Col. BOOTH Samuel

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived(s) In: Owens Grove, Sussex County, Va; Owens Grove
• Medical: Cancer of the neck
• Property: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Snow Hill
• Reference Number: 176
• Religion: Carsley Methodist Church
• Military: 18 May 1814, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Private, War of 1812
• Military: 1827, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Promoted to Lt. in the Surry Militia
• Military: 1828, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Promoted to Captain in the Surry County Militia
• Residence: 1830, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Started Building Snow Hill
• Military: 14 May 1835, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Lt. Col., Virginia Militia
• Political Office: 1836, Surry County, VA; County Corresponding Committee
• Residence: 1836, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Snow Hill Finished
• Court: 1839, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Deputy Sheriff
• Census: 9 Jul 1870, Wakefield Township, Sussex County, VA; 1870 census
• Medical: 1874; Paralysis
• Occupation: 1805-1875, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Planter
• Alt. Death: 20 Feb 1876

Notes:

Samuel Booth was a middle class Tidewater Virginia planter who owned 500 acres of farmland eleven miles southwest of the Jams River in Surry County. His father, Beverly Booth, was a Revolutionary War veteran, a farmer, and a Baptist minister who brought his wife and several young children from Southampton to Surry, probably in 1791, and became pastor of the Otterdam Baptist Church. The Rev. Booth had been a part-time pastor of Sea Cock Baptist Church in Southampton until 1791, when he became ordained, and moved to Surry for a church and congregation of his own. (See John Asplundt's Annual Register of the Baptist Denomination in North America to the year 1791, Richmond (?), 1791). Around 1816 Beverly Booth went to Petersburg, Virginia, where he was instrumental in starting the Cypress Swamp Baptist Church. One of his sons, Robert, moved to Georgia in 1814.

Samuel Booth was born in Surry in 1794, probably attended a local school taught by a member of his father's congregation, and followed the most likely livelihood available to a young man of his upbringing--that of farming. He probably enlisted in the Surry County Militia at an early age, was commissioned a lieutenant in 1827, and was promoted to Captain in the following year (see appendix L). Although all records for the Surry County Militia between 1830 and 1840 have been destroyed, he was most likely promoted to Colonel in the early part at the decade. His obituary (died January 20, 1876) refers to him as Colonel, and his grandchildren, alive as late as 1956, fondly referred to him as "Colonel Sam". Nonetheless when Surry's post 1840 records are surveyed, no mention is made of his name, and it is likely that he retired in order to devote full time to the construction of his home and the development of his plantation.

As a look at the Surry County land Books will attest, Samuel Booth apparently took a fancy to occasionally dabbling in real estate., and by the mid 1830's owned considerable property, some of which he sold, and some of which formed the basis for his plantation. Construction of his house was undertaken on a 172 1/2 acre tract of land, probably in the fall of 1836, and was completed at a cost of $1380, according to the Surry County land Books for the year 1837. As Surry's "Personal Property Tax Books for 1837" note, Samuel Booth was assessed for "20 slaves. 9 horses, and a riding gig valued at $75" during the year "Snow Hill was constructed. When the relatively low cost of the structure is considered, it is reasonable to assume that the slaves played an important role in its construction: felling trees, sawing, hewing, and joining timbers for the frame, and making bricks. Yet, a professional house wright undoubtedly oversaw the over-all construction. Another house, known as "Oak Hill" and situated on Virginia Route 31 between Surry Court House and Scotland Wharf, was undoubtedly built by the same man, and is very similar in plan, detail, and brickwork. Surry County's Land Books for 1840 show that in 1839 additional expenditures amounting to $615. 75 went toward construction, probably dependencies.

According to Booth family tradition, a difficult winter during the construction of the house resulted in the name "Snow Hill", but the earliest documented use of the title is to be found in the 1859 deed of sale transferring the plantation from Samuel Booth to William H. Rood of Southampton. (Surry County Deed Book 14, page (See appendix F).

By 1852, "Snow Hill" had grown to include various adjoining parcels of land containing a. total of exactly 500 acres. Samuel's wife died later in the decade and, with his children grown, he sold the house and surrounding land in 1859 for the sum of $4500. He married a widow from adjoining Sussex County, and went to live with her on the farm she had inherited from her deceased husband.

William H. Hood held the property from 1859 until 1875, when the outcome of a court case decreed the land be sold, and it was purchased by Samuel Booth's son, Binns Beverly Booth, who promptly moved in with his family. Just prior to the death of Binns Beverly Booth, he sold the house and two hundred acres to his son Samuel Peter Booth, a bachelor. "Sam Pete ", as he was known, remained in the house until incapacitated in 1930, at which point he went to live with his nephew, John Leo Wilcox, of Waverly, and later to a nursing home. Tenants inhabited the house from 1930 onward, and "Sam Pete" Booth, upon his death willed the house in 1933, to his nephew.

C.      GRAVEYARD: Persons buried in the graveyard at Snow Hill:
A.      Col. Samuel Booth and his wife (no gravestone remains)
B.      Sarah Ellis Booth (no gravestone remains)
C.      Georgianna Booth James (no gravestone remains)
Note: Her husband, Dr. Richard Henry James, was an alcoholic who abandoned his wife. When he died, the Booth's refused to let him be buried next to his wife, and he was interred on a nearby farm owned by the Rogers family.

A.      Binns Beverly Booth
B.      Elizabeth Bingham Baird Booth (his wife)
(The issue of D & E above are F, G, H)

A.      Elizabeth (Nannie) Bell Booth, infant daughter died during the 1880's (no gravestone remains)
B.      Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885 or 95
C.      Virginia Frances Booth Parsons (no gravestone remains)
D.      Dallas Parsons, her husband. (no gravestone remains)

J.      Also buried in the graveyard, (no gravestone remains), are 2 children of Joseph Booth (son of Capt. David Booth). Neither ever married, both lived into old age, an they supposedly lived together in Dendron, Surry County, Virginia. Marie Baird attended their funerals during the 1920's, but she is not sure of the exact date. Their names were Agnes Booth and Patrick Booth (no gravestone remains).



There is a Booth Fork in Surry County about 2 miles Northeast of the Lightfoot Swamp. It is where St. Rt. 617 & 612 cross. There is also an Ellis Fork about a mile east of Booth Fork that may be named after Sally Ellis' father. DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN SUSSEX COUNTY THE OBIT GIVES HIS AGE AS 'nigh on to Ninety years of age' He was a Captain of the Home Guards at the time of the War Between the States ( Mary Pulley-Granddaughter) By the way Col. Samuel picture came from a gold locket the locket had a daguerreotype photo that was enlarged. From Kathleen Baird: On May 18, 1814 he was drafted at Petersburg for six (6) months of military service during the War of 1812. Samuel served as a private in Capt. Edward Prescud's (spelling?) Company of Infantry, Virginia Militia, from the 39th Regiment in the County of Dinwiddie. He was discharged in Norfolk om Oct 18,1814 after 5 months of service because of sickness. In April of 1839 he was appointed deputy sheriff. David Booth was the sheriff. He was commissioned a Lt. Col., on May 14, 1835 in the 71st Regiment of Infantry, 8th Brigade, 4th Division of the Virginia Militia (hence the title Col. Sam). He served in the Surry County Militia between 1835 and 1840. Samuel applied for bounty land in January of 1851. Mary applied for a pension in June of 1878 and said that as far as she was able to give it that at the time of his enlistment he was about 5 feet 10 inches tall, grey eyes, dark hair, fair and rosy complexion. The application was approved in April 1879 for a rate of eight dollars per month, commencing March 1878. Mary died July 5, 1891 Sources: Petersburg, Prince George and Surry Courthouses and family bible of Kathleen Baird. Another source list his marriage to Sarah Ellis as 12-23-1817 (per Kathleen Baird)



Index to the War of 1812 Pay Rolls & Muster Rolls: CATALOG CARD
NAME Booth, Samuel.
Muster Rolls, p.588
NOTE Part of index to: Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under
the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850 (Richmond, 1851) and: Muster Rolls
of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812 (Richmond, 1852) which
supplements Pay Rolls. This collection is also available on microfilm.
SUBJECT United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Registers.
COLLECTION War of 1812 pay rolls and muster rolls.

Henley Marriage & Obituary Database: CATALOG CARD NEWSPAPER Farmville Mercury, and official advertiser for Prince Edward, Cumberland, Buckingham, Appomattox and neighboring counties ENTRY Died- At his residence in Sussex County, Col. Samuel Booth, father of P. H. Booth of Petersburg. (Petersburg Index - Appeal). (p. 3, c. 2) DATE OF PUB. Thursday, January 27, 1876. FILM NO. Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 36). NOTE From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. SUBJECT Obituaries -- Virginia. SUBJECT Farmville (Va.) SUBJECT Buckingham County (Va.) SUBJECT Appomattox County (Va.) SUBJECT Cumberland County (Va.) ADDED ENTRY Henley, Bernard J. (Bernard John) COLLECTION Bernard J. Henley papers.

1870 Census roll 1680, section M-593, pg. 24: Wakefield Twp, Sussex, Cty, Va age: 75 yoa Owned & Built Snow Hill Plantation in 1835

Henley Marriage & Obituary Database: CATALOG CARD NEWSPAPER Farmville Mercury, and official advertiser for Prince Edward, Cumberland, Buckingham, Appomattox and neighboring counties ENTRY Died- At his residence in Sussex County, Col. Samuel Booth, father of P. H. Booth of Petersburg. (Petersburg Index - Appeal). (p. 3, c. 2) DATE OF PUB. Thursday, January 27, 1876. FILM NO. Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 36). NOTE From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. SUBJECT Obituaries -- Virginia. SUBJECT Farmville (Va.) SUBJECT Buckingham County (Va.) SUBJECT Appomattox County (Va.) SUBJECT Cumberland County (Va.) ADDED ENTRY Henley, Bernard J. (Bernard John) COLLECTION Bernard J. Henley papers.

Hi Gene,

I'll give you a call early next week after we recover from all the turkey. It's a little hectic here now.

I know of only two marriages of Samuel Booth. In 1817 he married Sarah Ellis and on Dec. 22, 1859 he married Mary Eliza Tatum Owen of Wakefield. He moved into her house and lived there until he died 1876. Mary died in 1891.

The Jean Johnson that you mentioned, does she live on 40 across from Snow Hill?

Lonnie Baird L Baird Jr. [l.bairdjr@worldnet.att.net]

gene, I hope this isn't disappointing; i am looking at many pensions from slaves who served in a couple of regiments i am studying. One pension of a man named "ROBERT GREEN"-- (this may be a changed name as many slaves took on other names after emancipation). In one of the affadavits, Robert's sister mentions that before the war, Robert worked on Snow Hill with Col. Booth: "He was botn in [Snory???] County, VA, lived with Col. Booth before the war, at Snow Hill. Col. Booth is dead." Robert Green had a light complexion and apparently had a white father--who this father was i have no idea; I am assuming that this means that he had a slave mother. In late 1863 Green fled to Norfolk at the "Fairgrounds" and enlisted in the Second US Colored Cavalry (Company A). He married a woman from Norfolk right after the war but she apparently lost her mind; he later married again but got in trouble when he impregnated the teen-age niece of his second wife. I am interested if you know of anything concerning the Booth family, esp. Samuel Booth concerning the Civil War; did any of them join? lose their land, slaves, etc.? thanks mike degruccio michael degruccio [degruccio.1@nd.edu]

Title: Family Bible
Page: http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/BibleII/37939/0020.tif
Source Text: Samuel Booth son of Rev. Beverly Booth departed this life Thursday January 20th at two o'clock in the morning 1876 in the eighty first year of his age

Title: 1850 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Entry Date: July 26, 1850
Source Text: Samuel Booth: 55 years old Farmer Value of Real Estate: 7000 Born in Virginia Sally Booth: 53 years old Born in Virginia Children at home: Binns B. Booth (16); Georgianna Booth (12)

1870 Census roll 1680, section M-593, pg. 24:. Wakefield Twp, Sussex, Cty, Va age: 75 yoa. Owned & Built Snow Hill Plantation in 1835. Marriage to Sally Ellis was witness by David Booth.
The following info may be of help later: There appears to be some discrepancy about Samuel's second marriage. On 10-18-07 Kernneth Coker said to Jean Johnson that Colonel Samuel Booth married the second time in 1861 to Mary Elizabeth Tatum Owen "The widow Owen" and they lived near Wakefield. Jenny Barrett Nicholson's husbands grandfather, Peter Holmes was in that family??
Dtd: 4 Jun 90

Title Booth, Col. Samuel, died, Sussex County. Note Petersburg Index and Appeal (Petersburg, Va. : Daily) (Film 106). Note January 21, 1876, page 3, column 1. Other Format Available on microfilm from the Library of Virginia.

According to Mary Pulley, his grand-daughter (living in Ivor in 1936), Col. Sam was a Cartain in the Home Guards at the time of the War Between the States.

(Medical):Obituary says he had cancer on the neck, of which he died.
Paralysis for 2 years prior to death

Lived(s) In:
Lived their with the Owens wife and died there

Medical:
Obituary says he had cancer on the neck, of which he died

Property:
SNOW HILL
Now owned by Peter Post of Richmond, VA, the house Snow Hill, located about five miles East of Waverly on Route 40, was built in 1836 by Samuel Booth. He was a farmer and a colonel in the Surry County Militia between 1835 and 1840. It was later inhabited by his children and grandchildren. Samuel Booth's father, Beverly Booth, was a Revolutionary War veteran who served October 1776 - September 1781. He first moved to Surry County just across the Blackwater River by the Otterdam Swamp in 1794 and had built his home approximately a mile from the Snow Hill location. He was also a farmer and Baptist preacher whose small church originally stood within sight of the house Snow Hill.
Snow Hill is located directly across the road from 1900 Martin Luther King Highway. Plans are being made to restore this historic house.

Religion:
A zealous and esteemed member for about 50 years ... W.E.Allen, Surry Methodist Circuit

Military:
On May 18, 1814 he was drafted at Petersburg for six (6) months of military service during the War of 1812. Samuel served as a private in Capt. Edward Prescud's (spelling?) Company of Infantry, Virginia Militia, from the 39th Regiment in the County of Dinwiddie. He was discharged in Norfolk om Oct 18,1814 after 5 months of service because of sickness.

View of Record: War of 1812 Pay Roll
Title: Booth, Samuel.          
Gen. noteMuster Rolls, p.588          
NotePart of index to: Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850 (Richmond, 1851) and: Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812 (Richmond, 1852) which supplements Pay Rolls. This collection is also available on microfilm.          
NoteWar of 1812 pay rolls and muster rolls.          
Subject - PersonalBooth, Samuel.          
Subject -GeographicUnited States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Registers.          




Military:
Booth served as a captain in the Surry County Militia and later as a lieutenant colonel of the 71st Regiment of the Virginia Militia. (Va. Historical Landmark Commission documents)

Residence:


SNOW HILL

HOME OF COLONEL SAMUEL BOOTH

OTTERDAM AREA, SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA



"SNOW HILL"
HOME OF COLONEL SAMUEL BOOTH
OTTERDAM AREA, SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA


Location:      Northwest side of Virginia Route 4o~ .55 mile travelling east from the bridge over the Otterdam Swamp, Surry County, Virginia.
              
               Latitude:      37° 05' 25"
               Longitude:      77° 02' 55"




Present
Owners:           Mrs. John Leo Wilcox, Waverly, Virginia
               Mrs. Rosalie W. Priddy, Ashland, Virginia


Statement of
Significance:      This is a typical Tidewater Virginia plantation house of the pre-Civil War era. Constructed in 1836, it is a five bay, central hall, single pile structure of two and one half stories, and exhibits characteristics of the late eighteenth century which remained prevalent in rural southeastern Virginia well into the nineteenth century.



PART I: HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Samuel Booth was a middle class Tidewater Virginia planter who owned 500 acres of farmland eleven miles southwest of the Jams River in Surry County. His father, Beverly Booth, was a Revolutionary War veteran, a farmer, and a Baptist minister who brought his wife and several young children from Southampton to Surry, probably in 1791, and became pastor of the Otterdam Baptist Church. The Rev. Booth had been a part-time pastor of Sea Cock Baptist Church in Southampton until 1791, when he became ordained, and moved to Surry for a church and congregation of his own. (See John Asplundt's Annual Register of the Baptist Denomination in North America to the year 1791, Richmond (?), 1791). Around 1816 Beverly Booth went to Petersburg, Virginia, where he was instrumental in starting the Cypress Swamp Baptist Church. One of his sons, Robert, moved to Georgia in 1814.

Samuel. Booth was born in Surry in 1794, probably attended a local school taught by a member of his father's congregation, and followed the most likely livelihood available to a young man of his upbringing--that of farming. He probably enlisted in the Surry County Militia at an early age, was commissioned a lieutenant in 1827, and was promoted to Captain in the following year (see appendix L). Although all records for the Surry County Militia between 1830 and 1840 have been destroyed, he was most likely promoted to Colonel in the early part at the decade. His obituary (died January 20, 1876) refers to him as Colonel, and his grandchildren, alive as late as 1956, fondly referred to him as "Colonel Sam". Nonetheless when Surry's post 1840 records are surveyed, no mention is made of his name, and it is likely that he retired in order to devote full time to the construction of his home and the development of his plantation.

As a look at the Surry County land Books will attest, Samuel Booth apparently took a fancy to occasionally dabbling in real estate., and by the mid 1830's owned considerable property, some of which he sold, and some of which formed the basis for his plantation. Construction of his house was undertaken on a 172 1/2 acre tract of land, probably in the fall of 1836, and was completed at a cost of $1380, according to the Surry County land Books for the year 1837. As Surry's "Personal Property Tax Books for 1837" note, Samuel Booth was assessed for "20 slaves. 9 horses, and a riding gig valued at $75" during the year "Snow Hill was constructed. When the relatively low cost of the structure is considered, it is reasonable to assume that the slaves played an important role in its construction: felling trees, sawing, hewing, and joining timbers for the frame, and making bricks. Yet, a professional house wright undoubtedly oversaw the over-all construction. Another house, known as "Oak Hill" and situated on Virginia Route 31 between Surry Court House and Scotland Wharf, was undoubtedly built by the same man, and is very similar in plan, detail, and brickwork. Surry County's Land Books for 1840 show that in 1839 additional expenditures amounting to $615. 75 went toward construction, probably dependencies.

According to Booth family tradition, a difficult winter during the construction of the house resulted in the name "Snow Hill", but the earliest documented use of the title is to be found in the 1859 deed of sale transferring the plantation from Samuel Booth to William H. Rood of Southampton. (Surry County Deed Book 14, page (See appendix F).

By 1852, "Snow Hill" had grown to include various adjoining parcels of land containing a. total of exactly 500 acres. Samuel's wife died later in the decade and, with his children grown, he sold the house and surrounding land in 1859 for the sum of $4500. He married a widow from adjoining Sussex County, and went to live with her on the farm she had inherited from her deceased husband.
William H. Hood held the property from 1859 until 1875, when the outcome of a court case decreed the land be sold, and it was purchased by Samuel Booth's son, Binns Beverly Booth, who promptly moved in with his family. Just prior to the death of Binns Beverly Booth, he sold the house and two hundred acres to his son Samuel Peter Booth, a bachelor. "Sam Pete ", as he was known, remained in the house until incapacitated in 1930, at which point he went to live with his nephew, John Leo Wilcox, of Waverly, and later to a nursing home. Tenants inhabited the house from 1930 onward, and the house was willed by "Sam Pete" Booth, upon his death in 1933, to his nephew.


