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Chapter 2—Henry Honaker
1756-1830
First American Generation
1. Henry[1] Honaker. See photographs of gravestone and veteran’s marker. Born 10 Feb 1756 in Philadelphia, Pa. Died 16 Sep 1830 in Draper Valley, Pulaski Co., Va. Buried with his wife in an abandoned old church cemetery behind Huddle Cemetery, Draper, Va. The cemetery can be located by first finding the Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial Cemetery off Virginia I-81 exit 94, directions to which are in the introduction of this book. From that cemetery’s farm access road, turn left on Rt. 76 for 1.2 miles to Draper. At Draper Elementary School, continue on Rt. 76 as it turns left. At Greenbriar Road, Rt. 76 is also signed Old Baltimore Road, which pioneers used to travel north to Baltimore. At 2.8 miles cumulative on the left, there are stone steps with wooden stair rails leading to Huddle Cemetery. At 2.9 miles is Delton Road, a convenient intersection for parking. Henry and Edith’s graves are 30 yards behind Huddle Cemetery. In 1998, visitors needed to go out the back gate of Huddle Cemetery and climb an obscured barbed-wire pasture fence to reach the two Honaker graves.
The following section about Henry’s revolutionary war service is fragmented and under renovation.
In due course it will be the same for Henry, Frederick and Peter.
The renovation will attempt to compile all the known information about this period of their lives
from many sources.
Revolutionary War Service
The immigrant Hans Jacob Honaker landed at Philadelphia 30 August 1749. There he worked off his indenture and after several years married and began raising his second family. He then moved southwest to his first owned property in Frederick Co., Md.; and then further south to Waterlick, Frederick Co., Va., in the upper Shenandoah Valley, before his final move south to Pulaski Co., Va. During the time that his family lived in Waterlick, his four eldest sons served in militias supporting the American Revolution. His eldest, Jacob, born ca. 1755 in Philadelphia, was reported by Larson, in Hans Jacob Honaker—From Switzerland to America, to have served in the Virginia militia under the command of Capt. Joseph Bowman of Dunmore County no later than 1777, when he would have been no older than 22 years. Nothing further is known about Jacob’s military service.
Jacob’s younger brothers Henry, born 1756 in Philadelphia; Frederick, born 1757 in Philadelphia; and Peter, born 1762 in Frederick Co., Md., are cited in several sources as having enlisted 24 Jan 1778 in Captain Bowman’s company, where they soon thereafter became involved in a heroic achievement of singular significance to the fledgling nation.
Frederick, Henry and Peter, enlisted 24 Jan 1778 in Captain Bowman’s company, George Rogers Clark’s battalion. Captain Bowman led his men to Redstone, now Brownsville, Pa., on the Monongahela River, thence to capture Forts Kaskaskia and Vincennes on the Wabash River in Illinois. The Frederick chapter has more details.
During his service, Henry was taken prisoner by Indians and turned over to the British, who held him at Ft. Chambly near Detroit. A British prisoner list of 1 May 1779 identified him as Henry Honeycur, Soldier, age 23, from Stove Town, Va. Henry escaped before the prisoner list of Sep 1780 and made his way home.
General Clark’s soldiers were awarded land grants in recognition of their achievement, which secured the Illinois territory (present-day Indiana, Illinois and Michigan) for the union when Benjamin Franklin negotiated peace treaties with the British at war’s end. The Clark’s Grant parcels were 108 acres along the Ohio River in Indiana. The soldiers were from Virginia, so most probably sold their land to buy property closer to home.
Unattributed typewritten document, page 8: “In George Rogers Clark’s Papers, James, Illinois Historical Collections, Virginia Series, Vol. 4, page 419 and following pages, will be found a list of the officers and men who served under General George Rogers Clark and who, on Aug. 4, 1784, at Louisville, Ky., were allotted claims to land in the Northwest Territory, north of the Ohio River. Included in the list is Henry Honaker and P. [Peter] Honaker, privates. Each soldier was allotted 100 acres by certificate, which the surveyor was ordered to give him in person, unless he chose to assign his claim to another. These claims to land were for services ‘to officers and soldiers who marched and continued in service till the reduction of the British posts on the North West side of ye Ohio and that all who engaged and enlisted in the Illinois Regiment afterwards and served during the war, or three years are entitled to a share of the Grant under the Resolution and Act of the Virginia Assembly’.”
During the American Revolutionary period, Henry played a role in an event of historic significance. While living in Shenandoah Co., Va., as a young man, Henry enlisted in Gen. George Rogers Clark’s battalion of 178 men, Captain Bowman’s company, 24 Jan 1778. His brothers Frederick and Peter also served with this famous battalion. Captain Bowman led his men to Redstone (now Brownsville, Pa.) on the Monongahela River, thence to capture Forts Kaskaskia and Vincennes on the Wabash River in Illinois. See the Frederick chapter for details.
During his service with General Clark, Henry was taken prisoner by the Indians and turned over to the British, who held him at Ft. Chambly near Detroit. A British prisoner list of 1 May 1779 identified him as Henry Honeycur, Soldier, age 23, from Stove Town, Va. Henry escaped before the prisoner list of Sep 1780 and made his way home.
General Clark’s soldiers were awarded land grants in recognition of their profound achievement, which secured the Illinois territory (present-day Indiana, Illinois and Michigan) for the union. History books say the parcels consisted of 108 acres in Clark’s Grant along the Ohio River in Indiana. The soldiers were from Virginia, so most of them sold their land to buy property closer to home.
For most of Clark’s soldiers, including Henry’s brothers Frederick and Peter, the land grant was perfunctory. Their names appeared on General Clark’s payroll records until the end of their enlistment. But Henry had been a prisoner for up to two years and his name did not appear on the payroll records. Sources differ about the developments before Henry’s grant was finally achieved. Hans Jacob Honaker, Larson, cites a source which assumed that Henry got his land in Indiana along with the other soldiers. Other researchers reported a trail of Virginia archival papers that showed Henry spent the rest of his life trying to obtain the grant, which his heirs continuing the effort, before it was finally made. One researcher reported that Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Louis A. Burgess, gave the circumstances:
“Henry Honaker, Petition for Bounty Land Henry Honaker, Soldier in the Illinois Reft. The evidence relied upon in the case is evidence of his Excellency, John Floyd, late Governor of Virginia; that there were two affidavits put into his hands while he was a member of the House of Representatives of the U.S. which have been lost or mislaid. The affidavits proved the service of Henry Honaker in the Illinois Regt. And that he was taken prisoner by the Indians and sent to Detroit and did not return for one or two years after his term expired. The Illinois Soldiers were enlisted for a term of three years. Governor Floyd says he has not a doubt but that Henry Honaker is entitled to bounty land. His being a prisoner accounts for the non-appearance of his name on the pay rolls which have been preserved of the Illinois Regt. (signed) John H. Smith, Comm’r”
“Richmond, Va., 1 April 1834: The heirs of Henry Honaker most respectfully aske the Governor of Virginia that they may be allowed L.B. for the services of the [said] Honaker as a Soldier in the Illinois Regt. Under Gen’l George Clark and they represent that the services were proved by the affidavits of two highly respectful men.” [The paper does not bear signatures of the heirs, as the original lost paper probably did.]
“John Floyd certified that he had often talked with Henry Honaker; that he has not a doubt that he was in the service; that Honaker gave him the proofs, but that they were either left in the clerk’s office of the House of Representatives of [the] U.S. and were lost or mislaid. ‘I have no doubt he is entitled to land.’ (signed) John Floyd”
“Alotment of Land in Clark’s Grant lists a deed issued to John Crum, assignee of William King, assignee of Henry Honaker, for 100 acres of land, letter C in No. 57.”
Before and after his military service, Henry most likely lived with or near his parents in Waterlick, in the upper Shenandoah Valley. In 1765 Hans Jacob had bought 97 acres for less than £1 on the west side of Passage Creek in Powell’s Fort Valley. It was a great deal of land
Last will and testament
Kegley, Abstracts of Wills of Wythe Co., Va., Will Books 3 & 4, May 1822–Apr. 30, 1837, p. 29: “Henry Honeker, Senr., signed Dec. 30, 1826, mentioned two sons Jesse and ‘Henery’ were to have all the land in Drapers Valley which was to be divided according to information given in the will. Sons Jesse and Henry were also to have certain Negroes, Ephriam, Peter, Will, Reny, Henry, Aaron, Jenney, Samuel, and Peter Jr. as specified in the will. Son Jesse (Jessy) was to have the stills and tubs, and Henry was to have the blacksmith tools. His wife Edith was to have Negro Thomas and certain livestock, all household and kitchen furniture, the stone house and one-half of the garden. At her death the property was to be equally divided between sons Jesse and Henry who were to serve as executors; witnesses were Ch. [Christian] May, John Howard and Thomas Huey. The will was presented to court Oct. 12, 1830, and proved by Thomas Huey. John Howard was dead but his signature was proved by Samuel Calfee; will recorded and the executors qualified. On Jan. 10, 1831 the will was again presented to court and proved by Christian May (pp. 418-419.)” Kegley, Abstracts of Wills of Wythe Co., Va., Will Books 3 & 4, May 1822–Apr. 30, 1837, p. 34: “Henry Honaker, in obedience to a court order October Term 1830, the appraisal was completed on June 28, 1831 by James Sayers, Joseph Graham and Thomas Huey; recorded Aug. 9, 1831 (pp. 10-12.)”
Henry married, first, Ann Baker 19 Jul 1785. Children:
2. i. Jesse[2]. Born 24 Nov 1789 in Montgomery Co., Va.
He married, second, Edith Smith 28 Jan 1794. Children:
ii. Henry. Born 16 Apr 1795 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 16 Jan 1863 in Wythe County. Although he was
a son of Henry[1], his gravestone identifies him as Henry Sr., apparently to differentiate him from his nephew Henry, whose own gravestone identifies him as Henry Jr. It was a German naming custom to use the designations Sr. and Jr. not necessarily to differentiate father from son, but to differentiate other family relationships as well. He married Sarah Calfee (called Sallie) 3 Oct 1826. Died 1872.
Second Generation
2. Jesse[2] Honaker (Henry[l]). Born 24 Nov 1789 in Montgomery Co., Va. Died 16 May 1869 in Pulaski Co., Va. The 1850 census enumerated him as a farmer with real estate valued at $2,000. The 1860 Wythe County census, 20 Jul 1860, enumerated him at age 70 living in the household of his son-in-law Joseph Shaver and daughter Edith, with real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate valued at $6,000. In addition to the slaves he had inherited, Jesse owned at least two others—Gilly, daughter of Arena, born 1855, and probably Arena.
He married Diana Unknown ca. 1810. Born ca. 1791 in Virginia, baptized 15 Nov 1838. Children:
2. i. Nancy[3]. Born ca. 1812 in Wythe Co., Va.
ii. Cynthia. Born ca. 1814. Died 1870. She married Bartram Galbreath 1834. Researcher Joel Newman reported in 2001 that she was born, married and died in or near Draper. One source, he said, gave her as the daughter of Jesse and Diana, which would explain Jesse’s conveyance of land to her (see his daughter Nancy’s paragraph.)
3. iii. Henry. Born 22 Jan 1819 in Wythe Co., Va.
2. iv. Edith (called Edie). Born 13 Jul 1822 in Montgomery Co., Va.
v. Letitia. Born 1 Jun 1828. Died 17 Aug 1853. Buried in Rickey Cemetery, Max Meadows, Va. Gravestone inscription: In memory of Letitia Yearion, consort of Jacob Yearion, daughter of Jessee and Dianna Honaker, born June 1st 1828. She married Jacob Yearion. There were no children.
Third Generation
2.i. Nancy[3] Honaker (Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born ca. 1812 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 2 Sep 1876. Pulaski [Va.] County Deed Book 3, pp. 532-533, shows that Jesse Honaker of Wythe County conveyed land 23 Feb 1863 to Jefferson R. Fugate and his wife Nancy of Pulaski County, “…for and in consideration of the love and affection which said Jessee Honaker has for and bears to his daughter the said Nancy Fugate…” On page 531, Jesse conveyed land the same day to “…Bartram Galbreath and Cynthia his wife for and in consideration of the love and affection which said Jessee Honaker has for and bears to the said Cynthia Galbreath…”
She married Jefferson Reid Fugate, son of James Reid(?) and Rebecca Fugate. Born ca. 1801 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 5 Sep 1882 in Pulaski County. Children:
i. Jesse[4]. Born ca. 1836.
2.i. ii. Dianah. Born 1837 in Pulaski County.
iii. Rebecca. Born ca. 1839.
iv. James. Born 1841.
v. William. Born ca. 1843.
vi. Randolph. Born ca. 1844.
vii. Lettitia. Born ca. 1846.
viii. Witcliff. Born ca. 1848.
ix. Mary. Born ca. 1852.
x. Henry. Born ca. 1855.
2.iv. Edith[3] Honaker (called Edie) (Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 13 Jul 1822 in Montgomery Co., Va. Died 2 May 1883 in Wythe Co., Va. Buried in Shaffer Family Cemetery, Wythe County, across the road from her married home place. The gravestone has no birth date. She was a redhead. Her two marriages are listed in Pulaski County Virginia Marriages 1839-1857, Vogt.
It was first reported to us that she married, first, William Bradshaw 6 Jan 1842 in Pulaski Co., and that they were married by J.G. Cecil, Methodist. In 2010 her descendant Gayle Shiner reported that she did not believe this was the Edith who married William. The 1850 census showed Edith in her parents’ household. She would have been 27 or 28 years old.
She married Joseph Shaffer (also Shaver), youngest son of Jacob Shaver and Catherine Bishop (called Caty), 13 Oct 1850 in Pulaski County. They were married by J.G. Cecil. Born 23 Feb 1824 according to an old family Bible. His gravestone gives 22 Feb 1822. Born in Wythe County. Died 22 Apr 1903 in Wythe County. Buried in Shaffer Family Cemetery, Wythe County. The 1850 Wythe County census enumerated Joseph’s father Jacob as a 66-year-old gunsmith.
The 1860 Wythe County Census, 20 Jul 1860, enumerated the family as Joseph Shaver, 34, farmer, with real estate valued at $200 and personal estate valued at $300, b. Virginia; Edith, 34; Sarah, 9; John, 8; Joseph, 6; Catharine, 4; Charlotte, 3; and Jesse Honaker, 70.
A photograph of Edie and Joseph and sons Joseph and John appear in A Family Album of Wythe Co., Va., p. 58, Kegley; a photograph of Joseph on horseback appears on p. 48. Edith and Joseph lived and are buried on land they inherited from Joseph’s father Jacob. Jacob’s will, recorded May 1874, conveyed the upper part of his plantation to his son Joseph, stipulating that it was to be used to maintain and supply Catherine in a manner suitable “to the necessities of her age and condition.” The tract lay between land conveyed by Jacob’s will to Jacob’s son James and neighboring (Collen’s) land.
Jacob Shaver, son of Daniel Shaver and Anna Hudlow, was born 19 Sep 1780, died 11 Apr 1874 in Wythe County, buried in Danner Cemetery, Wythe County. He married Catherine Bishop (called Caty), daughter of Peter Bishop and Margaret Montgomery, 24 Dec 1802. Born 6 May 1779, died 4 May 1881 in Wythe County, buried in Danner Cemetery. In 1813 Jacob bought 270 acres from his father-in-law Peter Bishop. It was originally Montgomery land obtained as part of a grant in the early years of the settlement of Virginia.
Joseph’s parents were married for more than 70 years, and his mother lived to be 102.
Wytheville [Va.] Enterprise, 7 May 1879: Mrs. Catherine Shaeffer (nee Catherine Bishop), wife of Jacob Shaver and mother of James, Jacob and Joseph Shaver, celebrated her 100th birthday recently. She is the mother of 12 children and has 47 grandchildren.
A photograph of Catherine appears on p. 40 of A Family Album of Wythe Co., Va.
Jacob Shaffer was a master gunsmith who produced rifles known for their accuracy. Often embellished with silver inlay or trimmed in gold, they became cherished heirlooms for many Southwest Virginia families. Jacob was identified as a gunsmith in the 1850 Wythe County census. In a Works Progress Administration (WPA) family history in the 1930s, Jacob’s granddaughter-in-law Mrs. John Shaver, then in her 80s, told the WPA that Jacob built a cabin on the land on “the old stage road seven miles southwest [actually southeast] of Wytheville and about one and a half miles distant from W.S. Poague’s residence.” Sometime later he built a two-story, two-room log house; and still later a place fine enough to be referred to as a mansion, to which Mrs. John came to live about 1890 when she said it “looked as old as Methuselah.” The history said the log house was connected to the mansion at the entry, and it continued:
The main building was 30 ft. long and 20 ft. wide. Both ends and sides were constructed of tree trunks of
corresponding length, squared, with holes drilled near the ends in order that pins might be used to bind the corners more securely. The huge stone chimney covered two-thirds of one end, while a big brick chimney served the kitchen addition. For protection against the numerous roving Indians, double doors made of heavy oak puncheons were hung at all entrances and secured by heavy iron bars across the inner side. Windows similarly constructed were secured by heavy iron fastenings. The large rooms measured 20xl8 ft., the smaller, 10xl8 ft., and the fireplace 6x5 ft.
But the most interesting part of the living and working quarters was the original cabin, converted into the
shop in which Jacob Shaver made his flint-lock guns and hair-trigger rifles, and watches and clocks as well. His only assistants were his slaves, and his tools were meager and comparatively crude, but the finished product, judging from examples still to be seen, gives no evidence of this.
Mr. George Nye has one of the guns, which is in almost perfect condition. The wooden parts are of curly
maple, now a rich brown in color, due perhaps to the combination of stain and time. In the shoulder piece is inserted a small brass grease box with hinged lid, in which was carried the piece of cloth which served as wrappings for the balls as they were pushed down the barrel by the hickory ramrod with its pointed wrought iron tip to which a cloth could be attached to clean the barrel when necessary. A semi-cylindrical slide about 8-in. long was fitted into grooves and could be moved backward or forward along the barrel as an aid in taking sight. On the barrel, deeply indented in script lettering, is the name ‘Jacob Shaver.’
Jacob made one for his son Joseph (to whom he willed the plantation on which he lived) when he was only
five years old in order that he could shoot the ground squirrels which scampered about. Mr. Melvin Taverner has the rifle, which has the name ‘Joseph’ on the barrel. And Jacob and his sons, as well as his neighbors, could make good use of his output protecting themselves and their homes not only against the Indians but against bears and wolves too; and in bringing down the deer, ‘which were as thick as rabbits.’
Light for the long winter evenings was provided by the great pine knots and butts rolled into the fireplace
for fuel. On one occasion when the children were out assisting in procuring the fuel supply, they ran back in great excitement to the house to report the presence of ‘a big hairy man holding up his hands,’ then ‘Jake killed the bar’ with one of his guns.
It seems that Jacob Shaver possessed considerable wealth, and as the Civil War made it too risky an
undertaking to protect it by ordinary methods, Jacob went into his shop, selected an iron pot, placed $15,000 in gold and silver inside and welded on a lid, a procedure some of the children observed through a crack in the chinking. Then he and a faithful slave, Solomon Holliday, buried it. The dirt was scraped away and dumped in a nearby stream and the cache was sodded over. A search covering a half century has left the spot, or the treasure at least, unrevealed, but this Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, 1936, a professional detector is coming to make another trial with a mechanism ‘which has a radio that sings’ when brought close to metal substances.
In the present home which occupies the site, the old mansion house andirons and the long-handled iron
shovel are seen on the hearth. But the latter has lost its ‘built-up sides,’ so necessary in transferring lighting coals. Nevertheless, when in response to an invitation, which could not be refused, [Mrs. John Shaver's] guests stayed ‘to eat some of her biscuits,’ the fire in the kitchen stove was kindled by coals from the living-room hearth, carried on the same shovel. And within a good half hour the flaky brown biscuit and a big corn pone were added to a table laden with excellent food. And the octogenarian bread-maker presided at the head as hostess in the new brick home which rests on a foundation for which the stones in the old mansion house chimney were requisitioned, as were its steps also, which now continue to do service at the kitchen door. Just in front of the entrance gate there stands a big boulder, against which the old gunsmith fired the balls as he tested the products of his workmanship.
Wytheville [Va.] Enterprise, 16 Jan 1988: Kegley’s Corner--Bits of the Past, by Mary Kegley
Shaffer was early craftsman, by James C. Spraker, guest columnist
Few of the craftsmen recorded in the annals of Wythe County are better known than Jacob Shaffer (also Schafer), gunmaker, farmer, and, according to some sources, watch- and clockmaker, who lived near the present site of Siloam Methodist Church. The history of the family of Jacob Shaffer in this county attests to the perseverance and the fortitude of the German element in Wythe County.
The earliest known ancestor of the gunsmith Jacob Shaffer (1783-1874) are his great-grandparents, Jacob and Rosina Shaffer (Schafer) who resided in the vicinity of Darmstadt in what is now West Germany. It was their son Jacob Jr. (1728-1815) who undertook the journey to the New World about 1747 and finally settled in Shenandoah Co., Va. Jacob Shaffer Jr. and his first wife, whose name is unknown, had the following children: Jacob, who married Maria …….; Mary, who married a Beaver; Frederick, who married Barbara Fry; Michael, who married Hanna Miller; Barbara, who married Henry Brown; David; and Daniel (1763-1831), who married Anne Hudlowe in 1783. One of these children, Daniel, decided to seek his fortune in Wythe County, where John George Frederick Shaffer (also known as Frederick Shaver), apparently a brother, and John Shaffer, probably a cousin, had acquired holdings. It was on land near these relatives that Daniel and Anne Shaffer settled.
Daniel Shaffer and his wife remained in Wythe County for only a few years. During this period of time, however, their daughter Mary married Adam Seek, and their son Jacob married Catherine Bishop (Bischof), the daughter of Peter and Margaret Bishop, in 1802 or 1803. It was to the Bishops that Jacob Shaffer owed his success in his new home. In 1818 Peter and Margaret agreed to transfer their plantation of 440 acres to Jacob Shaffer on the condition that he care for them for the remainder of their lives. Their home, which was located near the oldest Shaffer cemetery, on Danner Road, was probably the first residence of Jacob Shaffer and his new bride.
Daniel and Anne Shaffer, the parents of the gunsmith, decided to move farther west. When they departed for Wayne Co., Ind., apparently all their children except Jacob accompanied them. Daniel died there in 1831, and Anne was dead by the end of the next year. Since Jacob had already received 156 acres of land from his father (1823), his parents left him only a token monetary inheritance.
Over the years Jacob Shaffer accumulated approximately 900 acres of land in the Fort Chiswell area and a lot in Wytheville. When he died in 1874, his estate was divided among the following children: Daniel (1804-1887), who married Nancy, the daughter of Earhart (Ahart) Simmerman; Margaret (1807-1887), who married James Simmerman, a brother of Nancy Simmerman; John (1809- ); James (1811-1893), who married Julianne (Julia Anne), the daughter of John and Martha Hoge Brawley (Bralley); Mary (1813-1878), who married John, the son of Larkin and Mary Davis Johnston; Charlotte (1816- ), who married William Jackson; Ann (1817- ), who married Johnson McDonald; Jacob (1819- ), who married Eliza, the daughter of Larkin and Mary Davis Johnston; Malinda (1822-1904), who married the Rev. Ira P. Mays; Joseph (1824-1903), who married Edith Honaker of Pulaski County; and Catherine (1827-1897), who married William Hudson.
Family traditions abound concerning the Jacob Shaffer family. For example, Catherine Bishop Shaffer was said to have killed a marauding bear with a fire poker when the animal threatened her family. A Shaffer child reported that during the Civil War Jacob Shaffer sealed a large quantity of silver in an iron pot, which he and Solomon Holliday, a family slave, buried somewhere on his plantation. Despite numerous attempts by descendants to recover this cache, as yet no pot of silver has come to light. There is, however, no doubt about the quality of Jacob Shaffer’s rifles. Known for their accuracy, Shaffer rifles were often embellished with silver inlay, an art in which Shaffer was especially proficient. These inlayed rifles have been prized by generations of Wythe Countians. A few years ago a national exhibit of Kentucky-style long rifles at the York County Historical Society Museum in York, Pa., included an excellent and especially beautiful example of his work.
The descendants of Jacob Shaffer have distinguished themselves in their own right. Joseph Crockett Shaffer, for example, a descendant of Jacob’s youngest son, Joseph, was a well-known attorney and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1929-1931). Other members of the family have served their communities as physicians, lawyers, artists and educators. The enterprising spirit of the German settlers is a legacy still enjoyed by their descendants.
(The writer wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Paul Shaffer of Centerville, Utah, for the information he contributed on the early history of the Shaffer family.) Copyright 1988 by James C. Spraker
Children (of Edith and Joseph):
i. Sarah L.[4] Born 6 Aug 1851 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 23 Feb 1930 in Wythe County. She married John B. Hurt 17 Feb 1869.
2.iv. ii. John. Born 2 May 1853 in Wythe County.
2.iv. iii. Joseph B. Born 4 Jun 1855.
2.iv. iv. Catherine Diana (called Lade). Born 1857.
v. Charlotte M. Born 1858 in Wythe County. Died 29 Oct 1942 in Wythe County. She married John S. McDonald.
2.iv. vi. Henry Jesse. Born 5 Feb 1861.
2.iv. vii. Florence Cynthia. Born 4 Nov 1864 in Wythe County.
3. Henry[3] Honaker (Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 22 Jan 1812 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 30 Sep 1869 in Pulaski Co., Va.. which that portion of Wythe County had become in 1839. Buried in Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial Cemetery, Draper, Pulaski County.
The 1850 Pulaski County census recorded that he was 38, attributed to him real estate valued at $8,000, and listed an 18-year-old laborer, Thomas W. Lavender in the household. The 1870 Pulaski County Newbern District Mortality Schedule states that he died Sep 1869 of dropsy, was then 56, married, born in Virginia, a farmer. His gravestone, “In Memory of My Father,” gives the birthdate as 22 Jan 1812, and identifies him as Henry Honaker Jr., perhaps to distinguish him from his uncle, as he was actually the son of Jesse.
