PETTWAY Vira L.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Vera
• Name: Bunnie

Notes:

Hi Gene...I'm going to attach some pictures that may interest you. Let me know if you get these...
:-) Mary Anne Perdue
(gg granddaughter of James Heborn Temple)

The first two show James H and Vira L. Pettway (I have always wondered what the "L" stands for and can't find anything. I did find that her nickname was "Bunny". Never knew that before!! :-) I met Vira when I was about 3-4 yrs old when my family visited the Temple farm in Disputanta, VA. I remember the fireplace...the fact that my 5 or 6 yr. old older brother found an egg that one of the hens laid and she cooked it for his breakfast...and the old pump organ which my mother played for "Miss Vira and Miss Ada".
In the third picture, which I cropped from a "long" pic, you see what I believe would be the Pettway sisters. I don't know who the first one is...but she could be the oldest one, Ella Jane? Not sure...she died in 1937. I'm not sure when this picture was taken. James H died in 1944, so this is well prior to that date. Second from left is Mary Alice Pettway Beck (married to Henry Leonard Beck), then Vira and James H Temple, and finally Ada Pettway (never married)

Mary Beck was the daughter of Mary Alice and Henry L. Beck. I believe that may be her in the last part of the cropped picture (#4) with her husband Herbert Franklin Bishop. Another family member (Beck) looked at the pictures as we were in touch with genealogy and she "guessed" that he was Herbert Franklin Bishop. Since Mary Beck Bishop didn't die until 1947, that could well be her with him there. (since I know that this had to be well prior to 1944 when James H passed away)

#5 - Ada, Vira, and James Heborn Temple. Notice the faint shadow/silhouette of the mule just behind the "young" James H.
#6 - A younger picture of Vira and James H in front of the old Temple farmhouse.

#7 - Temple farmhouse
#8 - Temple farmhouse with a later picture of it -- my Daddy is on the left as you look at the picture -- with a friend, Everett Stallings, and his beloved dog, "Flash". Daddy lived on the Temple farm from age 12 - 17 or so...

Hope you enjoy these! If you have any Pettway/Beck family pics, I'd love to see them!!

Vira married TEMPLE James Heborn on 3 Mar 1917 in Prince George County, VA. James (son of TEMPLE Joel M. and TEMPLE Dora M. --LNU--) was born on 1 May 1871 in VA; died on 27 Nov 1944; was buried in Petersburg, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Name: James H. Temple Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Age: 46 Birth Date: 1871 Birth Place: PR. Geo. Co VA Marriage Date: 3 Mar 1917 Marriage Place: PR. Geo. VA Father: Joel M. Mother: Dora M. Spouse: Vira L. Pettway FHL Film Number: 2048470 Reference ID: Pr. Geo. Image 589

1. TEMPLE Blanche was born cal 1904; and died.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Confederate Veteran

Notes:

Buried at their homeplace (unknown location) in Prince George. He was a confederate veteran

James married SMITH Mary R.. Mary (daughter of SMITH Joseph and NORTHINGTON Martha Jane) was born on 5 Feb 1852 in Prince George County, VA; died on 30 Sep 1911 in Prince George County, VA; was buried in Prince George County, VA (Family Homeplace). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Molly
• Name: Molly

Notes:

1830 United States Federal Census
about Joel Pettway
Name:      Joel Pettway     
Home in 1830:      , Sussex, Virginia View Map     
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:      1     
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:      2     
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:      1     
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:      1     
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35:      1     
Free White Persons - Under 20:      2     
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:      2     
Total Free White Persons:      4     
Total Slaves:      2     
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):      6     


1840 United States Federal Census
about Jael R Pettaway Name: Jael R Pettaway
[Joel R Pettway]
County: Sussex
State: Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 8
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 3
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total Slaves: 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8

Joel married PETTWAY Ella (Emma) Jane --Unknown--. Ella and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

They came to the Petersburg area from Shippenburg, Pa (N40° 03.010' W77° 31.184') most likely in the early 1850s, when they were relatively young people, perhaps newly weds. They were most likely born in the 1830s. He was involved in railroad construction, having had a part in the building of the Shippenburg, Chambersburg (N39° 56.231' W77° 39.672' ) lines in Pa, before coming to Virginia.

They were the parents of 4 daughters, who were most likely all born after they came to Virginia.

Joseph married NORTHINGTON Martha Jane. Martha was born in 1823; died before 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1880, Prince George County, VA; Seamtress

Notes:

Occupation:
Living with James and Mary Smith Pettaway