PART II: ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION

A.      General Statement

1.      Architectural Character:      This is a typical Tidewater Virginia plantation house of the pro-Civil War era which has undergone little alteration since its construction in 1836. It is a five bay, central hall, single pile, two-and-one-half story frame structure, and exhibits characteristics of late 18th century architecture which remained prevalent in rural, southeastern, Virginia well into the 19th century.

2.      Condition of Fabric: Good.

     B.      Description of Exterior

1.      General Character: A five bay, two-and-one-half story structure covered by beaded-edge weatherboards, possessing a fine modillion cornice and fielded-panel doors which tell a continuity of architectural tradition in conser-vative, slave-holding, tidewater Virginia.

2. Foundations: The building is set upon brick piers, adequately spaced to allow free circulation of air around the structural timbers--a necessity in the damp, termite filled climate of the tidewater.

3. Brickwork: All brickwork, both in the foundation walls and in the chimneys, is laid in five course American bond. Bricks measure approximately 8" x 3" x 3-5/4" and five courses rise 16".

4. Structural system: The building is of frame construction, of hard Virginia pine. Larger framing members, such as the major bearing plates which rest upon the brick foundations, are hand hewn. Smaller members are sawn. Studs measure roughly 3" x 4"and are placed 16~ upon centers. The bearing plates measure approximately 10" x 12".

4. Doors: Front and back entries have double doors, each consisting of three fielded panels. All other doors in the building are of the traditional six-panel variety.

5. Hardware: The house is fortunate enough to have retained the majority of its original hardware although some had been replaced with Victorian examples. Rooms on the second and third floors boast square, iron plate latches, with thumb bolts and brass knobs. These are unmarked by their maker, but are probably of English origin. Of the five box locks originally found on the first floor, only two remain--on the closet door beneath the stair, and on the door between the hall and the dining room. This latter example is marked by "Carpen-ter & Company, patentees", and the keeper is stamped with a crown and the initials "W R', representing King William IV, ruler of England from 1830 until 1837. On the upper floors, there is only one box lock-- to be found on the door of the small room just above the south entry. It has neither knobs nor a thumb latch--only a key for 1ocking --suggesting that the room was used only for storage, and not as a nursery or sewing room, as has occasionally been suggested. The double doors which open off the back side of the hall to the exterior never had a lock of any kind, only a wooden bar placed in iron holders,
The only wrought iron to be found in the entire house are the strap hinges which bold the exterior shutters. These hinges, however, are attached to the shatters with screws, and not with nails as might be expected. Nails throughout the house are of the early machine cut variety. Hinges on all doors are of cast iron, those in the parlor and dining room having examples which raise the doors a total of 1/2 " as they are opened--suggesting that there may have been some floor covering which the owner did not want the moving doors to wear.

6      Windows and shutters: All windows are wooden double-hung sashes, unweighted, consisting of "nine-over-nine" light sashes oh the first floor, and "six-over-six" on the second floor. The small double hung sashes, which light the third floor re of the "four-over-four" variety
Shutters were originally hung on the exterior only on the south front of the building--facing the road, which runs in front of the house. During the last quarter of the 19th century, shutters were added to the north side and to the third floor, but these have long since disappeared.

7.      Roof: An old roof (possibly the original) of: hard pine or cypress shingles still exists beneath the current roof of tin, added in 1972 to prevent water damage. All of the shingles are of random width, measuring 18" in length, 6" of which was exposed to the weather. All shingles have rounded ends to prevent warping in the hot sun.

Lightening rods: The lightening rods seen on both chimneys of the house in old photographs were un-doubtedly original. Only sections still remain.

9.      The front porch, visible in old photographs, was original to the house, but was taken down in 1950 when its structure had become unsafe. Another porch was added at that time, but that too has since been removed. Included in this study is a proposed reconstruction of the porch taken from old photos, measurements, and the existing outline of the porch still visible on the front of the house.

Description of Interior:

Woodwork: Paneled wainscot is found throughout the first floor and extends up the stairwell to the second floor. The second floor has chair mould and base-boards throughout, and the third floor has only baseboard. There are no cornices of any form in any of the rooms on the interior.

Painted. Interiors: Fortunate enough to have endured the poverty of the Booth family, the interiors of "Snow Hill'. have escaped the ravages often dealt by well intentioned renovators. With the exception of woodwork in the dining room, painted by tenants in the mid-20th century, the original painted, grained, and marbled surfaces are extant throughout the house. Although wear and tear, natural aging, and even abuse have taken their tolls upon the surfaces, much is exceptionally well preserved. The wainscoted hallway is painted a deep, almost olive, green, and the risers of the steps are marbled. Newel posts are mahoganized, and the stick balusters are painted the same: green. The wainscot now found in the parlor, and that now painted over in the dining room, is representative of the fancy painting, which reached its height in the era between 1820 and 1840. The baseboards are marbled, rails and stiles of the wainscot are simulated mahogany, and panels are painted in imitation of birds-eye and curly maple. The dado cap, the door and window jamb moldings, are all painted a deep blue. Sunbursts in the parlor mantle are gilded with gold leaf. Doors throughout the house are painted with mahogany stiles and rails and with maple panels, identical to the wainscot of the first floor. Plaster surfaces throughout the house were applied over split lathes, and were left white. They were probably whitewashed often, and contain no signs of stenciling or wall painting.


     3.      Flooring: All the floors are of Virginia hard pine, varying in width from three to six inches. Without exception a single board runs the complete length of a room.

     4.      Fireplaces: There are four fireplaces in the house, 2 each on the first and second floors. There are no fireplaces on the third floor. All hearths are of square brick tiles. The finest mantle is gained, has herringbone and Greek key moldings, and gilded sunbursts, and is to be found in the parlor.

D. The Site: Within the immediate environs of the house are known to have been a smokehouse, an icehouse, barns, a kitchen, and a building referred to as the "weaving house". None of these buildings are still standing, although the frame of the smokehouse has been salvaged and will eventually be recon-structed. Woodwork from the kitchen, taken down in 1959, is in storage, and the chimney and foundations for the building still exist. There are no photographs of any of the other buildings, with the exception of the "weaving house", and it is highly unlikely that any archaeological excavations will take place.

Military:
He was commissioned a Lt. Col., on May 14, 1835 in the 71st Regiment of Infantry, 8th Brigade, 4th Division of the Virginia Militia (hence the title Col. Sam). He served in the Surry County Militia between 1835 and 1840.

In April of 1839 he was appointed deputy sheriff. David Booth was the sheriff.

Political Office:
County Corresponding Committees Nominated by the Van Buren Convention held in the Capitol Richmond, 11th Jan., 1836.
The following gentlemen, who compose the Republican Corresponding Committee for the county of Surry will please remember that a full meeting of the members is respectfully requested to meet at the court-house,
the fourth Monday in this month, (being court day):

Wm. E. B. Ruffin, Philip Smith, Wm. H. Edwards, Walter S. Booth, James S. Clark, James D. Edwards, Drury Stith, Wm. E. Bailey, Edwain White, John Spratley, Thomas Ruffin, David Booth, Saml. Booth, Amos Sledge, David Hargrave, Edwin T. Spratley, Patrick H. Bilbro and Arch'd Davis
Richard H. Edwards, chairman.
1836

Residence:
Completed at at cost of $1830



SNOW HILL

HOME OF COLONEL SAMUEL BOOTH

OTTERDAM AREA, SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA



"SNOW HILL"
HOME OF COLONEL SAMUEL BOOTH
OTTERDAM AREA, SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA


Location:      Northwest side of Virginia Route 4o~ .55 mile travelling east from the bridge over the Otterdam Swamp, Surry County, Virginia.
              
               Latitude:      37° 05' 25"
               Longitude:      77° 02' 55"




Present
Owners:           Mrs. John Leo Wilcox, Waverly, Virginia
               Mrs. Rosalie W. Priddy, Ashland, Virginia


Statement of
Significance:      This is a typical Tidewater Virginia plantation house of the pre-Civil War era. Constructed in 1836, it is a five bay, central hall, single pile structure of two and one half stories, and exhibits characteristics of the late eighteenth century which remained prevalent in rural southeastern Virginia well into the nineteenth century.



PART I: HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Samuel Booth was a middle class Tidewater Virginia planter who owned 500 acres of farmland eleven miles southwest of the Jams River in Surry County. His father, Beverly Booth, was a Revolutionary War veteran, a farmer, and a Baptist minister who brought his wife and several young children from Southampton to Surry, probably in 1791, and became pastor of the Otterdam Baptist Church. The Rev. Booth had been a part-time pastor of Sea Cock Baptist Church in Southampton until 1791, when he became ordained, and moved to Surry for a church and congregation of his own. (See John Asplundt's Annual Register of the Baptist Denomination in North America to the year 1791, Richmond (?), 1791). Around 1816 Beverly Booth went to Petersburg, Virginia, where he was instrumental in starting the Cypress Swamp Baptist Church. One of his sons, Robert, moved to Georgia in 1814.

Samuel. Booth was born in Surry in 1794, probably attended a local school taught by a member of his father's congregation, and followed the most likely livelihood available to a young man of his upbringing--that of farming. He probably enlisted in the Surry County Militia at an early age, was commissioned a lieutenant in 1827, and was promoted to Captain in the following year (see appendix L). Although all records for the Surry County Militia between 1830 and 1840 have been destroyed, he was most likely promoted to Colonel in the early part at the decade. His obituary (died January 20, 1876) refers to him as Colonel, and his grandchildren, alive as late as 1956, fondly referred to him as "Colonel Sam". Nonetheless when Surry's post 1840 records are surveyed, no mention is made of his name, and it is likely that he retired in order to devote full time to the construction of his home and the development of his plantation.

As a look at the Surry County land Books will attest, Samuel Booth apparently took a fancy to occasionally dabbling in real estate., and by the mid 1830's owned considerable property, some of which he sold, and some of which formed the basis for his plantation. Construction of his house was undertaken on a 172 1/2 acre tract of land, probably in the fall of 1836, and was completed at a cost of $1380, according to the Surry County land Books for the year 1837. As Surry's "Personal Property Tax Books for 1837" note, Samuel Booth was assessed for "20 slaves. 9 horses, and a riding gig valued at $75" during the year "Snow Hill was constructed. When the relatively low cost of the structure is considered, it is reasonable to assume that the slaves played an important role in its construction: felling trees, sawing, hewing, and joining timbers for the frame, and making bricks. Yet, a professional house wright undoubtedly oversaw the over-all construction. Another house, known as "Oak Hill" and situated on Virginia Route 31 between Surry Court House and Scotland Wharf, was undoubtedly built by the same man, and is very similar in plan, detail, and brickwork. Surry County's Land Books for 1840 show that in 1839 additional expenditures amounting to $615. 75 went toward construction, probably dependencies.

According to Booth family tradition, a difficult winter during the construction of the house resulted in the name "Snow Hill", but the earliest documented use of the title is to be found in the 1859 deed of sale transferring the plantation from Samuel Booth to William H. Rood of Southampton. (Surry County Deed Book 14, page (See appendix F).

By 1852, "Snow Hill" had grown to include various adjoining parcels of land containing a. total of exactly 500 acres. Samuel's wife died later in the decade and, with his children grown, he sold the house and surrounding land in 1859 for the sum of $4500. He married a widow from adjoining Sussex County, and went to live with her on the farm she had inherited from her deceased husband.
William H. Hood held the property from 1859 until 1875, when the outcome of a court case decreed the land be sold, and it was purchased by Samuel Booth's son, Binns Beverly Booth, who promptly moved in with his family. Just prior to the death of Binns Beverly Booth, he sold the house and two hundred acres to his son Samuel Peter Booth, a bachelor. "Sam Pete ", as he was known, remained in the house until incapacitated in 1930, at which point he went to live with his nephew, John Leo Wilcox, of Waverly, and later to a nursing home. Tenants inhabited the house from 1930 onward, and the house was willed by "Sam Pete" Booth, upon his death in 1933, to his nephew.


PART II: ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION

A.      General Statement

1.      Architectural Character:      This is a typical Tidewater Virginia plantation house of the pro-Civil War era which has undergone little alteration since its construction in 1836. It is a five bay, central hall, single pile, two-and-one-half story frame structure, and exhibits characteristics of late 18th century architecture which remained prevalent in rural, southeastern, Virginia well into the 19th century.

2.      Condition of Fabric: Good.

     B.      Description of Exterior

1.      General Character: A five bay, two-and-one-half story structure covered by beaded-edge weatherboards, possessing a fine modillion cornice and fielded-panel doors which tell a continuity of architectural tradition in conser-vative, slave-holding, tidewater Virginia.

2. Foundations: The building is set upon brick piers, adequately spaced to allow free circulation of air around the structural timbers--a necessity in the damp, termite filled climate of the tidewater.

3. Brickwork: All brickwork, both in the foundation walls and in the chimneys, is laid in five course American bond. Bricks measure approximately 8" x 3" x 3-5/4" and five courses rise 16".

4. Structural system: The building is of frame construction, of hard Virginia pine. Larger framing members, such as the major bearing plates which rest upon the brick foundations, are hand hewn. Smaller members are sawn. Studs measure roughly 3" x 4"and are placed 16~ upon centers. The bearing plates measure approximately 10" x 12".

4. Doors: Front and back entries have double doors, each consisting of three fielded panels. All other doors in the building are of the traditional six-panel variety.

5. Hardware: The house is fortunate enough to have retained the majority of its original hardware although some had been replaced with Victorian examples. Rooms on the second and third floors boast square, iron plate latches, with thumb bolts and brass knobs. These are unmarked by their maker, but are probably of English origin. Of the five box locks originally found on the first floor, only two remain--on the closet door beneath the stair, and on the door between the hall and the dining room. This latter example is marked by "Carpen-ter & Company, patentees", and the keeper is stamped with a crown and the initials "W R', representing King William IV, ruler of England from 1830 until 1837. On the upper floors, there is only one box lock-- to be found on the door of the small room just above the south entry. It has neither knobs nor a thumb latch--only a key for 1ocking --suggesting that the room was used only for storage, and not as a nursery or sewing room, as has occasionally been suggested. The double doors which open off the back side of the hall to the exterior never had a lock of any kind, only a wooden bar placed in iron holders,
The only wrought iron to be found in the entire house are the strap hinges which bold the exterior shutters. These hinges, however, are attached to the shatters with screws, and not with nails as might be expected. Nails throughout the house are of the early machine cut variety. Hinges on all doors are of cast iron, those in the parlor and dining room having examples which raise the doors a total of 1/2 " as they are opened--suggesting that there may have been some floor covering which the owner did not want the moving doors to wear.

6      Windows and shutters: All windows are wooden double-hung sashes, unweighted, consisting of "nine-over-nine" light sashes oh the first floor, and "six-over-six" on the second floor. The small double hung sashes, which light the third floor re of the "four-over-four" variety
Shutters were originally hung on the exterior only on the south front of the building--facing the road, which runs in front of the house. During the last quarter of the 19th century, shutters were added to the north side and to the third floor, but these have long since disappeared.

7.      Roof: An old roof (possibly the original) of: hard pine or cypress shingles still exists beneath the current roof of tin, added in 1972 to prevent water damage. All of the shingles are of random width, measuring 18" in length, 6" of which was exposed to the weather. All shingles have rounded ends to prevent warping in the hot sun.

Lightening rods: The lightening rods seen on both chimneys of the house in old photographs were un-doubtedly original. Only sections still remain.

9.      The front porch, visible in old photographs, was original to the house, but was taken down in 1950 when its structure had become unsafe. Another porch was added at that time, but that too has since been removed. Included in this study is a proposed reconstruction of the porch taken from old photos, measurements, and the existing outline of the porch still visible on the front of the house.

Description of Interior:

Woodwork: Paneled wainscot is found throughout the first floor and extends up the stairwell to the second floor. The second floor has chair mould and base-boards throughout, and the third floor has only baseboard. There are no cornices of any form in any of the rooms on the interior.

Painted. Interiors: Fortunate enough to have endured the poverty of the Booth family, the interiors of "Snow Hill'. have escaped the ravages often dealt by well intentioned renovators. With the exception of woodwork in the dining room, painted by tenants in the mid-20th century, the original painted, grained, and marbled surfaces are extant throughout the house. Although wear and tear, natural aging, and even abuse have taken their tolls upon the surfaces, much is exceptionally well preserved. The wainscoted hallway is painted a deep, almost olive, green, and the risers of the steps are marbled. Newel posts are mahoganized, and the stick balusters are painted the same: green. The wainscot now found in the parlor, and that now painted over in the dining room, is representative of the fancy painting, which reached its height in the era between 1820 and 1840. The baseboards are marbled, rails and stiles of the wainscot are simulated mahogany, and panels are painted in imitation of birds-eye and curly maple. The dado cap, the door and window jamb moldings, are all painted a deep blue. Sunbursts in the parlor mantle are gilded with gold leaf. Doors throughout the house are painted with mahogany stiles and rails and with maple panels, identical to the wainscot of the first floor. Plaster surfaces throughout the house were applied over split lathes, and were left white. They were probably whitewashed often, and contain no signs of stenciling or wall painting.


     3.      Flooring: All the floors are of Virginia hard pine, varying in width from three to six inches. Without exception a single board runs the complete length of a room.

     4.      Fireplaces: There are four fireplaces in the house, 2 each on the first and second floors. There are no fireplaces on the third floor. All hearths are of square brick tiles. The finest mantle is gained, has herringbone and Greek key moldings, and gilded sunbursts, and is to be found in the parlor.

D. The Site: Within the immediate environs of the house are known to have been a smokehouse, an icehouse, barns, a kitchen, and a building referred to as the "weaving house". None of these buildings are still standing, although the frame of the smokehouse has been salvaged and will eventually be recon-structed. Woodwork from the kitchen, taken down in 1959, is in storage, and the chimney and foundations for the building still exist. There are no photographs of any of the other buildings, with the exception of the "weaving house", and it is highly unlikely that any archaeological excavations will take place.

Court:
In April of 1839 he was appointed deputy sheriff. David Booth was the sheriff.

Census:
age 75 in 1870 census and occupation listed as farmer. Persons living with him were listed as: Mary E. Booth, age 50 (keeping house); Mary Owen, age 19; John Owen, age 18 (at school), Elizabeth Parson, age 50; Amy (Amie Lee) L, age 7.

Samuel Booth Values: Real Estate $700, personal property $5700
Mary E. Booth Values: Real Estate $5000, personal property $2000

Medical:
for 2 years prior to death

Alt. Death:
from a photo copy of a document at Kenneth Coker's

Died:
Main Entry Farmville Mercury, and official advertiser for Prince Edward, Cumberland, Buckingham, Appomattox and neighboring counties
Title Died- At his residence in Sussex County, Col. Samuel Booth, father of P. H. Booth of Petersburg. (Petersburg Index - Appeal). (p. 3, c. 2). Publication Thursday, January 27, 1876. Gen. note From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Other Format Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 36). Subject - Personal Booth, Samuel, d.1876.
Subject - Topical Obituaries -- Virginia.
Subject -Geographic Farmville (Va.)
Buckingham County (Va.)
Appomattox County (Va.)
Cumberland County (Va.)
Genre/Form Obituaries -- Virginia -- Sussex County.
Added Entry Henley, Bernard J. (Bernard John)
Added Title Bernard J. Henley papers.