The Land that is Pulaski County, Smith, says that two slaves were requisitioned from Henry in the fall of 1862 to be sent to Richmond to help fortify the capital. He had 23 known slaves: Aaron, b. ca. 1800, d. Oct 1854 of dropsy; Amy, b. ca. 1785, d. Feb 1857; Anderson, son of Matilda, b. 21 Dec 1862; Charles, son of Agness, b. 26 Feb 1854; Daniel, son of Dilsey, b. Nov 1855; David, son of Hannah, b. 8 Apr 1859; Elizabeth, daughter of Dilsey, b. Feb 1857; Floyd, son of Amy, b. 7 Apr 1862, d. 8 Oct 1862; George Washington, son of Annie, b. 7 Oct 1859; Gus, son of Ann, b. 7 Feb 1861; Isaac, son of Leticia, b. 18 Dec 1858; Jack, son of Agness, b. Sep 1857; Jane, daughter of Hannah, b. 28 Dec 1858; Jane, b. 1 Jul 1862, d. 3 Oct 1862 of diphtheria; June, daughter of Agness, b. 11 Nov 1859; Leticia, daughter of Dilsey, b. 6 Jun 1861; Lewis, b. ca. 1833, d. ca. 1857; Lewis, son of Ann, b. 18 Sep 1858; Margaret, daughter of Agness, b. 25 Nov 1859; Mary, daughter of Dilsey, b. 11 Nov 1859; Randal, son of Hannah, b. 7 Jul 1859; Sampson, b. ca. 1843, d. 7 Jun 1860; Sampson, son of Agness, b. 28 Apr 1861.
He married Rachel Byrnside Pack, daughter of Samuel Augustus Pack and Sarah Wyatt, 30 Dec 1834 in Monroe Co., (West) Va. Born 18 Nov 1819 in Monroe County. Died 3 Jan 1880 in Pulaski County. Buried in Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial Cemetery, Draper. Rachel’s mother Sarah was a daughter of Thomas Wyatt and Rachel Byrnside. Rachel Burnside was a daughter of James Byrnside and Isabella Patterson. Samuel Augustus Pack was a son of Samuel Pack and Mary Polly Farley.
Children:
3. i. Sarah Jane[4] Born ca. 1836.
ii. Mary E. Born 9 Jan 1840 in Pulaski County. The 1850 census gave her age as 12 which would
maker her birthdate 1838, which we believe is in error. Died 27 May 1914 in Pulaski County. Buried in Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial Cemetery, Draper. She married James Vaughn, son of John Vaughn and Charlotte Unknown, 20 Sep 1876 in Pulaski County. The marriage was performed by W.H. Price.
iii. John C. Born ca. 1840. Died ca. 1863. He was a Confederate soldier and may have been
killed in the war. An unidentified West Virginia gunsmiths book reported the existence of a gunsmith named John B., son of Jesse, who worked 18 miles north of Wytheville, Va., in Draper’s Valley and was killed on the Confederate side during the Civil War. John C. was a grandson of Jesse, and may be the John the book mentioned.
iv. Margaret A. (possibly Agnes) Born 1841 in Pulaski County. Died of flux (diarrhea) Jul 1854 in
Pulaski County.
v. Edith Graham. Born ca. 1844 in Pulaski County. She married Jacob Goshorn, son of George
Goshorn and Jane Unknown of West Virginia, 19 Oct 1866 in Pulaski County. The marriage was performed by J. Humphreys. Born ca. 1820.
4. vi. Samuel Pack. Born 12 Feb 1848 in Pulaski County.
3. vii. James Bascom (called Jim). Born 26 Jan 1850 in Draper, Pulaski County.
5. viii. William Henry. Born 30 Sep 1852 in Pulaski County.
ix. Rachael B. or E. Born 30 Aug 1854 in Pulaski County.
6. x. Elbert Jason. Born 9 Dec 1857 in Pulaski County.
xi. Unnamed. Born 11 Jun 1860 in Pulaski County. Died 13 Aug 1860 in Pulaski County.
xii. Unnamed. Stillborn 14 Aug 1861 in Pulaski County.
xiii. Nettie. Born ca. 1862 in Virginia. In the 1880 census she was listed in the Newbern District of
Pulaski County. Henry’s will of 22 Dec 1867 identified this daughter as Millie.
xiv. Unnamed. Stillborn 12 Dec 1864 in Pulaski County.
Fourth Generation
2.i.ii. Dianah[4] Fugate (Nancy[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 1837 in Pulaski Co., Va. Died 13 Feb 1858 in Pulaski County. Buried in Pulaski County.
She married George Washington Cowan, son of Unknown Cowan and Elizabeth Unknown, 18 May 1851 in Pulaski County. Born Mar 1827 in Pulaski County. Died Feb 1912 in Morristown, Hamblen Co., Tenn. Buried in Economy United Methodist Church Cemetery, Morristown. Children (note that the second child, below, William Morgan, named his children for his siblings):
i. John[5]. Born 30 Mar 1853. Died 10 Mar 1858.
2.i.ii. ii. William Morgan. Born 13 May 1855 in Pulaski County.
iii. Sarah Ota. Born 3 Jul 1857 in Pulaski County. She married James H. Seagle 21 Oct 1885.
iv. George Wayne.
2.iv.ii. John[4] Shaffer (Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 2 May 1853 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 17 Apr 1923 in Wythe County.
He married Sarah Elizabeth Hurt, daughter of James Hurt and Nancy Hudson. Children:
2.iv.ii. i. Alma[5].
2.iv.iii. Joseph B.[4] Shaffer (Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 4 Jun 1855 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 28 Aug 1930 in Wythe County.
He married Elizabeth M. Crockett. Children:
2.iv.iii. i. Joseph Crockett[5]. Born 19 Jan 1880.
2.iv.iv. Catherine Diana[4] Shaffer (called Lade) (Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). The nickname Lade was short for Lady, a name her father called her. Born 1857 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 1939 in Wythe County. Buried in Peoples Family Cemetery, Max Meadows, Va. A grandson, Frank Peoples, said at age 91 that he remembered going with his Granny Catherine, when he was a child, to visit her relatives at Henry's old stone house, Draper, Va.
She married Francis Lilburn Peoples, son of Uriah Peoples (also Peebels) and Amanda Ann Meredith (called Mandy), in Wythe County. Born 24 Aug 1856 in North Carolina. Died 14 Apr 1915 in Wythe County. Buried in Peoples Family Cemetery, Max Meadows. Children:
2.iv.iv. i. Joseph William[5]. Born 23 Jul 1876.
2.iv.iv. ii. John Henry. Born 18 Oct 1881.
2.iv.iv. iii. Charlotte. Born 21 Mar 1877.
2.iv.vi. Henry Jesse[4] Shaffer (Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 5 Feb 1861 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 28 Oct 1924 in Wythe County.
He married Sarah Florence Hollinsworth, daughter of George O. Hollinsworth and Susannah Jackson, 19 Jul 1880 in Wythe County. The marriage was officiated by H.C. Neel. Henry was 19 years, She was 20. Children:
i. Susan Edith[5]. Born 3 Nov 1881. Died 10 Oct 1950. She never married.
ii. John Wesley. Born 3 Jun 1883. Died 19 Oct 1888.
2.iv.vi. iii. James Henry. Born 6 Feb 1886.
2.iv.vi. iv. Letitia Hicks (called Lettie). Born 6 Sep 1887.
2.iv.vi. v. Ida Myrtle. Born 29 Sep 1889.
2.iv.vi. vi. William Herbert. Born 11 Jul 1891.
2.iv.vi. vii. Sarah Elizabeth. Born 6 Feb 1894.
2.iv.vi. viii. Ethel Walker. Born 12 Jan 1897.
ix. Joseph Oliver Vance. Born 18 Jul 1900. He moved away.
x. Wanda Margaret. Born 24 Mar 1903. Died 8 Sep 1904.
2.iv.vii. Florence Cynthia[4] Shaffer (Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 4 Nov 1864 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 17 Mar 1900 in Wythe County.
She married Joseph Dodson Lawson 2 Oct 1884 in Wythe County.
We are missing several generations from Florence to Gary and Betsy L. Gillman, who were reported by researcher Gayle Shiner in 2015. Their son Michael Gillman was the subject of the following newspaper article:
Wytheville [Va.] Enterprise, 7 Sep 2013, with 3-column photo by Jeffrey Simmons, cutline “Michael Gillman displays a rifle stock made by a distant relative in the 1800s. He will be guest speaker at Monday night’s meeting of the Wythe County Historical Society.”
Gillman will talk about Wythe gun maker at historical society event, by Wayne Quesenberry
Inheriting an antique rifle inspired Michael Gillman to go hunting. It was not a typical trip to the fields and woods but a journey into the past. “I’ve always been interested in history,” noted Gillman. “But knowing the maker of the gun was a relative led me to research him.” According to Gillman, the late Jacob Shaffer was his great-great-great-great-great grandfather on his mother’s side of the family. Originally from Pennsylvania, he was a renowned gunsmith who came to eastern Wythe County in the 1800s after living in the Shenandoah Valley.
With help from his cousin Jimmy Spraker, Gillman delved into his family’s genealogy. He is an expert on Shaffer and the guns he made. “You can tell his guns by their style,” Gillman pointed out. “If you check the top of the barrel between the rear sight and the lock, you’ll see his name imprinted. Most of the gunstocks were made of curly maple but there were some made out of walnut. The Shaffer rifle Gillman has was owned by his great-great-great-grandfather Dodson Lawson, a member of the 36th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Weighing 18 lbs., the gun was five and a half feet long and dates to 1842. “He used the gun in the war,” Gillman said, “and made it back home with the gun.”
Another of Shaffer’s rifles was donated to Wytheville’s Boyd Museum some 15 years ago by Clyde Watson. It had been owned by the late Wythe Graham. “I would love to find a full original Shaffer rifle,” said Gillman. “You can find a few but nobody lets loose of them. These guys hold onto their guns. “
Gillman will bring his expertise on Shaffer and his guns to Monday’s meeting of the Wythe County Historical Society at 7:30 p.m. at the Wytheville Heritage Preservation Center, 115 W. Spiller. The meeting is open to the public.
Gillman is the son of Gary and Betsy L. Gillman of Wytheville. He is a draftsman for Dalton Enterprises of Rural Retreat which manufacturers horse and livestock trailers. A member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Walker Terry Camp 1758, he also belongs to the 4th Virginia Co. A Wythe-Gray in Northern Virginia. Gillman owns a 1970 Z28Chevy Camaro which he races at area drag strips. He also coaches varsity basketball at Appalachian Christian Academy. Gillman attends Crossroads Church of Christ in Wytheville. “I would like to do a book on Shaffer,” he said. “He needs to get the recognition for the work he did. His guns are pieces of art these days.”
Wytheville [Va.] Enterprise, 4 Jan 2017, reprinted in Honaker Family Newsletter, Spring 2017: Museum honors gun making heritage, by Jasmine Dent Franks, staff
The early 1800s found Wythe County gunsmith Jacob Shaffer working in his shop in Fort Chiswell, forging and rifling barrels, detailing intricate inlays and fashioning ammunition for his well-known and sought-after American Long Rifles. Two-hundred years later, Wytheville’s Department of Museums and two of Shaffer’s descendants want to showcase that heritage with a working gunsmith shop to be located on Tazewell Street, near the Thomas J. Boyd Museum.
“There’s a very rich heritage of gunsmithing in Wythe County,” said Frances Emerson, director of museums. “People will learn about these weapons and how very important they were during that time period. The focus is going to be on the importance of these types of things to the beginning of our country.”
“They were not only used for protection, but also to put food on the table, so they were a necessity, a big part of survival,” Michael Gillman added. Gillman, now a cultural and education assistant for the Department of Museums, is the great-great-great-great-great grandson of Jacob Shaffer. Gillman has studied his ancestor’s legacy for several years. Shaffer’s rifles are still known today for their precision. “He was really the premier gun maker in Southwest Virginia,” Gillman said. “Numerous families have passed down legends of his guns and their accuracy.”
The shop will offer visitors a look into the world of nineteenth century gunsmithing and allow them to gain hands-on experience in crafting such a weapon, as they were made 200 years ago. Emerson and Gillman said the closest gunsmithing demonstrations are performed in Winston-Salem, N.C., and the closest classes are offered at Western Kentucky University. Gillman noted that gunsmithing was so important to the lives of those who lived in the 1800s that it took seven years of apprenticeship before one could call it a profession. Doctors during that time only studied for six months, he said.
Those who sign up for the gunsmithing class will have a much more condensed sort of apprenticeship. The shop will be equipped with a forge, a work area and a rifling machine, used to create spiral grooves inside the barrel which spin the bullet, allowing for more accuracy. Students will also learn to detail inlays and accessories, such as leather hunting pouches and powder horns with scrimshaw designs. Because the barrel of each long rifle is unique, ammunition cannot be purchased. Gillman said students will learn to make ammunition for their handcrafted rifles. Both Gillman and Emerson noted that the United States government no longer considers the American Long Rifle a weapon. “Today, it’s considered more of an art,” Gillman said.
The vision began with a plan to replicate an 1800s era open-hearth kitchen, where visitors can learn to grow, cook, can and live as early settlers did, Emerson said. “We started out with the idea of replicating that and it just grew from there,” she said. “There’s been an immense amount of interest in the gun shop.” Emerson said the addition of the shop and kitchen will allow visitors to experience a variety of aspects of life in the 19th century.
The gun shop and kitchen will tie in with the Thomas J. Boyd, Rock House and Homestead museums. “People can come here and spend several days and learn something new every day,” she said. “There’s an amazing amount of small town history right here.” Emerson said the long term goal is to link all the museums in with the heritage walk and Withers Park. While funding for the shop is still underway, Emerson said the Wytheville Town Council has already given the go ahead to proceed, with plans to interview architects in the near future.
If all goes as planned, Emerson said construction could begin as early as summer 2017, with classes beginning as early as January at the Thomas J. Boyd Museum.
3.i. Sarah Jane[4] Honaker (Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born ca. 1836.
She married John Smith Ewart 25 May 1852 in Pulaski Co., Va. The minister was C. Long, Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The marriage was listed by Vogt, Pulaski County Virginia Marriages 1839-1857. Born 22 Aug 1813 in Groveland Twp., Livingston Co., N.Y. Died 8 Feb 1888 in Hinton, Summers Co., W.Va. Buried in Raleigh Co., W.Va.
Smith-Riffe Collection material on Ewart surnames, extracted in News Notes, Fayette & Raleigh Counties (W.Va.) Genealogical Society, Summer 1999, gives the following information (the extract is a little muddled, so it would be best for researchers to consult the Ewart file):
John Smith Ewart...b. 8-22-1813 in Livingston County, N.Y., Member N.Y. State Guards and led a
company against Indians on the Canadian frontier. Came to Virginia in 1844 with his brother James and built bridges for the state and a part of the James River Canal planned for construction to the Kanawha River watershed via the Greenbrier River. In 1852 in Pulaski County, Va., he md. Sarah Honaker, granddaughter of Samuel (Jr.) and Sarah Wyatt Pack, who moved from mouth of Greenbrier River and settled on Little Pinch Creek, later changed to Cooper’s Creek, a tributary of Glade Creek. They were first permanent settlers in Raleigh County. Their son William Pack md. and settled on the Wyatt place at the mouth of Greenbrier River where he lived until his death. In 1855 Ewarts came to Raleigh County, settling on Pack land situated on road leading from Shady Spring to Richmond District which Mrs. Ewart had inherited from her grandfather who d. 5 years earlier. Montague Phillips, [son of] Clarkson Phillips Sr., later lived on this farm...
History of Summers County, Miller, 1908:
EWART.
The only family of this name ever residing in Summers County was founded by Colonel John S. Ewart. His
ancestors were English. He was born Aug. 22, 1813, in Groveland Twp., Livingston Co., N.Y., and educated at Temple Hill Academy, in his native county. He was a member of the New York State Guards, and as such led a company against the marauding Indians on the Canadian frontiers, and held a commission under the Government as colonel, by which title he was always familiarly known thereafter. The title was well earned from active service, as well as intelligent and brave in action as a soldier in the army.
In 1844 he removed to Southwestern Virginia, where he was engaged for a number of years in teaching
school, civil engineering and bridge building. He possessed rare mathematical ability, and was noted for the intelligent plans and well executed work on several of the best bridges constructed in Virginia. He and his brother, James Ewart, were contractors in the construction of the famous James River Canal.
In May, 1852, he married Miss Sarah Honaker, of Pulaski Co., Va. In 1856 he removed with his family to
Raleigh Co., W.Va., then Va. This was then a sparsely settled and wild frontier section. In those early days his intelligent judgment and foresight saw the great development which was bound to come to that region, as well as its great wealth in timber and coal; but in those days there were no railroads or means of transportation within a hundred miles, with no prospects of its being developed within a century. He acquired, however, a large boundary of these coal lands, which he held until the developments were in sight, a number of years before his death.
In the great conflict between the States, which began in 1861, he remained neutral, taking no active part on
either side, though his sympathy was naturally with the South. In 1862 his farm in Raleigh County was devastated by local plunderers. His dwelling and barn were burned. His stock was driven off, slaughtered and sold, and the accumulations of many years were swept away in a night. Nothing was left but a barren waste of farm land.
He then moved with his wife and two children to a one-room cabin, the best then obtainable, on what was
then known as the “Cooper place,” where he resided until 1868, when he took his family to New York, where he resided until 1872, when they then removed to Shady Springs, in Raleigh County, residing there until 1878, when they removed to Athens, then Concord, in Mercer County, for the purpose of securing the benefit of the Concord Normal School for his children then growing up. In the fall of 1880 he became a resident of Hinton, W.Va., purchasing the Dr. Gooch homestead on the island of Avis, where he continued to reside until his death, Feb. 8, 1888. His remains now rest on the old plantation in Raleigh County. His wife and four children, who survive him, still reside in Hinton.
His family, at the date of his death, consisted of one son, Harvey Ewart, and three daughters, Mary J., the
eldest of the family, having married Captain C.A. Alvis, one of the leading passenger conductors engaged in the service of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company. Miss Stella is engaged as a clerk in the Hinton post office, which position she has held for more than 12 years, having been first appointed by George W. Warren during the second Cleveland administration, and as evidence of her efficiency, her retention through Republican as well as Democratic administrations is the strongest. Miss Ella also resides with her mother, and Harvey Ewart, the only son, is one of the leading and most enterprising citizens of this section of West Virginia.
Colonel Ewart invested largely in mineral and timber land in Raleigh, but parted with his holdings before
the great appreciation in these lands came. He foresaw the wonderful wealth of that region, but the war, no doubt, was one of the chief causes in the delayed development, and prevented the consummation of his hopes and plans. He was a man of strong convictions, great courage and extreme energy. These natural endowments brought him in conflict with men, and unavoidably resulted in making him strong enemies and abiding and fearless friends.
It was Colonel Ewart who first planned, and by his enterprise secured, the construction of the first bridge
over the branch of the river forming the island in Avis. It was a wooden structure, constructed on plans made by him, and under whose observation and management it was built without money and without price to the town or the people. Each of the children of Colonel Ewart graduated at the Concord Normal School. He was a man of strong convictions, loyal to his friends, and his enemies knew where to find him.
Harvey Ewart, the only son of Col. John S. Ewart, resides on the flat in Avis, in Summers County. He was
born on the 3d day of March, 1861. He was educated by private tutors, largely by his father, finally taking a course and graduating at the head of his class at the Concord Normal School, in the famous class of 1879, which included J.W. Hinkle, of Greenbrier County; Clark Ellis, of the same county; M.J. Garst, of Salem, Va.; Harvey Lewis, of Greenbrier County; Miss Mary J. Ewart and James H. Miller. After graduating he taught in the public schools of Summers County for some time, and was engaged with A.B. Perkins in the mercantile business.
In 1892 he was nominated by the Democratic party for justice of the peace in Greenbrier District, without
being a candidate. In 1896 he was reelected, holding that position for eight years. In 1890 he was nominated for sheriff of Summers County over C.H. Lilly, and elected over L.P. Graham, holding the office for four years. He was appointed a commissioner in chancery by Judge A.N. Campbell, which position he held throughout Judge Campbell’s term of eight years. He was removed in 1897 by Judge McWhorter for political reasons, and again appointed in 1905 by the present judge, Miller.
In all official positions he is fair, honest, intelligent and entirely impartial, and has been one of the most
efficient and fearless officers ever holding office in Summers County. He is one of the most enterprising citizens of the county, and has been engaged and interested in more of the enterprises for the advancement and development of this section than any other citizen residing therein. His intelligent, honest business foresight attracts him to all persons entering a new business enterprise. His judgment in business, as well as other matters, is unexcelled. His loyalty and honor are unimpeachable. He is an inveterate worker and energetic to the utmost, and is a master in every matter that he undertakes.
He is now engaged in the coal-producing industry, in lumber enterprises, in the wholesale and retail
industry, and is one of the large stockholders and chief promoters in the Hinton Water & Light plant. Much is due to him for the great hotel now being constructed in the city of Hinton. Practically all of his investments are with home industries and for the development of home enterprises. He has for a number of years been engaged in insurance, both life and fire. He was one of the chief promoters in the organization of the National Bank of Summers, the strongest bank in this section of the State.
In 1901 he was united in marriage with Miss Emily Burke, a daughter of the famous editor and newspaper
man, Richard Burk. They have two children—James H.M. Ewart, a lad of four years, and one daughter, Hildegard, one year of age.
Children:
i. Mary J.[5]. She married Capt. C.A. Alvis.
ii. Stella.
iii. Ella.
3.i. iv. Harvey. Born 3 Mar 1861.
3.vii. James Bascom[4] Honaker (called Jim) (Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). See photographs. Born 26 Jan 1850 in Draper, Pulaski Co., Va. Died 28 Aug 1925 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Buried in Magnolia section, lot 199, Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood. In 1888 or 1889 he moved from Kansas to California prior to his second child’s birth, becoming one of the farmer pioneers of Inglewood. His farmhouse was still standing 2 Apr 1989 when his daughter Irma Ethel was buried. She was a principal source for information on the family in a 1980 letter to a niece, Yvonne Louise[6] (Honaker) Lewis. Yvonne subsequently compiled and sent extensive further information on the family.
History of Inglewood, Rosenberg, Chapt. IV, pp. 21-22: “In the period from the formation of the [Inglewood Water Company] until about 1905, there was little activity. The old reservoir was uncared for and unkempt, and the water became less desirable for human consumption. As a result, the appearance of James Honaker and his water wagon became a familiar sight on the streets of the town in those years. He would load the water wagon at the reservoir, and make door-to-door delivery to residents north of Arbor Vitae street.”
A photograph of him also appeared in the book, cutline: “Jim Honaker and his water wagon, a familiar sight on the streets of Inglewood in the early days. Note trees in background.”
He married Savina [given as Lavina on Jim’s death certificate] Magdaline Lawrence. Born 15 Sep 1865 in Springfield, Ill. Died 8 Oct 1945 in Inglewood. Buried in Magnolia section, lot 199, Inglewood Park Cemetery. At the time of her husband’s death she lived at 508 So. Eucalyptus St., Inglewood. Children:
3.vii. i. Nettie Elberta[5]. Born 20 Apr 1886 in Winfield, Kan.
3.vii. ii. Mary Edith. Born 22 Mar 1889 in Inglewood, Calif.
3.vii. iii. Agnes Christina. Born 19 Feb 1892 in Inglewood.
iv. Ina Sarah. Born 18 Nov 1895 in Inglewood. Died 1967. She married Don E. Harrison and
had no children.
3.vii. v. Henry. Born 15 Nov 1898 in Inglewood.
3.vii. vi. John James. Born 22 Jun 1900 in Inglewood.
vii. Elbert Jason. Born 22 Nov 1904 in Inglewood. He married Pearl Unknown and had no children.
3.vii. viii. Irma Ethel. Born 26 Feb 1907 in Inglewood.
ix. Elmer Warren. See photograph. Born 11 Nov 1910 in Inglewood. Died 1962. Buried Inglewood Park Cemetery. He married Pearl Unknown and had no children.
Unknown newspaper: Native Son of Inglewood Dies—Elmer Warren Honaker, 51, native son of Inglewood, died Wednesday morning at Queen of Angels Hospital, Los Angeles. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Chapel of the Chimes, Inglewood Park Cemetery, with the Rev. Marcus T. Gaston, pastor of the Calvary Assembly of God Church, officiating, John Herter will be soloist. Interment will follow at the cemetery, with preparation and arrangements under direction of Inglewood Mortuary. Mr. Honaker, the son of James B. and Savina Lawrence Honaker, early residents here, for the last 11 years had been employed by the State of California as a specialist in traffic signal maintenance and repair. He was a skilled electrician by trade. In recent years he had made his home at 633½ Tularosa Drive, Los Angeles. Surviving are his wife Pearl Honaker; three sisters, Mary Wells, Ina Harrison and Irma Theetge, all of Inglewood; three brothers, Henry Honaker, Richmond, John Honaker, Vista, and Elbert Honaker, Emeryville.
4. Samuel Pack[4] Honaker (Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). See photograph. Born 12 Feb 1848 in Pulaski Co., Va. Died 19 Sep 1913 in Draper Valley, Pulaski County. Buried in Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial Cemetery, Pulaski County. In the 1880 and 1900 censuses, he was enumerated as a farmer in Newbern District, Pulaski County. Samuel’s grandson Henry Jr., in the death certificate for his father Henry, said that Samuel Pack was born in Draper, Va., and that his wife Susan was born in Greenville, Tenn. The death certificate was filed 13 Sep 1947 in San Bernardino Co., Calif. Sam’s daughter Blanche wrote in 1967 that she was then living in the Henry[1] house, in Draper.
Smith, The Land That is Pulaski County, features a photograph of the Pulaski County Camp of Confederate Veterans, taken in the early 1900s, with a Samuel Honaker as one of the 70 shown. The face is partly obscured. Samuel Pack is of the right age group and in the right place to be the Samuel shown.
He married Susan Jane Harris, daughter of J. Harris and M. Unknown, 4 Jun 1873 in Pulaski County. They were married by G.W. Callahan. Born 7 Oct 1849 in Pulaski County. Her marriage certificate gives a birth year of 1852. Died 16 Jul 1935 in Draper Valley. Children:
i. Jason[5]. Born 4 Mar 1874. Died 9 Dec 1877. Buried in Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial
Cemetery. The gravestone inscription: “Suffer little children to come unto me; and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
7. ii. Henry. Born 3 May 1875 in Draper.
8. iii. Ruby. Born 23 Jan 1877 in Draper.
9. iv. Birdie (also Bertie). Born Apr 1879 in Virginia.
