Roscoe and Etta Parsons lived beside his parents for a time. In between the two houses ran a small stream with a wooden footbridge across it. Roscoe's mother was very ill, so on many evenings after he got home from work, Roscoe would go across the bridge to check on his parents. One particular evening, he stayed later than was usual. His wife, Etta, was already in bed and heard scratching at the side of the bed. She looked and saw...
My second great-grandmother, Rebecca Jemima Ervin, has long been a mystery to me. It was easy enough to track her through United States Census records once she married my second great-grandfather, Andrew Ballentine Beamer, on April 17, 1845 in Greenbrier County, Virginia. Through the birth of their children, I can follow the family from Monroe County to Braxton County without much difficulty. The sticking point was where did Rebecca come from? For quite some time, Ancestry would hint through other member...