Buried:
\\ulGRAVEYARD\\ulnone: Persons buried in the graveyard at Snow Hill:
     Col. Samuel Booth and his wife (no gravestone remains)
     Sarah Ellis Booth (no gravestone remains)
     Georgianna Booth James (no gravestone remains)
Note: Her husband, Dr. Richard Henry James, was an alcoholic who abandoned his wife. When he died, the Booth's refused to let him be buried next to his wife, and he was interred on a nearby farm owned by the Rogers family.

     Binns Beverly Booth
     Elizabeth Bingham Baird Booth (his wife)
(The issue of D & E above are F, G, H)

     Elizabeth (Nannie) Bell Booth, infant daughter died during the 1880's (no gravestone remains)
     Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885 or 95
     Virginia Frances Booth Parsons (no gravestone remains)
     Dallas Parsons, her husband. (no gravestone remains)

J.      Also buried in the graveyard, (no gravestone remains), are 2 children of Joseph Booth (son of Capt. David Booth). Neither ever married, both lived into old age, an they supposedly lived together in Dendron, Surry County, Virginia. Marie Baird attended their funerals during the 1920's, but she is not sure of the exact date. Their names were Agnes Booth and Patrick Booth (no gravestone remains).

LVA Record:
Record 203 out of 1492      Previous Record Next Record
Main Entry      Link Farmville Mercury, and official advertiser for Prince Edward, Cumberland, Buckingham, Appomattox and neighboring counties
Title      Link Died- At his residence in Sussex County, Col. Samuel Booth, father of P. H. Booth of Petersburg. (Petersburg Index - Appeal). (p. 3, c. 2).
Publication      Thursday, January 27, 1876.
Gen. note      From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format      Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 36).
Subject - Personal      LinkBooth, Samuel, d.1876.
Subject - Topical      LinkObituaries -- Virginia.
Subject -Geographic      LinkFarmville (Va.)

Samuel married ELLIS Sarah (Sally) on 26 Dec 1816 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Sarah (daughter of ELLIS Benjamin and JONES Sarah (Sally)) was born about 1798 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 24 Oct 1861 in Southampton County, VA; was buried in Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married CONWAY Kitty about 1861. Kitty was born in 1790; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married OWEN Mary Elizabeth Tatum on 22 Dec 1859 in Sussex County, VA. Mary (daughter of TATUM David and TATUM Nancy --LNU--) was born in 1818 in Prince George County, VA; died on 5 Jul 1891 in Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 457
• Residence: FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA

Notes:

Lynchburg Virginian (Lynchburg, Va. : 1829) Died- On Sunday, Jan. 23, at her father's in Franklin County, Miss Maria Louisa Booth, daughter of Benjamin Booth. (p. 3, c. 4) -- Thursday, February 3, 1831. C:_louisa_Booth.htm

Residence:
re: Daughter's obit

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Civil War
• Reference Number: 458
• Residence: Petersburg, VA; Large Brick Home on Sycamore St.
• Alt. Birth: 1821
• Alt. Death: 22 Mar 1896

Notes:

Lived in Petersburg, Va. Per info rcvd from John C. Baugh of Claremont by John Owen papers. Lived in Petersburg. Buried in Blandford Cemetery in plot "K" on the right hand side of Virginia Ave. between Carolina Ave. and Georgia Ave. There is a rather large 4-sided pyramid with engraving on all 4 sides. The front has a large BOOTH and DREWRY on it. There are 22 gravestones in this plot. The area is listed as belonging to P. H. Booth. The lady in the cemetery office said it was not the original grave of Patrick Henry Booth. It had been moved from somewhere else, but the cemetery records did not show where it came from.

K-NG, 10; 3,4,7,8

Side 1 Patrick H. Drewry May 24, 1875-Dec. 21, 1947 his wife Mary Metcalf Drewry April 2, 1871-Feb. 23, 1959 William Emmett Drewry ( As of May 7,2003, I, Jean Goodrich Johnson, have not identified his connection to this family.) Aug. 12 1913-Jan. 25, 1938 wife of P. H. D. Jr. Tennie D. Drewry ( There is a small stone in this plot with the name Tennie Daugette Drewry Sept. 12, 1908-June 21, 1976) Thelma H. Drewry Sept. 21, 1907- Aug. 8, 1951 Wife of Dr. P. H. Drewry, Jr. Mar. 21 1907- Apr. 8, 1980

Side 2 Nettie Virginia daughter of P. H. & A. M. H. Booth and wife of R. E. Young born Dec. 21, 1851 died Feb. 5, 1888 Samuel W. Booth 1844-1925 Ella K Booth 1854-1920 Samuel W. Booth, Jr. 1886-1950 Harriet Booth Wilson 1880-1967 Whitworth Wilson 1869-1970 Fanneil Skeen Booth 1891-1986

Side 3 Patrick H. Booth, Sr. Born Aug. 8, 1820 Died March 22, 1896 Anna Maria Maynard wife of P. H.Booth born Nov. 2, 1815 Died Feb. 23, 1911

Side 4 Patrick H. Booth, Jr. (A small stone in this plot reads " Infant Patrick Henry sone of P. H. & A.M. H. Booth born June 7, 1856 Died Jan. 20 1857) Born June 7, 1856 Died Jan 1857 Altazera Laughton daughter of P. H. & A. M. H. Booth and wife of Dr. E. A. Drewry born Dec. 21, 1842 died June 14, 1906 John M. Drewry Dec. 23 1911-Jan. 18, 1978 husband of Judith H. Drewry


Chancery Records Index LocalityIndex Number Original Case Number SOUTHAMPTON CO 1893-013 36 Plaintiff(s)Defendant(s) P H BOOTH ETC J E DREWRY ETC Surname(s) BOOTH DREWRY POPE PRINCE WillsPlat? NO
Format LVA Microfilm Reel Number Local Reel Number Image Numbern
244 660 770

Military:
Full View of Record: Confederate Rosters          
TitleBooth, P. H.          
Gen. noteRank: 4th Corporal.          
Company: K.          
Regiment: 23rd (Infantry).          
Other FormatAvailable on microfilm. Confederate rosters, v. 1-20, reel 1-10.          
Biog./Hist. NoteOn March 13, 1884, the General Assembly passed an act directing the adjutant general to compile a roster of all those who served from Virginia in the Confederate armed forces. The project did not begin, however, until Congress' passage of an act in 1903 providing for the assembling of muster rolls for all the Confederate states and Virginia's subsequent creation of the Office of the Secretary of Virginia Military Records in 1904. The work of the Secretary of Virginia Military Records of assembling muster rolls and other documents related to Virginians in the Civil War was continued by the Department of Confederate Military Records which was formed by an act of the General Assemply on March 12, 1912. Major Robert W. Hunter served as Secretary of Virginia Military Records from 1904 until 1910. Hunter was replaced by Colonel Joseph V. Bidgood who served as Secretary of Virginia Military Records and later Secretary of the Department of Confederate Military Records. In 1918, the General Assembly passed an act abolishing the Department of Confederate Military Records and transferred the department's records to the Library of Virginia.          
NoteThe Confederate Rosters are now part of the Virginia Dept. of Military Affairs record group (RG# 46) housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.          
NoteSource: Vol. 3, p. 46 (reel 2).          



Residence:
Home was razed in 1967

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 459

Notes:

Married by Alexander Stewart. Only one husband they are the same.

Her kids and Binns Beverly's were double cousins

Rebecca married BAIRD Alexander Peter, Jr. on 3 Dec 1849 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Alexander (son of BAIRD (Alexander) Peter, Sr. and BINGHAM Elizabeth Mckee) was born on 7 Aug 1826 in Petersburg, VA; died on 24 Sep 1884 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in 1884 in Surry County, VA (Baird Family Cemetary(Grape Hill), Rt. 612)). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Plantation); Snow Hill
• Military: Abt 1863, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Captain - Confederate Army

Notes:

Binn's and Rebecca's (# 382) children were double cousins

Name: Booth, Binns Beverly Age at census: 36 Town: Guilford Twp County: Surry Court House State: VA Occupation: Farmer Real Estate Value: $ 2000.00 Personal Property: $ 350.00 Birthplace: Virginia Father Foreign Born: No Mother Foreign Born: No Month born in census year: Month Married-census year: School attend-census year: Can't read or write: Eligible to vote: Yes Date of Enumeration: Children: Thaddeus Floyd 15 yoa Virginia Francis 13 yoa Ella (Elizabeth Bell) 11 yoa Maria Louise (Beauty) 9 yoa Sarah (Selia ??) 5 Selia Jackson 3 Infant (Annie Saunie)

Binns and Elizabeth were married by the Rev. H.B.Cowles and obtained their marriage license on 11-16-1853.

Capt.Ben was a confedarate officer.I believe I might have his record but I'm leaving town now after a last check on my computer. Sorry about spelling but in a hurry. I wiuld like a pic of his tombstone.Thanks Talmadge

Was also a minister Was also listed as Captain B. B. Booth

Apparently, the Briggs family and Binns Beverly Booth were extremely close. The Briggs first child Baines Bennett Briggs was called Binns instead of Baines. Conclusion drawn from Briggs family bible

Binns died while on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Taylor Goodrich, who lived near Carsley, Va. His death was following a brief illness. His health had been failing for some time, but his death came unexpectedly and was a shock to his immediate family.

Name: Booth, Binns Beverly Age at census: 36

Town: Guilford Twp County: Surry Court House State: VA

Occupation: Farmer

Real Estate Value: $ 2000.00

Personal Property: $ 350.00

Birthplace: Virginia

Father Foreign Born: Mother Foreign Born:

Month born in census year: Month Married-census year: School attend-census year: Can't read or write: Eligible to vote: Yes Date of Enumeration: Children:
Thaddeus Floyd 15 yoa
Virginia Francis 13 yoa
Ella (Elizabeth Bell) 11 yoa
Maria Louise (Beauty) 9 yoa
Sarah (Selia ??) 5
Selia Jackson 3
Infant (Annie Saunie) 1

Binns and Elizabeth were married by the Rev. H.B.Cowles and obtained their marriage license on 11-16-1853

Family Notes on Marriage with Elizabeth (Eliza) Bingham Baird:
Title: Notes
Text:
Apparently, the Briggs family and Binns Beverly Booth were extremely clos
e. The Briggs first child Baines Bennett Briggs was called Binns instead of Baines. Conclusion drawn from Briggs family bible
Census 1870 - page M-593/1680
Name: Booth, Binns Beverly Age at census: 36
Town: Guilford Twp
County: Surry
Court House State: VA
Occupation: Farmer
Real Estate Value: $ 2000.00
Personal Property: $ 350.00
Birthplace: Virginia
Father Foreign Born:
Can't read or write
Eligible to vote: Yes
Children: Thaddeus Floyd 15 yoa Virginia Francis 13 yoa Ella (Elizabeth Bell) 11 yoa Maria Louise (Beauty) 9 yoa Sarah (Selia ??) 5 Selia Jackson 3 Infant (Annie Saunie)
Marriage Bonds of Petersburg, VA 1784-1854 page 74
Binns and Elizabeth were married by the Rev. H.B.Cowles and obtained the ir marriage license on 11-16-1853.
Capt.Ben was a confedarate officer
Talmadge was also a minister
Was also listed as Captain B. B. Booth
Title: 1870 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 30
Entry Date: August 6, 1870
Source Text: Binns Booth: 36 years old Farmer Value of Real Estate: 2000 Value of Personal Estate: 350 Born in Virginia Eliza Booth: 36 years old Born in Virginia Children at Home: Thaddeus (16); Virginia (13); Ella (11); Maria (9); Sarah (5); Selia (3); Female Infant (1)
Title: 1850 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Entry Date: July 26, 1850
Source Text: Parents: Samuel and Sally Booth Sibling: Georgianna Binns B. Booth: 16 years old Attending School Born in Virginia
Title: 1900 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 8A
Entry Date: June 26, 1900
Source Text: Binns B. Booth Head of Household Born April 1834 66 years old Married 46 years Born in Virginia Parents Born in Virginia Farmer Can read, write, speak English Owns home - farm - free and clear Eliza B Booth Wife Born March 1834 66 years old Married 46 years 11 children - 8 living Can read, write, speak English Born in Virginia Parents Born in Virginia Children at home: Samuel P. Booth Born Jan 1875 25 years old Farm Laborer Can read, write, speak English Born in Virginia
Title: 1880 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 14
Entry Date: June 11, 1880
Source Text: Binns B Booth 46 years old Husband Farmer Born in Virginia Parents born in Virginia Eliza B Booth 46 years old Wife Born in Virginia Parents born in Virginia Children at Home: Thaddeus F (25); Mariah L (18); Sally (16); Sealia (13); Leslise? (11); Annie (9); Samuel P (6)
Title: 1860 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 14
Entry Date: June 23, 1860
Source Text: Binns B Booth 25 years old Farmer Value of real estate: 2000 Value of personal estate: 4000 Born in Virginia Eliza B Booth 25 years old Children at home: Thaddeus F (5); Virginia F (3); Ella G (1); Unnamed female (4 months)

Title: 1870 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 30
Entry Date: August 6, 1870
Source Text: Binns Booth: 36 years old Farmer Value of Real Estate: 2000 Value of Personal Estate: 350 Born in Virginia Eliza Booth: 36 years old Born in Virginia Children at Home: Thaddeus (16); Virginia (13); Ella (11); Maria (9); Sarah (5); Selia (3); Female Infant (1)

Title: 1850 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Entry Date: July 26, 1850
Source Text: Parents: Samuel and Sally Booth Sibling: Georgianna Binns B. Booth: 16 years old Attending School Born in Virginia

Title: 1900 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 8A
Entry Date: June 26, 1900
Source Text: Binns B. Booth Head of Household Born April 1834 66 years old Married 46 years Born in Virginia Parents Born in Virginia Farmer Can read, write, speak English Owns home - farm - free and clear Eliza B Booth Wife Born March 1834 66 years old Married 46 years 11 children - 8 living Can read, write, speak English Born in Virginia Parents Born in Virginia Children at home: Samuel P. Booth Born Jan 1875 25 years old Farm Laborer Can read, write, speak English Born in Virginia

Title: 1880 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 14
Entry Date: June 11, 1880
Source Text: Binns B Booth 46 years old Husband Farmer Born in Virginia Parents born in Virginia Eliza B Booth 46 years old Wife Born in Virginia Parents born in Virginia Children at Home: Thaddeus F (25); Mariah L (18); Sally (16); Sealia (13); Leslise? (11); Annie (9); Samuel P (6)

Title: 1860 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 14
Entry Date: June 23, 1860
Source Text: Binns B Booth 25 years old Farmer Value of real estate: 2000 Value of personal estate: 4000 Born in Virginia Eliza B Booth 25 years old Children at home: Thaddeus F (5); Virginia F (3); Ella G (1); Unnamed female (4 months)

Military:
Captain Ben was a Confederate officer. I believe I might have his record but I'm leaving town now after a last check on my computer. Sorry about spelling but in a hurry. I would like a picture of his tombstone. Thanks Talmadge

Buried:
Funeral was at his daughter's home near Carsley, Va., with burial at Snow Hill. Funeral was officiated by the Rev. Bradford of the Methodist-Episcopal Church

     GRAVEYARD: Persons buried in the graveyard at Snow Hill:
     Col. Samuel Booth and his wife (no gravestone remains)
     Sarah Ellis Booth (no gravestone remains)
     Georgianna Booth James (no gravestone remains)
Note: Her husband, Dr. Richard Henry James, was an alcoholic who abandoned his wife. When he died, the Booth's refused to let him be buried next to his wife, and he was interred on a nearby farm owned by the Rogers family.

     Binns Beverly Booth
     Elizabeth Bingham Baird Booth (his wife)
(The issue of D & E above are F, G, H)

     Elizabeth (Nannie) Bell Booth, infant daughter died during the 1880's (no gravestone remains)
     Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885 or 95
     Virginia Frances Booth Parsons (no gravestone remains)
     Dallas Parsons, her husband. (no gravestone remains)

J.      Also buried in the graveyard, (no gravestone remains), are 2 children of Joseph Booth (son of Capt. David Booth). Neither ever married, both lived into old age, an they supposedly lived together in Dendron, Surry County, Virginia. Marie Baird attended their funerals during the 1920's, but she is not sure of the exact date. Their names were Agnes Booth and Patrick Booth (no gravestone remains).

Binns married BAIRD Elizabeth (Eliza) Bingham on 24 Nov 1853 in Petersburg, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of BAIRD (Alexander) Peter, Sr. and BINGHAM Elizabeth Mckee) was born on 5 Mar 1834 in Petersburg, VA. Or Prince George Cty; died on 16 Jan 1903 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried on 18 Jan 1903 in Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 460

Notes:

Buried:
GRAVEYARD: Persons buried in the graveyard at Snow Hill:
     Col. Samuel Booth and his wife (no gravestone remains)
     Sarah Ellis Booth (no gravestone remains)
     Georgianna Booth James (no gravestone remains)
Note: Her husband, Dr. Richard Henry James, was an alcoholic who abandoned his wife. When he died, the Booth's refused to let him be buried next to his wife, and he was interred on a nearby farm owned by the Rogers family.

     Binns Beverly Booth
     Elizabeth Bingham Baird Booth (his wife)
(The issue of D & E above are F, G, H)

     Elizabeth (Nannie) Bell Booth, infant daughter died during the 1880's (no gravestone remains)
     Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885 or 95
     Virginia Frances Booth Parsons (no gravestone remains)
     Dallas Parsons, her husband. (no gravestone remains)

J.      Also buried in the graveyard, (no gravestone remains), are 2 children of Joseph Booth (son of Capt. David Booth). Neither ever married, both lived into old age, an they supposedly lived together in Dendron, Surry County, Virginia. Marie Baird attended their funerals during the 1920's, but she is not sure of the exact date. Their names were Agnes Booth and Patrick Booth (no gravestone remains).

Georgianna married Dr. JAMES Richard Henry on 30 Jan 1855. Richard (son of JAMES John and DRAKE Eliza A.) was born about 1829 in Southampton County, Virginia (Drewryville ?); was buried in Surry County, VA (Rogers Family Cemetary, Off Rt.40). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Annie Lee

Notes:

This child showed up on Lydon Hart's records and has not appeared on any other records found so far.

Amy married HOLMES Peter James, II on 8 May 1885 in Sussex County, VA. Peter (son of HOLMES Peter J and WOODHOUSE Mary Eleanor) was born on 10 Mar 1857; died on 8 May 1935; was buried in 1935 in Wakefield Township, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 456

Notes:

Marriage confirmed by ltr from Jean Johnson 11/99
ELIZABETH & JOSEPH WERE FANNYE BOOTH'S GRANDPARENTS

Married her cousin Joseph, son of Capt. David Booth

had 3 slaves in 1830

Birth:
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 for Ella Booth
Name:Ella Booth          
Gender:Female          
Baptism/Christening Date:          
Baptism/Christening Place:          
Birth Date:17 Nov 1866          
Birthplace:Dinwiddie, Virginia          
Death Date:          
Name Note:          
Race:          
Father (or Slave Owner):Sam Booth          
Father's Birthplace:          
Father's Age:          
Mother's Name:Sallie Booth          
Mother's Birthplace:          
Mother's Age:          
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:C00531-1          
System Origin:Virginia-EASy          
Source Film Number:2046931          
Reference Number:p 22          
    

Family/Spouse: BOOTH Joseph(John) W.. Joseph(John) was born cal 1822; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1293

Notes:

Lynchburg Virginian (Lynchburg, Va. : 1829) Died- On Sunday, Jan. 23, at her father's in Franklin County, Miss Maria Louisa Booth, daughter of Benjamin Booth. (p. 3, c. 4) -- Thursday, February 3, 1831. C

LVA Record:
Main Entry      Link Lynchburg Virginian (Lynchburg, Va. : 1829)
Title      Link Died- On Sunday, Jan. 23, at her father's in Franklin County, Miss Maria Louisa Booth, daughter of Benjamin Booth. (p. 3, c. 4)
Publication      Thursday, February 3, 1831.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Alta BOOTH

Notes:

Deceased: ALLA DREWRY
Deceased InformationLast Name: DREWRY
First Name: ALLA
Middle Name: L.