10. v. Nettie. Born Jul 1881 in Virginia.
vi. Elbert Stuart (also Stewart). Born 26 Jan 1883 in Virginia. Died 17 Dec 1928 in Pulaski, Va.
Buried in Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial Cemetery. He was a dentist.
vii. Frank Harris. Born 21 Jul 1884 in Virginia. Died 5 Jul 1967. Buried in Draper Valley Presbyterian
Church Cemetery, 1.5 miles off Rt. 100 south of I-81. He never married.
viii. Blanche Stuart. (Cemetery records give the middle name as Stuart). Born 21 Dec 1885 in Virginia. Died 24 Jul 1967 in Pulaski County. Buried in Draper Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Pulaski County. She never married. Blanche was unusually well informed on the family’s history. On 16 Apr 1967, from Draper, Va., she replied to a distant cousin whom she did not know who had written to her for family information. The cousin was Judy Marie[7] (Honaker) (Martin[1]) of Mesquite, Texas, who two years later married Gary Lane Chandler. In a clear hand, Blanche penned:
Dear Cousin Judy,
Although you addressed me formally as Miss Honaker, I am your cousin. All the Honaker clan are related descendants of one ancestor, Hans Jacob Honaker who together with 139 other Swiss immigrants landed in Philadelphia aboard the English sailing vessel “Crown” on Wed., the 30th day of Aug. 1749 (see Pennsylvania German Pioneers, vol. I, pages 391-2-3).
The name Hans was soon dropped from Jacob Honaker. He & his wife Mary resided in Shenandoah Co., Va. (as did other German speaking Swiss immigrants before 1784. (see History of Shenandoah Co., Va., by Geo. W. Wayland, Ph.D.
Jacob Honaker & his wife Mary were parents of ten sons and four daughters. Among them were Henry, Frederick and Peter, all three of whom were Revolutionary War soldiers in the little army of 174 Virginians famously known as Geo. Rogers Clark’s battalion (see Wayland, History of Shenandoah Co.)
On the banks of the Wabash River in old Vincennes, Indiana there stands the tangible evidence, perceptible to the sight and touch of the whole American fabric, the most costly war memorial ever appropriated by the U.S. Congress ($3,000.000.00) outside the City of Washington, erected to the honor of Geo. Rogers Clark and his little army of Virginians, including Henry, Peter and Frederick Honaker.
I had a brother-in-law [probably Fred Goshorn] who was a lawyer and much interested in genealogy. I’m indebted to him for our family history. I am a descendant of Henry Honaker and live in a stone house built by him bearing the date 1804 cut in the stone.
Now I’m all at sea about your family line. None of the names are familiar I am sorry to say. I have had no contacts with the clan from Honaker. A genealogist from that vicinity would probably be able to get your record from family Bibles and tombstones.
Peter settled at Rocky Gap in Bland County where we had our first re-unions. No record do we have of the others. Frederick [we believe she meant Henry] was last heard of near Detroit and was thought to have been captured by the Indians.
If it is [Daughters of the American Revolution] records you are interested in you may be able to trace your line through Henry or Peter. I think our ancestors were religious people. Among the ten sons and four daughters there were many Bible names.
I went to Hollins College near Roanoke about fifty miles from here and met a classmate by the name of Virgie Honaker from Texas in 1903. This school was well attended by Texas girls. I don’t remember her [illegible]. She was a small blond.
I notice you don’t give your great-great grandparents. They are the ones that slowed me down. For my DAR record I hired a genealogist who completed my brother-in-law’s data.
You are descended from one of these ten sons of Jacob’s but I have no way of knowing which one. I was glad to hear from you and hope you succeed in getting your family line established.
Sincerely, Blanche Stuart Honaker
p.s. A good DAR genealogist is: Mrs. Isaac Huff, Glade Springs, Va. She doesn’t live far from
Honaker and makes a specialty of these records. B.S.H.
ix. Elizabeth Graham (called Bessie). Born 4 Jul 1890 in Virginia. Died Dec 1973 in Pulaski County.
Buried in Draper Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery. She never married.
5. William H.[4] Honaker (possibly William Henry) (Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 30 Sep 1852 in Pulaski Co., Va. Died 28 Dec 1925 in Pulaski County. Buried in Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial Cemetery, Pulaski County. In the 1880 and 1900 censuses he was enumerated as a farmer in Newbern District, Pulaski County.
He married Sarah J. Owens (called Sallie, inscribed on her headstone), daughter of A. Owens and Mary Unknown, 28 Oct 1880 in Pulaski County. They were married by J.T. Showalter. Born 21 Oct 1865 in Pulaski County. Died 31 Oct 1904 in Pulaski County. Buried in Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial Cemetery. Children:
i. Harry Lee[5].
ii. Josie. Born Aug 1881 in Virginia.
iii. John. Born Jul 1883 in Virginia.
iv. Mary. Born Dec 1884 in Virginia.
v. Sarah J. (called Sally) Born 10 Feb 1886 in Virginia. Died 20 Sep 1931 in Pulaski, Va. Buried in
Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial Cemetery. She never married.
vi. Mattie S. Born 1887. She married B.P. May 24 Nov 1909. Born 1890.
vii. Jason H. Born Nov 1887 in Virginia. He was a U.S. Army private killed Aug 1918 in France during World War I.
New York Times, 14 Aug 1918: Gen. Pershing Sends Small List of Casualties—Day’s Only List of Casualties Contains 90 Names, All in Army: Special to the New York Times Washington, Aug. 13
Only one casualty list, containing 90 names, was issued by the War Department today, the smallest for any day since the casualties of the Alsne-Marne offensive began coming in. The list brought the total for the army to 17,762, and made a grand total of 20,511 for army and Marines. The casualties today contained the names of 14 killed in action, 3 died of wounds, 1 died
of accident or other cause, 52 severely wounded, 19 wounded to a degree undetermined, and 1 missing in action.
Died from Wounds
Privates…..Honaker, Jason H.; [next of kin] W.H. Honaker, Draper, Va.
viii. Edith. Born Jul 1889 in Virginia.
ix. Louwilla (called Lulu). Born 11 Jan 1892 in Virginia. Died 18 Sep 1948 in Pulaski. Buried in
Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial Cemetery. She never married.
x. William. Born Oct 1893 in Virginia.
xi. Clyde. Born Oct 1896 in Virginia.
xii. George. Born Oct 1897 in Virginia.
xiii. James E. Born Oct 1899 in Virginia. He married Celia Horton 26 Sep 1929.
xiv. Garnett. Born 10 Oct 1900. Died 24 Feb 1959 in Pulaski. Buried in Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial
Cemetery. He never married.
6. Elbert Jason[4] Honaker (Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). See photograph. Born 9 Dec 1857 in Pulaski Co., Va. Died 1937 in Pulaski County. Buried in Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial Cemetery, Pulaski County. The 1880 and 1900 censuses identified him as a farmer in Newbern District, Pulaski County. He lived for a time in Adamstown, Md.
He married Leota B. Harris (called Otie), daughter of Jacob Harris and Maria Unknown, 10 Jun 1891 in Pulaski County. They were married by E.H. Book. Born 1869 in Pulaski County. Died 1939 in Pulaski County. Buried in Hans Jacob Honaker Memorial Cemetery. Children:
i. Clarence[5]. Born Jun 1892 in Virginia.
ii. Glen.
iii. Charles. Born Jul 1896 in Virginia
Fifth Generation
2.i.ii.ii. William Morgan[5] Cowan (Dianah[4], Nancy[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 13 May 1855 in Pulaski Co., Va. Died 30 Dec 1931 in Morristown, Hamblen Co., Tenn. Buried in Economy United Methodist Church Cemetery, Morristown.
Morristown Gazette, 31 Dec 1931: William M. Cowan, 77, died yesterday morning at 9:30 at his residence near Kidwell’s Ridge after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at Economy church Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock conducted by Rev. James Lyle. Interment in the church yard cemetery. Deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. W.M. Cowan; seven sons, Charlie, John and Grover Cowan of Max Meadows, Va.; William of California, [Douglas], Wayne and Woodrow of this county; five daughters, Miss Nettie and Jane at home, Mrs. Virgie Davis, [Mrs.] Willie Kirk and [Mrs. Aretha Noe] of this county; [remainder missing]
He married, first, Elizabeth Jones. Children:
i. James John Washington[6]. Born 25 Jun 1880 in Pulaski County. Died 17 May 1961 in Pulaski
County. The funeral program indicated services were at Strickler’s Funeral Home Chapel, Pulaski, Va., 19 May 1961 at 2 p.m., the Rev. Ray Redd officiating, with interment at Highland Memory Gardens. He married, first, Amanda Biggs ca. 1906. He married, second, Myrtle Semones.
ii. William (twin). Born Apr 1882 in Pulaski County. Died in California.
iii. Sarah Ota.(twin) Born Apr 1882 in Pulaski County. Died 29 Apr 1914 in Morristown, Tenn. She
married Clinton Baxley ca. 1906 in Tennessee.
iv. Charles Cameron. Born 20 Jul 1884 in Pulaski County. Died 25 Sep 1966 in Wythe Co., Va. The funeral program gave the name as Charles Cammorn; said services were at Barnett Funeral Chapel, the Rev. William E. Rogers officiating, interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens, place not stated. He married Rhoda Hill ca. 1916.
v. Brunetti [may have been Brue Nettie] (called Brue and Net). Born 27 Aug 1887 in Jefferson Co.,
Tenn. Died 19 Dec 1970 in Pulaski Co., Va. She never married.
Unknown newspaper and date: Miss Brue N. Cowan, [83], of Route 1, Draper, died early Saturday morning in the Pulaski General Hospital. Born Aug. 27, [1887], she was the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Jones Cowan of Morristown, Tenn. She is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Roy Chrisley and Roy Aust, both of Pulaski, and two nephews, Oliver Cowan, Pulaski and Elmer Cowan, Draper. Also four sisters, Mrs. Jack Davis, Mrs. James Harbin, and Mrs. Richard Noe, all of Morristown, and Mrs. Ray Kirk, Missouri and one brother, Woodrow Cowan, Morristown. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Stickler Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mrs. E.S. Mustard officiating.
vi. Morgan Douglas (called Doug). Born Sep 1889 in Morristown, Tenn. Died 27 Aug 1935 in
Virginia. He married Alice Robertson in Morristown, Tenn.
2.i.ii.ii. vii. Grover Cleveland. Born 29 Sep 1891 in Morristown.
viii. George Wayne. Born 5 Mar 1895 in Morristown. Died 8 Feb 1960 in Pulaski Co., Va. The funeral
program indicated that services were at Strickler’s Chapel, Pulaski, Va., 10 Feb 1960 at 11 a.m., the Rev. John K. Boyd officiating, burial in Draper Valley Cemetery, Pulaski. He married Etta Sue Williams ca. 1917 in Virginia.
He married, second, Mary Georgeann Asbury, daughter of Aires Asbury and Betty Jane Collins, 25 Jun 1902 in Morristown. Born 25 Feb 1876 in Hancock Co., Tenn. Died 4 May 1933 in Morristown. Buried in Economy United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Morristown Gazette, 4 May 1933: Mrs. Mary Cowan, 57, died this morning at 2:30 at her residence near this city. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 from Economy church, conducted by Rev. J.D. Quinton, assisted by Rev. W.N. Ramsey. Interment will follow in the church yard. Deceased is survived by her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. [Biggs] of Knoxville; one son, Woodrow Cowan at home; four daughters, Mrs. [Virgie] Davis, Mrs. Richard Noe, Mrs. [Willie] Kirk, and Miss [Jane] Cowan of this county. Mrs. Cowan is the widow of the late Wm. Cowan, who passed away only a few months ago. She was a member of the New Prospect Church.
Children:
2.i.ii.ii. ix. Virgie Lee. Born 7 May 1903 in Morristown.
x. Eppie Jane (called Jane). Born 5 Apr 1905 in Morristown. Died 29 Jul 1985 in Morristown. Buried in Central Church Cemetery, Morristown.
Morristown Citizen Tribune, 30 Jul 1985: Mrs. Jane [Cowan] Harbin, 80, of Cameron Road, died Monday night, July 29, 1985 at Humana Hospital. She is preceded in death by her parents William and Mary [Cowan], her husband, James Harbin, and brother, Woodrow [Cowan]. She was a member of Central Baptist Church. Survivors include her sisters, Mrs. Virgie Davis and Mrs. Aretha Noe, both of Morristown, and Mrs. Willie Kirk of Fairfax, Mo., several nieces and nephews. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Central Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Smith officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday night at Mayes Mortuary in Morristown.
She married James A. Harbin 15 Jan 1944 in Morristown.
2.i.ii.ii. xi. Aretha Emmaline. Born 8 Jun 1907 in Morristown.
2.i.ii.ii. xii. Willie Mae. Born 27 May 1910 in Morristown.
xiii. Woodrow Wilson. Born 8 Sep 1912 in Morristown. Died 5 Aug 1977. Buried in Central Church Cemetery, Morristown. He never married.
Unknown newspaper and date: Woodrow W. (Buck) Cowan, 64, of Rt. 6, Morristown, died Friday night at Morristown-Hamblen Hospital. He was a retired farmer and a member of Central Baptist Church. Cowan was a veteran of World War II. He is survived by four sisters: Mrs. Jane Harbin, Mrs. Virgie Davis, and Mrs. Aretha Noe, all of Morristown; and Mrs. Willie Kirk, of [Rockport], Mo. Funeral services will be at 2:3 p.m. Monday at Brooks Mortuary with the Revs. S.D. Rhodes and Robert Norton officiating. Burial will be in the Central Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends this afternoon and evening at the funeral home.
2.iv.ii.i. Alma[5] Shaffer (John[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]).
She married Charles S. Humphrey. Children:
2.iv.ii.i. i. Charles S.[6] Jr. Born 2 Aug 1924 in Wythe Co., Va.
ii. Dorothea. Died before 2007. She married Unknown Shockley.
iii. Alma. Died before 2007. She married Unknown Holston.
iv. Elizabeth. Died before 2007. She married Unknown Neikirk.
2.iv.ii.i. v. Nancy Virginia. Born 20 Apr 1922 in Wythe County.
vi. Kathryn. In 2007 she lived in Jacksonville, Fla. She married Unknown Hyland.
2.iv.iii.i. Joseph Crockett[5] Shaffer (Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 19 Jan 1880. Died 19 Oct 1958. Buried in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, Wytheville, Va. He was commonwealth attorney for Wythe Co., Va. from 1908 to 1912; U.S. district attorney under Presidents Harding and Coolidge; and member of the U.S. Congress, Ninth District of Virginia from 1929 to 1931.
He married Ada Anne[4] Honaker (Abraham[1]). Born 17 Dec 1885. Died 31 Jan 1976. Children:
2.iv.iii.i. i. Joseph Crockett[6], Jr. Born 26 Apr 1911.
2.iv.iii.i. ii. John Scott (called J.S.) Born 24 Oct 1914.
2.iv.iii.i. iii. Mary Elizabeth. Born 29 Feb 1920.
2.iv.iii.i. iv. Edwin Gray (twin). Born 30 Sep 1923 in Wytheville, Va.
2.iv.iii.i. v. Edwina Gay (twin). Born 30 Sep 1923 in Wytheville.
2.iv.iv.i. Joseph William[5] Peoples (Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 23 Jul 1876 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 30 Jul 1916 in Wythe County. Buried in Peoples Family Cemetery, Max Meadows, Va. He was a farmer and belonged to Siloam Methodist Church.
He married Cosby Jane Archer, daughter of Conway Archer (called Con) and Cynthia Jackson. Born 5 Mar 1879 in Wythe County. Died 5 Jul 1964 in Wythe County. Buried in Peoples Family Cemetery, Max Meadows. She belonged to Siloam Methodist Church. Children:
i. Spurgeon Eugene[6] (called Jack). Born 6 Apr 1900 in Wythe County. Died 13 Feb 1971 in Wytheville, Va. He never married.
2.iv.iv.i. ii. Cynthia Florence. Born 1902.
2.iv.iv.i. iii. Clara Myrtle. Born 1904.
iv. Anna May. Born 18 Dec 1906 in Wythe County. Died in South River, N.J. She married, first,
Willie Fouts in Virginia. She married, second, Henry Konkowski in New Jersey.
v. John William. Born 21 Feb 1908 in Wythe County. Died 22 Dec 1974 in Marion, Va. He married
Ruth Bloodgood in New Jersey.
2.iv.iv.i. vi. Nellie Catherine. Born 7 Feb 1910.
vii. Edna Louise. Born 10 Jun 1911 in Wythe County. Died 22 Nov 2004. Interred at West End Cemetery Mausoleum, Wytheville, Va. She married, first, Walton Hubbard in Roanoke, Va. She married, second, Moyer Lafayette Weddle (called Don) in Roanoke.
Enterprise, Wytheville, Va., 1 Aug 2005 and Honaker Family Newsletter, Winter 2005— Edna Louise Weddle, 93, of Max Meadows [Va.] died Nov. 22, 2004. She was a daughter of the late Joseph W. and Cosby Peoples. She was employed by the American Viscose Company until it closed. She then was owner and operator of a beauty shop in Roanoke until her retirement. She was preceded in death by her husband, Moyer Weddle. Survivors include her sister, Hettie Griffin of Max Meadows; four special nieces, Darlene Griffin of Max Meadows, Thelma Creech of Fort Mill, S.C., Edna Whitmore of Chester, and Mabel Jackson of Bristol, Tenn.; special nephews and spouse, Ralph Griffin and Bobbie Ledford of Aylett, and James Robert Sink of Clearmont, N.C.; special cousins, Gayle and Bill Shiner of Max Meadows, and Ruby Mitchell of Roanoke; and two special friends, Cyndi Lawson and Lisa Fisher, both of Max Meadows. Services were at West End Cemetery Chapel Mausoleum, Wytheville, the Revs. Rick Lindamood and Laura Wyke officiating. Grubb Funeral Home, Wytheville, handled arrangements.
2.iv.iv.i. viii. Hettie Belle. Born 13 Apr 1914.
ix. Martha Gertrude. Born 13 Jun 1916 in Wythe County. Died 16 Sep 1918 in Wythe County.
2.iv.iv.ii. John Henry[5] Peoples (Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 18 Oct 1881 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 10 Feb 1930 in Wythe County. Buried in West End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
He married Mattie Louise Godsey, daughter of William A. Godsey and Alice Combs, 7 Apr 1906 in Presbyterian Manse, Bristol, Tenn. Born 19 Jun 1889 in Bristol, Tenn. Died 13 Jun 1981 in Richmond, Va. Buried in West End Cemetery, Wytheville. Children:
2.iv.iv.ii. i. Frank William[6]. Born 15 Sep 1907.
2.iv.iv.ii. ii. Virginia Louise. Born 7 Nov 1918.
2.iv.iv.iii. Charlotte[5] Peoples (Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 21 Mar 1877 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 1 Jul 1967 in Wythe County. Buried in West End Cemetery, Wytheville, Wythe County.
She married William Coleaver Hudson 29 Mar 1900 in Wythe County. Born 15 Jun 1875 in Wythe County. Died 29 Apr 1948 in Wythe County. Buried in West End Cemetery. Children:
i. Edward William[6]. Born 21 Jan 1901 in Wythe County. Died 7 Jun 1964 in Wythe County. He
married Ellen Gregory and Elizabeth Scott.
ii. John Luther (called Buster). Born 6 May 1906. Died 8 Dec 1971. He married Fannie Alley in
Wythe County.
2.iv.iv.iii. iii. Maude Catherine. Born 4 Sep 1908.
iv. Margaret (called Dude). Born 30 May 1914 in Wythe County. Died 31 Mar 1955 in Wythe
County. She married William Roscoe Dalton in Wythe County.
v. Bruce (called Chalk). Born 15 Aug 1920 in Wythe County. Died 10 Mar 1975 in Wythe County.
He never married.
2.iv.vi.iii. James Henry[5] Shaffer (Henry Jesse[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 6 Feb 1886. Died 23 Jan 1925.
He married Maggie May Gilliam. Children:
i. James[6].
ii. Frances.
2.iv.vi.iv. Letitia Hicks[5] Shaffer (called Lettie) (Henry Jesse[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 6 Sep 1887. Died 26 Nov 1980.
She married Patton Clendennon Lane. Children:
2.iv.vi.iv. i. Sarah Elizabeth[6]. Born 28 Sep 1922.
2.iv.vi.v. Ida Myrtle[5] Shaffer (Henry Jesse[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 29 Sep 1889. Died 5 Dec 1963.
She married John A. Lindsey. Children:
i. John[6].
2.iv.vi.vi. William Herbert[5] Shaffer (Henry Jesse[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 11 Jul 1891. Died 3 Apr 1973.
He married Ona Virginia Kelley. Children:
i. William Herbert[6] Jr.
ii. Kelley.
2.iv.vi.vii. Sarah Elizabeth[5] Shaffer (Henry Jesse[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 6 Feb 1894. Died 4 Feb 1957.
She married Arthur M. Pope. Children:
i. Helen M.[6]
2.iv.vi.viii. Ethel Walker[5] Shaffer (Henry Jesse[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 12 Jan 1897. Died 11 Feb 1935.
She married Felton Draper. Children:
i. Felton[6] (called Sonny).
ii. Joseph.
3.i. Harvey[5] Ewart (Sarah Jane[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 3 Mar 1861 in Raleigh Co., (West) Va.
He married Emily Burke, daughter of Richard Burk, 1901. Children:
i. James H.M.[6] Born ca. 1904.
ii. Hildegard. Born ca. 1909.
3.vii.i. Nettie Elberta[5] Honaker (James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 20 Apr 1886 in Winfield, Kan. Died 14 Aug 1960. She was three years old when her parents moved to Inglewood, Calif.
She married Claude Wells, brother of Ralph Cyrus who married her sister Mary. Children:
i. Unknown son[6]. Died at birth.
3.vii.i. ii. Evelyn.
3.vii.ii. Mary Edith[5] Honaker (James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 22 Mar 1889 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Died 1964. Buried in Inglewood.
She married Ralph Cyrus Wells, brother of Claude who married her sister Nettie. Buried in Inglewood. Children:
3.vii.ii. i. Gordon Ralph[6].
3.vii.ii. ii. James Edwin. Born 23 Nov 1925 in Inglewood.
3.vii.iii. Agnes Christina[5] Honaker (James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 19 Feb 1892 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Died 1953.
She married William Allen (called Bill). Children:
i. Marjorie Allen[6]. She married Unknown Buffenburger and had four unknown children.
3.vii.v. Henry[5] Honaker (James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). See photograph. Born 15 Nov 1898 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Died Mar 1972 in Richmond, Contra Costa Co., Calif.
Men Who Made Inglewood [Calif.], with photograph, p. 49: Henry Honaker
A young man whom Inglewood is proud to call her own, is Henry Honaker, well known local Nash dealer. Mr. Honaker has grown up with Inglewood, having been born here, Nov. 15, 1897, a son of one of this city’s pioneer families. Henry Honaker has crowded much into his few years and has found success early in life, because of his high sterling principles and realization that anything worth having is worth working for. These self same principles have been closely followed and today, the reward is a spacious home, owned by Mr. Honaker for Nash Cars and Automobile Service at 221 South Market Street.
Mr. Honaker received his education in both the Grammar and High Schools of Inglewood. Following this, he worked at the automobile game for a number of years, and later owned his own garage on Regent Street, which was then known as “Henry’s Garage.” In December, 1920, Miss Sibyl Tyson of Berkeley, Calif., became the bride of Mr. Honaker. Mrs. Honaker was a popular scholar at a girl’s school in Berkeley at the time, but gave up her studies to provide a home for herself and Mr. Honaker in Inglewood. Mrs. Honaker is one of Inglewood’s most charming young matrons. Recently the Honaker household has been gladdened by the arrival of two lovely little daughters, Barbara and Eleanor, twins, who count Nov. 5, 1923 as their birthday.
When asked about the future growth of Inglewood, the popular young Nash dealer had this to say: “It was little more than a year ago, when I erected the new home for the Nash on Market Street, and at that time, mine was the only building beyond Pimiento on Market Street. If the future be any criterion of the past, in the next year I feel that Inglewood will again double her population, with Market Street as the main business center.” Mr. Honaker is a member of the Orioles. His hobby is hunting.
He married Sybil Tyson Dec 1920 in Inglewood. Born 23 Aug 1900 in Berkeley, Oakland Co., Calif. Died Jun 1976 in Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Co., Calif. Children:
3.vii.v. i. Barbara Ellen[6] (twin). Born 5 Nov 1923 in Inglewood.
3.vii.v. ii. Eleanor (twin). Born 5 Nov 1923 in Inglewood.
3.vii.vi. John James[5] Honaker (James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). See photograph. Born 22 Jun 1900 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Died of heart disease 14 Nov 1965 in Banning, Riverside Co., Calif. Buried in Eternal Hills Cemetery, Oceanside, San Diego Co., Calif.
He and his first wife lived in Inglewood where he was a carpenter. During World War II he worked as a ship builder at the Long Beach, Calif., shipyards. In 1947, the family moved to Vista, Calif., where they lived until Rose’s death in 1953. He then raised his family alone. His last residence was in Vista, San Diego County.
Vista [Calif.] Press: Services for John James Honaker, 65, of 1641 Warmlands Ave., will be at 10 a.m. Thursday from the Allen Brothers Mortuary Chapel. He died Sunday in Banning while visiting relatives. He was born in Inglewood and had lived in Vista 16 years. He was a retired carpenter and builder. He was a member of the Methodist Church of Vista, the Vista PTA and the Carpenter’s Union, Local 2078 of Vista. He is survived by his widow Margaret E.; daughters Mrs. Yvonne Paquette and Mrs. Joan Williams, both of Banning; and Miss Rosalind Honaker of Carlsbad; a son, Robert, of Escondido; a stepson, Bill Moore of Vista; brothers Albert and Henry of San Francisco; sisters Mrs. Irma Theege and Mrs. Ina Harrison, both of Inglewood; and four grandchildren.
He married, first, Rose Marie Dixon, daughter of Hugh Francis Dixon and Sophia Catherine Vergelen (originally of Kansas City, Mo., later of Inglewood, Calif., where she was raised), in 1934. Born 4 Sep 1910 in Kansas City, Mo. Died of cancer 14 Feb 1954 in Vista. Buried Eternal Hills Cemetery, Oceanside.
