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03 Nov

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...

04 Oct

Paulcer Butcher Parsons (1823-1894) was my third great-grandfather. He was born July 7, 1823 in either Harrison County or Lewis County, Virginia (now West Virginia), the seventh of eight children born to Joseph P. Parsons (1783-1868) and Elizabeth Bush Parsons (1786-1867). At age 19, he was united in marriage to Statira Connolly (1825-1856), the daughter of Patrick Connolly (1802-1868) and Mary Stallman Connolly (1804-unknown). They were wed October 11, 1842 in Kanawha County, Virginia. {Virginia Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, Pateen Parsons and...