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 6/14/1906
Interment Date: 6/16/1906
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 65
Other InformationParentage: P. H. & ANN BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: H. G. LEIGH
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6446
Ward: K
Section #: 10
Square: 3
Location: E 1/2 2ND N.E. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 5
New/Old Grounds: NEW

Family/Spouse: DREWRY Dr. Emmett A.. Dr. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: Dec 1844
• Alt. Birth: 1849, Petersburg, VA (Catholic Cemetery)
• Alt. Birth: 1851
• Education: 1863-1864, Lexington, Lexington (city), Virginia, USA; Virginia Military Institute (VMI)
• Military Service: 1863-1864, New Market, Va; Cadet Private Co.C
• Occupation: 1880, Petersburg, VA; Clerk in Store
• Occupation: 1900, Petersburg, VA; Wholesale Grocer

Notes:

Plot K, right side of Virginia Av, large 4 sided pyramid: -NG 10; 3,4,7,8 1849 1925

Deceased: SAMUEL BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH First Name: SAMUEL Middle Name: WILLIAM
Birthdate: Date of Death: 7/26/1925 Interment Date: 7/28/1925 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Age: 80 Other InformationParentage: P. H. & ANN M. BOOTH Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA Place of Death: Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress: Apartment: City: State: Zip: AttendingDoctor: J. B. JONES Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS GraveId: 6457 Ward: K Section #: 10 Square: 8 Location: W 1/2 2ND FROM N.W. CORNER Location

Alt. Birth:
said he was 18 at matriculation from VMI

Education:
He was in the battle of New Market as a private in Co. C
He finished the 4th year at VMI in 1863-64

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Virginia Military Institute (VMI)
• Alt. Birth: Apr 1848; other birth date per 1900 census

Notes:

Blandford: M-NG, 1; 1,5

Deceased: BENJAMIN BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH
First Name: BENJAMIN
Middle Name: D.

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 4/19/1928
Interment Date: 4/21/1928
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 81
Other InformationParentage: P. H. & ANN M. BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. D. OSBORNE
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6467
Ward: M
Section #: 1
Square: 5
Location: W 1/2 2ND S.W. CORNER

Buried:
Deceased: BENJAMIN BOOTHDeceased Information
Last Name: BOOTH First Name: BENJAMIN Middle Name: D.
IdentifiersB
irthdate: Date of Death: 4/19/1928 Interment Date: 4/21/1928 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Age: 81 Other InformationParentage: P. H. & ANN M. BOOTH Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA Place of Death: Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress: Apartment: City: State: Zip: AttendingDoctor: J. D. OSBORNE Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS GraveId: 6467 Ward: M Section #: 1 Square: 5 Location: W 1/2 2ND S.W. CORNER Location

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Petersburg, VA
• Occupation: 1910, Petersburg, VA; Hat Mfgr. and proprietor

Notes:

There is a Magnus M. Booth buried at Blandford: verified as the same
Booth Magnus M. K-NG 10 3,4,7,8 1849 / 1929

(Medical):Like elastic, ie: worn out

Census:
Magnas M Booth
in the 1900 United States Federal Census
VIEW 1900 United States Federal Census

Name:      Magnas M Booth
[Magnus H Borth]
Age:      47
Birth Date:      Aug 1852
Birthplace:      Virginia
Home in 1900:      Petersburg Ward 3, Petersburg City, Virginia
Ward of City:      3d
Street:      So Market
House Number:      38
Sheet Number:      10A
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:      161
Family Number:      218
Race:      White
Gender:      Male
Relation to Head of House:      Head
Marital Status:      Married
Spouse's Name:      Mary E Booth
Marriage Year:      1898
Years Married:      2
Father's Birthplace:      Virginia
Mother's Birthplace:      Virginia
Occupation:      Wholesale Grocer
Months not employed:      0
Can Read:      Yes
Can Write:      Yes
Can Speak English:      Yes
House Owned or Rented:      O
Home Free or Mortgaged:      F
Farm or House:      F

Household Members:     
Name      Age
Magnas M Booth      47
Mary E Booth      29
Marie V Booth      6/12

Family/Spouse: HENNESSY Mary Elizabeth. Mary was born in 1864 in Ireland; died on 30 Oct 1941; was buried on 1 Nov 1941 in Petersburg, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried in Blandford Cemetery in plot "K" on the right hand side of Virginia Ave. between Carolina Ave. and Georgia Ave. There is a rather large 4-sided pyramid with engraving on all 4 sides. The front has a large BOOTH and DREWRY on it. There are 22 gravestones in this plot. The area is listed as belonging to P. H. Booth. The lady in the cemetery office said it was not the original grave of Patrick Henry Booth. It had been moved from somewhere else, but the cemetery records did not show where it came from.

K-NG, 10; 3,4,7,8

Side 2
Nettie Virginia
daughter of
P. H. & A. M. H. Booth
and wife of R. E. Young
born Dec. 21, 1851
died Feb. 5, 1888
Samuel W. Booth
1844-1925
Ella K Booth
1854-1920
Samuel W. Booth, Jr.
1886-1950
Harriet Booth Wilson
1880-1967
Whitworth Wilson
1869-1970
Fanneil Skeen Booth
1891-1986

Family/Spouse: YOUNG Richard E.. Richard and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Plot K, right side of Virginia Av, large 4 sided pyramid; small stone reads "Infant son of P.H & A.M.H. Booth born 6/7/1856 died 1/20/1857

Title Booth, Patrick Henry, died, aged 7 months. Other Title Infant son of P. H. and Ann M. Booth. Note Daily Express (Petersburg, Va.) (Film 133). Note January 22, 1857, page 2, column 4. Other Format Available on microfilm from the Library of Virginia.

Deceased: PATRICK BOOTH Deceased Information
Last Name: BOOTH First Name: PATRICK Middle Name: HENRY
Birthdate: Date of Death: 1/20/1857 Interment Date: 1/22/1857 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Age: Other Information Parentage: PATRICK HENRY & ANN M. BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death: Residence At Time of Grave Purchase
Address: Apartment: City: State: Zip: AttendingDoctor: Funeral Home/Crematory GraveId: 6444 Ward: K Section #: 10 Square: 3 Location: E 1/2 S.E. CORNER Location Grave #: 4

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Doctor, MD
• Reference Number: 752

Notes:

Mollie L. Hasty was from Portsmouth.

Marion Baird had a scar on his head that was a result of a gunshot wound inflicted by Kelly Bishop over moonshine. Bernice Baird story as told to a neighbor. Marion Baird drove a school bus. Didn't work anywhere else except the school bus and moonshine. Kelly Bishop was a revenueer and shot him at a still. He was the father of Marion Simms Baird. James Walter Baird, MD, was the father of Marion Baird.

The Baird cemetary on Rt. 612 is called Grape Hill.

Marion Baird was also a church going man.

Quoted from "The Descendants of Alexander Peter Baird II" written in 1935 by
Kathleen Baird to her father Leonidus F. Baird: "James Walter Baird attended
John's Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. where he received his M. D. degree.
He practiced medicine in Surry County."
Jean Goodrich Johnson comments: "He lived on Route 40 about 4 mi. E.
of Waverly. The house he owned was removed about 1964 by George L.
Peffer, then owner who built a brick ranch type house in front of the old house.

Occupation:
From Tombstone

James married HASTY Mary Susan on 31 Aug 1875 in Portsmouth, VA. Mary was born in Portsmouth, VA; was christened on 12 Sep 1856; died on 26 Sep 1924; was buried in Surry County, VA (Baird Family Cemetary(Grape Hill), Rt. 612)). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HASTY Mary Susan. Mary was born in Portsmouth, VA; was christened on 12 Sep 1856; died on 26 Sep 1924; was buried in Surry County, VA (Baird Family Cemetary(Grape Hill), Rt. 612)). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived(s) In: Prince George County, VA; 2 Locations
• Reference Number: 754
• Religion: Founded Newville Methodist Church

Notes:

Lived(s) In:
They lived in Savage, VA 1st and later moved to the Newville area early in their married life

William married SMITH Dora Frances on 25 Nov 1875 in Prince George County, VA. Dora (daughter of SMITH Joseph and NORTHINGTON Martha Jane) was born on 30 May 1858 in Prince George, VA; died on 22 Feb 1908 in Prince George County, VA; was buried in Prince George County, VA (Newville Methodist Church). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 305

Notes:

(Medical):sent William Franklin Harrison's wife, Sarah E. Baird, to France to receive treatments for T.B. where she died.

Hi Gene,

Sarah Ellis Baird Harrison died in 1888. Her daughter married a Goodrich much later but did the Harrison's have a connection with the Goodriches or the Goodrich farm in 1888. There is no marker for Sarah in the Goodrich Cemetery and Sarah is not recorded on either of the cemetery inventory papers that Wanda showed us (written by her family).

The note I found was written by Sarah Johnson (Collier Johnson's wife) when they paid someone years ago to research family history. They think that she is buried in Prince George near Newville.

She died in France (receiving treatments for TB) so I guess there is even a chance that they did not send her body back home.

It's a mystery I guess....

Thanks for all the info and CD! It has been fascinating!!! And very helpful!

Brenda Johnson Duckwall

Sarah was my grandmother, Adelaide Cornelia Harrison's mother. Sarah died of TB in France at Place Mayenne, Pays de la Loiire when my grandmother was just two years old. Sarah had been sent to France by her family to do everything they could to save her. The place that she went was suppose to be one of the best places for recovery but she did not make it.
Looking at the pictures does bring a great deal of sorrow that she must have felt at leaving her husband and young family and meeting her death in a strange and difficult place.

Brenda, from every bit of information I have, I believe this is it...The white car you see belongs to the guard who asked us to leave. The name was changed in 1975 to Medical Center of La Fontaine-au-Bac, but the old sign is still there. You can look it up using Le Claviere Villiers-Charlemagne. All of this is located in the district of Mayenne Pays de Loire. Please forward to Gene Harris and anyone else who might be interested. I have a friend who is willing to write a couple of letters in French to the "town halls" of the area.
Baldwin County is only one county over from us. (abt. 40 MILES.) bONNIE


...Bonnie Hearn

Died:
Brenda, from every bit of information I have, I believe this is it...The white car you see belongs to the guard who asked us to leave. The name was changed in 1975 to Medical Center of La Fontaine-au-Bac, but the old sign is still there. You can look it up using Le Claviere Villiers-Charlemagne. All of this is located in the district of Mayenne Pays de Loire. Please forward to Gene Harris and anyone else who might be interested. I have a friend who is willing to write a couple of letters in French to the "town halls" of the area.
Baldwin County is only one county over from us. (abt. 40 MILES.) bONNIE

According to Sarah Smith Rowell Johnson (wife of Turner Collier Johnson who was the son of Joseph Franklin Johnson and Edmonia Salome Collier).....

Sarah E. Baird Harrison (wife of William Franklin Harrison) who died of TB on January 22, 1888 (the date of her oldest daughter's birthday, Lottie, who had turned 12 years old that day and also leaving my grandmother Nellie who was 16 months old, her other children Joshua, Herbert, Myrtie, and Clarah)

"is buried in Prince George County near Newville."

This could possibly place her at the Kirkham or Simmons Cemetery.

The Coleman Simmons Cemetery is 1.7 miles northwest of Disputanta on 460 then about 100 yards north of 460 in Prince George County.

The Kirkham Cemetery is described to be 1.2 miles north of Disputanta, Virginia, on route 618; thence .8 mile northwest on Route 629; thence .1 mile south of route 629, Prince George County, Virginia.

The Kirkham Cemetery contains the remains of Joshua Simmons and his daughter, Ann Simmons Harrison and her husband, William Thomas Harrison who are the great grandparents and grandparents of William Franklin Harrison, Sarah E. Baird Harrison's husband.

The Kirkham Cemetery also contains the remains of Joshua Simmons' daughter, Martha Simmons Stainback and her husband, Peter Stainback, and their son, Adolphus "Doll" and daughter Martha Stainback Kirkham.

Susanna Harrison Figg is the sister of Joshua Simmons Harrison who is William Franklin Harrison's father and Sarah E. Baird Harrison's (b. January 27, 1854 - d. January 22, 1888) father-in-law. Susanna is Sarah's aunt in law.

It would make perfect sense for Sarah E. Baird Harrison to be buried there at the Kirkham Cemetery.

Perhaps the new Prince George Cemetery Project and Clarah's grand daughter can help us out. Thanks so much!

Sarah married HARRISON William Franklin on 9 Feb 1875. William (son of HARRISON Joshua Simmons and ELLIS Ann Rebecca) was born on 9 Feb 1853 in Prince George County, VA; died on 17 Jan 1907; was buried in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 756
• Alt. Birth: 20 Jan 1856; Birth on Tomstone

Notes:

Never married. So cold they had to build a fire to thaw out the ground to bury him.

Made apple brandy and people came from miles around to get a dram.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 757

Notes:

Deceased: SOLON BAIRD
Deceased InformationLast Name: BAIRD
First Name: SOLON
Middle Name: WINFIELD

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 3/23/1930
Interment Date: 3/25/1930
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 71
Other InformationParentage: ALEXANDER & REBECCA BAIRD
Birthplace: SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. BOLLING JONES
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 666
Ward: HH
Section #: 11
Square: 3
Location: W 1/2 2ND FROM N.W. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 1
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Buried:
Deceased: SOLON BAIRD
Deceased InformationLast Name: BAIRD
First Name: SOLON
Middle Name: WINFIELD

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 3/23/1930
Interment Date: 3/25/1930
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 71
Other InformationParentage: ALEXANDER & REBECCA BAIRD
Birthplace: SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. BOLLING JONES
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 666
Ward: HH
Section #: 11
Square: 3
Location: W 1/2 2ND FROM N.W. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 1
New/Old Grounds: NEW

Family/Spouse: EDWARDS Sarah Louise. Sarah was born on 7 Feb 1865; died on 30 Mar 1931; was buried on 1 Apr 1931 in Petersburg, VA (Blandford Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 759

Notes:

Bible show 2 dates for marriage 1884 & 1887. Died from typhoid pneumonia. Named after his uncle

Leonidus married REESE Sarah (Sadye) Jane on 27 Apr 1904. Sarah was born on 6 Apr 1883; died on 13 Jul 1976; was buried in Surry County, VA (Baird Family Cemetary(Grape Hill), Rt. 612)). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leonidus married BISHOP Mary (Molly) Bernice on 16 Jan 1884 in Prince George County, VA. Mary was born on 9 Apr 1863; died on 29 Oct 1900; was buried in Prince George County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 761

Notes:

She was said to be a woman of great charm and beauty.

Buried:
Also shows buried at Grape Hill Cemetery from notes from Brenda Johnson Duckwall

Elizabeth married CLARY Benjamin M. on 28 Feb 1883. Benjamin was buried in Waverly, VA (Clary Family Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CLARY Benjamin Milton. Benjamin (son of CLARY Alexander Thomas and BISHOP Anna (Anne) Elizabeth) was born on 26 May 1842 in Greensville County, Virginia; died in 1894; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 762
• Residence: Surry County, VA (Grape Hill); Grape Hill

Notes:

In the will of Alexander Peter Baird II, Emmetts father, his name is spelled Emmitt Finly

Residence:
Born there also and later moved to Waverly

Emmett married BOOTH Sarah Elizabeth in Feb 1893. Sarah (daughter of Capt. BOOTH Binns Beverly and BAIRD Elizabeth (Eliza) Bingham) was born on 11 Jul 1864; died on 1 Dec 1956 in Waverly, Sussex County, VA; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Kate
• Name: Mertie
• Reference Number: 763

Notes:

Said to be the most beautiful of the Baird girls. She met an untimely death only months before her marriage.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 764
• Census: 1940, Prince George County, VA

Notes:

Graduate of the Southern Female College in Petersburg, Va. Hattie Rogers also went there.
Lived with her mother until her mother's death.

Census:
Name:\\tabOra Sue Baird
Age:      69
Estimated Birth Year:      abt 1871
Gender:      Female
Race:      White
Birthplace:      Virginia
Marital Status:      Single
Relation to Head of House:      Sister
Home in 1940:      Rives, Prince George, Virginia
Map of Home in 1940:      View Map
Street:      Road 638
Inferred Residence in 1935:      Rives, Prince George, Virginia
Residence in 1935:      Same House
Sheet Number:      26B
Attended School or College:      No
Highest Grade Completed:      Elementary school, 7th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939:      0
Income:      0
Income Other Sources:      Yes
Neighbors:      View others on page
Household Members:     
Name      Age
Leonides F Baird      80
Sadie J Baird      56
Robert V Baird      19
Luther C Baird      15
Dorris C Baird      21
Ora Sue Baird      69
Alma Reese      55

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 168
• Residence: Thaddeus Floyd Booth Home
• Census: 1880, Guilford, Surry, Virginia

Notes:

Lived in Savage, Va

(Medical):Squamish cell

Residence:
No longer standing, was just North of Snow Hill by a mile or so

Census:
1880 United States Federal Census
about Thadious F. Booth
Name:Thadious F. Booth          
Home in 1880:Guilford, Surry, Virginia          
Age:25          
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1855          
Birthplace:Virginia          
Relation to Head of Household:Son          
Father's Name:B... B. Booth          
Father's birthplace:Virginia          
Mother's Name:Eliza B. Booth          
Mother's birthplace:Virginia          
Neighbors:View others on page          
Occupation:Farmer          
Marital Status:Single          
Race:White          
Gender:Male     
Household Members:NameAge               
B... B. Booth 46               
Eliza B. Booth 46               
Thadious F. Booth 25               
Mariah L. Booth 18               
Sallie Booth 16               
Lealia J. Booth 13               
Edmonia Booth 11               
Annie L. Booth 9               
Samuel P. Booth 6               

Buried:
Hopewell Funeral Parlors, Hopewell, VA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 169

Notes:

Died at age 45 per Mother's obituary

No gravestone remains

Buried:
GRAVEYARD: Persons buried in the graveyard at Snow Hill:
     Col. Samuel Booth and his wife (no gravestone remains)
     Sarah Ellis Booth (no gravestone remains)
     Georgianna Booth James (no gravestone remains)
Note: Her husband, Dr. Richard Henry James, was an alcoholic who abandoned his wife. When he died, the Booth's refused to let him be buried next to his wife, and he was interred on a nearby farm owned by the Rogers family.