Vista [Calif.] Press, 18 Feb 1974: Rose Honaker, Mother of 4, Dies—Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Rose Marie Honaker, 43, mother of four children, who died Sunday night at her home, 1641 Warmlands. Mrs. Honaker was a native of Kansas City, Mo., moving to Vista seven years ago with her family. Survivors include her husband, John; one son, Robert, 16, and three daughters, Yvonne, 18, Rosalind, 13, and Joan, 11. Rosary will be held at 8 p.m. tonight at St. Francis Church, with requiem mass recited at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Burial will follow in the Calvary section of Eternal Hills, in charge of the Vista Chapel.
Children:
3.vii.vi. i. Yvonne Louise[6]. Born 22 Jul 1935 in Inglewood.
3.vii.vi. ii. Robert Louis. Born 23 Feb 1937 in Inglewood.
iii. Rosalind Marie. Born 1 Mar 1940 in Inglewood. In 2015 she lived in Santa Ana, Orange Co.,
Calif. She never married.
3.vii.vi. iv. Joan Mary. Born 8 Aug 1942 in Inglewood.
He married, second, Margaret E. Moore, widow of William Moore, in 1964. She brought a son to the marriage, Bill, 15. John and Margaret were in the process of divorce when he died.
3.vii.viii. Irma Ethel[5] Honaker (James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). See photograph. Born 26 Feb 1907 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Died 2 Apr 1989 in Escondido, San Diego Co., Calif. Buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood.
She married Dwight Theetge. Children:
3.vii.viii. i. Beverly[6].
ii. Lawrence Dwight (called Larry).
7. Henry[5] Honaker (Samuel Pack[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 3 May 1875 in Draper, Pulaski Co., Va. Died of arteriosclerosis 11 Sep 1947 in Ontario, San Bernardino Co., Calif. Entombed in Bellevue Mausoleum, Ontario. He was a citrus rancher in Upland, Calif. He lived in California for 24 years.
He married Olive Unknown. Born ca. 1882. Children:
i. Henry[6] Jr. He lived at the same address as his father at his father’s death.
ii. Jean. She married Arthur Springer.
8. Ruby[5] Honaker (Samuel Pack[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 23 Jan 1877 in Draper, Pulaski Co., Va. Died 8 Mar 1972 in Draper. Buried in Draper Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Old Baltimore Road, Draper.
She married Charles Sayers Pratt, son of James A. Pratt and Sarah Jane Sloan Sayers 30 Oct 1903. Born 26 Feb 1877 in Draper. Died 5 Jun 1939 in Draper. Buried in Draper Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Charles Sayers Pratt’s mother was first married to a Sayers, but Pratt family tradition was to reuse earlier names, so Charles likely took his middle name from an earlier Sayers. Charles’s son Stuart Sayers Pratt named his son Donald Stuart Pratt. Donald Stuart Pratt named his sons Dean Kelley Pratt, Glenn Casteel Pratt and Stuart Graham Pratt. Dean Kelley Pratt and Stuart Graham Pratt had daughters with Kelley (their mother’s maiden name) as middle names. Children:
i. Agnes[6]. Born 3 Sep 1904 in Draper. She was living in California in 1933. She helped her brother Stuart get a job with U.S. Gypsum; he moved there from Virginia and was living there when his son Don was born 25 Sep 1933 in Upland, Calif. She married Stanley George Yount 17 Feb 1944.
11. ii. Stuart Sayers. Born 4 Dec 1906 in Draper.
iii. Jean Harris.
iv. Sam H. Born 1911. Died 1936. He married Ruth Sloan.
9. Birdie[5] Honaker (also Bertie) (Samuel Pack[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born Apr 1879 in Virginia.
She married Fred Walter Goshorn 18 Dec 1901 at the old stone house which Henry[1] built 1804 in Draper Valley, Pulaski Co., Va. Fred was a U.S. title attorney and author of Historical Report of the Honaker Family in America, 1954, the first known family history. At the time Fred wrote it, his family lived in Charleston, W.Va. It is remarkable that with all the research done in the years since, little if any of Fred’s information was found wanting. The Honaker Family Association published a second edition of Fred’s work in 1994, showing the immigrant’s signature as he gave it on landing in Philadelphia 30 Aug 1749 (see also this book’s introduction). Children:
12. i. Elizabeth[6].
10. Nettie[5] Honaker (Samuel Pack[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born Jul 1881 in Virginia.
She married James Cargill. Children:
i. George[6]
Sixth Generation
2.i.ii.ii.vii. Grover Cleveland[6] Cowan (William Morgan[5], Dianah[4], Nancy[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 29 Sep 1891 in Morristown, Hamblen Co., Tenn. Died 30 Sep 1953 in Morristown. Buried in Economy United Methodist Church Cemetery, Morristown.
Unknown newspaper and date: G.C. Cowan Dies Suddenly—Grover Cleveland Cowan, [61], of the Cedar Hill Community died suddenly Sunday. Survivors are his wife, Lula Havana Cowan; a son, Bobby Cowan, at home, a daughter, Jeanette Cowan, Morristown; five sisters, Mrs. Nettie Cowan, Pulaski, Va., Mrs. Jane [Harbin], Mrs. Virgie Davis, Mrs. Aretha Noe, Morristown, Mrs. [Willie] Kirk, Rockport, Mo., five brothers Wayne Cowan, John Cowan, Pulaski, Va., Charlie Cowan, Wytheville, Va., William Cowan, California and Woodrow Cowan, Morristown. Funeral services will be held today at 4 p.m. from the Central Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Stephens and Hubert Spoon officiating. Interment in Economy Cemetery. The body will remain at Stetzer’s until the hour of the funeral. Nephews will serve as pallbearers Ray Baxley, Bobby Davis, Bobby Baxley, Pat Baxley, Wade Cowan Jr., Eugene Cowan. Nieces will serve as flower ladies, Juanita Noe, Mildred Hughes, Pauline Baxley, Betty Noe, Sue Cosson and Vaughtie Baxley.
He married Lula Havana Adams 2 May 1932 in Wythe Co., Va. Children:
i. Bobby[7].
ii. Jeanette.
2.i.ii.ii.ix. Virgie Lee[6] Cowan (William Morgan[5], Dianah[4], Nancy[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 7 May 1903 in Morristown, Hamblen Co., Tenn. Died 11 Oct 1994 in Morristown. Buried in Jarnagin Cemetery, Morristown.
News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tenn., 12 Oct 1994: Virgie Cowan Davis, of 4195 Terri St., Morristown, died Tuesday morning at Morristown Hamblen Hospital. She was born May 7, 1903 to the late William M. and Mary Cowan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Davis and son, Gary Davis; sister, Jane Cowan Harbin and brother, Woodrow Cowan; also several half brothers and sisters. She was a member of Kidwell’s Ridge Baptist Church. Survivors; son, Robert Davis of the home; sisters, Aretha Noe of Morristown, Willie Kirk of Rockport, Mo.; several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Mayes Mortuary and services will follow at 8 o’clock. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Services will be conducted by Rev. Robert Norton. Mayes Mortuary in charge of arrangements.
She married Jack NMN Davis, son of John Yorath Davis and Polly Lee Duncan 4 Jun 1931 in Morristown. Born 8 Oct 1903 in Briceville, Tenn. Died 23 May 1986 in Morristown. Buried in Jarnagin Cemetery.
Morristown Citizen Tribune, 25 May 1986: Jack Davis, 82, of 4195 Terri St., West Hills, died Fri., May 23, 1986 at Humana Hospital. He was a member of Kidwell’s Ridge Baptist Church and the American Legion. Survivors include his wife Virgie Cowan Davis; son, Robert Davis of Morristown; uncle, James Duncan of Texas. Services will be 2:30 p.m. today at Mayes Mortuary with the Revs. Charles Smith and Robert Norton officiating. Burial will be in Jarnagin Cemetery. The family will receive friends 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Of his father, Robert Dean wrote in 2013, “My father, Jack Davis, oddly did not have a middle name. His mother’s full given name was Polly Lee Duncan. Her name was actually Polly and her only sister’s name was Elizabeth. I believe Polly is a nickname for Mary, but neither Mary nor Elizabeth appear on any records. Incidentally, Polly had eight brothers and all had Biblical names. And Elizabeth, of course, was the mother of Mary, mother of Jesus. I understand that Jack is a nickname for John, but my father Jack was named after his father and a grandfather. I don’t think there is a Bible character named Robert or Bob! Interestingly, I am one-fourth Welsh through my grandfather John Yorath Davies (Davis), and my name, Robert, is the only name I am aware of which when translated into another language is that name spelled backward: Robert-English, Trebor-Welsh. My brother Gary’s middle name was in honor of our grandfather, but with the ‘a’ left out.”
Children:
i. John William[7]. Born and died 19 Jul 1933 in Morristown. Buried in Economy United Methodist
Church Cemetery.
ii. Marian Henrietta. Born 16 Jun 1934 in Morristown. Died 27 Jun 1934 in Morristown. Buried in
Economy United Methodist Church Cemetery.
iii. Robert Dean. Born 4 Oct 1936 in Morristown. A photograph of him and two cousins at the Henry[1] old stone house appeared in Honaker Family Newsletter, Sep-Oct 2001. He never married. In 2013 he wrote the following profile of his life: “I was born and have lived my entire life in Morristown. I attended Manley Elementary School and later taught there for ten years. I graduated from Morristown High School in May 1955. I graduated in the top ten of my class academically and was a member of Beta and 4-H clubs. I also received an attendance award. In September 1955 I entered Carson-Newman College (now University) and graduated in May 1959 with a B.S. and teaching certificate in Elementary Education. Some years later, I entered the University of Tennessee graduate program in which I studied educational psychology. Also, I had several extended courses from several other universities. In September 1959 I began teaching in the Morristown, Hamblen County School System, where I taught elementary and middle school for thirty years. I received the school system’s first Teacher of the Year award a few years before retiring in 1989. My main hobbies and interests have long been family genealogy, traveling, music, enjoying nature and antiques. I belong to the Baptist Church. I am a member of Honaker Family Association, Melungeon Heritage Association, Welsh North American Association, Scottish Society of Knoxville, Colquhoun Scottish Clan, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Sons of Union Veterans, and am in the process of becoming a member of Sons of the Revolution and Sons of the Mexican War.
iv. Gary Yorth. Born 23 Apr 1939 in Morristown. Died 31 Jan 1970 in Morristown. Buried in
Jarnagin Cemetery, Morristown. He never married.
Morristown Gazette, 1 Feb 1970: Car Rams Truck, Hamblen Man Dies, Is Second Fatality Gary Davis, 30, Resided West Hills—A Hamblen County man was killed Saturday morning in a car-truck crash so violent that the entire front section of the car was ripped off and thrown some 20 feet from the rest of the vehicle, Deputies Richard Baxter and Charles Long said.
Gary Y. Davis was 30. He lived at Route 6, Terri Street in West Hills. He was the son of Jack and Virgie Cowan Davis of West Hills. Young Davis was killed about 3:45 a.m. Saturday morning when his car slammed into the side of a passing tractor-trailer truck driven by Raymond Brownlow Bassett, 46, of Asheville, N.C., authorities said. Davis’ death is the second so far this year in traffic accidents. The first was a pedestrian who was struck on the first day of 1970 on U.S. 11-E, east of Morristown.
The ET&WNC 1966 White tractor-trailer was traveling east toward Morristown on U.S. 11-E just west of the Morristown city limits. Deputies said the 1965 Ford car driven by Davis came out of the Kidwell’s Ridge Road, apparently crossing two lanes and the median pullthrough, then striking the side of the truck. Davis wasn’t thrown from the car, but he suffered a severe head injury when he apparently struck something inside the vehicle.
Davis was removed from the totally demolished car and taken to M-H Hospital where he was pronounced dead-on-arrival. Bassett, the truck driver, was unhurt, except for minor cuts and bruises. The Davis car, deputies said, slammed into the left side of the big truck, knocked off the gas tank, damaging the left fender, the battery, etc. The front of the truck was not damaged. The weather was clear at the time of the accident, but it was dark. No charges have been lodged in the accident.
Deputy Richard Baxter said Basset told him that he just caught a glimpse of a glare coming from the side and said the accident was already unavoidable before he knew what was happening. The truck jackknifed, traveling or skidding some 61 paces from the beginning of the skid marks to the end of the tractor. Somehow, the entire front of the Davis car was ripped off at the fire wall (at the windshield) and the front fenders, hood, bumper and the motor were thrown some 20 feet from the rest of the vehicle. The rear of the Davis car also was demolished. It is one of the most badly torn up cars seen here in some time.
Davis reportedly is an employee of the Magnavox Corporation. He was not married. He was a veteran, a member of the American Legion, and a member of the Central Baptist Church. He is survived by the parents; brother, Robert Davis, a teacher at [Manley] School; aunts, Mrs. James Harbin, Mrs. Richard Noe, Morristown, Mrs. Ray Kirk, Rockport, Mo., Mrs. [Horner] Ledford, Knoxville, and Miss Nettie Cowan of Draper, Va.; uncle, Woodrow Cowan of Morristown; a number of cousins.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at Brooks chapel. Revs. Calvin Helton and Robert Norton will officiate. Interment in Jarnagin Cemetery. Friends will be received this evening and Monday evening at the funeral home. Brooks Mortuary is in charge.
Morristown Gazette, unknown date: Services Tuesday for Gary Davis—Funeral services for Gary Y. Davis, age 30, who died of automobile injuries early Saturday morning, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Brooks chapel. Rev. Calvin Helton and Rev. Robert Norton will officiate. Interment will be in Jarnagin Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9:30 p.m. this evening at the funeral home. Brooks is in charge.
2.i.ii.ii.xi. Aretha Emmaline[6] Cowan (William Morgan[5], Dianah[4], Nancy[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 8 Jun 1907 in Morristown, Hamblen Co., Tenn. Died 13 Nov 1996 in Morristown. Buried in Jarnigan Cemetery, Morristown.
Morristown Citizen Tribune, 14 Nov 1996: Aretha E. Cowan Noe, age 89, of Morristown, passed away Wed., Nov. 13, 1996 at her home following an extended illness. She was a member of Central Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her husband, Richard W. Noe; parents, William M. and Mary Asbury Cowan; brother, Woodrow Cowan and sisters, Virgie Davis and Jane Harbin. Survivors include four daughters and three sons-in-law, Sue and James L. Cosson; Juanita N. Inman; Betty and Jimmy Lynn Trent and Barbara and W.C. Martin; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Arlen and Alice Noe; Ronald Lynn and Linda Noe and Ed Noe; grandchildren, Lynn Henderson, Susan Cosson, Ricky L. Trent, Joe Martin, Jeff Trent, Eric Noe, Josh Noe, Will Noe, Jenny Noe and Katie Noe; great-grandchildren, Benjamin Hodges, Richie Henderson, Jaime Martin, Zack Martin, Austin Trent and Brandon Trent; sister, Willie Mae Kirk of Rockport, Mo.; a special nephew, Robert D. Davis and several other nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 15 prior to the funeral services at Westside Chapel. Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Fri., Nov. 15 at Westside Chapel with Rev. Robert Norton, Rev. Charles Smith and Rev. Steve Sexton officiating. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m., Sat., Nov. 16 at Jarnagin Cemetery. Westside Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
She married Richard W. Noe 29 Jul 1928 in Morristown. Died before 1996. Children:
2.i.ii.ii.xi. i. Sue[7]. She married James L. Cosson.
ii. Juanita. She married Unknown Inman.
2.i.ii.ii.xi. iii. Betty. She married Jimmy Lynn Trent.
iv. Barbara. She married W.C. Martin.
v. Arlen. He married Alice Unknown.
vi. Ronald Lynn. He married Linda Unknown.
vii. Ed.
2.i.ii.ii.xii. Willie Mae[6] Cowan (William Morgan[5], Dianah[4], Nancy[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 27 May 1910 in Morristown, Hamblen Co., Tenn. Died 27 Mar 1997 in Rock Port, Atchison Co., Mo. Buried in Greenhill Cemetery, Rock Port.
The funeral program indicated she was 86 years, 10 mo.; services were 29 Mar 1997 at Rock Port Baptist Church, the Rev. Jeff Elliott officiating; and that interment was in Greenhill Cemetery, Rock Port, Minter Funeral Chapel in charge, casketbearers were grandsons Frank Kirk, Dale Kirk, Mark Gutierrez, Terry Gutierrez, Danny Gutierrez, James (Jimmy) Kirk Jr., Mark Kirk, Kelly Kirk, W. Keith Kirk, Jr., Jason Kirk, Aaron Kirk, Chris Healy; honorary casketbearers were granddaughters Linda Thiede, Barbara Gutierrez, Tina Richards, Lisa Vacanti, Laura Kirk, Regan Chan Kirk, Kary Blankenship, Angie Healy, Betty Pullen. The program gave the following obituary:
Willie Mae Kirk was born May 27, 1910, in Morristown, Tenn., the daughter of William Morgan and Mary Georgeann Cowan. She passed away at the Pleasant View Care Center on March 27, 1997, at the age of 86 years and 10 months. She was a graduate of Morristown High School in Morristown, Tenn. On June 6, 1931, she was united in marriage to Ray Franklin Kirk in Morristown. He preceded her in death in 1984. They made their home in Morristown and were both members of Kidwells Ridge Baptist Church. In 1943, they moved to Rock Port, Mo., where she spent many years caring for her ten children and later chose to work outside the home. The job she was most proud of was the 14 years she spent working at Pleasant View Nursing Home. She retired from this position at the age of 72. She continued living in Rock Port to the present time. Willie is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law: Jess and Charlotte Delores Gutierrez, Omaha, Neb.; Leland (Butch) and Jane Elaine Blankenship, Rock Port, and Dale and Jonna Deane Healy, Grant City, Mo.; and five sons and daughters-in-law: Ray Franklin, Jr., and Betty Kirk, Omaha, Neb., James William and Rose Kirk, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Howard Kelly and Phyllis Kirk, Underwood, Iowa, Woodrow Keith and Jeanette Kirk, Green Rock, Ill., and Randy Byrle and Mei-Mei Chan Kirk of Idaho Falls, Idaho; 22 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by daughter Betty Jo Kirk; son Harold Lynn Kirk; her parents; three sisters: Virgie Davis, Jane Harbin, and
Aretha Noe; and one brother Woodrow Cowan.
She married Ray Franklin Kirk 6 Jun 1931 in Morristown. Died 1984. Children:
2.i.ii.ii.xii. i. Charlotte Delores[7].
2.i.ii.ii.xii. ii. Jane Elaine.
2.i.ii.ii.xii. iii. Jonna Deane.
iv. Ray Franklin, Jr. He married Betty Unknown.
v. James William. He married Rose Unknown.
vi. Howard Kelly. He married Phyllis Unknown.
vii. Woodrow Keith. He married Jeanette Unknown.
vii. Randy Byrle. He married Mei-Mei Chan.
ix. Betty Jo. Died before 1997.
x. Harold Lynn. Died before 1997.
2.iv.ii.i.i. Charles S.[6] Humphrey Jr. (Alma[5], John[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 2 Aug 1924 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 24 Mar 2007. Buried in Shaffer Family Cemetery.
Roanoke [Va.] Times, 26 Mar 2007 (with photograph): Charles S. Humphrey Jr., a prominent farmer of Max Meadows, Va., departed this life Mar. 24, 2007 at the age of 82. He was born Aug. 2, 1924, the son of Alma Shaffer Humphrey and Charles S. Humphrey, Sr. of Wythe County. He was employed by Virginia Dept. of Highways for 39 years, Klopman Mills for 18 years, and was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. He was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters, Dorothea H. Shockley, Alma H. Holston, and Elizabeth H. Neikirk. He attended the Locust Hill United Methodist Church before becoming ill. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Ruth Hagee Humphrey; three daughters, Charlene Humphrey Reed of Waynesboro, Va., Ann and Sharon Humphrey; one son, John Shaffer Humphrey of Max Meadows, Va.; two stepdaughters, Jean E. Belcher of Canton, Ga., Sandra Ramick of Lynchburg, Va.; nine grandchildren, Wesley, Emily and Natalie Reed, Ethan and Jonathan Humphrey, Roy Dunford, Dr. Ingle Schnars, Larissa Norman and Christie Sexton; two sisters, Virginia H. Mabe of Max Meadows, Va., Kathryn H. Hyland of Jacksonville, Fla. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wed., Mar. 28, 2007 at the Barnett Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Ingo officiating. Interment will follow in the Shaffer Family Cemetery. VFW Post #7969 and American Legion Post #20 will conduct graveside military rites. The family will receive friends at the Barnett Funeral Home Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. or at the residence at any time.
He married Ruth Hagee. Children:
2.iv.ii.i.i. i. Charlene[7].
ii. Ann.
iii. Sharon.
iv. John Shaffer.
2.iv.ii.i.v. Nancy Virginia[6] Humphrey (Alma[5], John[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 20 Apr 1922 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 19 Feb 2012.
Roanoke [Va.] Times, 21 Feb 2012 and Wytheville [Va.] Enterprise, 22 Feb 2012: Nancy Virginia Humphrey Mabe, 89, of Max Meadows, passed away Feb. 19, 2012. She was born April 20, 1922, in Wythe County, daughter of the late Charles S. and Alma Shaffer Humphrey. She was a retired educator in the Wythe County School System and member of Galena Presbyterian Church. Virginia was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is survived by her husband of 71 years, William H. Mabe Sr.; six children and spouses, Betsy Collins and Dan, of Williamsburg, Billy and Frances Mabe, of Max Meadows, Rodney Mabe, of Max Meadows, Tony and Tiny Mabe, of Max Meadows, Dorothea and George Shannon, of Williamsburg, Michael and Kay Mabe, of Austinville; six grandchildren and spouses, Danielle Collins of Davis, Calif., Philip and Teresa Mabe, of Max Meadows, Wesley Mabe, of Max Meadows, Lesley and Lesa Mabe, of Fincastle, Tonya and Alan Freeman, of Max Meadows, Michael Kay Mabe and Scott Stevens, of Charlotte, N.C.; nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 23, 2012, at Galena Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Cindy Privette officiating. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Barnett Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent to the family at . Barnett Funeral Home, Wytheville, is handling the arrangements.
She married William H. Mabe ca. 1941. He was living in 2012. Children:
i. William H.[7] Jr. (called Billy) He married Frances Unknown.
2.iv.ii.i.v. ii. Betsy.
iii. Michael. He married Kay Unknown.
iv. Rodney.
v. Tony. He married Tiny Unknown.
vi. Dorothea. She married George Shannon.
2.iv.iii.i.i. Joseph Crockett[6] Shaffer Jr. (Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 26 Apr 1911. Died 14 May 1999.
He married Rebecca Todd Beery. Died 20 May 1999. Children:
2.iv.iii.i.i. i. Rebecca White[7]. Born 30 Jun 1940.
2.iv.iii.i.i. ii. Ann Adams. Born 27 Aug 1943.
2.iv.iii.i.i. iii. Elizabeth Scott. Born 15 Sep 1945.
2.iv.iii.i.ii. John Scott[6] Shaffer (called J.S.) (Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 24 Oct 1914. Died 13 Nov 2011 in Abingdon, Va. Buried in Knollkreg Memorial Park, Abingdon.
Roanoke [Va.] Times, 15 Nov 2011 and Bristol [Tenn.-Va.] Herald Courier, 16 Nov 2011: Abingdon, Va.—Dr. John Scott Shaffer, 97, a well known retired physician of Abingdon, died Sun., Nov. 13, 2011, at Grace Healthcare Center. He is survived by his wife, Amanda Elizabeth McNelly Shaffer of Abingdon; three sons, Michael J. Shaffer of Penhook, Va., Joseph Crockett Shaffer II of Wilmington, N.C. and Phillip R. Shaffer of Abingdon; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one sister, Edwina Charles of Liberty, N.C.; and seven nieces. Dr. Shaffer was the son of the late Joseph Crockett Shaffer and Ada Ann Honaker Shaffer of Wytheville, Va. His sister, Mary Elizabeth Stamper and brothers, Joseph Crockett Shaffer Jr. and Edwin Gray Shaffer predeceased him. After graduating Wytheville High School, the University of Alabama, the Medical College of Virginia and serving in the U.S. Navy he moved to Abingdon in 1950. It was in Abingdon that Dr. Shaffer made his home and profession serving the community for many years before retirement. He was committed to his profession and was a former member of the Washington Co., Va., Medical Society, the Southwest Virginia Medical Society, the Medical Society of Virginia and a longtime member of the Johnston Memorial Hospital Board. Dr. Shaffer took an instrumental role in the community. He was a founder and president of the Industrial Development Corporation of Abingdon from 1958 to 1992. He was a past chairman of the Abingdon Central School Board, a life member of the VFW and a member of the American Legion Post No. 12. He was a member of Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church. Funeral services for Dr. J. Scott Shaffer will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wed., Nov. 16, 2011, in Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church with Pastor Tim Reynolds officiating. The burial will follow the service at Knollkreg Memorial Park. A reception for family and friends will follow the burial at Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church. The family will be accepting friends for visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, Nov. 15, 2011, at the Frost Funeral Home. Active pallbearers will be Doug Ellis, William Rosenbaum, Todd Rosenbaum, Mark Barrett, John Martin Rosenbaum, Cowboy Odum, Johnny Kiser and Joe Andis. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. William and Betty Cline, Joe Derting, Dr. James Denton and the nurses and staff that worked with him at Johnston Memorial Hospital and also at his practice on Main Street at Abingdon Medical Group. It is requested that in lieu of flowers contributions in memory of Dr. John Scott Shaffer be made to Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church, 136 E. Main St., Abingdon, VA 24210. A book of memories is provided online at . Frost Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 250 E. Main St., Abingdon, VA (276-628-2131) is honored to serve the family of Dr. John Scott Shaffer.
He married Amanda Elizabeth McKnelly, daughter of William Ernest McKnelly and Elizabeth May Unknown, 23 Oct 1943. Born 18 Oct 1916 in Bible Grove, Clay Co., Ill. Died 25 Aug 2013 in Abingdon, Va. Buried in Knollkreg Memorial Park, Abingdon.
