockingham Co, VA – 06 Jan 1948 in Harrisonburg, VA )  1913
• James K. Polk FRAZIER  (15 Nov 1849 Rockingham Co, VA – 10 Oct 1919 Rockingham Co, VA ) & Josephine Catora STOVER (01 Jun 1860 – 13 Jun 1931 Rockingham Co, VA ) 07 Feb 1878 Rockingham Co, VA
• William F. FRAZIER ( 1851 Rockingham Co, VA – 09 Aug 1885 Rockingham Co, VA ) & Drucelia MORRIS  ( 1847 Greene Co, VA –  )  05 Nov 1872 Greene Co, VA
• Sarah A. Miriam FRAZIER ( 1853 Rockingham Co, VA – ) & John F. SHIFLETT  (1831 Albemarle Co, VA – Bef 1900 )  26 Jul 1873 in Greene Co, VA
• Shadrach P. FRAZIER ( 1854 Page Co, VA – 1923 Page Co, VA )
• Nancy E. FRAZIER ( 1857 Page Co, VA – )

8. Merry/Murray Walker FRAZIER  ( 1822 Albemarle Co, VA – Aug 1887 Greene Co, VA ) & Mariah KEATON  ( 1836 Albemarle Co, VA – Aft 1900 Greene Co, VA )  13 Oct 1881 Greene Co, VA

• Delilah S. FRAZIER ( 1865 Greene Co, VA – Sep 1894 ) & John W. L. SHIFLETT  ( 1866 – )  09 Dec 1888 in Greene Co, VA
• Benjamin R. FRAZIER ( 1866 Greene Co, VA – ) & Cary F. SHIFLETT ( 1867 Greene Co, VA – )   16 Jun 1889 Greene Co, VA
• William H. FRAZIER ( 1868 Greene Co, VA – )
• Mariah FRAZIER ( 1869 Greene Co, VA – )
• Louisa J. FRAZIER ( 1871 Greene Co, VA – )
• James E. FRAZIER ( 1874 Greene Co, VA – ) & Mollie JOHNSON ( 1878 Greene Co, VA – ) 01 Aug 1895 Greene Co, VA
• Furry Lee FRAZIER ( 1876 Greene Co, VA – )
• Jennie FRAZIER ( 1877 Greene Co, VA – 22 Jan 1961 ) & Thomas J. FRAZIER  ( 1840 – Abt 1918 ) 12 Jun 1900 Greene Co, VA
• George M. FRAZIER ( 1878 Greene Co, VA – )
• Almira FRAZIER ( 1884 Greene Co, VA – )  & Andrew J. CRAWFORD 12 Feb 1902 Greene Co, VA

9. Susan Frances FRAZIER ( 1824 – 1880 in Page Co, VA ) & Pleasant MORRIS ( 1823 – 1865 Page Co, VA )  02 Dec 1845 Greene Co, VA

• Eliza MORRIS  (1847 Greene Co, VA – )
• Rebecca MORRIS  (1849 Greene Co, VA – )
• Ella Frances MORRIS (1851 Page Co, VA – 04 May 1914 Albemarle Co, VA ) & John Elsie SHIFLETT (16 Mar 1849 – 21 Mar 1922 Albemarle Co, VA )  15 Dec 1878 Page Co, VA
• Pleasant G. MORRIS ( 12 Jan 1854 Page Co, VA – 11 Nov 1929 ) & Mary J. BLACK ( 1852 Greene Co, VA – )  02 Oct 1881 Greene Co, VA
• Amanda E. MORRIS (1856 Page Co, VA – After 1900 ) & James Hiden SHIFLETT  (About 1856 Greene Co, VA – About 1927 Albemarle Co, VA )  15 Jan 1880 Page Co, VA
• James F. MORRIS ( 1858 Page Co, VA - Before 1870 Page Co, VA )

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Sepia Saturday: The Last Person on Earth

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

This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt focuses on the motorcycle and its riders, but the tent reminds me of some photos that need a little explanation.  I just wish I had one – an explanation, that is.

A camping trip
about 1922 or 1923

The evidence that my grandaunt Violetta Davis Ryan ever went camping is preserved in her photo album.  If you knew Violetta like I knew Violetta, you’d agree that she is the last person on earth who would ever fit the camper profile.  She focused on good education, culture, owning “nice things” (like her pink Cadillac) and obtaining financial success and independence.  

Even in college she was the cerebral type: a member of Le Cercle Français and the High School Club (for students planning to teach on the high school level).

Violetta is fourth from the right
from the 1923 School Ma'am
yearbook of the State Normal School at Harrisonburg, VA

Violetta on the back row with the green arrow
from the 1923 School Ma'am
yearbook of the State Normal School at Harrisonburg, VA

While the notes beneath her graduation picture make Violetta seem at least a bit athletic, membership in the Athletic Association and YWCA was automatic for ALL students.  There are no signs that she ever joined an intramural sport.

But camp she did.  It is not likely the camping trips were even school related since they were clearly co-ed while the teachers college was not.  Maybe this was a typical outing for groups of young people in the days before sports bars and frat parties. 

The most interesting photo though is this one. 

Double exposure?

At first glance it appears to be a group photo of friends in two rows – but look closely. 

Be a good pillion passenger and ride with me to Sepia Saturday for more stories and old photos.

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