     Binns Beverly Booth
     Elizabeth Bingham Baird Booth (his wife)
(The issue of D & E above are F, G, H)

     Elizabeth (Nannie) Bell Booth, infant daughter died during the 1880's (no gravestone remains)
     Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885 or 95
     Virginia Frances Booth Parsons (no gravestone remains)
     Dallas Parsons, her husband. (no gravestone remains)

J.      Also buried in the graveyard, (no gravestone remains), are 2 children of Joseph Booth (son of Capt. David Booth). Neither ever married, both lived into old age, an they supposedly lived together in Dendron, Surry County, Virginia. Marie Baird attended their funerals during the 1920's, but she is not sure of the exact date. Their names were Agnes Booth and Patrick Booth (no gravestone remains).

Virginia married PARSONS Andrew Dallas on 20 Nov 1877. Andrew (son of PARSONS Joseph and PARSONS Elizabeth Unknown) was born on 12 Oct 1844; died on 29 Nov 1911 in Kenbridge, Lunenburg, VA; was buried in Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Homemaker
• Reference Number: 31
• Census: 1860, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Good health until 4 weeks before death. Then an illness. She was buried at 3:30 pm
Lived in Sussex co. at death. Heirs listed in Will Bk. 6 page 118. Was 4' 11" at dearh.

(Medical):Died At Son's Home 7:55 Am

Census:
United States Census, 1860 for Ella G Booth
Name:Ella G Booth          
Residence:, Surry, Virginia          
Ward:[Blank]          
Age:1 year          
Estimated Birth Year:1859          
Birthplace:Virginia          
Gender:Female          
Page:14          
Family Number:112          
Film Number:805379          
DGS Number:4298874          
Image Number:00554          
NARA Number:M653          

Ella married GOODRICH Benjamin Taylor, Sr. on 25 Aug 1876 in Weldon, Halifax County, NC. Benjamin (son of GOODRICH Benjamin B.(Briggs ?) and HARRIS Elizabeth Anne) was born on 19 Jun 1851 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 3 Dec 1930 in Petersburg, VA; was buried on 5 Dec 1930 in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 170
• Nickname: 1860, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Nannie

Notes:

Mother's obituary shows that she died at birth.

(Medical):Per County Death Schedule

Buried:
GRAVEYARD: Persons buried in the graveyard at Snow Hill:
     Col. Samuel Booth and his wife (no gravestone remains)
     Sarah Ellis Booth (no gravestone remains)
     Georgianna Booth James (no gravestone remains)
Note: Her husband, Dr. Richard Henry James, was an alcoholic who abandoned his wife. When he died, the Booth's refused to let him be buried next to his wife, and he was interred on a nearby farm owned by the Rogers family.

     Binns Beverly Booth
     Elizabeth Bingham Baird Booth (his wife)
(The issue of D & E above are F, G, H)

     Elizabeth (Nannie) Bell Booth, infant daughter died during the 1880's (no gravestone remains)
     Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885 or 95
     Virginia Frances Booth Parsons (no gravestone remains)
     Dallas Parsons, her husband. (no gravestone remains)

J.      Also buried in the graveyard, (no gravestone remains), are 2 children of Joseph Booth (son of Capt. David Booth). Neither ever married, both lived into old age, an they supposedly lived together in Dendron, Surry County, Virginia. Marie Baird attended their funerals during the 1920's, but she is not sure of the exact date. Their names were Agnes Booth and Patrick Booth (no gravestone remains).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 171

Notes:

Talmadge Booth shows 15 Feb 1860

Maria married BRIGGS Benjamin Franklin on 20 Jul 1882 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Benjamin (son of BRIGGS Bennett Stith and SEBREL Maria Louisa) was born on 2 Jul 1856 in Virginia; died on 17 Nov 1923 in Courtland, Southampton, VA; was buried in Courtland, Southampton, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Sallie
• Nickname: Aunt Sally
• Nickname: Sally
• Reference Number: 969

Notes:

Sara Elizabeth Booth was called aunt Sally by my mother,and she was married to
Emmett Baird, Mother thinks that there was two daughters but can't remember
what the other girl's name was but, one of the girl's name was Marie Baird and she was Percy Jackson Booth's 1st Cousin
Annie Saunnie Booth lived with "Aunt Sally" per the family (Mary Virginia Howard and Frances Adelle Booth)

Died in the front bedroom (parlor) at 141 Coppahaunk Av, Waverly. This is called the Baird/Coker House now lived in by Kenneth Coker.

Sarah married BAIRD Emmett Finley in Feb 1893. Emmett (son of BAIRD Alexander Peter, Jr. and BOOTH Rebecca Ann) was born on 26 Jul 1864 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in 1927; was buried in 1927 in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 172

Notes:

Talmadge Shows 25 Dec 1868 for birth

Family/Spouse: DILLARD William. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 173

Notes:

Poss married a Wilcox as Mrs. Edmonia B. Wilcox is listed as joining the Carsley Methodist church on 1 Jun 1891

Baird Family Bible shows an Aunt Otey died in 1945

Edmonia married WILCOX John E. on 10 Feb 1891. John was born in 1870; died in 1925. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Plantation); Annie L. Booth
• Lived with:: Waverly, Sussex County, VA; Sara Elizabeth Booth (Aunt Sally)
• Reference Number: 174

Notes:

Buried in Snow Hill: Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885
Note from Doris Jean: When I was at the Snow Hill Cemetery in June, 1973 I recorded information from the only 3 tombstones there at that time. One was for Annie L. Booth, B. 1-1-1872 D. 7-20-1885 and engraved "Our darling hath gone before, To greet us on the blissful shore". The other two stones were for her parents, Binns Beverly Booth and Eliza Bingham Baird Booth.

Lived with Sally Baird (called Aunt Sally by Mary V. Howard), in Waverly.
Lived near the Waverly Christian Church.

(Medical):Diphtheria per the resolution by Carsley Church.
In the 1920s there were an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 cases of diphtheria per year in the United States, causing 13,000 to 15,000 deaths per year.[3] Children represented a large majority of these cases and fatalities. One of the first effective treatments for diphtheria was discovered in the 1880s by U.S. physician Joseph O'Dwyer (1841-1898). O'Dwyer developed tubes that were inserted into the throat, and prevented victims from suffocating due to the membrane sheath that grows over and obstructs airways. In the 1890s, the German physician Emil von Behring developed an antitoxin that did not kill the bacterium, but neutralized the toxic poisons that the bacterium releases into the body.
Unfortunately the treatment to save a life never made it to Surry County doctors in time to save 13 yoa Annie Laurie. 5 years after her death an antitoxin was developed, and later refined and later given to all school children throughout the United States ... Gene Harris

Buried:
GRAVEYARD: Persons buried in the graveyard at Snow Hill:
     Col. Samuel Booth and his wife (no gravestone remains)
     Sarah Ellis Booth (no gravestone remains)
     Georgianna Booth James (no gravestone remains)
Note: Her husband, Dr. Richard Henry James, was an alcoholic who abandoned his wife. When he died, the Booth's refused to let him be buried next to his wife, and he was interred on a nearby farm owned by the Rogers family.

     Binns Beverly Booth
     Elizabeth Bingham Baird Booth (his wife)
(The issue of D & E above are F, G, H)

     Elizabeth (Nannie) Bell Booth, infant daughter died during the 1880's (no gravestone remains)
     Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885 or 95
     Virginia Frances Booth Parsons (no gravestone remains)
     Dallas Parsons, her husband. (no gravestone remains)

J.      Also buried in the graveyard, (no gravestone remains), are 2 children of Joseph Booth (son of Capt. David Booth). Neither ever married, both lived into old age, an they supposedly lived together in Dendron, Surry County, Virginia. Marie Baird attended their funerals during the 1920's, but she is not sure of the exact date. Their names were Agnes Booth and Patrick Booth (no gravestone remains).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Health: Cripple, unknown cause
• Reference Number: 175
• Alt. Birth: 8 Jan 1875

Notes:

Sam Pete was a cripple and slept in feather bed in Snow Hill Plantation in the corner bedroom on the 1st floor. Last Booth to live in Snow Hill Plantation. His bedroom was in the rear 'T' addition on the back that is now gone. Hettie is buried in the old section of Waverly Cemetary. He lived at Snow Hill all his life.

He had the first rubber tired buggy ever seen in Surry County.

Courted Hettie Lee Rogers * (1874-1964) for 25+ years but never married. She bought 3 trousseaus. She was a graduate of the Southern Female College in Petersburg along with Ora Sue Baird. Sam Pete used to cut across the field carrying a lantern going to Hettie Rogers house which was was at Laurel Rd and Rt. 40. She was quite well off and had a large plantation house. Quote: in 1935 when the town of Waverly put in a sewer sytem, she refused to connect as she had no inside bath. Pat O'gery the town supervisor (he stuttered) told her it was the law and he could force her to. She told him "You can make me put one in, but you can't make me use it". She had electric lights and used lanterns.

Sam Pete was quite a drinker...per Kenneth Coker.

From Doris Jean Goodrich Johnson: I do recall Tilly (Edith (Tilly) Louise Goodrich Westbrook) saying that Mama used to prepare food for Sam Pete and Tillie would deliver it to him while Mama watched her as she crossed the field going to and coming from the delivery.

Health:
Was a cripple and slept in feather bed in Snow Hill Plantation in the corner bedroom on the 1st floor. This occ'd later in life from arthritis and an alcoholic

Buried:
Old Section (?)

Family/Spouse: ROGERS Hettie Lee. Hettie was born in 1874; died in 1964; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married FOWLER William M. on 25 Jun 1885. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1173
• Alt. Birth: 1858; Tombstone
• Baptism: 1877, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Baptized into Carsley Methodist Church
• Death: 20 Aug 1937

Notes:

In the obituary of Otelia Florence Westbrook, in the Sussex Gazette, August 1937, she was the daughter of Dr. J. J. James, a prominent physician, in Southampton County; however the family bible shows she was the daughter of Dr. Richard Henry James, and John James as her grandfather. Her pictures shown in Brother's Keeper at #1583 were taken on the front porch of her home located on Rt. 601,(Laurel Spring Dr.) about 1 mile off Rt. 40 (MLK Hwy.). Others shown in the group pictures were her daughter, Pearl throwing a snowball at her brother, Moses, and possibly neighbors, Sidney and Sam Riggan,

Baptism:
Baptism info from The Church Register of the Surry Circuit Methodist Episcopal Church South 1853-1937

Death:
Otelia Florence James b. 10-5-1856 died 8-20-1937 at home of daughter Pearl Westbrook Goodrich

Otelia married WESTBROOK Joseph Percy on 16 Feb 1875. Joseph (son of WESTBROOK John P. and HOWELL Mary Jane F.) was born on 4 Jul 1850; died on 24 Nov 1913; was buried in Surry County, VA (Westbrook Family Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blanford Cemetery:
Deceased: EVA WILLIAMS
Deceased InformationLast Name: WILLIAMS
First Name: EVA
Middle Name: JACKSON

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 12/3/1934
Interment Date: 12/4/1934
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 69
Parentage: RICHARD & MOLLIE JAMES
Birthplace: SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Place of Death:

AttendingDoctor: P. JACOBSON
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 39432
Ward: M
Section #: 9
Square: 5 (E 1/2)
Location: E 1/2 2ND N. E. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 2
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Buried:
Deceased: EVA WILLIAMS
Deceased InformationLast Name: WILLIAMS
First Name: EVA
Middle Name: JACKSON

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 12/3/1934
Interment Date: 12/4/1934
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 69
Other InformationParentage: RICHARD & MOLLIE JAMES
Birthplace: SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: P. JACOBSON
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 39432
Ward: M
Section #: 9
Square: 5 (E 1/2)
Location: E 1/2 2ND N. E. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 2
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Eva married WILLIAMS Joseph Julian Junious on 25 Feb 1886. Joseph was born in Southampton County, VA; died on 23 Apr 1922 in Petersburg, VA; was buried in Petersburg, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is believed that this is the Mary Pulley of Ivor (1936) that has the original will of Moses Booth.

Location: Ivor, Virginia, north side of Main Street, between Church Street and Route 622; 2nd house from Rt. 622 (Northside of the street)

Mary married on 10 Sep 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married COBB Reuben Myrick on 25 Sep 1917. Reuben and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married ANDERSON Charles A. on 30 Aug 1918. Charles and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married LITTLE Evelyn on 10 Oct 1924. Evelyn was born on 20 Feb 1904; died on 7 Jul 1997; was buried in 1997 in Wakefield Township, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1920, Wakefield Township, Sussex County, VA

Notes:

Census:
Eleanor Holmes
United States Census, 1920
Name      Eleanor Holmes
Event Type      Census
Event Date      1920
Event Place      Wakefield, Sussex, Virginia, United States
Gender      Female
Age      16
Marital Status      Single
Race      White
Race (Original)      White
Can Read      Yes
Can Write      Yes
Relationship to Head of Household      Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)      Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated)      1904
Birthplace      Virginia
Father's Birthplace      Virginia
Mother's Birthplace      Virginia
Sheet Letter      A
Sheet Number      4
HOUSEHOLD

ROLE

GENDER

AGE

BIRTHPLACE

P G Holmes      Head      M      63      Virginia
Eleanor Holmes      Daughter      F      16      Virginia

Eleanor married HARRISON James in Oct 1926. James and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: 1896, Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia
• Political Office: 1920-1957, Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA; Congressman

Notes:

STATE SENATOR OF VIRGINIA FROM 1912 TO 1920. CONGRESSMAN FROM 1920 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1957. ONE OF HIS THREE SONS DIED IN HIS TEENS.

Plot K, right side of Virginia Av, large 4 sided pyramid ??

Birth: May 24, 1875
Petersburg
Petersburg City
Virginia, USA Death: Dec. 21, 1947
Petersburg
Petersburg City
Virginia, USA
US Congressman. Elected to represent Virginia's 4th District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1920 until his death in 1947. Also served as a Member of the Virginia State Legislature.

all Number      50331
Author      Link Drewry, Patrick Henry, 1875-1947
Title      LinkPatrick Henry Drewry papers, 1927-1947.
Acc. Restrictions      There are no access restrictions.
Material      .225 cu. ft.
Summary      Papers, 1927-1947, of Patrick Henry Drewry (1875-1947) of Petersburg, Virginia, containing bibliographies, biographies, clippings, correspondences, extracts, notes, and other material containing research Drewry conducted on John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833).
Cite As      Patrick Henry Drewry papers, 1927-1947. Accession 50331. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Biog./Hist. Note      Patrick Henry Drewry was born 24 May 1875 in Southampton County, Virginia, to Emmett Arrington Drewry and Altayera Laughton Booth Drewry. Drewry graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1896 and taught at Centenery College in Missouri before returning to Virginia and attending the University of Virginia Law School from 1897 to 1899. He began practicing law in Petersburg, Virginia, in 1900. In 1911, Drewry won election to the Virginia Senate as Senator for the Petersburg/Dinwiddie County district. Drewry was elected United States Congressman for the Fourth District and held his seat until his death. Drewry died in Petersburg 21 December 1947 and was buried in Blandford
Cemetery.

LVA:
Call Number      50331
Author      Link Drewry, Patrick Henry, 1875-1947
Title      Link Patrick Henry Drewry papers, 1927-1947.
Acc. Restrictions      There are no access restrictions.
Material      .225 cu. ft.
Summary      Papers, 1927-1947, of Patrick Henry Drewry (1875-1947) of Petersburg, Virginia, containing bibliographies, biographies, clippings, correspondences, extracts, notes, and other material containing research Drewry conducted on John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833).
Cite As      Patrick Henry Drewry papers, 1927-1947. Accession 50331. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Education:
Drewry graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1896 and taught at Centenery College in Missouri before returning to Virginia and attending the University of Virginia Law School from 1897 to 1899

Political Office:
STATE SENATOR OF VIRGINIA FROM 1912 TO 1920. CONGRESSMAN FROM 1920 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1957

He began practicing law in Petersburg, Virginia, in 1900. In 1911, Drewry won election to the Virginia Senate as Senator for the Petersburg/Dinwiddie County district. Drewry was elected United States Congressman for the Fourth District and held his seat until his death.

Died:
Deceased: PATRICK DREWRY
Deceased Information
Last Name: DREWRY
First Name: PATRICK
Middle Name: H.

Identifiers
Birthdate:
Date of Death: 12/21/1947
Interment Date: 12/23/1947
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 72
Other InformationParentage: ROBERT & ALTA DREWRY
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. D. OSBORNE
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6448
Ward: K
Section #: 10
Square: 4

Buried:
Plot K, right side of Virginia Av, large 4 sided pyramid ??

Family/Spouse: METCALF Mary E.. Mary was born on 2 Apr 1871; died on 23 Feb 1959; was buried on 25 Feb 1959 in Petersburg, VA (Blandford Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Sec: K Booth-Drewry plot

Family/Spouse: WILSON Whitworth. Whitworth was born in 1869; died in 1970. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: 1900; At School on 1900 census

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: 1900; At School on 1900 census

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: 1900; At School on 1900 census

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: 1900; At School on 1900 census

Notes:

Blanford: K-NG 10 (3,4,7,8) 1886 1950 (ward, square, section, dob, dod)

Notes:

not listed on 1900 census

Notes:

Deceased: BENJAMIN BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH
First Name: BENJAMIN
Middle Name: D.

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 4/19/1928
Interment Date: 4/21/1928
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 81
Other InformationParentage: P. H. & ANN M. BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. D. OSBORNE
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6467
Ward: M
Section #: 1
Square: 5
Location: W 1/2 2ND S.W. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 2
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Buried:
Deceased: BENJAMIN BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH
First Name: BENJAMIN
Middle Name: D.