Roanoke [Va.] Times, 27 Aug 2013: Amanda McKnelly Shaffer, 96, a well-known resident of Abingdon, died Sun., Aug. 25, 2013, at her home. She was born Oct. 18, 1916, in Bible Grove, Ill., a daughter of the late William Ernest McKnelly and Elizabeth May McKnelly. She was a graduate of Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Memphis, Tenn., with a degree in nursing, and had an advanced degree in anesthesia from the University of Tennessee. She served as a nurse anesthetist in the U.S. Navy from 1941 to 1943. She and her late husband, Dr. John Scott Shaffer, moved to Abingdon in 1950. She was a long-time member of Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church, Circle #1 of the church, the Presbyterian Church Women, the Booklover’s Club, the Thursday Bridge Club, the Friday Bridge Club, and was a novice pilot. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Maylene McKnelly Robinson and Erna McKnelly Carrell; and a stepgranddaughter, Alicia Riddle. Survivors include three sons, Michael J. Shaffer and wife, Joyce, of Penhook, Joseph C. Shaffer and wife, Sherrill, of Wilmington, N.C. and Phillip R. Shaffer, of Abingdon; one sister, Donna Giddens Holleman, of Nashville, Tenn.; one half-brother, Oran Wiseheart, of Knoxville, Tenn.; six grandchildren, Michele Benson, Jay Pace, Amanda Shelton, Andrew Shaffer, Holly Sutton, and Rachel Shaffer; 12 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m., Wed., Aug. 28, 2013, at the Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church with Pastor Tim Reynolds officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 1:30 p.m. until time of the funeral service. Burial will follow the service at Knollkreg Memorial Park. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. The family would like to extend thanks to her caregivers, Peggy Adams, Peggy Turner, Bell Arnold, Mary McKenzie, and Kim Crookshank, for the wonderful care they gave to Mrs. Shaffer. Also thanks to special friend and caregiver, Audrey Perkins. The family suggests that memorials be in the form of contributions to Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church, 136 E. Main St., Abingdon, VA 24210. Online condolences may be made to the family at . Frost Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Abingdon is honored to serve the Shaffer family.
Children:
2.iv.iii.i.ii. i. Michael Jan[7] (adopted). Born 11 Jul 1948.
2.iv.iii.i.ii. ii. Joseph Crockett, II. Born 6 Mar 1952.
iii. Phillip Randall. Born 19 Jun 1956. He had not married by 2002.
2.iv.iii.i.iii. Mary Elizabeth[6] Shaffer (Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 29 Feb 1920. Died before 2007.
She married J. Russell Stamper. Born ca. 1910. Died 1972. Children:
2.iv.iii.i.iii. i. Jo Ann[7]. Born 1 Aug 1955.
2.iv.iii.i.iv. Edwin Gray[6] Shaffer (twin) (Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 30 Sep 1923 in Wytheville, Va. Died 31 Aug 2007 at a hospital in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., Tenn. Buried in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, Wytheville. He was a Virginia Commonwealth attorney for 30 years.
Roanoke [Va.] Times, 2 Sep 2007 and Enterprise, Wytheville, Va., 4 Sep 2007: Edwin Gray Shaffer, 83, of Wytheville, passed away Fri., Aug. 31, 2007. He was the son of the late Joseph Crockett and Ada Honaker Shaffer. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, serving in Gen. George Patton’s tank division. Mr. Shaffer attended Emory & Henry College, graduated from Washington & Lee School of Law, and was admitted to the bar in [1949]. He was a member of Wythe County Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar, and was a former Wythe County Commonwealth Attorney. Mr. Shaffer was a past president of Wytheville Jaycees and a delegate to the National Republican Convention. He was a lifetime member of St. Paul United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Elizabeth Stamper, and brother, Joseph C. Shaffer, Jr. He is survived by his daughter, Eileen N. Shaffer, of Ridgeland, Miss.; granddaughter, Amanda Gray Bailey, of Ridgeland, Miss.; brother and sister-in-law, Dr. John S. and Amanda Shaffer, of Abingdon; sister, Edwina S. Charles, of Liberty, N.C.; several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral service will be Monday at 11 a.m. in the St. Paul United Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Tom Ballard with the interment in the St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery. Family will receive friends at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Wesley Hall on Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. American Legion Post #9 will conduct military graveside rites. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church or to the charity of your choice. Arrangements by Grubb Funeral Home, Wytheville.
He married Doris Eileen Lindamood, daughter of Joseph Ludlow Lindamood and Eileen NMN Newton, 10 Nov 1946 in Wytheville. They divorced in the 1960s in Wytheville. Born 26 Nov 1924 in Wytheville. Children:
2.iv.iii.i.iv. i. Eileen Newton[7]. Born 30 Nov 1958 in Wytheville.
2.iv.iii.i.v. Edwina Gay[6] Shaffer (twin) (Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 30 Sep 1923 in Wytheville, Va. In 2011 she lived in Liberty, N.C.
She married John Francis Charles 12 Nov 1949. Born 7 Nov 1923. Died 14 Apr 1991. Children:
i. Rebecca Sue[7]. Born 28 Mar 1964. She married Kim Ray Suthers 19 Aug 2000. Born 19 Aug
1957.
ii. Deborah Ann. Born 3 Aug 1965. In 2002 she lived in Liberty, N.C.
2.iv.iv.i.ii. Cynthia Florence[6] Peoples (Joseph William[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 1902 in Wythe Co., Va. Died in Bristol, Tenn. Buried in Bristol. She and her husband were members of Bristol Methodist Church.
She married Everett Cawood in Bristol. Buried in Bristol. He was a railroad employee. Children:
i. Mabel[7]. She married Leroy Jackson in Bristol, Tenn.
ii. Patsy. She married, first, Unknown Bower in Bristol, Tenn. She married, second, Unknown
O’Hara in Florida.
2.iv.iv.i.iii. Clara Myrtle[6] Peoples (Joseph William[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 1904 in Wythe Co., Va. Died in Chester, Va.
She married Elsia Fouts. Children:
i. Thelma Louise[7]. Born in Hopewell, Va. She married Clifton Creech.
ii. Edna May. Born in Hopewell. She married, first, Unknown Markland. She married, second,
Beverly Whitmore.
2.iv.iv.i.vi. Nellie Catherine[6] Peoples (Joseph William[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 7 Feb 1910 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 27 Sep 1999 in Roanoke, Va. Buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vinton, Va. She and her husband were members of Vinton Baptist Church.
She married Robert Guthright Sink (called Pete) in Vinton. Born 9 Mar 1910. Died 6 Jun 1991. Buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vinton. He operated a drycleaning business. Children:
i. James Robert[7] (called Bob and Pete). Born in Vinton. He married, first, Shirley Spencer in
Collinsville, Va. He married, second, Judy Unknown in Claremont, N.C.
2.iv.iv.i.viii. Hettie Belle[6] Peoples (Joseph William[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 13 Apr 1914 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 17 May 2010 at Edgemont Center (nursing home), Wytheville, Wythe County. Buried in Peoples Cemetery, on a hill behind the old homeplace of Catherine Diana (Shaffer) Peoples and Francis Lilburn Peoples, Max Meadows, Va. She worked for a hospital in Wytheville, Va.
Wytheville [Va.] Enterprise, 19 May 2010: Hettie Belle Peoples Griffin, 96, of Max Meadows died Mon., May 17, 2010. Funeral service will be held Wed., May 19, at 7 p.m. at the Fort Chiswell United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gleasanna Dixon officiating. A graveside service will be held Thurs., May 20, at 11 a.m. at the Peoples Family Cemetery. She was a member of the Fort Chiswell United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph William and Cosby Jane Archer Peoples; husband, Eldridge Mason Griffin; two brothers; and six sisters. Survivors include a daughter, Darleen Dawn Griffin of Max Meadows; a son and daughter-in-law, Ralph Lynn and Bobbie Griffin of Richmond; a godson, Nathan Felts; and several nieces, nephews, cousins and close friends. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. (service time) at the Fort Chiswell United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Fort Chiswell United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 246, Max Meadows, VA 24360; or the Lead Mines Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 502, Austinville, VA 24312. Grubb Funeral Home in Wytheville is in charge of the arrangements.
She married Eldridge Mason Griffin (called Tom), son of Orval Edward Griffin (called Ed) and Nettie Belle Akers,
16 Jan 1933 in Wytheville, Va. Born 21 Jan 1911 in Wythe County. Died 20 Nov 1970 in Wytheville. Buried in West End Cemetery, Wytheville. He worked for the Coca-Cola Co., the leading U.S. soft drink beverage firm, and was a member of Siloam Methodist Church. Children:
i. Ralph Lynn[7]. Born 8 Sep 1943 in Wytheville. He married, first, Dorma Grey Coleman in Wythe
County. He married, second, Joyce Cox in Wythe County. He married, third, Barbara Thomas Ledford (called Bobbi), daughter of William Thomas and Kathryn Unknown, and divorced from Wayne Ledford, 9 Sep 2006 in North Carolina.
ii. Darleen Dawn. Born 2 Jun 1947 in Wytheville.
2.iv.iv.ii.i. Frank William[6] Peoples (John Henry[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). See photographs. Born 15 Sep 1907 in Bristol, Tenn. Died 16 May 2002 in Pitman, N.J. The remains were cremated and interred in Harmony United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jackson, N.J.
Obituary (by daughter Gayle): Frank W. Peoples, 94, of Pitman, N.J., died of cancer May 16, 2002 at home. Born Sept. 15, 1907 in Bristol, Tenn., he was the son of John H. and Mattie (Godsey) Peoples. He spent most of his youth in the Max Meadows, Va., area, graduating from Max Meadows High School, and attended William & Mary College. He worked for Hercules for many years, starting as a laboratory chemist and retiring as safety and personnel director at Hercules, Gibbstown, N.J. He was a member of Pitman Church of Christ and a 50-year member of the Wytheville [Va.] Masonic Lodge. He also loved hunting and often judged bird dog field trials. Survivors include his wife Anna (Leonardi) of Pitman whom he married in 1970, and children Gayle (Peoples) Shiner of Slippery Rock, Pa., John “Jack” Peoples of Westmont, N.J., Russell O. Peoples of Claremont, N.C., Frank William Peoples Jr. of Monroeville, N.J.; grandchildren James W. “Jim” Shiner Jr. of Proctorville, Ohio, Elizabeth “Beth” (Shiner) Klein of Cortland, N.Y., Jonathan Peoples of Cherry Hill, N.J., Russell W. Peoplesof Charlotte, N.C., Elizabeth “Liz” Presenza of Pensacola, Fla., Randy Peoples of Somerdale, N.J., Sarah Peoples of Philadelphia, Pa.; great grandchildren William Shiner, Proctorville, Ohio, Sofia Presenza, Pensacola, Fla.; stepgreatgrandchildren Katy Garrett and Amy Garrett, both of Proctorville, and his niece Betty Clark, Powhatan, Va. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Elizabeth (Hendrickson) Peoples and his sister Virginia (Peoples) Davis. A memorial service was held at Smith Funeral Home, Mantua, N.J. Interment was in Harmony United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jackson, N.J.
An obituary also appeared in Gloucester County [N.J.] Times, 17 May 2002.
He married, first, Elizabeth Martha Hendrickson (called Betty), daughter of John R. Hendrickson and Ella M. Camp, 12 Mar 1934 in Elkton, Md. Born 30 Nov 1918 in Jackson Mills, N.J. Died 23 Mar 1966 in Pitman, N.J. Buried in Harmony United Methodist Church Cemetery. Children:
2.iv.iv.ii.i. i. Gayle Lesh[7]. Born 7 Dec 1936.
2.iv.iv.ii.i. ii. Russell Otis (called Russ) (twin). Born 12 Oct 1941.
2.iv.iv.ii.i. iii. John James (called Jack) (twin). Born 12 Oct 1941.
2.iv.iv.ii.i. iv. Frank W., Jr. (called Bill). Born 13 Jun 1945.
He married, second, Anna NMN Leonardi, daughter of Angelo NMN Leonardi and Concetta Mary Spina, 14 Feb 1970 in New Jersey.
2.iv.iv.ii.ii. Virginia Louise[6] Peoples (called Virginia and Ginny) (John Henry[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). See photograph. Born 7 Nov 1918 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 12 Sep 2001 in Richmond, Va. The remains were cremated.
Richmond [Va.] Times-Dispatch, 15 Sep 2001—Virginia “Ginny” Peoples Davis of Powhatan passed away Wed., Sept. 12, 2001 [in Johnston Willis Hospital, Richmond]. She was the widow of Rudolph Davis and is survived by her daughter, Betty Clark; a brother and his wife, Frank and Anne Peoples; one niece, three nephews, several great-nieces and nephews. Mrs. Davis was a past matron of Holly Chapter, [Order of Eastern Star], and Virginia Court No. 1, [Order of Amaranth]. A memorial service will be held 1 p.m. Mon., Sept. 17, at Powhatan United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends following the service. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Powhatan United Methodist Church Building Fund.
She married, first, Roscoe Wilson Clark (called Ross), son of Abe Clark and Ida Johnson, 2 Oct 1934 in Radford, Va. They divorced 1939 in Pulaski, Va. Born 6 Oct 1913 in Wythe County. Died in Richmond, Va. He was a building contractor. Children:
i. Betty Lou[7]. Born 9 May 1937 in Wythe County. She took a bachelor’s degree from East
Carolina State University and a master’s degree from the University of Virginia. She retired at age 55 from a position as guidance counselor at George Wythe High School, Richmond, Va., after 32 years.
She married, second, Frank Sherman King (called Frank), son of Irving King and Lucy Unknown, 7 Dec 1942 in Blountville, Tenn. They divorced 1959 in Richmond, Va. Born 31 Aug 1915 in South Boston, Va. He was a self-employed salesman. There were no children.
She married, third, Wiley Rudolph Davis (called Rudy), 12 Sep 1962 in Richmond, Va. Born 10 Mar 1908 in Chase City, Va. Died 9 Mar 1970 in Richmond. Buried in Maury Cemetery, Richmond. He was self-employed. There were no children.
2.iv.iv.iii.iii. Maude Catherine[6] Hudson (Charlotte[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 4 Sep 1908 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 26 Nov 1999 in Wythe County. Buried in West End Cemetery, Wytheville, Wythe County.
Southwest Virginia Enterprise, Wytheville, 16 Sep 1998, reprinted in Honaker Family Newsletter, Mar-Apr 2001: The Way We Were—Neighbors Helping Neighbors, story and photograph by Wayne Quesenberry—
As a life-long resident of the Fort Chiswell community, Maude Hudson Johnson has witnessed many
transformations in her life and neighborhood. She grew up in an era that saw an old way of life replaced by a new one—and not always for the better. “We don’t have a sense of community that we used to have. When somebody died everybody in the community was sad. Neighbors would sit up all night with the family. They’d come in and prepare the body for burial. People weren’t embalmed in those days. You never heard of a funeral home. They usually buried the person the day after they died,” she recalled.
Neighbors, Johnson said, were there for each other in good times, too. Apple butter making and hog
butchering were two outdoor events that brought the community together. “We’d have an apple peeling on the night before we made apple butter,” she said. “The women would come in and peel the apples. My mother would get up at 4 o’clock in the morning to build the fire outdoors. She used a big copper kettle to make the apple butter. She’d cook it till 10 o’clock that night. The neighbors would take turns stirring it. We’d make 30 or 40 gallons at a time. It lasted all winter. Then, we’d go help the next ones who made apple butter. I don’t know what happened to people. Everybody’s always in such a hurry.”
Born Sept. 4, 1908 at home on the family farm, she was third oldest of seven children of the late William
G. and Charlotte Peeples Hudson. Her dad was a farmer and highway department worker. Her mother was a housewife. These were days of no electricity, indoor plumbing or bathrooms, she noted. Johnson and her two older brothers carried water from a mountain spring several miles from their house. They also gathered wood for the cook stove and the heating stoves.
“We’d go every morning and carry enough water to do all day. We’d go back in the afternoon,” she said.
Johnson walked several miles to the old two-room Siloam School with her brothers. The school, she said,
was located in the woods behind the current site of the Siloam church. Since there was no electricity or cafeteria at the old country school, Johnson and her brothers carried their lunch from home in a half-gallon syrup bucket. They packed two biscuits apiece—one with sausage and one with apple butter or jelly—and an apple or pear for a recess snack.
The large Farmer’s Store, which was located at the intersection of Routes 94 and U.S. 52 (near the site of
the First Community Bank), served the community’s needs for any store-bought merchandise. It burned in the early 1960s.
“We hardly ever went to Wytheville. We’d go to Max Meadows to Councilman’s Department Store. It had everything. Daddy bought a new car and everybody would get ready and go to Norris’ drugstore and get an ice cream cone,” Johnson recalled.
After completing the seventh grade, Johnson went to Max Meadows High School. She quit school to marry
Ralph Johnson, whom she’d known since grade school. She has been a widow for several years. The couple have one daughter, Margie J. Blair; and twin sons Frank Johnson and Paul Johnson (who died five years ago.) Johnson also has seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was a longtime member of the Siloam Methodist Church when it closed many years ago and the
membership was absorbed into the newly-constructed Fort Chiswell United Methodist Church. She is an active worker in that church and has served as president of the United Methodist Women. Retired from Burlington Industries, she also held jobs at the Wytheville Knitting Mill and the Radford Army Ammunition Plant where she inspected the powder bags.
Among the other changes she’s seen in her community are the number of new homes built along Route 94
and the amount of traffic. “There were very few houses on this road. Look at it now,” she quipped.
Her family honored her with a 90th birthday party at the church on Sat., Sept. 5. Over 200 relatives and
friends attended. “Oh, I had a wonderful time. I got so many cards and gifts and flowers,” she said. Asked if she ever thought about living to such an age, Johnson replied, “I never thought about it. I know that time goes by quicker now than it used to. I do wonder why the Lord has left me here so long.”
She married Ralph Eugene Johnson, son of John G. Johnson and Nellie B. Jones, 16 Apr 1927 in Wythe County. Born 11 Nov 1908 in Wythe County. Died 2 Feb 1946 in Wythe County. Buried in West End Cemetery. Children:
2.iv.iv.iii.iii. i. Marjorie Evelyn[7]. Born 6 Nov 1928.
2.iv.iv.iii.iii. ii. Frank Eugene (fraternal twin). Born 25 Aug 1933.
2.iv.iv.iii.iii. iii. Paul Hudson (fraternal twin). Born 25 Aug 1933.
2.iv.vi.iv.i. Sarah Elizabeth[6] Lane (Letitia[5], Henry Jesse[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 28 Sep 1922 in Max Meadows, Wythe Co., Va. Died 1 Nov 2014 in Max Meadows. Buried in West End Cemetery, Wytheville, Wythe County.
She lived in her grandfather’s old home.
Roanoke [Va.] Times, 3 Nov 2014 and Wytheville [Va.] Enterprise, 5 Nov 2014: Sarah Elizabeth Lane Garnett Porter, 92, died Sat., Nov. 1, 2014, at her home in Max Meadows, Va., where she was born on Sept. 28, 1922. She was a lifelong resident of Max Meadows and was a graduate of Max Meadows High School. She was a member of Wythe County’s First Families. She was also a member of Max Meadows United Methodist Church, where her grandfather, Henry J. Shaffer served as one of the trustees who was instrumental in purchasing the land on which the current church rests. Sarah was preceded in death by her parents, Pat Lane and Lettie Shaffer Lane; her first husband, James R. Garrnett, who was killed in action in World War II; and her second husband of 44 years, Ernest Brown Porter. She is survived by five daughters, Dr. Ruth Ellen Porter and husband, Bill, of Vidalia, Ga., Susan Blevins and husband, Roger, of Max Meadows, Nancy Moore and husband, Davis, of Wytheville, Kathy Porter of Max Meadows, and Stephanie Porter-Nichols and husband, Doug, of Crockett; a son, William Porter and wife, Janice, of Max Meadows; grandchildren, Danny Byington, Brenta Blevins, Dr. Jennifer Magill, Jacob Porter, Brent Blevins Jr., and Felicia Fowler; and seven great-grandchildren. While the family appreciates flowers, in lieu donations can be made to an animal advocacy organization of your choice in honor of her memory. Visitation was held on Mon., Nov. 3, 2014, from 2 until 3 p.m., followed by a graveside service at West End Cemetery officiated by her daughter, the Rev. Stephanie Porter-Nichols. Grubb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
She married, first, James R. Garrnett. Killed in World War II.
She married, second, Ernest Brown Porter ca. 1970. Died before 2014. Children:
2.iv.vi.iv.i. i. Ruth Ellen[7]. Born 30 May 1946.
2.iv.vi.iv.i. ii. Susan Patricia. Born 31 Dec 1948 in Max Meadows.
iii. Nancy Lane. Born 31 Mar 1951. She married Dr. C.D. Moore. There were no children.
2.iv.vi.iv.i. iv. Kathy Ann. Born 27 Mar 1953. She inherited red hair from Edith[3].
v. William Watts. Born 30 Apr 1955. He inherited red hair from Edith[3]. He married Janice Rupe.
There were no children.
vi. Stephanie Elizabeth Brown. Born 18 Jun 1966. She married Douglas Nichols and used the
surname Porter-Nichols. There were no children. In 2001 she was editor of Southwest Virginia Enterprise, newspaper serving Wytheville, Va.
3.vii.i.ii. Evelyn[6] Wells (Nettie Elberta[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
She married Bob Horn. Children:
i. Joanne[7].
ii. Nancy.
iii. Bonnie Jean.
3.vii.ii.i. Gordon Ralph[6] Wells (Mary Edith[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
He married Gerrie Jack. Children:
3.vii.ii.i. i. Lois Lee[7].
3.vii.ii.i. ii. Dennis.
3.vii.ii.ii. James Edwin[6] Wells (Mary Edith[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 3 Nov 1925 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Died 5 Aug 1980 in Costa Mesa, Orange Co., Calif. The remains were cremated in Yosemite National Park, Calif.
He married Rossana Mara Vittozzi, daughter of Umberto Vittozzi and Yolanda Rendina. Born 28 Jul 1924 in Avezzano, Abruzzi, Italy. Died 15 May 2015 in Laguna Woods, Orange Co., Calif. The remains were scattered among the Northern California redwoods. Children:
3.vii.ii.ii. i. Suzanne Mara[7]. Born 5 Jan 1948 in Hawthorne, Los Angeles Co., Calif.
3.vii.ii.ii. ii. Diane Lynn. Born 12 Jul 1953 in Inglewood.
3.vii.v.i. Barbara Ellen[6] Honaker (twin) (Henry[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 5 Nov 1923 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Died Feb 1996 in Lower Lake, Lake Co., Calif.
She married William Sager. Born in California. Died ca. 1991 in Clear Lake, Lake Co., Calif. Children:
3.vii.v.i. i. Terry Gene[7]. Born in California.
ii. Sharon. She married Unknown and had two sets of twins.
iii. Michael.
3.vii.v.ii. Eleanor[6] Honaker (twin) (Henry[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 5 Nov 1923 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif.
She married Milton Hull. Children:
i. Jeff[7].
ii. Steve.
iii. Glen. Died at age 19.
iv. Petie.
3.vii.vi.i. Yvonne Louise[6] Honaker (John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). See photographs. Born 22 Jul 1935 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. In 2015 she lived in Orange, Orange Co., Calif.
Yvonne wrote the following article which appeared in Honaker Family Newsletter, Winter 2004, illustrated with photographs: Our motor home trip to Alaska over the ALCAN highway to Alaska and back via the Alaska Marine Highway System.
My husband and I spent nearly 10 weeks traveling through Canada and Alaska during this last summer of 2004. This is just a small sample of the wonderful adventures experienced over these few weeks.
As one leaves the lower 48 for Alaska you must choose a path. We decided to see Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper on the way to Dawson Creek, B.C., Canada, which is mile zero of the Alaskan Highway. From there, we experienced every stop of significant interest on the way to Whitehorse in the Yukon. There we split from the Alcan Highway to see Dawson City, the centerpiece of the Yukon Gold Rush in 1898. Please read about this significant segment of our history, as it would require several pages to describe this remarkable place.
The next logical stop after Dawson City (over the “Top of the world Highway”) is Chicken, Alaska. There were several fires in this area. The fire fighters do a fine job of keeping the roads open while protecting the travelers. Gold was found near Chicken around 1899 and they still have working mines there. After a night’s rest, we pressed on to Tok, Alaska (named after a sled dog by the US Army guys that built the famous Alcan. Fairbanks was next and there we enjoyed the Paddle Wheel Steamboat tour. This tour included an Eskimo village visit, sled dog exhibition, float plane interaction and onboard musical entertainment. We saw our first caribou and spawning salmon in this area.
Denali Park came next as we moved South toward Anchorage. Bears, wolves, eagles and ptarmigan were the highlights of our three days there. Here we saw our first grizzly bear. South of Anchorage we found Seward, the Kenai Peninsula and Homer (the Halibut capital of the world.) Each had its particular charm and unique story. We observed eagles nesting and resting on nearby phone poles, men fishing on the Kenai River and spectacular views in many forms. We were told that some eagle nests weigh over 1,500 lb. Following this, the port of Valdez, the pipeline and the oil terminal there, must be seen while one is in the neighborhood. All were most impressive and the boat tours from Valdez included wildlife, glaciers and amazing scenery.
From Valdez, one cannot drive to the South without first returning to Tok, passing Southeast through Haines Junction, Canada and back into Alaska via the Haines highway to the port of Haines. Near Haines we saw bears and men fishing together on the Chilkoot River. The only direct way to the South 48 from Haines is via the Alaska Marine Highway System, otherwise known as the Inland Passage ferries. Yes, they do take most vehicles including buses, trucks and motor homes. This path allows easy access to Skagway, Juneau, Sitka and Ketchikan. These are the same ports visited by most cruise lines. Just read any cruise brochure to understand what these 12 days entailed. Glaciers calving, sea lions on icebergs, Eskimo culture museums, Russian dancers, and rain forest camping are all part of the experience. As you may imagine, Alaska has an enormous selection of beautiful state parks.
The Alaska ferry system dropped us in Prince Rupert, B.C. There we were lucky to get the last vehicle space on a B.C. ferryboat to Port Hardy, on the northern tip of Vancouver Island. This opened the way to drive southward the full length of this beautiful island. Most of the stops along this way afforded several wonderful views of the inland waterway through which most cruise ships and freight shipping to Alaska, sail. The familiar attractions of Butchart Garden and Victoria, B.C., in the South, provide a grand finale to this island’s offerings. From Victoria, another ferry landed us in Port Angeles, Wash., completing our return to the Lower 48. Just a few more days driving down the Washington-Oregon Coast, and then, through the Northern California redwoods, brought us home to Orange, Calif.