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 4/19/1928
Interment Date: 4/21/1928
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 81
Other InformationParentage: P. H. & ANN M. BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. D. OSBORNE
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6467
Ward: M
Section #: 1
Square: 5
Location: W 1/2 2ND S.W. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 2
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Petersburg, VA; Salesman - Virginia Storage Company
• Residence: Petersburg, VA; 1614 Westover Av
• Census: 1930, Petersburg, VA; 1930 Census

Notes:

Blandford Cemetery: M-NG, 10; 1,5

Deceased: PATRICK BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH
First Name: PATRICK
Middle Name: HENRY

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 1/24/1966
Interment Date: 1/26/1966
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 87
Other InformationParentage: BENJAMIN & MARY BOOTH
Birthplace: VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: W.S. SLOAN
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6480
Ward: M
Section #: 1
Square: 1
Location: E 1/2 S.E. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 5
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Occupation:
located at Bollingbrook and Madison, in Petersburg

Census:
House Value: $15,000
Occupation: Salesman with wholesale company

Buried:
Deceased: PATRICK BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH
First Name: PATRICK
Middle Name: HENRY

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 1/24/1966
Interment Date: 1/26/1966
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 87
Other InformationParentage: BENJAMIN & MARY BOOTH
Birthplace: VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: W.S. SLOAN
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6480
Ward: M
Section #: 1
Square: 1
Location: E 1/2 S.E. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 5
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Family/Spouse: BARDEN Caroline D.. Caroline (daughter of BARDEN JAMES and BARDEN Mary --LNU--) was born on 10 Jul 1883 in Southampton Co., VA.; died on 15 Jan 1960; was buried in Petersburg, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blandford Cemetery:
Deceased: ANNIE FITZGERALD
Deceased InformationLast Name: FITZGERALD
First Name: ANNIE
Middle Name: BOOTH
IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 2/10/1946
Interment Date: 2/11/1946
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 64
Other InformationParentage: BENJAMIN D. & MARY BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. D. OSBORNE
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6470
Ward: M
Section #: 1
Square: 5
Location: W 1/2 2ND N.W. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 5
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Buried:
Deceased: ANNIE FITZGERALD
Deceased InformationLast Name: FITZGERALD
First Name: ANNIE
Middle Name: BOOTH

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 2/10/1946
Interment Date: 2/11/1946
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 64
Other InformationParentage: BENJAMIN D. & MARY BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. D. OSBORNE
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6470
Ward: M
Section #: 1
Square: 5
Location: W 1/2 2ND N.W. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 5
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Family/Spouse: FITZGERALD W, H.. W, and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SPENCER -- Unknown -- 2. -- and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Lesley
• Alt. Birth: 16 Jul 1887

Notes:

Deceased: LESLIE BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH
First Name: LESLIE
Middle Name:

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 5/17/1946
Interment Date: 5/18/1946
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 58
Other InformationParentage: BENJAMIN & MARY BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. D. OSBORNE
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6469
Ward: M
Section #: 1
Square: 5
Location: W 1/2 N.W. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 4
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Buried:
Deceased: LESLIE BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH
First Name: LESLIE
Middle Name:

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 5/17/1946
Interment Date: 5/18/1946
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 58
Other InformationParentage: BENJAMIN & MARY BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. D. OSBORNE
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6469
Ward: M
Section #: 1
Square: 5
Location: W 1/2 N.W. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 4
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Notes:

Blandford Cemetery:
Deceased: WILLIAM BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH
First Name: WILLIAM
Middle Name: H. KEVAN

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 7/24/1956
Interment Date: 7/26/1956
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 62
Other InformationParentage: BENJAMIN D. & MARY E. BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: M. R.YATES
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6478
Ward: M
Section #: 1
Square: 1
Location: W 1/2 S.W. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 3
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Buried:
Blandford Cemetery:

Deceased: WILLIAM BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH
First Name: WILLIAM
Middle Name: H. KEVAN

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 7/24/1956
Interment Date: 7/26/1956
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 62
Other InformationParentage: BENJAMIN D. & MARY E. BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: M. R.YATES
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6478
Ward: M
Section #: 1
Square: 1
Location: W 1/2 S.W. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 3
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married WILINGER Bunk on 23 Apr 1927 in Petersburg, VA. Bunk was born on 28 Jul 1900 in Baltimore, Md; died on 31 Dec 1981 in Baltimore, Md; was buried in Jan 1982 in Baltimore, Md. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Petersburg, VA; Lawyer

Notes:

Buried beside his mother's grave

Buried:
Deceased: MAGNUS BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH
First Name: MAGNUS
Middle Name: WATKINS

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 12/3/1932
Interment Date: 12/5/1932
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age:
Other InformationParentage: NO RECORD
Birthplace:
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: T. M. DULING
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6454
Ward: K
Section #: 10
Square: 7
Location: E 1/2 N. E. CORNER FOOTLINE
LocationGrave #: 1
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived(s) In: Bedford County, VA

Notes:

Buried beside his mother at Blanford cemetery

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Petersburg, VA

Family/Spouse: POOLE Virgie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married BAIRD Etta Maude B. on 11 Apr 1900. Etta (daughter of BAIRD William Benjamin, Sr. and SMITH Dora Frances) was born on 2 Apr 1879; died on 5 Jan 1959; was buried in Surry County, VA (Edwin Baird Cemetery, Otterdam Rd). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married RAMEY Wesley Allen, Sr. on 17 May 1899. Wesley was born on 15 Dec 1870; died on 28 Apr 1938. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SOLON WAS A GRANDSON ON REBECCA ANN BOOTH.ATTENDED WILLIAM&MARY.
SOLON AND HIS BROTHER-INLAW, "BILL" WESTBROOK WERE PARTNERS IN
A GROCERY STORE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET, WAVERLY,
WHERE THE POST OFFICE NOW (1995) STANDS. BILL DIED IN 1934 AND SOLON'S
WIFE DAISY DIED IN 1938. IN THE EARLY 1940'S SOLON SOLD OUT THE BUSINESS
AND WENT TO HOPEWELL WHERE HE LIVED IN A BOARDING HOUSE
WORKED AS A NIGHTWATCHMAN AT ONE OF THE CHEMICAL PLANTS.

Solon married WESTBROOK Lola Idene "Daisy" on 6 May 1909 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Lola (daughter of WESTBROOK Joseph Percy and JAMES Otelia Florence) was born on 7 Dec 1883 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 11 Dec 1938 in Waverly, Sussex County, VA; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CLARY Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin (son of CLARY Benjamin Milton and BAIRD Elizabeth Frances) was born on 1 Feb 1888; died on 28 Jan 1967. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also known as Grape Hill Cemetery

Died at age 2

Notes:

Rumor: Marion Baird had a scar on his head that was a result of a gunshot wound inflicted by Kelly Bishop over moonshine. Bernice Baird story as told to a neighbor. Marion Baird drove a school bus. Didn't work anywhere else except the school bus and moonshine. Kelly Bishop was a revenueer and shot him at a still. He was the father of Marion Simms Baird. James Walter Baird, MD, was the father of Marion Baird.

The Baird cemetary on Rt. 612 is called Grape Hill.

Marion Baird was also a church going man.

Son:
Name: BAIRD, JAMES WESLEY Sex: [Male] Date of Birth: 25 Feb 1918 Place of Birth: SURRY County, VA Mother: Nannie Baugh Father: Marion Sims Baird Sr., deceased Notes: A lifelong resident of Surry County, he died at his home age 82. Source: Obituary: October 24, 2000, Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) Posted by: Sharon Pulsipher

Marion married BAUGH Nannie Proctor on 11 Mar 1914. Nannie (daughter of BAUGH William Wesley and RAMEY Mattie Florence) was born on 5 Jun 1895 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 4 Dec 1989; was buried in Claremont, VA (St. Anne's Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Aug 1894, Carsley, Surry County, VA (Carsley Methodist Church)

Notes:

James Walter Baird II owned and lived on the farm adjacent to Carsley
Methodist Church on Rt. 615 in Surry Co.

James married BAIRD Bertha Olean in Mar 1904. Bertha (daughter of BAIRD Leonidus (Lonnie) Floyd and BISHOP Mary (Molly) Bernice) was born on 6 Nov 1884; died on 6 Apr 1942; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 22 Oct 1876; This record says 1876
• Alt. Death: 27 Sep 1932; per the family bible attached sheet

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Ettie Maude

Etta married BAIRD Alexander Edwin on 11 Apr 1900. Alexander (son of Dr. BAIRD James Walter, MD and HASTY Mary Susan) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Death: 29 Jan 1952

Family/Spouse: ELLIS Charles Bernard. Charles was born on 24 Aug 1881; died on 2 Oct 1968; was buried in Burrowsville, VA (Salem Church Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Ida Brooks Baird
• Nickname: Brooksie
• Name: Brooksie

Ida married CLARY William Thomas on 23 Dec 1903 in Prince George County, VA (Newville Methodist Church). William (son of CLARY Thomas Lafayette and CLARY Emma J. --LNU--) was born on 20 Apr 1879 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 14 Apr 1928 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived(s) In: Prince George County, VA

William married BOOTH Annie Bell on 15 Aug 1917. Annie (daughter of BOOTH Thaddeus Floyd and BARRETT Mary Louise) was born on 2 Jan 1887 in Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Plantation); died on 30 Mar 1985 in Greensville County, Virginia; was buried about 30 Mar 1985 in Newville, Prince George, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived(s) In: Prince George County, VA
• Religion: Prince George County, VA; Southern Methodist Church
• Alt. Death: 27 Feb 1956

Lillian married BAUGH John Cryer, III on 18 Dec 1907 in Prince George County, VA. John (son of BAUGH William Wesley and RAMEY Mattie Florence) was born on 20 Feb 1886 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in Aug 1958; was buried in Claremont, VA (Claremont Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Brandon, Prince George County, VA
• Living In: 1930, Brandon, Prince George County, VA; Brandon
• Real Estate: 1930, Brandon, Prince George County, VA; Value $3550
• Occupation: 1930, Brandon, Prince George County, VA; Farmer
• Alt. Name: 1969; Lloyde - Tombstone

Notes:

6 children listed on 1930 census

Real Estate:
Real estate value listed as 3550 on 1930 census

Occupation:
per census

Lloyd married BAILEY Kate Vernon on 29 Dec 1911 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. Kate (daughter of BAILEY James Thomas and HOBBS Annie Rebecca C.) was born on 28 Jun 1890; died on 7 Jan 1987; was buried in Prince George County, VA (Newville Methodist Church). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BAIRD Mollie Bernice. Mollie (daughter of BAIRD Leonidus (Lonnie) Floyd and BISHOP Mary (Molly) Bernice) was born on 27 Aug 1898; died on 31 Jan 1986; was buried in Prince George County, VA (Newville Methodist Church). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 165

Notes:

According to Sarah Smith Rowell Johnson (wife of Turner Collier Johnson who was the son of Joseph Franklin Johnson and Edmonia Salome Collier).....

Sarah E. Baird Harrison (wife of William Franklin Harrison) who died of TB on January 22, 1888 (the date of her oldest daughter's birthday, Lottie, who had turned 12 years old that day and also leaving my grandmother Nellie who was 16 months old, her other children Joshua, Herbert, Myrtie, and Clarah)

"is buried in Prince George County near Newville."

This could possibly place her at the Kirkham or Simmons Cemetery.

The Coleman Simmons Cemetery is 1.7 miles northwest of Disputanta on 460 then about 100 yards north of 460 in Prince George County.

The Kirkham Cemetery is described to be 1.2 miles north of Disputanta, Virginia, on route 618; thence .8 mile northwest on Route 629; thence .1 mile south of route 629, Prince George County, Virginia.

The Kirkham Cemetery contains the remains of Joshua Simmons and his daughter, Ann Simmons Harrison and her husband, William Thomas Harrison who are the great grandparents and grandparents of William Franklin Harrison, Sarah E. Baird Harrison's husband.

The Kirkham Cemetery also contains the remains of Joshua Simmons' daughter, Martha Simmons Stainback and her husband, Peter Stainback, and their son, Adolphus "Doll" and daughter Martha Stainback Kirkham.

Lottie married GOODRICH Jefferson Davis on 19 Feb 1895 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Jefferson (son of GOODRICH Benjamin B.(Briggs ?) and HARRIS Elizabeth Anne) was born on 22 Jun 1861 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 23 Mar 1923 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Myrtle married PHILLIPS Garland on 14 Dec 1899 in Carsley, Surry County, VA (Carsley Methodist Church). Garland and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Farmer

Notes:

from Brenda Duckwall:

The Harrison Home is at 3840 Otterdam Road in Surry County.

The land where the home is located and about 1000 acres belonged to our Ellis ancestors from the early 1600's. The land and original home was given by Bolling Ellis to his daughter and our ancestor Ann Rebecca Ellis who married Joshua Simmons Harrison. It was passed down or purchased by sons and daughters: William Franklin Harrison, Joshua James Harrison, Julian R. Harrison, Julian R. Harrison, Jr., and presently to Julian R. Harrison III and his sister, Robin Harrison Mitchell.

This is from the Surry County Historical Society:

The Harrison Farm
located at 3840 Otterdam Road
Surry County, Virginia

"The following information has been researched by Julian R. Harrison, Jr.
The Harrison Farm was once owned by Bolling Ellis. The Ellises were in Surry County as early as 1667. The
original farm consisted of 760 +/- acres. Ann Rebecca Ellis married Joshua Simmons Harrison April 1, 1848 in Surry, Virginia. She inherited the farm from her father, Bolling Ellis.

Joshua James Harrison inherited his part of the farm from his father, William Franklin Harrison, in 1907, and bought the remaining shares from other family members….."

I don't know where Julian received the information whether it was Court records, Wills, or passed down information.
He seemed to check things carefully.

I may have given you a copy of this information with a picture of the house and farm.

Court Records or a Will might firm up the proof….

(Medical):died at his home at 9:20 pm

Died:
Died Oct 12

Buried:
JOSHUA JAMES HARRISON
Jan. 3, 1880 - October 12, 1931
"My Husband"
"In Jesus arms we laid him down
a lovely jewel for His crown."
Parents: William Franklin Harrison and Sarah Ellis Baird Harrison

Family/Spouse: BAGE MARY JULIA "Molly". MARY was born on 27 Jun 1884; died on 5 Jun 1965; was buried in Waverly, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Medical):in his car on the Seashore State Park Parkway

Family/Spouse: PHILLIPS Lillie. Lillie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
see photo. Actual day of the birth is hard to read

Family/Spouse: LANE Leslie. Leslie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: 1886; Nelie
• Census: 1900, Guilford, Surry, Virginia
• Census: 1910, Guilford, Surry, Virginia
• Religion: 1926, Colonial Heights, , Virginia; at Highland United Methodist Church
• Census: 1930, Colonial Heights, , Virginia

Notes:

She ws 16 months old when her mother died.


Deceased: NELLIE JOHNSON
Deceased Information Last Name: JOHNSON
First Name: NELLIE
Middle Name: ADELEIDE
Identifiers Birthdate:
Date of Death: 7/19/1959
Interment Date: 7/21/1959
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 71
Other Information Parentage: W. T. HARRISON
Birthplace: PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Attending Doctor: D. D. MOORE
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 18428
Ward: RR
Section #: 10
Square: 7 (W 1/2)
Location: W 1/2 CENTER
LocationGrave #: 2
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Census:
1900 United States Census was done for June 1900: Nellie is listed as Adalaide C. Harrison. She is 13 years old and her birth year is given as 1886. The Harrison family are living very close to the Johnson family and are in the Guildford District of Surry County, Virginia.

Census:
1910 United States Census was done on May 21, 1910, Nellie Johnson is listed as 23 years old making her birth year 1886. They are listed as living in the Guildford District of Surry County, Virginia.

Religion:
I also went by Highland United Methodist Church in Colonial Heights today and found them in an old record book.
Mr. A. B. Johnson and Mrs. N. A. Johnson joined Highland United Methodist Church in 1926 by Confession of Faith
with Rev. W. H. Atwill. Their home address was given as 303 Lafayette Avenue. There was a handwritten note that
Mr. A. B. Johnson had deceased in 1954... Brenda Duckwall.

Census:
1930 United States Census, Asa and Nellie are listed as living at 303 Lafayette Ave. Colonial Heights, Chesterfield County, Virginia,
The Census was done on April 15, 1930 and Nellie A. Johnson is listed as 43 making her birth year 1886. It gives the value of his home (Asa) as $3,500 and that he is a Merchant, Grocer, working on his own account. Listed in the household are: Asa, Nellie, their son Harrison Johnson (David Harrison Johnson), Rosa Bland, Ruth Goodrich, and Sarah Lane.

Buried:
Deceased: NELLIE JOHNSON
Deceased InformationLast Name: JOHNSON
First Name: NELLIE
Middle Name: ADELEIDE

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 7/19/1959
Interment Date: 7/21/1959
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 71
Other InformationParentage: W. T. HARRISON
Birthplace: PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: D. D. MOORE
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 18428
Ward: RR
Section #: 10
Square: 7 (W 1/2)
Location: W 1/2 CENTER
LocationGrave #: 2
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

"Nellie" married JOHNSON Asa Bernard, Sr. on 19 Dec 1906 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Asa (son of JOHNSON David Peyton and ROGERS Mahala Elizabeth) was born on 25 Sep 1879; died on 18 Feb 1954; was buried in Petersburg, VA (Blandford Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Deceased: FLORENCE BAIRD
Deceased InformationLast Name: BAIRD
First Name: FLORENCE
Middle Name: LOUISE

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 4/21/1970
Interment Date: 4/23/1970
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 78
Other InformationParentage: SALON & SARAH
Birthplace:
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: M. E. HOLT
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 668
Ward: HH
Section #: 11
Square: 3
Location: W 1/2 CENTER
LocationGrave #: 3
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Buried:
Deceased: FLORENCE BAIRD
Deceased InformationLast Name: BAIRD
First Name: FLORENCE
Middle Name: LOUISE

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 4/21/1970
Interment Date: 4/23/1970
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 78
Other InformationParentage: SALON & SARAH
Birthplace:
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: M. E. HOLT
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 668
Ward: HH
Section #: 11
Square: 3
Location: W 1/2 CENTER
LocationGrave #: 3
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Family/Spouse: BAIRD Hudson Howell. Hudson (son of BAIRD Leonidus (Lonnie) Floyd and BISHOP Mary (Molly) Bernice) was born on 4 Dec 1890; died on 27 Aug 1980; was buried in Petersburg, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bertha married BAIRD James Walter, II in Mar 1904. James (son of Dr. BAIRD James Walter, MD and HASTY Mary Susan) was born on 8 Jan 1882; died on 13 Jan 1952; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SYDNOR John Mason. John was born on 15 Mar 1882; died on 6 Jun 1971; was buried in Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baird farm on Otterdam Rd.

Per Kenneth Coker:
Previously belonged to Samuel Collier, who was married to Alice Smith before her marriage to Monroe Hite after he died. She lived at the Collier House and it was sold to Clarence Baird to settle the estate.

It was part of the orginal Baird, Grape Hill Tract

Family/Spouse: CHARLES Ethel. Ethel was born on 15 Jul 1892; died on 7 May 1970; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hudson
• Census: 1910, Prince George County, VA
• Census: 1920, Dinwiddie County, VA

Notes:

Deceased: HUDSON BAIRD
Deceased InformationLast Name: BAIRD
First Name: HUDSON
Middle Name:

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death:
Interment Date: 8/30/1980
Race:
Sex: MALE
Age:
Other InformationParentage:
Birthplace:
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor:
Funeral Home/Crematory
GraveId: 672
Ward: HH
Section #: 11
Square: 3
Location: W 1/2 2ND S W
LocationGrave #: 5
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Census:
Name:      Hudson H Baird
Age in 1910:      19
Birth Year:      abt 1891
Birthplace:      Virginia
Home in 1910:      Rives, Prince George, Virginia
Street:      Baxter Road
Race:      White
Gender:      Male
Relation to Head of House:      Son
Marital Status:      Single
Father's name:      Leonidous F Baird
Father's Birthplace:      Virginia
Mother's name:      Sadie J Baird
Mother's Birthplace:      Virginia
Native Tongue:      English
Occupation:      Farm Laborer
Industry:      Home Farm
Employer, Employee or Other:      Wage Earner
Attended School:      Yes
Able to Read:      Yes
Able to Write:      Yes
Out of Work:      N
Number of weeks out of work:      0

Household Members:     
Name      Age
Leonidous F Baird      49
Sadie J Baird      25
Hudson H Baird      19
Leonidous F Baird      17
Elsie M Baird      15
Walter B Baird      13
Mollie B Baird      11
Sadie R Baird      4
Sheridon B Baird      2

Census:
Name:      H H Baird
Age:      29
Birth Year:      abt 1891
Birthplace:      Virginia
Home in 1920:      Rowanty, Dinwiddie, Virginia
Street:      Church Road
House Number:      Farm
Race:      White
Gender:      Male
Relation to Head of House:      Head
Marital Status:      Married
Spouse's Name:      Florence A Baird
Father's Birthplace:      Virginia
Mother's Birthplace:      Virginia
Native Tongue:      English
Able to Speak English:      Yes
Occupation:      Farmer
Industry:      General Farm
Employment Field:      Own Account
Home Owned or Rented:      Own
Home Free or Mortgaged:      Mortgaged
Attended School:      No
Able to Read:      Yes
Able to Write:      Yes

Household Members:     
Name      Age
H H Baird      29
Florence A Baird      28
Garland H Baird      6
Oscar W Baird      4
Floyd W Baird      2
[3]

Buried:
Deceased: HUDSON BAIRD
Deceased InformationLast Name: BAIRD
First Name: HUDSON
Middle Name:

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death:
Interment Date: 8/30/1980
Race:
Sex: MALE
Age:
Other InformationParentage:
Birthplace:
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor:
Funeral Home/Crematory
GraveId: 672
Ward: HH
Section #: 11
Square: 3
Location: W 1/2 2ND S W
LocationGrave #: 5
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Family/Spouse: BAIRD Florence. Florence (daughter of BAIRD Solon Wingfield and EDWARDS Sarah Louise) was born on 26 Sep 1891; died on 21 Apr 1970; was buried in Petersburg, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Served Under Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower at Camp Colt, Pa., during WW-I. He worked in the orderly room and the motor pool. He knew Eisenhower. Camp Colt was a training base for tanks.

Thank you very much for the info and pictures on Camp Colt. The war ended two weeks before Dad was to go to France. At that time he was at Fort Dix in New Jersey. He was back in the Orderly Room then and helped to make up discharges. He filled out his own discharge and Ike signed it.


History of Camp Colt: Camp Colt - WW I In 1917, "Camp Colt" was established at Gettysburg and was the first US Army camp authorized to train the fledgling army Tank Corps during World War I. Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded Camp Colt. All traces of this historic camp are gone except for a commemorative tree and marker planted adjacent to the Emmitsburg Road on the general location of the camp. CAMP OF UNITED STATES TROOPS IN THE PARK AND VICINITY. Camp Colt was established in the park in the spring of 1918, using the buildings, water system, drill, and parade grounds of the camps established in center of the park in 1917. Nearly all the troops of the Tank Corps and all the other troops have moved away or been mustered out of the service, leaving a very small guard and the United States property in charge of the quartermaster's department. Action has been taken to abandon the camp and sell the buildings. Bids have been asked to dismantle the camp ground and restore it to its original condition. CAMP EQUIPMENT. On May 24, 1919, the camp equipment, consisting of the buildings, drain, sewer, and water pipes was sold to the Lewis Wrecking Co., of Rock Island, Ill., by the Quartermaster's Department, United States Army. A set of specifications designating the work to be done in restoring the park land after the removal of the camp equipment was prepared by the commission and a copy was sent to the chief of construction, Washington, D.C., with the request that it be incorporated in the contract for sale. A copy was also furnished the quartermaster in charge of Camp Colt, and a copy was furnished by him to the purchaser. Six months time was allowed the purchaser for the removal of the buildings, pipes, and the restoring of the land as far as practical to its former condition. The dismantling of the buildings and the work of removing the pipes is now being done on the privateowned land. A large number of the buildings have been sold, but as yet few have been removed from the park land, and the work to be done here will not likely be completed before the winter. The wrecking company has a reputation for fair dealing and the work of restoring the land will be carried out as far as possible. About 4,500 cords of wood belonging to the Government and not included in the sale of the camp remained on the park land. Bids for the sale of this are now being received and when sold will be removed. CULTIVATION OF UNITED STATES LAND UNDER LEASE. There were 19 properties with a total acreage of 1,400 acres under lease during the year. As in the preceding year over 200 acres of land belonging to the Codori, Trostle, Smith, and the Bryan properties were used as part of the site of Camp Colt, thereby reducing the acreage actually under cultivation, and production of farm crops. A detailed statement of all the crops raised during the year as well as the number of the live stock kept by the tenants was compiled and reported to the commission at the end of the year.

Ike Deals With a Cheater You may have known someone - maybe even a close friend - who has cheated in school or in sports. You may have wondered what to do about it, so you might find it interesting to see how Dwight David Eisenhower handled a cheater. This happened long ago during World War I. Ike Deals With a Cheater Ike's flexibility was legendary - but so was his iron will. His toughness came into play when he was an officer Camp Colt, Pennsylvania, during the war. The case involved an officer who cheated at cards. When the victims of his cheating discovered his trick, they promptly seized his marked cards and complained to Major Eisenhower. Ike sent for the man and displayed the marked cards for him to see. The cheater probably had little or no idea that Major Eisenhower was an expert card player, so he tried to bluff his way through the questioning. When he refused to confess to his guilt, Ike pressured him. Years later, Ike recalled the scene. When push came to shove, Ike looked the man straight in the eye and said, "I can show you exactly where you have marked them. Would you like me to do it?" The guilty man stammered, Ike recalled, and then said "No." Ike continued as follows: "Would you rather resign at once for the good of the service or would you like to be tried by court-martial?" The man agreed to resign from the Army. A few days later, the father of the cheater appeared at Camp Colt with the United States Congressman from his district. The Congressman suggested to Ike that the man be reinstated in the Army and then transferred to another camp. Ike politely refused. Then the Congressman asked whether Ike would consider deleting the words "for the good of the service" from the guilty man's written resignation. Ike refused. Then, Ike remembered, "the congressman got angry and said he thought I was acting arbitrarily for a Major." Ike replied that he was simply "acting as an Army officer protecting my command." Eisenhower knew that a man who would cheat his fellow officers could never be trusted to lead soldiers into war. And that was that. © Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, Washington, DC, 2004

Lonnie married ROSSMANN Bertha Mary on 10 Nov 1923 in Pittsburg, PA. Bertha was born on 30 Sep 1892 in Pittsburg, PA; died on 10 May 1985 in Virginia Beach, VA (Bayside Hosp); was buried in Chesterfield County, VA (Sunset Memorial Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

DEATH: Bible shows 9/14/1894 and birth shows as 8/22/1894. Died less than 1 month old

Family/Spouse: BAIRD Harvey Burns, Sr.. Harvey (son of BAIRD William Benjamin, Sr. and SMITH Dora Frances) was born on 8 Oct 1897; died on 23 Jun 1960; was buried in Prince George County, VA (Newville Methodist Church). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Brandon, Prince George County, VA

Lelia married ADAMS Aristides Warren on 29 Jul 1908. Aristides (son of ADAMS Aristides Alexander and WARREN Mary Agnes) was born on 14 Apr 1886; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived with Mr. & Mrs. Solon Winfield Baird, her mother's brother, for several years after her mother died.

Family/Spouse: CURTIS Rhett Bastus. Rhett and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: WW-I

Notes:

Military:
gassed by Germans (mustard gas); Death later in life was from natural causes

Family/Spouse: EMORY Lena G.. Lena was born on 29 Oct 1884; died on 26 Sep 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Aug, 2007 - According to Kenneth Coker,, Benj. Clary, Jr. was raised by Kenneth's great-grandfather.

Family/Spouse: BAIRD Wennie Mildred. Wennie (daughter of Dr. BAIRD James Walter, MD and HASTY Mary Susan) was born on 26 Feb 1886; died on 18 Sep 1941. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: OSBORNE Mabel Violet. Mabel was born on 3 Oct 1898; died on 10 Dec 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Nellie
• Alt. Birth: 14 Nov 1891, Waverly, Sussex County, VA
• Residence: 1930, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Nellie was raised by her Uncle Walter Binns Clary, when her parents died. Uncle Walter lived in Manchester, Va. (later annexed into Richmond).

Social Security Death Index
about Nellie Harris
Name:Nellie Harris SSN:433-24-2242 Last Residence: Born:1 Aug 1890 Died:Jul 1965 State (Year) SSN issued:Louisiana (Before 1951)

Death occurred at Eastern State Hosp in WIlliamsburg

Birth:
From SSN death notice at Ancestry

Alt. Birth:
From: Harris200901 by: scraigh
From: Cozart & Moore of Granville, O... by: grady3021





Buried:
Div 1, Sec G-4, Lot 25

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived with:: her sister Sannie Booth Baird
• Lived(s) In: Waverly, Sussex County, VA; 141 Coppahaunk Av

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Sep 1919, Carsley, Surry County, VA (Carsley Methodist Church)

Notes:

Note by Jean Goodrich Johnson: Sannie lived with Aunt Sally Baird (Sannie Baird's mother) in Waverly on Coppahaunk Ave across from the Methodist Church. I recall Mother and I visiting in their home when I was growing up. I do not recall that Sannie was married.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1202

Family/Spouse: FAIRFIELD Mina. Mina was born in 1896; died in 1985; was buried in Merchants Hope, Prince George, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Buddy
• Occupation: Hopewell, VA; Worked For a Company In Hopewell
• Reference Number: 1203

Family/Spouse: BAILEY Annie. Annie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Annabelle
• Nickname: Anna Bella
• Name: Anna Bella BOOTH
• Reference Number: 1204
• Baptism: 10 Sep 1905, Carsley, Surry County, VA (Carsley Methodist Church)

Notes:

Tombstone (Newville Church, Newville, Va) show 2 Jan1887 (b) and 30 Mar 1985 (died). This corresponds with her parents data.

Family/Spouse: HITE Willie. Willie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Annie married BAIRD William Benjamin, Jr. on 15 Aug 1917. William (son of BAIRD William Benjamin, Sr. and SMITH Dora Frances) was born on 29 Oct 1887; died on 13 May 1962; was buried in Prince George County, VA (Newville Methodist Church). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1206
• Alt. Death: 1989

Notes:

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Family/Spouse: ELLIS Claude Harold. Claude (son of ELLIS William Bolling and COX Emma Jane) was born on 4 Mar 1884 in Brandon, Prince George County, VA; died in Feb 1972 in Spring Grove, Surry County, Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Moonshiner. Made and sold it.
• Alt. Birth: 31 Jan 1892, Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Plantation)
• Census: 1900, Guilford, Surry, Virginia
• Military: 1917-1918, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; WW-I Draft Registration
• Census: 1930, Guilford, Surry, Virginia

Notes:

FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: Well, I didn't know what he called himself, because he also had a girl, he also had a girlfriend, I presume she was his girlfriend, right across the road from him, where he lived.

He married a girl named Ruth, who as a Rogers, whose last name was Rogers before she married, and I understand she, her family owned a lot of land. TIM: Right. We've got a big cemetery back there with the Boothes. You've got pictures of that on the CD also. Gene Harris: I've got no idea where that is. I'd love to see it. FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: This is in Savage, around Savage. Ruth Rogers on the low plane, and she was a cute brunette with blue eyes, and she had -- Gene Harris: Now, Ruth Rogers: Who was she? She was the one that married Thaddeus Clyde Boothe? FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: Right. And so he sort of became friends with the postmaster that lived across the, right in front of their home, and, and he got mixed up with, when the time of the Depression, and they did do some moonshining or whatever you call it, I guess, because he seemed to have more money than anybody else around. FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: And, and the interesting thing that happened was that he did not, Thaddeus was, I know, from being an alcoholic, the Greyhound Bus ran off of the bridge up there between Petersburg Pike and Hopewell -- TIM DOWNEY: You see, this, Mother, this needs to be recorded here. FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: -- and, and -- TIM: -- he jumped in the water to save him. FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: And Mary, the youngest -- Gene Harris: Mary, Mary Louise Boothe? FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: -- right. Lived close by and Uncle Clyde, so I was told, Aunt Lin told me, went out to help. It's probably about as far as from here across the street, and jumped in the cold water. And -- TIM: The Greyhound bus left the road and went over into the -- FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: Yeah. And he -- TIM: -- the river. FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: -- got, he died of pneumonia. TIM: He caught pneumonia saving the passengers -- FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: From cold water. So he didn't die, evidently, as an alcoholic, he died from that.


RANCIS A. BOOTHE: Aunt Lillian, when we get down to her, she's the most interesting to me. I asked her when I went to stay with her, she was in her, lived to be 94, I said, Which one of these was the nicest of the seven boys? And she said, Clyde, but just think about it. He, he wasn't on the job all the time. So he could, when my grandmother wanted some help, all she had to do was call Clyde and Clyde came running and -- TIM: Right. He wasn't in the field for 12 hours a day --


From a 2005 interview with Frances Adelle Booth

Census:
1900 United States Federal Census
about Thadeus C Booth
Name:Thadeus C Booth          
Home in 1900:Guildford, Surry, Virginia [Guilford, Surry, Virginia]          
Age:9          
Birth Date:Jan 1891          
Birthplace:Virginia          
Race:White          
Gender:Male          
Relationship to Head of House:Son          
Father's Name:Thadeus F Booth          
Father's Birthplace:Virginia          
Mother's Name:Mary L Booth          
Mother's Birthplace:Virginia          
Marital Status:Single          

Military:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
about Thaddeas Clyde Booth
Name:Thaddeas Clyde Booth          
County:Surry          
State:Virginia          
Birthplace:Virginia;United States of America          
Birth Date:31 Jan 1891          
Race:Caucasian (White)          
FHL Roll Number:1991280          
DraftBoard:0          
Age: Occupation: Nearest Relative: Height/Build: Color of Eyes/Hair: Signature:          

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1208
• Residence: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Gene Harris: -- Percy Jackson, would be your father. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Oh. Daddy, Daddy was a merchant -- Gene Harris: That's Percy Jackson? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- right. And my mother was a postmaster. They had postmaster and the store together. Gene Harris: Now, what was the store? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Savage. Gene Harris: Was there a name on it? Did the store have a name. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Well, my grandmother's brother, Barrett, had a big old country store like, big old country store, and there was a Savage across, there's an intersection there. So it was a big Savage store there, but Waverly(phonetic). Not Waverly, Barrett, my grandmother's brother, had the post office there. I don't remember in the store, but he retired. So when he retired, my mother took the service and passed it and became postmaster there. So my father started out with a little old garage and then he moved his warehouse up to the big store that had a big floor to it. TIM: Is there a sign on it that says, Boothe General Store, or -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Not then. After that my father bought that piece of land, and, and built his own store. And that's when he had his sign, P.J. Booth, what do you call it -- TIM: General store? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- pay as you go, you know. There were a lot of blacks that weren't paying. They ________________ in good with him. TIM: Credit wasn't -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: So the post office was moved there, too. And, and besides that, Dad was quite a, a good businessman, because he drove a school bus for 25 years. I said, when he came to live with us, Why did you, why did you drive a school bus from Save to Berrysville(phonetic) which is about 10 miles on a horse during the wintertime when the snow sometimes was 2 feet deep, deep? And he said, To save money. Keep from paying gas. And then rode back. That's how he started out. So he drove a school bus then. And then when they switched schools, he drove one of the first school buses that was a chassis, had a chassis -- TIM: Chassis with a body built on it -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- with a body built on the side, where you just roll up the curtains and so forth. And then when the first school buses that looks like the buses today, was when my mother died, that was 1929. I rode in that school bus, a new school bus. I know that. TIM: And he also drove a dump truck or something, too -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: And anyway, he, he was paid about $100 a month for driving the school bus. And then in the summertime he had two dump trucks. I don't know whether he rented them or how, how it was, but that was when they were fixing the roads. And so he had two, two dump trucks with people working, driving, while he was in the store. So he had three things going at one time.

Okay. Let's go to Percy Jackson BOOTH, who was born June 6, 1893. He was born in Surry County, Virginia, and he died on March 3rd 1983, and he's buried in Claremont, Virginia, at St. Anne's Church. He was married November 10th, 1930. And, let's see. His first wife was Myrtle -- TIM: Martha Myrtle Clemons. Gene Harris: -- Martha Myrtle Clemons, who was born 1900. TIM: Prince George County. Gene Harris: And they were married, it looks like, April 23rd, 1918. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Prince George County, and they were married in, in my grandfather's home. Gene Harris: Okay. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I sat in the living room after they restored it. Gene Harris: So they were married -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- it was a pretty place they were married. Gene Harris: They were married at the Thaddeus Floyd farmhouse? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Married at my mother's, the J.W. Clements. Gene Harris: Oh, the Clements farmhouse? Okay. She apparently died the 23rd of January, 1929? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Right. SPEAKER 4: I thought that Daddy died in 1984? TIM: It was '83. MR. DOWNEY: '83. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: '83? That's what he said. Gene Harris: Okay. Now, let's see. The second wife was Martha V. McCoy, M-C-C-O-Y. She was born September 11th, 1909, in Surry County, Virginia. Her father was Isaac -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Oh, wait a minute. Gene Harris: -- Alva McCoy. I-S-A-A-C, Alva, A-L-V-A, McCoy, was her father. And her mother's name was Elva, E-L-V-A, Jane McCoppin, M-C-C-O-P-P-I-N. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I don't know whether that's correct or not, but I think that Martha was the one that wrote that. Gene Harris: Okay. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Because I didn't do that. TIM: It looks like your handwriting, Mother. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Well, that, that is not my handwriting. TIM: It's not? It could be hers, then. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: It's hers. I put something extra in there and squeezed it in, that's probably mine. But somebody else wrote that. Gene Harris: They had, let's see. Percy Jackson had three children: Francis A. BOOTH, Percy Jackson BOOTH, Jr., and Bonnie Beryl BOOTH. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Beryl is another ______________ BOOTH family. Gene Harris: Okay. Now, were all three, which, which wife were these children by? TIM: This one by the Clemons, that's mother. Gene Harris: Okay. So Francis, you're mother, you're Francis A. BOOTH? And your mother was Myrtle Clements? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Right. Gene Harris: C-L-E-M-E-N-T-S? The other two children, Percy Jackson BOOTH, Jr., and Bonnie Beryl BOOTH, were by Martha V. McCoy? Francis A. BOOTH was born when? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: December 6, 1919. Gene Harris: December 6, 1919? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yes.

Gene Harris: Addendum: This is information on Francis's father, who, now this was. TIM: Percy Jackson BOOTH. Gene Harris: Okay. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: My father, when my father and mother got married, my mother had relatives in Hampton, Virginia, and they came to, my father and mother came to Hampton, Virginia, and they rode the streetcar from Hampton to Newport News for a year, and they had a little boy born, but died the same day it was born. My grandmother said it was probably the cord or something like that, but after that my father moved back to the country. I don't know why, but he always loved the country. And so he moved to Surry County and that's where I was born.

Family/Spouse: MCCOY Martha. Martha (daughter of MCCOY Isaac and MCCOPPIN Elva Jane) was born on 11 Sep 1909 in Burrowsville, Prince George, VA; died on 27 Mar 1979; was buried in Claremont, VA (St. Anne's Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Percy married CLEMENTS Martha Myrtle on 10 Nov 1918 in Prince George County, VA (Home Of J, W, Clements Farmhouse). Martha (daughter of CLEMENTS James William, Sr. and BURROW Mary Florence) was born on 9 Feb 1899 in Prince George County, VA; died on 23 Jan 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: No children
• Occupation: Richmond, Virginia, USA; Lawyer the city
• Reference Number: 1207

Notes:

Gene Harris: Okay. How about Oscar Hudson BOOTH? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Oscar Hudson was a, a big achiever. He, he did not like planting potatoes. Aunt Lin told the story where they would all get out and my grandfather would say, Plant the potatoes with the eyes up, and he was looking up at the sky, whether that's a joke or not. So he was a typical city boy. And he went to, I think he went to Newport News, came to Newport News first, and then got a job, and then every time he'd, and then he would go to school at night. And then he'd get another job, and then he'd go to school at night until he became a lawyer for the city of Richmond. Gene Harris: Oscar Hudson BOOTH was a lawyer for the city of Richmond? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yes. TIM: Uh-huh. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: By his, going to school.