Fuel in Alaska was priced similar to California, but fuel in Canada was 10–20 percent higher. All but 110 miles of our route were paved but some of this was under repair, which meant brief exposures to gravel and dirt detours. RV washing facilities are available near all major towns.
Yvonne married, first, Joseph Francis Paquette (called Frank), son of Harry Turner and Margaret May Harrington (born in County Cork, Ireland), 13 Mar 1954 in Yuma, Yuma Co., Ariz. Born 1 Apr 1932 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Mich. Died 19 Jul 1974 in Santa Ana, Orange Co., Calif. Buried in Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, Orange County. He was an independent bottled water distributor and later owned his own company. Children:
3.vii.vi.i. i. Debra Ann[7]. Born 6 Aug 1954 in Escondido, San Diego Co., Calif.
3.vii.vi.i. ii. Lori Marie. Born 23 Oct 1956 in Escondido.
3.vii.vi.i. iii. Sandi Lynn. Born 15 Oct 1962 in Escondido.
She married, second, David Edward Lewis, son of Everett Elza Lewis and Chloe Blanche Nelson of Athens, Athens Co., Ohio, 13 May 1978 in La Purisema Catholic Church, Orange, Orange Co., Calif. Born 18 Oct 1933 in Athens. Died 3 Oct 2013 in Orange. The remains were cremated and ashes kept at the family home.
Orange County Register, Orange, Calif., 8 Oct 2013: David E. Lewis, known as Dave by friends and loved ones, was born in Athens, Ohio, the only child of Everett and Chloe Lewis. He attended Ohio University on a scholarship, and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering in 1956. After college, he served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. Dave married his college sweetheart Patty Bowsher and began working with RCA in Camden, N.J. They moved to California and had two children: Brian and Deanna. After Patty passed away, Dave met and fell in love with Yvonne Paquette (a widow with three of her own children) and they married in 1978, joining their two families into one. Dave started working at Odetics in 1975 and served as the vice president of commercial products before finally retiring in 1998. Soon thereafter he joined the Elk’s Lodge of Garden Grove and began a new set of adventures with Yvonne and the Elk Enders. Dave and Yvonne traveled the entire country in their RV and they greatly enjoyed many weekend Elk Ender trips and functions where Dave acted as the group’s unofficial photographer. Dave leaves behind a legacy of service, support and love for his friends and family. He will always be remembered as a devoted husband, loving father, proud grandfather and great grandfather. He is survived by his wife, Yvonne; children, Debra, Lori, Brian, Deanna and Sandi; grandchildren, Jared Meadows, Erin Sadler, Kerry John, Sarah Juptner, Jennifer Juptner, Kevin James, Scott Lewis, Dan James, Andy Lewis, Matt James and Derick Juptner; and great grandson, Benjamin Sadler. A celebration of Dave’s life will be held at Kindred Community Church, 8712 E. Santa Ana Canyon Rd., Anaheim Hills, CA, 92806 on Oct. 9, 2013 at 9:30 a.m., Elks memorial service & reception immediately following, Garden Grove Elks Lodge 1942, 11551 Trask Ave., Garden Grove, Calif., on Oct.9, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. Shannon-Bryan Mortuary.
He took a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University, Athens, Feb 1956 and became vice president and general manager of Odetics, Inc., an electronics firm in Anaheim, Calif., until retirement in 1999. He was widowed in a prior marriage to Patricia Ann Bowsher, b. 22 Dec 1934, d. 12 Mar 1976, and had two children from that marriage, Brian Everett, b. 10 Feb 1960 in Orange, and Deanna Sue, b. 10 Apr 1962 in Orange. Brian married Tracy Ryan Kennedy, b. 27 Jan 1960, and had two children, Scott Everett, b. 8 Jan 1993 in Orange, and Andrew David, b. 12 Sep 1995 in Orange. Deanna married Rick Paul Juptner, b. 28 Nov 1954. He brought two children to the marriage, Jennifer Azelia Juptner, b. 18 Sep 1988, and Sarah Jael Juptner, b. 21 Sep 1989. Deanna and Rick had one child, Derick Paul Juptner, b. 10 Jun 1998 in Anaheim, Calif.
3.vii.vi.ii. Robert Louis[6] Honaker (John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 23 Feb 1937 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. In 2001 he lived in Orange, Calif. In 2002 he and his wife moved to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He inherited some of John James’ guns. James Bascom and his sons were avid hunters.
He married Janet Sue Allen, daughter of Herschel Otis Allen and Louise Jane Thompson, 20 Feb 1965 in Las Vegas, Clark Co., Nev. Born 30 Sep 1943 in Santa Ana, Orange Co., Calif. Children:
3.vii.vi.ii. i. Tamara Jane[7] (called Tammy). Born 20 Mar 1966 in Escondido, Calif.
3.vii.vi.ii. ii. Jennifer Rose. Born 11 Feb 1968 in Palomar Memorial Hospital, Escondido, San Diego Co., Calif.
3.vii.vi.ii. iii. Julie Ann. Born 25 Oct 1969 in Escondido.
3.vii.vi.ii. iv. Daniel Lee. Born 17 Mar 1971 in Palomar Memorial Hospital, Escondido.
3.vii.vi.iv. Joan Mary[6] Honaker (John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 8 Aug 1942 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. In 2001 she lived in Grangeville, Idaho. In 2002 she and her husband moved to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
She married, first, Lawrence Joseph Williams 4 Aug 1962 in Vista, San Diego Co., Calif. Children:
3.vii.vi.iv. i. Kimberly Anne[7]. Born 2 Mar 1963 in Escondido, San Diego Co., Calif.
3.vii.vi.iv. ii. Suzanne Marie. Born 6 Jun 1965 in Riverside, Calif.
She married, second, Raymond Oliver Williamson 18 Jun 1993 in Reno, Washoe Co., Nev. Born 16 Apr 1933. He brought two sons to the marriage, Glenn and Paul.
3.vii.viii.i. Beverly[6] Theetge (Irma Ethel[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). See photograph. Born 25 Jan 1935 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Died 11 May 2014 in Bend, Deschutes Co., Ore. Her son Jeff and his children Kimberly and Zack are scuba divers and placed her ashes within a large rock and found a lovely place to put it in the ocean off Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, Los Angeles, Calif.
She married Don Thomas. Children:
3.vii.viii.i. i. Pamela[7].
3.vii.viii.i. ii. Sandy.
3.vii.viii.i. iii. Jeff.
7.ii. Jean[6] Honaker (Henry[5], Samuel Pack[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 4 Nov 1907 in Kansas City, Mo. Died 14 Feb 1998 in Santa Ana, Calif. Buried in Pomona Valley Memorial Park, Pomona, Calif.
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.: Jean H. Springer, 90, of Pomona died Feb. 14, 1998 at Park Tustin Health Care, Santa Ana. She was born Nov. 4,1907 in Kansas City, Mo., and was a Pomona Valley resident since 1929. She was a homemaker. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Pomona. She was a regular soloist at First Christian Church and First Presbyterian Church, both in Pomona. Mrs. Springer is survived by three sons, Stanley Springer of Claremont, Robert Springer of Carlsbad and Joseph Springer of Montclair; two daughters, Elaine Nielsen of Moraga and Linda Thompson of Orange; seven grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Pomona Valley Memorial Park, Pomona. Burial will follow. Todd Memorial Chapel, Pomona, is in charge of arrangements.
She married Arthur Springer. Children:
i. Stanley[7].
ii. Robert.
iii. Joseph.
iv. Elaine. She married Unknown Nielsen.
v. Linda. She married Unknown Thompson.
11. Stuart Sayers[6] Pratt (Ruby[5], Samuel Pack[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 4 Dec 1906 in Draper, Pulaski Co., Va. Died 29 Feb 1992 in Draper. Buried in Draper Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Old Baltimore Road, Draper. When his son Don was born, Stuart and Jane were living in Upland, Calif. Stuart’s sister Agnes was living in California and helped him obtain a job with U.S. Gypsum there. He graduated from Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Va., with a degree in engineering. At Virginia Tech he completed the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program but subsequently let his commission expire. At the beginning of World War II, he was recommissioned as a second lieutenant and was stationed at Ft. MacArthur, Los Angeles, Calif. The fort’s gun battery defended the city and adjacent bay from World War I until after World War II.
He married Thelma Jane Casteel (called Jane), daughter of William Henry Casteel and Annie Baumgartner, 25 Aug 1931 in Middlesboro, Bell Co., Ky. Born 10 May 1905 in Wallace, Washington Co., Va. Died 13 Dec 1997 in Pulaski, Pulaski Co., Va. Buried in Draper Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery. She was a college graduate and a teacher. Children:
11. i. Donald Stuart[7] (called Don). Born 25 Sep 1933 in Upland, Calif.
12. Elizabeth[6] Goshorn (Birdie[5], Samuel Pack[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]).
She married Edwin H. Bowen. Children:
i. David[7].
ii. Elizabeth B. (called Betsy). She married Kit Larke. In 2001 she lived in Ashland, Ore.
Seventh Generation
2.i.ii.ii.xi.i. Sue[7] Noe (Aretha Emmaline[6], William Morgan[5], Dianah[4], Nancy[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
She married James L. Cosson. Children:
i. Susan[8].
2.i.ii.ii.xi.iii. Betty[7] Noe (Aretha Emmaline[6], William Morgan[5], Dianah[4], Nancy[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
She married Jimmy Lynn Trent. Children:
i. Ricky L.[8]
ii. Jeff.
2.i.ii.ii.xii.i. Charlotte Delores[7] Kirk (Willie Mae[6], William Morgan[5], Dianah[4], Nancy[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
She married Jess Gutierrez. Children:
i. Barbara[8].
ii. Mark.
iii. Terry.
iv. Danny.
2.i.ii.ii.xii.ii. Jane Elaine[7] Kirk (Willie Mae[6], William Morgan[5], Dianah[4], Nancy[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
She married Leland Blankenship (called Butch). Children:
i. Kary[8] (f.)
2.i.ii.ii.xii.iii. Jonna Deane[7] Kirk (Willie Mae[6], William Morgan[5], Dianah[4], Nancy[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
She married Unknown Healy. Children:
i. Angie[8].
ii. Chris. (m.)
2.iv.ii.i.i.i. Charlene[7] Humphrey (Charles S.[6], Alma[5], John[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). In 2007 she lived in Waynesboro, Va.
She married Unknown Reed. Children:
i. Wesley[8].
ii. Emily.
iii. Natalie.
2.iv.ii.i.v.ii. Betsy[7] Mabe (Nancy Virginia[6], Alma[5], John[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]).
She married Dan Collins. Children:
i. Danielle[8].
2.iv.iii.i.i.i. Rebecca White[7] Shaffer (Joseph Crockett[6], Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 30 Jun 1940.
She married Jamie Sam Peters 19 Jul 1962. Born 18 Mar 1937. Died 31 Jan 2000. Children:
2.iv.iii.i.i.i. i. Elizabeth Ann[8] (called Beth). Born 29 Apr 1965.
2.iv.iii.i.i.i. ii. Rebecca Todd. Born in 1967.
2.iv.iii.i.i.ii. Ann Adams[7] Shaffer (Joseph Crockett[6], Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]).
Born 27 Aug 1943.
She married Fred Lake Bagwell. Children:
i. Catherine Lake[8]. Born 21 Jan 1972. She married Douglas Alan Hicks 19 May 2001 but did not
take his surname.
ii. Joseph Todd. Born 18 May 1975.
2.iv.iii.i.i.iii. Elizabeth Scott[7] Shaffer (Joseph Crockett[6], Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 15 Sep 1945.
She married Christie Weston Winkler. They divorced. Children:
2.iv.iii.i.i.iii. i. Elizabeth Carrick[8]. Born 22 Oct 1966.
ii. Christie Weston, Jr. Born 30 Mar 1970.
iii. Candace Scott. Born 15 Apr 1972.
iv. Mary Todd. Born 26 Jun 1973. She married David James Galgano 27 Nov 1999 but did not take
his surname. Born 8 Oct 1973.
2.iv.iii.i.ii.i. Michael Jan[7] Shaffer (adopted) (John Scott[6], Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 11 Jul 1948. In 2011 he lived in Penhook, Va.
He married Joyce Kaye Cannaday. Children:
i. Amanda Elizabeth[8]. Born 23 Jul 1978. She married Unknown Shelton.
ii. Michael Andrew. Born 20 Feb 1981. He married Unknown, who brought three children to the
marriage—Joyce Michele Pace, b. 14 Jun 1967; William Fleming Pace Jr., b. 25 Jun 1968; and Alicia Dyan Pace, b. 31 Jul 1970.
2.iv.iii.i.ii.ii. Joseph Crockett[7] Shaffer II (John Scott[6], Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]).
Born 6 Mar 1952. In 2011 he lived in Wilmington, N.C.
He married Sherrill Unknown. Children:
i. Holly Candace[8]. Born 17 Jul 1979. She married Unknown Sutton.
ii. Rachel Joanne. Born 18 Jan 1984.
2.iv.iii.i.iii.i. Jo Ann[7] Stamper (Mary Elizabeth[6], Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 1 Aug 1955.
She married David Cotton Jun 1978. Children:
i. Bryan David[8]. Born 15 Apr 1982.
ii. Unknown daughter.
2.iv.iii.i.iv.i. Eileen Newton[7] Shaffer (Edwin Gray[6], Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 30 Nov 1958 in Wytheville, Wythe Co., Va. She took a B.A. from Emory & Henry College, Emory, Va., in 1980 and a J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law in 1983. She was a law clerk for a United States Bankruptcy Judge from 1983-1984; entered private practice as an attorney in Jackson, Miss., representing debtors, creditors and trustees from 1984 through 2007; and was a panel trustee for the Southern District of Mississippi from 1992 through 2007. In 2007 she was a member of the Federal Bar Assn., Mississippi State Bar Assn., Hinds County Bar Assn., Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, National Assn. of Bankruptcy Trustees, and was a Mississippi Bar Foundation Fellow. She was a commissioner of Mississippi State Oil & Gas Board (1996-2004) and Mississippi State Bar commissioner (2004-2007.)
She married Tony Dewayne Bailey, son of S.M. Bailey Jr. and Merian Shirley Unknown, 24 Oct 1984 in Wytheville. They divorced 29 Feb 2000 in Jackson, Miss. Born 10 Jan 1958 in Jackson. He became chief operations officer of Business Communications, Inc. In 2007 he lived in Flora, Miss.
Children:
i. Amanda Gray[8]. Born 9 Dec 1991 in Jackson. In 2007 she was a student at Jackson Academy where she was on the basketball team and was active in Spanish Club and Habitat for Humanity.
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2.iv.iv.ii.i.i. Gayle Lesh[7] Peoples (Frank William[6], John Henry[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]) Born 7 Dec 1936 in South Amboy, Middlesex Co., N.J. In 2001 she and her husband lived in Slippery Rock, Butler Co., Pa. In 2013 they were in Max Meadows, Wythe Co., Va.
She graduated with high honors from Petersburg [Va.] High School in Jun 1953. She took a B.S. in Elementary Education and Biology, summa cum laude, from Longwood College, Farmville, Va., in Jun 1957. She was senior class vice president; house council vice president and president; The Virginian yearbook business manager; member of Alpha Kappa Gamma national leadership honorary; member of Kappa Delta Pi, national education honorary; member of Pi Delta Epsilon, national journalistic honorary, and was listed in Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges, 1957. She did graduate study at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and at Slippery Rock [Pa.] University. She taught at J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School, Petersburg, Va.; Hammond Hills Elementary School, North Augusta, S.C.; and at Southside Elementary School, Starke, Fla. She was founder, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Butler County Chapter, Pa., in 1987, and served as chapter president and state representative. She also served as secretary of Pennsylvania MADD; received a Recognition and Appreciation Award from Pennsylvania State Police Troop D, Butler, Pa., in 1991. In 1988 she received the Slippery Rock Town Gown Award for community service. In 2010 she was a member of Fort Chiswell United Methodist Church, Wythe County Genealogical and Historical Society, and Wythe County Historical Society.
Descendants of Hans Jacob Honaker are Eligible for Recognition Under the First Families of Wythe County Program, by Gayle Peoples Shiner, prepared for Honaker Family Reunion, Aug. 13, 2011:
The Wythe County Genealogical and Historical Association (WCGHA) has established a certificate program to recognize, honor and perpetuate the memory of early pioneers who were residents of Wythe Co., Va., by Dec. 31, 1810. (Hans Jacob Honaker moved into what is now Wythe County sometime after 1790.) The application files will provide valuable documentation on the family history of many of Wythe County’s founders and will be available for genealogical research.
Hans Jacob’s residency in Wythe County prior to 1810 is established and its documentation is available in the WCGHA office. Applicants would need to document their line of descent from Hans Jacob. Cost for enrollment in the First Families program is $20, due when submitting the application.
The applicant need not be a current resident of Wythe County or hold membership in the Wythe County Genealogical and Historical Association. Successful applicants receive a First Families of Wythe Co., Va., certificate and are listed in the First Families roster. The application file is maintained in the WCGHA office and is available for genealogical research. An application packet including detailed information on the program, necessary forms and preparation instructions is available by calling the association at 276-228-2445, or by mail from First Families of Wythe County, c/o Wythe County Genealogical & Historical Assn., P.O. Box 1601, WYTHEVILLE VA 24382. Questions regarding the application process may be directed to Linda Brogden at lbrogden@ or 276-228-7895.
Wytheville [Va.] Enterprise, 28 May 2011: Remembering Hans Jacob Honaker, by Linda Brogden, guest
Occasionally in The GHA Corner, the Wythe County Genealogical and Historical Association’s columnists will profile one of the First Family program ancestors. The ancestor must have lived in what was then Wythe County prior to Dec. 31, 1810, and the applicant who submitted the application must have a direct line of descent from the ancestor. Because most family files contain only the line of descent from ancestor to applicant, the profile will not contain details of the ancestor’s entire family; however, such facts that are contained in the file will be included in the column.
Hans Jacob Honaker was born July 24, 1718 in Zurich, Switzerland. He married Maria Goetz on July 8, [1753] in the First Reformed Church in Philadelphia, Pa., and he died May 10, 1796 in Wythe (now Pulaski) County. Jacob and Maria’s son Henry was born Feb. 10, 1756 in Philadelphia. He married Ann Baker on July 19, 1785, but the place of marriage has not been determined.
During the American Revolutionary War, Henry enlisted in Gen. George Rogers Clark’s battalion. Captured by Indians and turned over to the British, he was a prisoner of war for about two years. He died Sept. 16, 1830 in Draper Valley, Pulaski County. Henry and his second wife are buried in a now-abandoned cemetery behind the Honaker Cemetery in Draper.
Jesse Honaker, son of Henry and Ann, was born Nov. 24, 1789 in Montgomery County. His wife was Diana whose maiden surname is unknown. The date and place of marriage is also undetermined. He died May 16, 1869 in Pulaski County. Jesse and Diana’s daughter Edith was born July 13, 1822 in Montgomery County. She married Joseph Shaffer on Oct. 13, 1850 in Pulaski County. Edith died May 2, 1883 in Wythe County.
Joseph and Edith’s daughter Catherine was born Aug. 18, 1857 in Wythe County. She married Francis [Lilburn] Peoples in 1876 in Wythe County, and she died May 7, 1939 in Marion. John Henry Peoples, son of Francis and Catherine, was born Oct. 18, 1881 in Wythe County. He married Mattie Godsey on April 7, 1906 in Bristol, Tenn., and he died Feb. 10, 1930 in Wythe County. John and Mattie’s son Frank was born Sept. 15, 1907 in Bristol, Tenn. He married Elizabeth [Hendrickson] on March 12, 1934 in Elkton, Md., and he died May 16, 2002 in Pitman, N.J. Frank and Elizabeth’s daughter Gayle currently lives in Max Meadows.
In proving these connections, numerous original records were consulted and are filed with the First Family application at the office of the Wythe County Genealogical and Historical Association at 115 East Main St. The First Family files are available for research.
Linda Stanley Brogden is a member and volunteer at the Wythe County Genealogical and Historical Association. She is an avid amateur genealogist.
Gayle married James William Shiner (called Bill), son of Hubert Harrison Shiner and Mary Mildred Farley, 10 Aug 1957 in Pitman, Gloucester Co., N.J. Born 14 Jul 1935 in Fredericksburg, Va.
He graduated from Petersburg [Va.] High School in Jan 1953and took a B.S. in Forestry and Wildlife Conservation from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va., in Jun 1957. He was in cadet corps; cadet regimental band as head bugler 1954-1956 and sousaphone, mellophone and French horn player; band company executive officer 1956-1957; Forestry Club; Scabbard and Blade honor military society; Wesley Foundation, where he was president 1956-1957; Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity; and Pi Tau Chi, national religious fraternity. He took an M.S. in Forest Recreation from the University of Florida, Gainesville, in 1966; and a Ph.D. in Forest Management (Recreation) from the State University of New York College of Forestry and Environmental Sciences at Syracuse [N.Y.] University. He received a National Wildlife Federation doctoral grant. He was employed as a forester with Elmon Gray & Co., Waverly, Va., 1957-1958.
He was commissioned a U.S. Army officer in 1957 and completed Military Police Officer basic training at the Provost Marshal General’s training center, Ft. Gordon, Ga. He was platoon leader, Co. B, 504th M.P. Battalion, Military Police Corps, a Strategic Army Command unit of XVIII Airborne Corps, 1958-1960. He then joined the Reserve Control Group, 317th M.P. Battalion, Jacksonville, Fla., as supply officer; and became commanding officer of Co. A; and deputy director of Bradford County Civil Defense Agency. He became a first lieutenant in 1959, a captain in 1964, and resigned his commission in 1969. He was a field representative for Hercules Powder Co., Starke, Fla., 1960-1965. He was a teacher at Bradford County High School, Starke, teaching biology and earth and space science; and a part-time research forester at the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Syracuse. Following completion of his Ph.D., he joined Slippery Rock (Pa.) State College as chairman of the newly formed Department of Recreation. He was a professor; department chair 1969-1977 and 1983-1994; graduate coordinator; coordinator of the Wilderness Education Assn. Outdoor Leadership Program; and coordinator of the National Park Service Seasonal Law Enforcement Training Program. He taught courses in park law enforcement, outdoor recreation, resource management, park management and outdoor leadership. He retired in 2000 after 31 years and became a professor emeritus.
He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, where he served in numerous volunteer positions over the years at the unit, council and national levels. He was scoutmaster, Troop 311, Slippery Rock; member of Moraine Trails Council executive board, Butler, Pa.; conservation chairman for the 1973, 1977, 1981, 1985 and 1989 jamborees; conservation staff member for the 100th anniversary jamboree in 2010; was awarded the Silver Beaver in 1975; Distinguished Eagle Scout in 1985; Hornaday Gold Medal for service to conservation in 1990; and Vigil Honor of Order of the Arrow. He served in other local, state, regional and national organizations. He was a Pennsylvania representative to the North Country National Scenic Trail advisory committee; committee member, co-chair, and chair of the Recreation Section, Ohio River Basin commission; vice president of Slippery Rock Borough Council; member of Slippery Rock Borough park and shade tree commission, planning commission, and chairman of the civil service commission. He received the Slippery Rock Town Gown Award for Community Service in 1987. He was state representative and president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Butler County Chapter, and vice-chair of Pennsylvania MADD. He was a member of the National Recreation & Park Assn., Pennsylvania Park & Recreation Society, National Parks & Conservation Assn., North Country Trails Assn., Assn. of National Park Rangers, Park Law Enforcement Assn., The Wilderness Society, and National Wildlife Federation. He authored numerous academic reports, research reports and articles and was a contributing author for the Boy Scout Fieldbook. His publications included Park Ranger Handbook, Fundamentals of Park & Resource Management Workbook, Visitor Services Manual, and Management Planning for Park & Recreation Areas (with George Fogg.)
Wytheville [Va.] Enterprise, 4 Jun 2011, with photographs: Back to the Country, by Liza Field, correspondent. Photo cutline one: “Above, ‘Doc’ Shiner, son Jim (an assistant Scoutmaster) and grandson Will at the Boy Scout Centennial Jamboree, 2010. Doc and Jim are both Eagle Scouts and Will is working toward that status. Below: Young Bill Shiner saves a bear cub while a student at Virginia Tech, ca. 1956.” Photo cutline two: “A dogwood blooms near Max Meadows. After Bill and Gayle Shiner planted a young woodland, countless shrubs and flowers, their property was certified as wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.”
A similar version of this article appeared in Roanoke [Va.] Times, Mar. 5, 2011.
“On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country” --Boy Scout Oath
When Bill and Gayle Peoples Shiner moved “back to the country,” here in Southwest Virginia, they brought home an immense perception of “country.” Gayle’s family had lived and farmed in the Max Meadows area since the late 1700s. Her father had supervised the chemistry labs at the Radford Arsenal, while they lived at her grandmother’s farm along Ivanhoe Road in the 1940s.
A former Girl Scout volunteer, Gayle has long felt a deep connection to nature, eager to help the next generations locate a source of joy, adventure and spiritual solace through the living world. “When children are introduced to nature at a very young age, a spark ignites within them that burns bright throughout their lives,” she noted recently. “Since something in nature is inherently healing and spiritual, they can return to this connection throughout their life to be healed and restored.”
Bill Shiner agrees. As a lifelong Scouting enthusiast, Bill helped compose and edit two editions of the national Boy Scout Fieldbook. As “Doc Shiner,” he taught Parks and Recreation/Environmental Education for years at Slippery Rock University, Pa., inspiring a generation of students to bring Americans outdoors again. Growing up in Petersburg, Shiner spent every spare moment outdoors. He became a Cub Scout, Webelo, Eagle Scout and Explorer, then a camp nature director and even a photo subject in Outdoor Life magazine, wearing a scout neckerchief he’d made to display “The Conservation Pledge.”
“I give my pledge as an American to save and faithfully to defend from waste the natural resources of my country—its soil and minerals, its forests, water and wildlife.” It’s a challenge to fit that pledge around your neck—even more challenging to live it in our time. But Shiner aimed to, and set off for Virginia Tech to major in forestry and wildlife conservation.
Natural Pursuits
He also continued courting his high school sweetheart Gayle, then at Longwood College, even presenting her with the profoundly “romantic” gift of a baby alligator. Gayle agreeably housed it in her dorm bathtub, where it attacked the housemother and was banished to the biology lab. Such adventures continued throughout their marriage.