Interview with Frances A. Booth - 2005

Oscar married POWELL RuthUnknown. Ruth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1209
• Census: 1910, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Census: 1920, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: John Beverly BOOTH was in world war -- TIM: He was a World War I soldier. Yeah. This is a very interacting story. Tell it. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I don't know if I can tell that story or not, because it's sort of a sad story.

Gene Harris: This is all John Beverly BOOTH? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yeah. TIM: That's right. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: He was, he was, I think it's somewhat of a dirty blonde, like, and we, we, he had a girlfriend when he left. And when he came back, his girlfriend, like a lot of stories, his girlfriend was married. And he, he, the one thing that the war left him with was bad feet because of -- TIM: Trench foot. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- being in the trenches over in England, I believe it was, in deep water.

And once in a, so Uncle Clyde, the brother, had a little house there. And Johnny lived in it for a while. And then he started to drinking a little. I remember he came over to my house when my grandmother came to live with us after my mother died, and he was drinking a little bit. And my grandmother said, You go right back to your house and don't come back to see me until you get okay. Gene Harris: That was his mother, Mary Louise Barrett?

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yeah. So, so he wasn't a bad guy. And then later someone, I don't know, it was Gary maybe, who said he saw a picture of a base- -- he was good at ba- -- softball or baseball, I guess it was, and it had John's name, John -- Gene Harris: He played for -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- BOOTH in Surry County. TIM: -- a local baseball team in Smithfield that he played some baseball for. Gene Harris: We're still discussing John BOOTH? TIM: Right. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Uh-huh.

TIM: He was a, he was a bachelor. He never married the girl that he -- He went to the service and went to World War I, went to France. When he came back, however long he was there, she had met someone else and married. And he never married, he never dated or married again, did he? He never dated anybody -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I don't know, but my grandmother said that the reason that he did the, the drinking was because of, of the, what they gave him, drug, I guess, what do you call it -- TIM: For his feet? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- for his feet. Yeah. TIM: Uh-huh. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: It started like that.

Census:
United States Census, 1910 for Johnie B Booth
Name: Johnie B Booth
Birthplace: Virginia
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Residence: Guilford, Surry, Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Family Number: 213
Page Number: 13
Household Gender Age
Parent Thadeous L Booth M 56y
Parent Mary L Booth F 46y
Magnus F Booth M 27y
Annie B Booth F 23y
Bessie B Booth F 21y
Clyde Booth M 19y
Percy J Booth M 17y
Oscar H Booth M 15y
Johnie B Booth M 12y
Regmale A Booth M 9y
Lillian B Booth F 7y
Mary L Booth F 1y 6m

Census:
United States Census, 1920 for John B Booth
Name: John B Booth
Residence: , Surry, Virginia
Estimated Birth Year: 1899
Age: 21
Birthplace: Virginia
Relationship to Head of Household: Brother
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Film Number: 1821916
Digital Folder Number: 4390828
Image Number: 00408
Sheet Number: 5
Household Gender Age
Thadeous T Booth M 28y
Ruth R Booth F 20y
Aubrey Booth M 3y10m
Lucille Booth F 1y9m
John B Booth M 21y

Died:
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
about John B Booth Name: John B Booth
Service Info.: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR I
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1898
Death Date: 23 Jan 1967
Service Start Date: 7 Apr 1917
Interment Date: 26 Jan 1967
Cemetery: City Point National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 10th Avenue and Davis Street Hopewell, VA 23860
Buried At: Section E Site 4853

Social Security Death Index
about John Booth Name: John Booth
SSN: 231-05-2447
Last Residence: 23890 Waverly, Sussex, Virginia, United States of America
Born: 29 Jun 1898
Died: Jan 1967
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Illness: Stomach problems for years, poss cancer
• Occupation: Hopewell, VA; Policeman
• Reference Number: 1210

Notes:

Gene Harris: Okay. Now, what do you remember about Reginal A. BOOTH? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: He was a, he was, he was probably the largest built, but he was not overly fat. He was just built like a football player. Gene Harris: Stocky build? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yes. And, and he was good looking. And he was a policeman.

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I think, I think he lived to be 94. And I think that that, Daddy was 89 or, he lacked but so many months of being 90, so I included him.

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I know that he lived to, to be, I know that he lived, died, I think, with stomach problems. Probably cancer. He had it at a young age, and I know that he was sick for while there, for, like, five or 10 years and we used to go and see him.

Family/Spouse: FULCHER Thelma. Thelma and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: There is a WV/Tenn family of Booths related to the Booths and the Sykes families
• Reference Number: 1211

Notes:

Gene Harris: Okay. And let's go to the next one, which is Lillian R. BOOTH. Do you remember what Lillian's middle in- -- middle name was? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Barrett. Gene Harris: Okay. So it's Lillian B. BOOTH? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yes. Lillian Barrett BOOTH. Gene Harris: Okay. And she was born was 21 25 May, 1903? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Uh-huh. Gene Harris: What do you remember of her?

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Well, Aunt, Aunt Lillian, Aunt Lillian taught school. She taught in a one-room school. Gene Harris: Which school was that? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: One-room school down at -- Gene Harris: Was that Otterdam School? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- located at Otter Dam Wall (phonetic). Gene Harris: Okay. So that was the old Otterdam school, then? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yeah. Gene Harris: Old white, white clapboard building? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yes. And she drove old Billy, the horse, and her buggy to the school and back again. And she taught a small amount of children between one, first grade and seventh. And each summer she would go to summer school with the money she made teaching school in the winter until she got two years of college, and then later she went, you were required to have four years, so she went to school and got her degree in that.

And that's, I knew she was an achiever. There are so many stories about her. Because she, she got into a law course where most of them were guys. And she told me that two of them walked in, and they all started at these two girls in the law course. And, and then when the, they took the exams and so forth, they all were wondering what they were going to get, but only a few of them passed, and she was one of them. And, and she was, she was....

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: She, she was a crackerjack teacher. She taught school for 40 years. And she told me before she died that she enjoyed every minute of it. I could not believe that, but that's what she said.2 SOUR S236

Family/Spouse: BOOTH A. Rex. A. was born in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Farmville, VA (Longwood College)
• Note: Had one child - NFI
• Reference Number: 1212

Notes:

Gene Harris: Wow. How about Mary Louise BOOTH, who was born September 15th, 1908? Mary FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Mary Louise was the youngest one. And I think that, that she must have acted like she was. (Laughter.) Anyway, she's the only one in the family that had a chance to go to college that the parents paid for, see? And so Mary went at Longwood one year, and then she met Lloyd. And Aunt Lin told me this story. She met Lloyd, fell in love with him. And, and married, eloped to North Carolina and got married. And, and she, I think she regretted it later. And so there was a lot of jealousy sort of between Aunt Lillian and, and Mary. And she, she was a flirt. She looked the part. Gene Harris: Okay. Let's go -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: She has a daughter that's still living. Gene Harris: What's her daughter's name? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Nancy -- TIM: Wills. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- Scott Wills. Gene Harris: Anyone know where she lives? TIM: Yeah. We have a mailing address. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yeah. I have her address. She's probably the youngest of the cou- -- the children. TIM: We sent her this information. Gene Harris: Okay. We need to get her. You can send her something about the --TIM: Okay.2 SOUR S236

Family/Spouse: SCOTT Lloyd. Lloyd and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married BOOTH (--LNU--) Lloyd --LNU--North Carolina (Eloped To). Lloyd and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Jennie
• Reference Number: 1195

Notes:

MARRIAGE: According to records, her marriage certificate said she was 19, but she wrote that she was 29. DOB taken from her stated age of 29 at the date of marriage

Vivian married PARSONS (--LNU--) --FNU-- on 19 Apr 1916 in Petersburg, VA. --FNU-- and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1191

Louise married EMORY Jefferson Davis on 15 Dec 1899 in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Jefferson was born on 9 Sep 1876; died on 22 May 1951; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1192

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1193

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1194

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Attorney
• Reference Number: 1196
• Residence: Arden, NC

Notes:

(Medical):Cerbral and General Arteriosclerois

Attended by Dr. H.B. Norton in Horseshoe, NC from 11/2/1959 to 1/5/1964

Occupation:
Self-Employed

Residence:
This is/was a farm

Dennis married SMITH Carrie Etta on 30 Jul 1937. Carrie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1197

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1198

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 32

Family/Spouse: SMITH William T.. William was born on 25 Oct 1862; died on 12 Dec 1948; was buried in Claremont, Surry County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived(s) In: Phoebus, Hampton (city), Virginia, USA
• Reference Number: 33
• Military - Draft Card: 12 Sep 1918, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Draft Registration Card

Notes:

Lived in Phoebus

Person Source

Family/Spouse: HITE Mattie Mae. Mattie (daughter of HITE Monroe "Junius" Cleveland, Sr. and SMITH Alice A.) was born on 5 Jul 1887 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 14 Mar 1967 in Hampton, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Heirlooms: Bible, Faye Howard
• Heirlooms: Dining Room, Gene Harris
• Heirlooms: Rocker, Gene Harris
• Occupation: Homemaker
• Reference Number: 2

Notes:

See Herbert for full notes.

When they moved to Richmond, She made Herbert build a high wooden privacy fence around the backyard and she kept chickens. I remember her in her apron chasing a chicken around the yard, so we would have fresh chicken for lunch one Sunday. She made the biscuits and dessert (banana pudding) and Calvin would always fry the chicken in an old high side cast iron skillet. There were family dinners one Sunday a month.

Grandmother slept in an old feather bed that she loved and wouldn't sleep in a regular bed at all. She kept her snuff can under the bed.

Grandmother by Faye Howard:
You asked me about things I remember about Grandmother too. Here it is. Grandmother would always crouch down to use the phone. She could touch her toes at 80ty. Her nick name was "Pinky". She loved to dip snuff, but she hid in her bedroom so we wouldn't see her spit. She loved to play Canasta, which she taught many of us to play, and taught us how to eat King Syrup mixed with butter on bread that was delicious. She was a homebody and kept the home very clean. She made a beautiful quilt with Granddad, Granddad's Dog and mule or horse, Thelma, Calvin, others on it chickens, flowers and so much more. She made it out of the old clothes and scratch material she found laying around. She was a very good sewer. Grandmother loved her flowers and bushes, she was on the quiet side but carried a big bat. When the children at Fox School would kick a kickball, bat a baseball or throw a basketball in her back yard she would run them out of the yard and later return them to the Principal after we played with them for a while. She would be so upset because the children would climb the fence, breaking it sometimes and killing her plants and flowers stepping or jumping on them. The children use to call her the Wicked Witch. Grandmother nor I ever forgot what I am about to tell you and she even talked to Mom about it when she was dying that she never forgot the day I stood up to her with my hands on my hips and told her, "I could be just a stubborn as she was", then I walked out of the house across the street by myself and bought me some candy and ate it before I walked back into the house to get my punishment for not obeying her. You see Grandmother, even when I thought I was too old for naps, made me take one. She would let Joanie go across the street and buy some candy when they thought I was asleep. I finally got tired of just pretending I would sleep and got up when Joanie came back into the house with her candy in hand. I told Grandmother I was going to get me some. Well, she said I was not unless Joanie took me across the street. Joanie decided she would not take me across the street until she was ready too. Then Grandmother said I could not go. That's when I said what I did and did what I did. Would I do it again. "Yes", even though my Daddy gave me the biggest and worse spanking of my life for not respecting my Grandmother and for not doing what she said to do, and I really couldn't go to school and sit down for a week. Grandmother felt so bad that the next time I came over she said, I am really sorry Faye that I told Linwood about everything. I really didn't know he would beat you like that." Of course, I am a Scorpio and we hold grudges for a long time but she knew that day that I was really hurt by the way she and Joanie acted but I forgave her for telling Dad. She wrote articles to the newspapers and I will always remember the one about the verse from the King James Version on, "Spare Not the Rod". I will look up that verse and let you know it as soon as I can. She was very political too and would speak her mind in articles she wrote to the paper. Lynn and Mary were also very political and wrote things. They learned this from Grandmother. She have premonitions. She called Mom early one morning and asked Mom if she had talked to me recently or heard from me. Mom said no and asked why. Grandmother said something is really wrong you should call her. Mom did and I told her I had a miscarriage and was going to tell her about it when I felt better. She told me Grandmother knew something was wrong and that was why she called her and told her to call me. Grandmother told me other times when she knew something was going to happen and they did. Grandmother was Grandmother, I loved her, accepted her and am proud she was my "Grandmother" when I got old enough to understand life a little better instead of through a child's eye that's when I could understand her better.     
         

(Medical):She broke her hip at 88 years old and was up and walking within 2 years.

Heirlooms:
Faye has Grandmother's Bible

Heirlooms:
Gene has Grandmother's dining room furniture.

Heirlooms:
Gene has Grandmother's fancy rocking chair

Buried:
Bliley Funeral Home to Purviance Funeral Home in Wakefield

Mary married HORNE Herbert Raines on 28 Jan 1907 in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Herbert (son of HORNE Zachariah Thomas and RAINES Ellen Augusta) was born on 26 Dec 1880 in Newville, Prince George, VA; died on 3 Sep 1956 in Richmond, VA (MCV Hosp); was buried on 5 Sep 1956 in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: 'Uncle Boss'
• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Lived in Surry County

Died of brain tumor which developed after head injury caused by flywheel flying off a piece of farm equipment. Called "Boss" by family and friends. One of the pictures at BK924 shows him, wife Pearl, and daughter Edith, on the front porch of their home located on Rt. #40 (MLK Hwy.) The house was dismantled in 1977 after his daughter Doris Jean and husband Shirley Johnson built a brick ranch house behind it.
He owned farm called Gilliams (other side of Averys Mill Pond - now called Cockes Lake) when first married. All children except Doris Jean were born there. Family sold it to Continental Can in 1965, who later sold it to Carrolls Foods (hog farm) behind Marvin and Pat Padgetts.


Person Source

(Medical):Died of brain tumor which developed after head injury caused by flywheel flying off a piece of farm equipment

Benjamin married WESTBROOK Mabel Pearl on 22 Dec 1915 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Mabel (daughter of WESTBROOK Joseph Percy and JAMES Otelia Florence) was born on 1 Oct 1896 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 28 Jul 1972 in Portsmouth, VA; was buried in Surry County, VA (Westbrook Family Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 35

Other Events and Attributes:

• Illness: Typhoid Fever
• Reference Number: 36
• Alt. Birth: 9 Oct 1893
• Census: 1910, Guilford, Surry, Virginia
• Illness: 1927, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Red Measles
• Alt. Death: 13 Apr 1927

Notes:

Spelling changed from Leathy to Leathie per her daughter Vivian (10-25-03)
Title: Cemetary Marker
Source Text: Bishop Cemetary, Chappell Farm, Waverly, Virginia

Alt. Birth:
from a handwriten page (unknown where this page came from)

Illness:
Caught red measles from Vivian and Claudia died from them

Claudia married BISHOP William (Willie) on 26 Nov 1909 in Petersburg, VA. William (son of BISHOP Lenious Thomas and SMITH Ida Estelle) was born on 23 Aug 1885 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 1 Nov 1964 in Sussex County, VA (At His Residence); was buried on 3 Nov 1964 in Waverly, VA (Bishop Cemetary, Chappell Farm). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer's Wife/Homemaker
• Reference Number: 37
• Census: 1920, Guilford, Surry, Virginia
• Religion: 1 Oct 1922, Carsley, Surry County, VA (Carsley Methodist Church); Methodist

Notes:

Aunt Stella was always very fond of Calvin Horne and he was her little doll baby. This was before she married and had kids. She always had a nice disposition and was friendly towards everyone. Her children were like sisters and brothers to the Horne family. Aunt Stella always blushed very easily. Mary Virginia Horne remembers that Aunt Stella had a crush on a friend of Herbert Raines Horne's, Myron Benton, that moved to Conneticut and everytime he came down to visit Herbert Raines Horne, Aunt Stella had to rush over to visit and she would stand there and her face would turn red when he would walk in and she would look at Mary Virginia and say 'you little devil you'd better keep your mouth shut and don't say a word', but her face was so red that no one had to say anything.

Joined Carsley Meth Ch. 1 Oct 1922 Rev. H.B. Hall

Family Notes on Marriage with Monroe Cleveland Hite:
Title: Notes
Text:
Last Residence of Stella was Spring Grove, Virginia 23881
Surry County
Region: Claremont
Title: 1910 Virgia Census Miracode Index
Page: Enumeration District 0117; Visit 0148
Entry Date: 1910
Source Text: Parents: Benjamin T and Ellia Goodrich Siblings: Benjamin T and James E Estella Goodrich 14 years old Born in Virginia
Title: 1910 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 10B
Entry Date: March 24, 1910
Source Text: Parents: Benjamin T and Ellia G Goodrich Siblings: Benjamin T; James E Estella Goodrich 14 years old Able to read, write, speak English Born in Virginia Parents Born in Virginia
Title: 1900 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 2A
Entry Date: June 9, 1900
Source Text: Parents: Benjamin and Ella Goodrich Siblings: Nonnie; Glen; Mary; Benjamin; Elsa; Claudia; James Estella Goodrich: 4 years old Born March 1896 Able to speak English Born in Virginia Parents Born in Virginia
Title: Social Security Death Index
Source Text: Last Residence Spring Grove, Virginia, Surry County 23881 Social Security Number 231-50-3162 Born March 8, 1896 Died December 1984 SSN Issued in Virginia 1956
Title: The Church Register of the Surry Circuit- Methodist Episcopal Church South 1868-1925 Register of Carsley Methodist Church
Title: 1920 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 1B
Entry Date: February 12, 1920
Source Text: Monroe C. Hite: Head of household Own home - mortgaged 32 years old Able to read, write, speak English Born in Virginia Parents born in Virginia Farmer Stella G Hite: Wife 24 years old Able to read, write, speak English Born in Virginia Parents born in Virginia Children at home: Cleveland A (4 years and 9 months)
Title: 1930 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 5A
Entry Date: April 22, 1930
Source Text: M. Cleveland Hite: Head of household Own home - farm 42 years old 25 years old at first marriage Able to read, write, speak English Farmer Not a veteran Born in Virginia Parents born in Virginia Stella G. Hite Wife - H 34 years old 17 years old at first marriage Able to read, write, speak English Born in Virginia Parents born in Virginia Children at Home: C. Alvin Hite: Son 15 years old - Laborer/School Jessie M. Hite: Daughter 9 years old - School Jack T. Hite: Son 6 years old - School
Title: Cemetary Marker
Source Text: Stella Goodrich Hite 1896 ---- 1984

Census:
1920 United States Federal Census
about Cleveland A Hite
Name:Cleveland A Hite          
Age:4 [4 9/12]          
Birth Year:abt 1916 [abt 1915]          
Birthplace:Virginia          
Home in 1920:Guilford, Surry, Virginia          
Race:White          
Gender:Male          
Relation to Head of House:Son          
Marital Status:Single          
Father's Name:Monro C Hite          
Father's Birthplace:Virginia          
Mother's Name:Stella G Hite          
Mother's Birthplace:Virginia          
         
Household Members:NameAge               
Monro C Hite 32 [22]               
Stella G Hite 24               
Cleveland A Hite 4 [4 9/12]               




Religion:
Joined Carsley Meth Ch. 1 Oct 1922 Rev. H.B. Hall