“Not many wives would have welcomed 30 somewhat smelly Scout Jamboree organizers with muddy boots for dinner on her wedding anniversary….or 200 students for cider and donuts,” Shiner mused, regarding their household’s “open door” policy to humans, wildlife and fresh air.
Shiner’s career itself has consisted of opening doors to the world. He served in the U.S. Army’s military police corps, taught high school biology and earth science, and gradually obtained master’s and doctoral degrees in “forest recreation”—a new concept at the time. Reviving the circuit between humans and nature, Shiner believes, is a key to “re-creating” both an ailing citizenry and our environment. It’s why he and Gayle led their kids Jim and Beth to see nature as “home,” and “home” as part of nature.
On a visit to Virginia, Beth Shiner Klein and her husband, Karl—an innovator, tech whiz and former student of Shiner’s—hiked with me up Sand Mountain, where they told me of her parents’ continuing conservation legacy. Beth trains future teachers at State University of New York—Cortland, urging them to take students outdoors to learn from nature, not just indoor information downloads. She and Karl created a wilderness retreat program in the Adirondack Park, where education students paddle across a lake to spend a few remote days free of electronics. It’s the same lake where the Shiners once spent summers living in a tent, while Bill pursued his doctorate. “My parents’ environmental influence encouraged Karl and me to ‘green’ our lifestyles,” Beth said, “with solar panels for electricity, solar thermal system for hot water and growing our own vegetables.”
Recently she joined folk singer Tom Chapin in receiving leadership awards from the New York State Outdoor Education Association. Beth was recognized for initiating an environmental literacy plan for the state. “Both my parents instilled a sense of community engagement and in standing up for what is right.”
The Green Trail
If standing up for America’s natural heritage is “right,” why has it become such a low priority? “The conservation movement of the 1960s and 70s strengthened environmental protections and environmental education in schools,” Shiner said. “But things began to derail in the late 1980s and 90s. Conservation took a back seat to other issues and the anti-environment segment strengthened its efforts to thwart the advances made earlier. Today, it is a struggle just to hold on to what environmental protections we currently have.”
Scouting helps, he has noticed, because it can bring kids into the natural world they’re often estranged from in our time. In a camp setting, Scouts can lose their fear of nature and develop a love for—and a reason to serve—their country. A recipient of Scouting’s rare Hornaday Gold Medal, Shiner also chairs the Conservation Committee of the Blue Ridge Mountains Council. One of the committee’s recent efforts included recommending a conservation easement for the Powhatan-Ottari camp acreage in Pulaski County—a status that would protect its rural character into perpetuity. Though the council voted against a conservation easement, Shiner felt the concept aligned with the Scouting ethic of “leave no trace”—and leaving a place better than you found it.
This ethic, in fact, is what Bill and Gayle are still working at today, having planted hundreds of trees, shrubs and flowers on their two acres near Max Meadows. Because such landscapes offer refuge for America’s deeply-declining songbird, butterfly, toad and firefly species, the two-acre sanctuary is recognized by the National Wildlife Federation as certified wildlife habitat. Thus, the Shiners continue defending their country—her forest, waters and wildlife—knowing a
living country can bring her inhabitants back to life.
Wytheville [Va.] Enterprise, 11 June 2011, with photographs: Wythe County’s other Confederate Heroes, by Bev Repass Hoch, guest. Photo cutline one: “Enemies no more at the 1913 50th reunion of veterans of the War Between the States, both north and south. The two men in light suits are Samuel S. Williams (at left,) formerly with Co. B, 45th Virginia Infantry, and his brother, Andrew Felty Williams of Preston’s Reserves, who is holding hands with two former Union soldiers.” Photo cutline two: “Lt. Col. William A. Younce was with Co. C, 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment. He enlisted at the beginning of the war and died in 1864 from a gunshot to the spine. Courtesy Phyllis Marshall Kitts and family.” Photo cutline three: “Above, Louis K. Phillippe was shot in the hand at the Battle of Drewrys Bluff while with Co. B, 29th Virginia Infantry. He was captured at Dinwiddle Courthouse in 1865 and was held in prison until 1865. Photo courtesy David M. Davis. Below, William H. Tate was with Co. B, 51st Virginia Infantry. He was killed at the Battle of New Market, Va., in 1864.”
The Wythe County Genealogical and History Association has announced the publication of a new book titled Wythe County’s Other Confederate Heroes, compiled by Dr. Bill Shiner. The book chronicles the contributions to the Confederate war effort of the lesser well-known units that consisted primarily of Wythe Countians.
Upon retiring to Wythe County in 2003, Dr. Shiner heard repeatedly about the Wythe Grays, the elite Confederate unit that fought as Company A, 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment of the famous Stonewall Brigade. Little, however, was mentioned about other Confederate units formed in the county.
Upon learning that his wife’s great-great-grandfather, Uriah Peoples, and great grand uncle, Pinckney Peoples, served in the 51st Virginia Infantry, he began to research the Civil War heritage of the county. Dr. Shiner found that there were seven units that consisted primarily of Wythe Countians and that over 800 individuals with ties to the county served in Confederate service throughout the war. The specific units were Company B of the 29th Virginia Infantry, Companies B and D of the 45th Virginia Infantry, Companies B and C of the 51st Virginia Infantry, Company H of the 63rd Virginia Infantry, and Company G of the 8th Virginia Cavalry. While all of the units were moved around during the war to several states, all but one unit served most of their time in western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley campaigns, but moved east to bolster the Army of Northern Virginia during the last days of the war. One unit, the 63rd, spent much of its time attached to the Army of Tennessee, surrendering with Gen. Joe Johnson in North Carolina on April 26, 1865.
Shiner has had a long-time interest in the Civil War, having grown up in Petersburg, Va., surrounded by the battlefield there. He spent many hours hiking over the battlefields and learning of the battles that took place there during the 11-month “siege.” He and his wife, Gayle, also have visited many of the battlefields of the war in Virginia and neighboring states. Two of his great grandfathers served in the 5th Virginia Infantry, Stonewall Brigade and another in the 18th Virginia (under Col. Robert E. Withers.) He is currently compiling information for a book on Petersburg during the “siege.”
Bill graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in forestry and wildlife conservation in 1957 and holds a master’s from the University of Florida in forest recreation and a Ph.D. in Forest Recreation from the SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry at Syracuse University. He is a professor emeritus from Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, and Pennsylvania where he chaired the Park and Recreation/Environment Education Department and taught in the park and resource management program. He authored several texts including The Park Ranger Handbook and has also written a number of publications for the Boy Scouts of America.
Dr. Shiner’s wife, the former Gayle Peoples, has deep roots in Wythe County with ties to the Shaffer, Honaker, Bishop and Montgomery families as well as the Peoples. She lived during the 1940s on her family farm in the Fort Chiswell area. Wythe County’s Other Confederate Heroes can be purchased at the Wythe County Genealogical and Historical Association office at 115 E. Main St. in Wytheville or by e-mail at wythecogha@, or by phone at (276), 228-2258 or (276) 228-2445.
Bev Repass Hoch is a guest reporter and member of the Wythe County Genealogical and Historical Association
Children:
2.iv.iv.ii.i.i. i. James W., Jr.[8] (called Jim) Born 21 Sep 1959.
ii. Mary Elizabeth (called Beth). Born 15 May 1963 in Starke, Fla. She graduated from Slippery Rock [Pa.] High School in 1981. In high school she was active in school theater; marching, concert and jazz bands; and protestant youth groups. She was a member of the National Honor Society, National Thespian Society, and Eco-Meet Team, and received the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award. She took a B.S. in Environmental Education and Elementary Education, magna cum laude, in 1985 from Slippery Rock University. As an undergraduate she was a member of marching and concert bands, Campus Girl Scouts, Parks and Recreation Club and Methodist Church “Together” Singers; a member of Phi Eta Sigma, Kappa Delta Pi and Rho Phi Alpha honor societies; was Outstanding Sophomore, Junior and Senior, Department of Parks, Recreation and Environmental Education; and received the Julian Smith Student Award, New York State Outdoor Education Assn. She took an M.Ed. in Reading, 1991, from East Stroudsburg [Pa.] University, and an Ed.D. in Science Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in 1996. In 2010 she was a professor of science education at the State University of New York at Cortland. She has authored numerous articles relating to science and environmental education and was active in state, regional and national science and environmental education organizations. In 2010 she and her husband lived near Cincinnatus, N.Y.
Honaker Family Newsletter, Fall 2016, with photograph: Klein Wins University Award
Dr. Beth[8] (Shiner) Klein, daughter of Dr. James William and Gayle Lesh (Peoples) Shiner, and wife of Karl William Klein, has been awarded a 2016 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award for Faculty Service. A university announcement stated that Klein’s service extends across key areas, most notably environmental education at SUNY Cortland and within the local community.
A SUNY Cortland faculty member since 1999, the university said, “she has proven to be a leader of sustainable initiatives on the College’s Climate Action Committee and beyond. Klein chairs the group’s sustainability curriculum subcommittee and she remains active in planning SUNY Cortland’s ‘Green Days’ events every year. Klein also was crucial to the efforts that earned SUNY Cortland a gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education in 2015.”
The university continued, “Dr. Klein models for her colleagues and her students how one person can make an impact in a profound and substantial way towards addressing the challenges that communities face, even when some of those challenges, like climate change, can seem insurmountable,” said Andrea Lachance, dean of SUNY Cortland’s School of Education. “Her investment in addressing issues at the local and global levels gives those of us around her hope that we too can make a difference in the many worlds which we all inhabit.”
“Klein’s commitment to sustainable living,” the university said, “has provided a natural entry to her community leadership and service to students. A hands-on approach to preservice teacher preparation has resulted in applied learning experiences such as science days, math nights and field trips to Lime Hollow Nature Center in Cortland and the College’s William H. Parks Family Center for Environmental and Outdoor Education at Raquette Lake. In the community, she serves as a member of the Cortland County Local Agricultural Promotions Subcommittee and currently leads Sustainable Cortland, a regional group tackling key topics such as the production of local foods, composting and solar energy.
“Klein also has distinguished herself among her professional peers as a leader in science teacher education. She has worked on the board of directors for the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), served on the advisory board for Teacher Environmental Education Preparation in New York State, and made contributions to groups such as New York Presidents for Climate Action and the North American Association for Environmental Education. Klein also co-founded the Association for Science Teacher Education forum, Women in Science Education, to promote women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. This effort has earned praise from colleagues across the nation.
“A prolific researcher, Klein is the author of an assortment of published books, book chapters and articles on topics from environmental education to teacher professional development. Her work has been supported by 14 major funding awards, including a Teacher/Leader Quality Partnership Grant supported continuously by the New York State Education Department. She is the 13th SUNY Cortland faculty member to earn the system-wide faculty service honor.”
Beth is a member of the Honaker Family Association and lives with her husband in Cincinnatus, N.Y.
She married Karl William Klein, son of William Harry Klein and Joan Madeline Fillip Dowd, 24 Nov 1984 in Slippery Rock, Pa. Born 8 Sep 1957 in Ridley Park, Delaware Co., Pa. He graduated from Unionville [Pa.] High School in 1975. During high school he was active in school theater and musical producations, dance band, orchestra and chorus. Following high school he served in the U.S. Navy from 1975-1981; during the last three years of his enlistment, he was an electronics technician on CVN-68, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. He took a B.S. in Park and Resource Management, magna cum laude, from Slippery Rock University in 1985. As an undergraduate, he was a member of Parks and Recreation Club, Campus Girl Scouts, Student Senate, Debate Club, and Methodist Church “Together” Singers; a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Rho Phi Alpha honor societies; and was Outstanding Freshman and Outstanding Senior, Department of Parks, Recreation and Environmental Education. At the graduate level he received teaching credentials in Earth and Space Science, 1987, from East Stroudsburg [Pa.] University; took an M.Ed. in Instructional Technology, 1992, from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville; and was a Ph.D. candidate in Educational Communications Technology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1992 he received a special recognition award for outstanding work in support of the National Park Service, Bushkill, Pa. He taught at State University of New York at Cortland and in 2013 taught at Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, N.Y.
In 2014, Beth’s mother Gayle wrote “Beth and Karl continue their significant activities in sustainability as well as keeping up with their teaching jobs. Beth is professor of science education at State University of New York Cortland and established the Office of Sustainability and is serving as its part-time sustainability coordinator. She is also president of the Board for Sustainable Cortland, a community group that looks at sustainable solutions for Cortland County. Karl continues teaching computer science at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse. He is anticipating a sabbatical during the next school year to develop a course on permaculture. They have continued developing their homestead as an outstanding example of what can be done to live sustainably.”
2.iv.iv.ii.i.ii. Russell Otis[7] Peoples (called Russ) (twin) (Frank William[6], John Henry[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 12 Oct 1941 in Pulaski, Va.
He married Nina Jeanne Schantz (called Jeanne), daughter of Henry William Schantz and Elizabeth Katherine Knopp of Pitman, N.J., 23 Jan 1965 at Pitman Methodist Church. Born 3 Feb 1944 in Camden, N.J. Children:
2.iv.iv.ii.i.ii. i. Russell William[8] (adopted). Born 26 Oct 1969 in Trenton, N.J.
2.iv.vi.iv.i.i. Ruth Ellen[7] Porter (Sarah Elizabeth[6], Letitia[5], Henry Jesse[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 30 May 1946. In 2013 she used her maiden surname.
She married, first, George Daniel Byington. Died in an industrial accident. Children:
i. George Daniel[8] Jr.
ii. Jennifer Ellen.
She married, second, Dr. Bill Denni.
2.iv.vi.iv.i.ii. Susan Patricia[7] Porter (Sarah Elizabeth[6], Letitia[5], Henry Jesse[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 31 Dec 1948 in Max Meadows, Va. In 2004 she lived in Max Meadows.
She married Roger Brent Blevins, son of Arthur Sylvester Blevins and Dolly Davenport, 27 Apr 1969. Born 9 Apr 1946 in Chihowie, Va. Children:
i. Susanne Brenta[8]. Born 3 Feb 1970 in Radford, Va. In 2013 she was a technical writer and was working toward an M.S. in English at Radford University. She married Peter Michael Hurt 12 Aug
1994 in Hawaii.
ii. Roger Brent, Jr. Born 12 Nov 1979 in Radford. He took B.A. degrees in History and Political
Science from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., in 2003. He took a Master of Public Administration at Virginia Tech. In 2013 he was a Congressional aide for the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture and lived in Alexandria, Va.
2.iv.vi.iv.i.iv. Kathy Ann[7] Porter (Sarah Elizabeth[6], Letitia[5], Henry Jesse[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 27 Mar 1953. She inherited red hair from Edith[3].
She had one child with Unknown:
i. Jacob Shannon[8]. [Porter]
She married Unknown Fowler. Children:
ii. Felicia.
2.iv.vi.iv.ii.iii. John James[7] Peoples (called Jack) (twin) (Frank William[6], John Henry[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 12 Oct 1941 in Pulaski, Pulaski Co., Va. Died at home 21 May 2016 in Westmont, Camden Co., N.J.
Courier-Post, Collingswood, N.J., 25 May 2016: John “Jack” Peoples, age 74, Haddon Twp., died peacefully at home, surrounded by his children and grandchildren, on May 21, 2016; beloved husband to Susan M. Peoples (nee Martin); devoted father of Jonathan (Denise Watkins) Peoples of Deptford, Elizabeth (Thomas) Presenza of Haddonfield and Sarah Peoples (Jacob Roller) of Philadelphia; grandfather of Sofia, Lydia, Charles and Josephine. Preceded in death by his loving parents Frank and Elizabeth Peoples (nee Hendrickson) and his beautiful granddaughter Helena. Jack graduated in 1965 from Rutgers University. He met his wife during college and they were married for 50 happy years. A native of Virginia, he resided in Haddon Twp. for 49 years. Mr. Peoples was a regional manager for MSC (Industrial Tools) in Warminster, Pa. He was a lifelong collector of antiques. He will forever be remembered as the most loving and devoted father and grandfather. Being together as a family was his greatest joy. Countless family trips, holidays, family dinners and beautiful and joyful moments filled his 74 years. Everywhere Jack went he made a friend. He was full of kindness, insight and generosity. There will be a visitation from 9 to 11 a.m. on Wed., June 1, 2016 at Blake-Doyle Funeral Home, 226 W. Collings Ave., Collingswood. A remembrance service will begin at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in Jack’s memory may be offered to Fellowship House of South Camden, P.O. Box 261, Collingswood, NJ 08108, on line at info@, or to Newborn Intensive Care Unit, The Cooper Foundation, 200 Federal St., Suite 146, Camden, NJ 08103, on line at foundation.give-to-life.
He graduated from Pitman [N.J.] High School in 1960 and took a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Business from Rutgers University, Camden, N.J. He was a member of the New Jersey National Guard. In 2001 he was regional manager of MSC Industrial Supply Co., Melville, N.Y. In 2013 he was retired, living in Westmont, N.J.; and his personal interests included antiques and gardening.
He married Susan Blake Martin, daughter of Robert Harper Martin and Elizabeth Marie Zabel, 19 Jun 1965 in Collingswood, Camden, N.J. Born 28 May 1943 in Camden. She graduated from Collingswood High School in 1961 and took a B.A. in French from Rutgers University in 1965. In 2013 she was a teacher at Haddon Township [N.J.] High School.
Children:
i. Jonathan Hendrickson[8] (called Jon). Born 18 Aug 1969 in Philadelphia, Pa.
2.iv.iv.ii.i.iii. ii. Elizabeth Blake (called Liz). Born 30 Mar 1974 in Philadelphia.
2.iv.iv.ii.i.iii. iii. Sarah Fairbairn. Born 3 Jul 1977 in Philadelphia.
2.iv.iv.ii.i.iv. Frank William[7] Peoples Jr. (called Bill) (Frank William[6], John Henry[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 13 Jun 1945 in Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Va. In 2000 he lived with his family in Monroeville, N.J. In 2013 they lived in Princeton, Maine.
He married TobyAnne Gegenheimer, daughter of Thomas Fredrick Gegenheimer and Margaret Alice Moore, 26 Nov 1966 in Pitman, Gloucester Co., N.J. Born 16 Feb 1945 in Woodbury, Gloucester Co., N.J. [TobyAnne is correct as one word with two capitals.] Children:
2.iv.iv.ii.i.iv. i. Randy William[8]. Born 23 Jun 1974 in Woodbury.
2.iv.vi.iii.iii.i. Marjorie Evelyn[7] Johnson (Maude Catherine[7], Charlotte[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 6 Nov 1928 in Wythe Co., Va.
She married Ewing Mayberry Blair (called Pud), son of Joseph Jackson Blair and Laura Ann Sarah Jackson, 31 Dec 1948 in Wytheville, Wythe County. Born 28 Oct 1926 in Wythe County. Died 22 Feb 2010.
Children:
2.iv.vi.iii.iii.i. i. Dianna Sue[8]. Born 17 Jan 1950 in Wytheville.
ii. David Wayne. Born 4 Sep 1952 in Wythe County. He married, first, Claudia O’Connor 4 May
1984 in Knoxville, Tenn. They divorced. He married, second, Sarah Webb 12 Jul 2008.
2.iv.vi.iii.iii.i. iii. Jeffrey Wade. Born 4 Jun 1966 in Montgomery Co., Va.
2.iv.vi.iii.iii.ii. Frank Eugene[7] Johnson (fraternal twin) (Maude Catherine[7], Charlotte[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 25 Aug 1933 in Wythe Co., Va.
He married Ruby Frances Umberger (called Ruby), daughter of Clyde Emerson Umberger and Hallie Virginia Akers, 26 Sep 1953. Born 1 Nov 1932 in Wythe County. Children:
i. Stephen Eugene[8]. Born 15 Oct 1956 in Wythe County. He married, first, Gigi Wright 1974.
He married, second Jacqueline Akers ca. 1990.
ii. Michael Duane (called Mickey). Born 14 Nov 1957 in Wythe County.
iii. Amy Doreen. Born 10 Jun 1964 in Wythe County.
2.iv.vi.iii.iii.iii. Paul Hudson[7] Johnson (fraternal twin) (Maude Catherine[7], Charlotte[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 25 Aug 1933 in Wythe Co., Va. Died 27 Oct 1992 in Wythe County. Buried in West End Cemetery, Wytheville, Wythe Co., Va.
He married Peggy Jane Bralley, daughter of George Buford Bralley and Mary Walk [correct], 19 Nov 1954. Born 16 Oct 1936. Children:
i. George Buford[8]. Born 27 Jul 1967.
3.vii.ii.i.i. Lois Lee[7] Wells (Gordon Ralph[6], Mary Edith[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
She married Donald Eugene Perkins. Children:
i. Ronald Eugene[8].
ii. Anne Marie.
iii. Daniel Ralph.
3.vii.ii.i.ii. Dennis[7] Wells (Gordon Ralph[6], Mary Edith[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
He married Unknown. Children:
i. Mark Ryan[8].
ii. Jennifer Kate.
iii. Mary Jane.
3.vii.ii.ii.i. Suzanne Mara[7] Wells (James Edwin[6], Mary Edith[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 5 Jan 1948 in Hawthorne, Los Angeles Co., Calif. In 2004 she lived in Leesburg, Loudon Co., Va.
She married Lee Adams Smith II, son of Robert Smith and Florence Gref, 1 Aug 1986 in Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Born 27 Feb 1950 in Port Chester, N.Y. Children:
i. Stephen James Robert[8]. Born 13 Mar 1990 in Leesburg.
3.vii.ii.ii.ii. Diane Lynn[7] Wells (James Edwin[6], Mary Edith[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 12 Jul 1953 in Centinella Hospital, Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., Calif. In 2004 she lived in Laguna Hills, Orange Co., Calif.
She married Thomas Allen Bartlow, son of George Bartlow and Irene Unknown, 20 Apr 1991in Cambria, Calif. Born 25 Dec 1951 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County. Children:
i. Holly Caitlyn[8]. Born 6 Dec 1993 in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Orange, Orange Co., Calif.
3.vii.vi.i.i. Debra Ann[7] Paquette (Yvonne Louise[6], John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 6 Aug 1954 in Palomar Memorial Hospital, Escondido, San Diego Co., Calif. In 2007 she lived with her family in Redlands, Calif.
She married Ivan Dennis Meadows, son of Henry Hank Meadows and Patricia Nordquist, 4 Mar 1974 in Carson City, Nev. They divorced. Born 10 Sep 1952 in Culver City, Calif. Children:
i. Jared Joseph[8]. Born 20 Jul 1981 in University of California Hospital, San Francisco, Calif.
3.vii.vi.i.ii. Lori Marie[7] Paquette (Yvonne Louise[6], John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
Born 23 Oct 1956 in Palomar Memorial Hospital, Escondido, San Diego Co., Calif. In 2007 she lived with her family in Orange, Calif.
She married James Michael John, son of David Harry John and Marie Antoniette Pasch, 24 May 1981 in St. Matthews Catholic Church, Corona, Riverside Co., Calif. Born 2 May 1954 in Culver City, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Children:
3.vii.vi.i.ii. i. Erin Marie[8]. Born 21 Oct 1982 in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Orange, Orange Co., Calif.
ii. Kerry Ann. Born 11 Jan 1984 in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Orange. She married Nicholas Jay
Pickering 11 Jun 2016 in Newport Beach, Orange Co., Calif. Born 24 Aug 1989 in Whittier
Hospital, Whittier, Los Angeles, Calif.
3.vii.vi.i.iii. Sandi Lynn[7] Paquette (Yvonne Louise[6], John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 15 Oct 1962 in Palomar Memorial Hospital, Escondido, San Diego Co., Calif. In 2007 she lived with her family in Trabuco Canyon, Calif.
She married Michael Dwayne James, son of Harold Ray James and Lou Jane Brewer (a twin), 24 Sep 1988 in First United Methodist Church, Orange, Orange Co., Calif. Born 27 Mar 1962 in Santa Ana, Orange County. Children:
i. Kevin Michael[8]. Born 10 Jan 1991 in Mission Community Hospital, Mission Viejo, Orange
County.
ii. Daniel Christopher. Born 27 Aug 1994 in Mission Community Hospital, Mission Viejo.
iii. Matthew David. Born 17 Feb 1997 in Mission Community Hospital, Mission Viejo.
3.vii.vi.ii.i. Tamara Jane[7] Honaker (called Tammy) (Robert Louis[6], John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 20 Mar 1966 in Palomar Memorial Hospital, Escondido, San Diego Co., Calif. In 2007 she and her family were living in Folsom, Calif.
She married Gary Allen Gorman, son of Gene Edward Gorman and Gladys Anne Tull, 25 May 1991 in Tustin, Orange Co., Calif. Born 18 Oct 1964 in Garden Grove, Orange County. Children:
i. Chelsea Janae[8]. Born 4 Mar 1993 in Saddleback Hospital, Irvine, Orange County.
ii. Shawn Allen. Born 9 Jan 1996 in Saddleback Hospital.
3.vii.vi.ii.ii. Jennifer Rose[7] Honaker (Robert Louis[6], John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 11 Feb 1968 in Palomar Memorial Hospital, Escondido, San Diego Co., Calif. In 2007 she lived with her family in Waisenberg, Colo.
She married David Lynn Gray, son of Lowell David Gray and Judith Ann Lawson, 17 Jun 2005 in Post Falls, Kootenai Co., Idaho. Born 2 Feb 1958. He brought two children to the marriage:
i. Taylor David[8].
ii. Hayes Morgan.
3.vii.vi.ii.iii. Julie Ann[7] Honaker (Robert Louis[6], John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
Born 25 Oct 1969 in Palomar Memorial Hospital, Escondido, San Diego Co., Calif. In 2007 she lived with her family in Elburn, Ill.
She married Kenneth Norman Anderson Jr., son of Kenneth Norman Anderson and Marlene Lucille Graff, 1 Nov 1997 in Geneva, Kane Co., Ill. Born 29 Oct 1963 in Libertyville, Ill. Children:
i. Savannah Rose[8]. Born 8 Sep 2000 in Delonar Hospital, Geneva.
ii. Sierra Ashley. Born 5 Apr 2002 at Delonar Hospital.
iii. Shaynah Hope. Born 2 Nov 2003 at Delonar Hospital.
3.vii.vi.ii.iv. Daniel Lee[7] Honaker (Robert Louis[6], John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
Born 17 Mar 1971 in Palomar Memorial Hospital, Escondido, San Diego Co., Calif. In 2007 he lived with his family in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., Calif.
He married Stephany Lynn Rader, daughter of Lawrence Don Rader and Judith Marilyn Taylor, 18 Feb 2006 in Sacramento. Born 22 Jan 1967 in Walnut Creek, Calif. Children:
i. Jett Rader[8]. Born 10 Oct 2006 at Mercy San Juan Hospital, Carmichael, Sacramento Co., Calif. He was 3 lb. 14 oz., six weeks premature.
3.vii.vi.iv.i. Kimberly Anne[7] Williams (Joan Mary[6], John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 2 Mar 1963 in Palomar Memorial Hospital, Escondido, San Diego Co., Calif.
She married, first, Alan Foreman in Rathdum, Kootney Co., Idaho. Children:
3.vii.vi.iv.i. i. Shayla Marie[8]. Born 11 Nov 1979 in Coeur D’Alene, Kootney Co., Idaho.
ii. Michelle Leanne. Born 20 Oct 1982 in Riverside County General Hospital, Riverside, Calif.
She married, second, Scott Langletz in Coeur D’Alene, Kootney Co., Idaho. Children:
iii. Eric Scott. Born 24 Jan 1987 in Kootney Medical Center, Coeur D’Alene.
iv. Jessica. Born 14 Jun 1988 in Kootney Medical Center.
3.vii.v.i.i. Terry Gene[7] Sager (Barbara Ellen[6], Henry[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born in California.
He married, first, Marilyn Lynn Whittle ca 1964. Born 14 Apr 1950 in California. Children:
i. Laurie Ellen[8]. Born 1965 in Richmond, Calif.
ii. John. Born ca 1967 in Richmond. In 2002 he was an emergency medical technician living in
northern California.
He married, second, Kathryn Ann Kirk ca. 1969. They divorced. Children:
3.vii.v.i.i. iii. Tracy Lynn. Born 10 Apr 1972 in Richmond.
He married, third, Unknown.
3.vii.vi.iv.ii. Suzanne Marie[7] Williams (Joan Mary[6], John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
Born 6 Jun 1965 in Riverside County General Hospital, Riverside, Calif.
She married, first, William Boop. Children:
i. Brittany Rose[8]. Born 14 Jun 1988 in Sandpoint, Bonner Co., Idaho.
ii. Rachael Anne. Born 23 Aug 1990 in Sandpoint.
She married, second, David Walsh 1999 in Lake Tahoe, Nev.
3.vii.viii.i.i. Pamela[7] Thomas (Beverly[6], Irma Ethel[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
She married Jack Maher. Children:
i. Amber[8].
ii. B.J.
3.vii.viii.i.ii. Sandy[7] Thomas (Beverly[6], Irma Ethel[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
She married Dan van Noppen. Children:
i. Jacob[8].
ii. Jeff.
3.vii.viii.i.iii. Jeff[7] Thomas (Beverly[6], Irma Ethel[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]).
He married Kathy Unknown. Children:
i. Kim[8].
ii. Zack.
11.i. Donald Stuart[7] Pratt (Stuart Sayers[6], Ruby[5], Samuel Pack[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 25 Sep 1933 in Upland, San Bernardino Co., Calif. Died 12 Oct 2008 in Draper, Va. Buried in Draper Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Draper. He graduated from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., with a degree in engineering in 1954, and inherited Henry’s old stone house and farmed a portion of Henry’s original land in Draper.
Roanoke [Va.] Times, 14 Oct 2008 and Wytheville [Va.] Enterprise, 15 Oct 2006: Donald Stuart Pratt, 75, of Draper, Va., died on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 12, 2008, at the home of his son. He was born in California on Sept. 25, 1933, and was preceded in death by his wife, Bennie Kelley Pratt; and his parents, Stuart S. Pratt and Jane Casteel Pratt. He was a member of Draper’s Valley Presbyterian Church. He was a farmer and a retired employee of Appalachian Power Company. Surviving are his sons and daughters-in-law, Stuart and Karen Pratt, Dean and Terri Pratt, and Glenn and Tina Pratt, all of Draper, Va.; and nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. on Thurs., Oct. 16, 2008, from the Draper’s Valley Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Preston Sartelle and the Rev. Bob Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visiting will be held Wednesday evening, Oct. 15, 2008, at Stevens Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes that memorials be made to the Draper’s Valley Presbyterian Church or to the Hospital Hospitality House, 612 E. Marshall St., Richmond, Va. 23231. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski, Va.
He married Bennie Florence Kelley, daughter of Joseph Graham Kelley and Ruth Allene White, 11 Sep 1954 in Draper. Born 12 Aug 1933 in Montgomery Co., Va. Died 24 Oct 1999 in Blacksburg, Montgomery Co., Va. Buried in Draper Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Draper, Va.
Southwest Times, Pulaski, Va., 26 Oct 1999: Draper—Bennie Kelley Pratt, 66, of 3137 Honaker Rd., Draper, died Sunday night, Oct. 24, 1999, in the Montgomery Regional Hospital, Blacksburg. She was born in Montgomery County on Aug. 12, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Joseph Graham Kelley and Ruth White Kelley. She was a member of the Draper Valley Presbyterian Church. She was a registered nurse and was a graduate of the Pulaski Hospital School of Nursing. Surviving are her husband, Don Pratt of Draper; three sons and daughters-in-law, Master Sgt. Stuart and Karen Pratt of Ft. Lee (Petersburg) [Va.], Dean and Terri Pratt of Draper, Glenn and Tina Pratt of Draper; one sister, Bettie Kirk of Fairlawn; brother and sister-in-law Nathaniel Graham and Debbie Kelley of Draper; seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. from the Draper’s Valley Presbyterian Church with Dr. Cortez Cooper officiating. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. Visiting will be Tuesday evening at Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski where the family will receive friends from 7–9 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family wishes that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 554, Roanoke, Va. 24003, or to the Hospital Hospitality House, 612 E. Marshall St., Richmond, Va. 23231. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Inc., Pulaski.
Children (at Don’s death there were nine grandchildren, one of whom was Meagan Pratt who later renovated the Henry Honaker house):
11.i. i. Stuart Graham[8].
11.i. ii. Dean Kelley. Born 16 Nov 1956 in San Pedro, Calif.
11.i. iii. Glenn Casteel. Born 10 Nov 1961 in Richmond, Va.
Eighth Generation
2.iv.iii.i.i.i.i. Elizabeth Ann[8] Peters (called Beth) (Rebecca White[7], Joseph Crockett[6], Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 29 Apr 1965.
She married, first, Brian Bohnert 1983. They divorced Jun 1987. Children:
i. Ashley Elizabeth[9]. Born 16 Apr 1985.
ii. Jamie Katherine. Born 9 Jun 1987.
She married, second, Timothy Adair 1997. They divorced Nov 2001.
2.iv.iii.i.i.i.ii. Rebecca Todd[8] Peters (Rebecca White[7], Joseph Crockett[6], Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 1967. She did not take her husband’s surname.
She married Jeffrey Charles Hatcher 27 Nov 1993. Children:
i. Sophia Todd[9] [Hatcher-Peters]. Born 4 Aug 1999.
2.iv.iii.i.i.iii.i. Elizabeth Carrick[8] Winkler (Elizabeth Scott[7], Joseph Crockett[6], Joseph Crockett[5], Joseph B.[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 22 Oct 1966.
She married Clive Patrick Rowe 20 Jun 1998. Born 11 Nov 1966. Children:
i. Isabelle Aubrey[9]. Born 10 Jun 1999.
2.iv.iv.ii.i.i.i. James William[8] Shiner, Jr. (called Jim) (Gayle Lesh[7], Frank William[6], John Henry[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 21 Sep 1959 at Ft. Gordon, Ga. He graduated from Slippery Rock [Pa.] High School in 1977; attended the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1977-1979; attended Slippery Rock State College, 1979; and took a B.S. in Natural Resources (Watershed and River Basin Policy and Planning) from Ohio State University, Columbus, in 1981. He completed one year of postgraduate work at Ohio State in 1982. He was a program counselor at Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, N.M., in 1979; research associate at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1981; and teaching associate at Ohio State in 1982. From 1980 to 2013 he was employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington [W.Va.] District. During that time he was a park ranger at Alum Creek Lake, Ohio, Fishtrap Lake, Kentucky, and John W. Flannagan Dam and Reservoir, Virginia; park manager at Deer Creek Lake and Alum Creek Lake, Ohio, R.D. Bailey Lake, West Virginia, and John W. Flannagan Dam and Reservoir, Virginia. In 2001 he was an operations program specialist for the Operations and Readiness Division, Huntington District. In 2013he was chief, recreation and natural resources team, Huntington District.
In the Boy Scouts of America he was an Eagle Scout, 1973; Vigil Honor, Order of the Arrow, 1977; Wood Badge Course graduate, 1988, and member of the Philmont Staff Assn. He was a member of Virginia and Ohio chapters of The Nature Conservancy. He was U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resources Management Employee of the Year, 1997. He was active in Masonic organizations including Clintwood [Va.] Lodge #66, AF&AM; Barrett Chapter #76, Royal Arch Masons, Clintwood; Sidney Moore Council #84, Royal & Select Masons, Delaware, Ohio; and Cyrene Commandry #21, Knights Templar, Norton, Va. He and his family moved from Clintwood, Va., to Proctorville, Ohio, in 1998. In 2013 he was a member of Clintwood [Va.] United Methodist Church; and an affiliate member of New Hope United Methodist Church, Proctorville, where he was a lay speaker and Sunday School teacher.
He married Vicki Corbetta Boggs, daughter of Corbett NMN Boggs Jr. and Pauline NMN Hughes, 2 Jun 1995 in Clintwood, Va. Born 7 Jul 1954 in Clintwood. She graduated from Clintwood [Va.] High School in 1972. In high school, she was a member of National Honor Society, band, and recipient of science and physics awards. She took a B.S. in Chemistry in 1976 from Clinch Valley College, Wise, Va. As an undergraduate, she was a member of Sigma Zeta and the volleyball team. She received the team’s Most Valuable Player award in 1975. She took an M.S. in Management Science, 1982, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was employed as an instructor at Clinch Valley College in 1982; a systems analyst at the Virginia Dept. of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Big Stone Gap, Va., 1984-1986; and was the first county administrator of Dickenson County, Clintwood, Va., 1992-1996. In 2001 she was a substitute teacher for the Fairland School District, Proctorville, Ohio. In 2013 she was a full-time math teacher in the Fairland School District. In 2013-14 she taught math at Fort Chiswell High School, Max Meadows, Va. In 2001 she was a member of Clintwood United Methodist Church and affiliate member of New Hope Methodist Church, Proctorville. She married, first, Robert Eugene Garrett. They divorced Dec 1994 and she brought two children to the second marriage, Katy Lynn Garrett, born 25 Jan 1987 in Kingsport, Tenn., and Amy Ruth Garrett, born 16 Apr 1990 in Kingsport. In 2014, Katy took her doctorate and was completing a residency at the Veterans Administration in Orlando, Fla., and was married to James Unknown in September; he took a doctorate in physical therapy and worked in Orlando. In 2014 Amy took her master’s degree from Ohio State University in August and was working as a data programmer at Novella Clinical, Columbus.
Children (of Jim and Vicki):
i. William Corbett[9] (called Will). Born 13 Jun 1996 in Kingsport, Tenn. A christening day photograph of him appeared in Honaker Family Newsletter, Mar-Apr 2001. Honaker Family Newsletter, Winter2014: Honor Student--Will Shiner, son of Jim and Vicki Shiner of Proctorville, Ohio and grandson of Gayle and Bill Shiner of Max Meadows, Va., graduated with honors from Fairland High School, Proctorville, May 23, 2014. Will is now attending The Ohio State University, Columbus, as an honors student majoring in history.
2.iv.iv.ii.i.ii.i. Russell William[8] Peoples (adopted) (Russell Otis[7], Frank William[6], John Henry[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 26 Oct 1969 in Trenton, Mercer Co., N.J. He graduated from New Castle [Va.] High School in 1987. In high school he was class president in his junior and senior year; a member of Student Council (president in his senior year) and Future Farmers of America; played football, basketball and baseball; received the Danforth Award; attended Boy’s State; was listed in Who’s Who Among American High School Students, 1985-1986, and Outstanding High School Athletes in America (senior year.) He took a B.A. in Business Management and Social Economics, double major, from Emory & Henry College, Emory, Va., 1991. In college he was a football starting wide receiver all four years. In 2001 he was owner of Providence Construction Group, Charlotte, N.C., and lived in Charlotte with his wife.
He married Sandra Guy (called Sandy), daughter of Gerald Guy and Catherine Chetosky, 28 Aug 1999 in St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Charlotte. Born 1 Nov 1969 in New Hartford, Oneida Co., N.Y. Children:
i. Joseph[9]. Born 25 Sep 2003.
ii. Addison Elizabeth. Born 29 Jun 2007.
2.iv.iv.ii.i.iii.ii. Elizabeth Blake[8] Peoples (called Liz) (John James[7], Frank William[6], John Henry[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 20 Mar 1974 in Philadelphia, Pa. In 2016 she lived in Haddonfield, Camden Co., N.J.
She married Thomas Jonathan Presenza, son of Louis James Presenza and Emily Rose DiBona, 17 Dec 1999 in Old St. Joseph’s Church, Philadelphia. Born 28 Apr 1974 in Philadelphia. Children:
i. Sofia Rose[9]. Born 27 Oct 2001 in Norfolk, Va.
ii. Lydia Sarah. Born 20 Oct 2004 in Philadelphia, Pa.
iii. Charles Thomas. Born 30 Apr 2010 in Camden, N.J.
2.iv.iv.ii.i.iii.iii. Sarah Fairbairn[8] Peoples (John James[7], Frank William[6], John Henry[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 3 Jul 1977 in Philadelphia, Pa. In 2016 she lived in Philadelphia.
She married Jacob Harris Roller (called Jake), son of Jerry Roller and Joan Reider of Philadelphia, 13 Oct 2007 in Bartram Gardens, Philadelphia. Born 15 Mar 1978 in Philadelphia. Children:
i. Josephine Elizabeth[9]. Born 30 Mar 2014 in Philadelphia.
ii. Eleanor James. Born 12 Jul 2016 in Philadelphia.
2.iv.iv.ii.i.iv.i. Randy William[8] Peoples (Frank William[7], Frank William[6], John Henry[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 23 Jun 1974 in Woodbury, Gloucester Co., N.J. In 2013 he and his family lived in Newark, Del.
He married Linda Marie Johnston, daughter of Peter Martin Johnston and Pennie Lee Ericson, 29 Aug 1998 in Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J. Born 7 Apr 1974 in Vineland, Cumberland Co., N.J. Children:
i. Jared Michael[9]. Born 6 Apr 2003 in Voorhees, Camden Co., N.J.
ii. Sarah Jessica. Born 9 Nov 2005 in Voorhees.
2.iv.vi.iii.iii.i.i. Dianna Sue[8] Blair (Marjorie Evelyn[7], Maude Catherine[7], Charlotte[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). See photograph of son Andrew. Born 17 Jan 1950 in Wytheville, Wythe Co., Va. She graduated from Ft. Chiswell High School, Max Meadows, Va., in 1968; took a B.A. in Elementary Education from the College of William & Mary, 1972; an M.A. in Curriculum & Instruction from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1975; and Ph.D. in Educational Research & Evaluation, VPI&SU in 1981. In 2013 she was a retired college professor living in Blacksburg, Va. She was a member of Blacksburg United Methodist Church, American Assn. of University Women, Montgomery County Democratic Party, and Democracy Prevails. Her interests also included reading, traveling, baking and bicyling.
She married Richard Wayne Richardson (called Dick), son of Richard Pierce Richardson and Letha Gertrude Sheffey, 8 Jul 1972 at Ft. Chiswell United Methodist Church, Max Meadows, Wythe Co., Va. Born 10 Feb 1947 in Wytheville. He took a B.A. in History and Social Studies from VPI&SU in 1969; and an M.A. in Curriculum & Instruction from VPI&SU in 1975. In 2007 he was a retired vice president of Northeastern Region for State Farm Insurance. His memberships included Oak Leadership organization, Virginia Tech Athletic Assn., and Montgomery County Democratic Party; his interests were reading, golfing, traveling, and New York Times crossword puzzles. Children:
i. Andrew Blair[9]. Born 4 Feb 1984 in Fairfax, Fairfax Co., Va. He graduated from Westtown School, West Chester, Pa., in 2002. During high school he was active in orchestra, basketball, baseball, the school newspaper, was head of the school tour guide department, and a member of the National Honor Society. He took a B.A. at American University, Washington, D.C., in 2007.
In 2010 he was attending Columbia University, New York, to pursue a Master of International Affairs degree.
Enterprise, Wytheville, Va., 1 Sep 2007 (with photograph): Richardson receives American University degree
On May 13, Andrew Blair Richardson was awarded a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from the School of International Services at American University, Washington, D.C. Richardson was a Presidential Scholar and elected to Phi Beta Kappa, The Golden Key Society, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Alpha Lambda Delta in recognition of his academic achievements. He was a student honors board member where he coordinated Operation Outreach programs for students in public schools in Washington. He was a dorm president for the residence housing association and he served as an arts editor for The Eagle, the AU student newspaper.
During his junior year, Richardson studied for one semester at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudeios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico and was a member of the International Mission on Diplomacy to China. Other study and work experiences including studying Spanish culture and language during a semester in Costa Rica, completing history, drama and a writing course at Oxford University in England and working on a construction crew for Habitat for Humanity in Caldera, Chile.
His intern experiences included the Americas Program for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., Community Outreach Coordinator for a Wider Circle in Bethesda, Md., and a financial services and fundraising events manager in the John Kerry for President national headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Richardson is employed as an executive assistant with Digital Media Association in Washington, D.C. He is the son of Dick and Dianna Richardson of Blacksburg and the grandson of Letha Richardson and the late Richard P. Richardson and Ewing M. (Pud) and Marjorie Blair and the great-grandson of the late Maude Johnson, all of Max Meadows.
2.iv.vi.iii.iii.i.iii. Jeffrey Wade[8] Blair (Marjorie Evelyn[7], Maude Catherine[7], Charlotte[5], Catherine Diana[4], Edith[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 4 Jun 1966 in Montgomery Co., Va.
He married Stacey Walke [correct] in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Children:
i. Mackenzie Faith[9]. Born 25 Feb 2003.
ii. Samuel Wade. Born 30 May 2005.
3.vii.v.i.i.iii. Tracy Lynn[8] Sager (Terry Gene[7], Barbara[6], Henry[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 10 Apr 1972 in Richmond, Calif. She graduated from Pinole Valley High School in 1990, then received a teacher’s assistant certificate for preschool. In 2002 she had been employed with Hollywood Video in Folsom, Calif. since Jun 1999.
She had a child with James Anthony Clem. Born 20 Apr 1968 in Marilyn, Calif. Children:
i. Timothy Michael[9]. Born 20 Jun 1990 in Sacramento, Calif.
3.vii.vi.i.ii.i. Erin Marie[8] John (Lori Marie[7], Yvonne Louise[6], John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). See photograph. Born 21 Oct 1982 in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Orange, Orange Co., Calif.
She married Aaron Michael Sadler, son of Scott Bryan Sadler and Debra Graver, 7 May 2011 at Leoness Vineyard, Temecula, Riverside Co., Calif. Born 18 Oct 1981 in Garden Grove [Calif.] Memorial Hospital, Orange Co., Calif. Children:
i. Benjamin James[9]. Born 30 Sep 2013 at Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport Beach, Orange Co.,
Calif.
ii. Brady Scott. Born 26 Mar 2016 at Hoag Memorial Hospital.
3.vii.vi.iv.i.i. Shayla Marie[8] Foreman (Kimberly Anne[7], Joan Mary[6], John James[5], James Bascom[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[l]). Born 11 Nov 1979 in Kootney Medical Center, Coeur D’Alene, Kootney Co., Idaho.
She married Joshua David Abernathy. Born 27 Jul 1979 in Kootney Medical Center. Children:
i. Kierra Lynnae[9]. Born 6 Oct 1998 in Kootney Medical Center.
ii. Anthony Jordan. Born 29 Jan 2001 in Camarillo, Ventura Co., Calif.
11.i.i. Stuart Graham[8] Pratt (Donald Stuart[7], Stuart Sayers[6], Ruby[5], Samuel Pack[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). In 2011 he lived in Draper, Va.
He married Karen Unknown. Children:
i. Unknown[9].
ii. Unknown
iii. Unknown
iv. Hannah. At the 2011 Honaker Family Reunion in Draper, Va., at a memorial service to honor Hans Jacob Honaker on the land the immigrant sold to his son Henry, Hannah read the following poem she had written:
If This Hill Could Talk
If this hill could talk, It would tell of its making. Of how it was covered with water. It would tell how rock was crushed together And was shaped into folds by the pressure. It would tell how sediment covered it. How grass grew over the bare ground. It would tell of the roots of trees Digging deep into its fertile soil. It would tell of the spring on the slope Feeding a trickling creek, Drawing creatures to it.
If this hill could talk, It would tell of the coming of men, The Indians who traveled the forest. It would tell how they hunted the deer on it. Of how their families found food around it. It would tell of how they lived And show the places they died. It would tell of how they traveled the region; Of how it gave them stone for arrowheads. It would tell how its woods gave them fire Until the game left and they vanished To another region farther west.
If this hill could talk, It would tell of the white men And their coming to the valley. It would tell of how Virginia was settled And how Europeans built their dwellings. It would tell of Hans Jacob Honaker, A colonist who sailed across the sea. It would tell how he came from the north And brought his family to its slope. It would tell of the land they cleared, And of the crops they planted. It would tell of the land they cleared, And of the crops they planted. It would tell of how they worked; Of how they lived their lives.
If this hill could talk, It would tell of news from the towns That came sweeping down the mountains. It would tell of how the settler Left his family to join the army. It would tell of how his sons Soon followed to fight the enemy. It would tell of how the fruit of its soil Provided supplies for the fledgling nation. It would tell of how the men came back To farm the land once again.
If this hill could talk, It would tell of how they farmed it, And how they raised their children. It would tell of how their fortunes changed. In the year of 1804, It would tell of how they built a house, Raised it up out of native stone. It would tell how they moved into the house, Forsaking their former dwelling. It would tell of how the farmer Brought slaves to toil in the fields and house. It would tell of how another war came. One that split the nation.
If this hill could talk, It would tell of the sons of sons And how they went to fight. It would tell of how they raised their arms Against their northern brethren. It would tell of the new sounds it heard, The sounds of artillery. It would tell of how it saw the armies going, Returning smaller than before. It would tell of the peace that came after, The sons returning to the farm, Continuing their lives.
If this hill could talk, It would tell of herds of cattle, The family’s livelihood. It would tell of the horses, The beasts that helped tame the land. It would tell of the sons and daughters Who dispersed around the country. It would tell of the ones that stayed; The ones that kept the old land. It would tell of generations of landowners, The ones that farmed the property, The ones that wandered the fields.
If this hill could talk, It would tell of the ones that left For the wars that swept the world. It would tell of the economic hardships, The ones that struck the family. It would tell of the recovery, Of the hard work and determination. It would tell of the other houses, The houses of relatives built around its base. It would tell of the ones who moved on, Until none were left but two—The spinster sisters and their cats.
If this hill could talk It would tell of the sisters who stayed, Blanche and Bettie, the Honaker aunts. It would tell of how they continued the farm And of how they lived in the stone dwelling. It would tell of the decay of the house, A home filled with memory and history, An echo of its former glory.
If this hill could talk, It would tell of how they died, And the farm was given to a nephew. It would tell of the coming of Donald Pratt With his wife and three sons. It would tell of how they continued farming; Of how they too worked the land. It would tell of the changing sounds Of the interstate running near its base. It would tell of the rumble of the trucks As people rushed by the farm Heedless of its history.
If this hill could talk It would tell of how a son left to serve, And how he returned to farm. It would tell of the ones that never left The ones that live near. It would tell of how the father died And how his sons took up the property. It would tell of how the farm still operates And of the cattle that continue to roam. It would tell of the restoration of the house Of the granddaughter that revived it.
It would tell of the author of this verse, One who lives at the root of the hill And has walked on its slopes.
If this hill could talk Years after I am gone, It would still tell of all the history Of those who came before And those who will come after. It would still stand on, Remembering everything, If this hill could talk.
(Some information from: This Land that is Pulaski County, Smith, and Honaker Family in America, Davison.)
11.i.ii. Dean Kelley[8] Pratt (Donald Stuart[7], Stuart Sayers[6], Ruby[5], Samuel Pack[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 16 Nov 1956 in San Pedro, Calif. In 2011 he and his family lived in Draper, Va.
He married Teressa Moore (called Terri), daughter of Jackie Green Moore and Polly Anne Ogle, 18 Nov 1978 in Pulaski, Va. Born 14 Jul 1958 in Pulaski. Children:
i. Meagan Kelley[9]. Born 26 Jan 1984 in Pulaski, Va. In 2011 she had renovated and lived in
Henry’s old stone house, Draper. See Abraham Chapter entry for Sharon Hardy’s account of the Aug 2011 dedication of a memorial marker at the house.
ii. Meredith Ann. Born 3 Mar 1990 in Pulaski.
11.i.iii. Glenn Casteel[8] Pratt (Donald Stuart[7], Stuart Sayers[6], Ruby[5], Samuel Pack[4], Henry[3], Jesse[2], Henry[1]). Born 10 Nov 1961 in Richmond, Va. He graduated from Pulaski County High School, Dublin, Va., in 1980 and took a B.S. in Biochemistry from Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Va., in 1984. In 2009 he and his family lived in Draper, Pulaski Co., Va., where they were members of Draper Valley Presbyterian Church.
He married Tina Janine Freeman Cummings, daughter of Stanley Lamar Freeman and Patricia Carroll Shaw, 3 May 1996 in Martinsville, Henry Co., Va. Born 25 Apr 1966 in Greensboro, Guilford Co., N.C. She brought one child to the marriage, Kathryn Lea Cummings, born 27 Feb 1986 in Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Va. Children (of Glen and Tina):
i. Jacob James[9]. Born 19 Oct 1999 in Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Va.
ii. Eric Matthew. Born 2 Mar 2001 in Christiansburg.
iii. Joseph Benjamin. Born 19 Nov 2002 in Christiansburg.
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