Flowers That Touch My Soul

Today's post at www.BillieJoMonger.com is a tad bit different and perhaps a bit more personal so please do bear with me as I've never met a flower that I did not like.

Goatsbeard

Forever and that proverbial day ago,  my maternal grandmother explained to me that each of us must create those things in  life which we find beautiful as beauty is very different for each one of us. 

  

Lady's Slipper 

Well, I happen to love trees.  I love flowers. I also love creeks and many other wonders of God's world which we all tend to overlook or perhaps take for granted as we hurry to live the days of our lives.

Dutchman's Breeches

Women being women,soon discovered plants that grew naturally in Virginia and moved them from the forest into their very own yards and gardens. Mr. Fred Becks was always fond of saying, "A man worked hard to clear the land and a women followed right along behind him,  dragging bushes and other things from the woods until it was worse than it had been before the man started clearing it." 

Dianthus or Pinks

Time passed and the Virginia Colony grew, until one day, it became a permanent settlement. 

Sea Holly

Soon, designed gardens were all the rage, especially in Williamsburg. Some exhibited plants from all over the world. 

Cherry Tomatoes 

Of course, vegetables were planted for the betterment of their health and the enjoyment they brought to their meals

Foxgloves

Good agricultural practices and technological advances have enriched our lives with beautiful plants of all descriptions.

Himalayan Blue Poppies

During the past year I was sent the web addresses for two different sites which have indeed brought joy to my soul. I hope that each of you will enjoy these two sites as much as I have.  Please note that the photographs in this post were taken from these two sites:

1. Earth Laughs In Flowers

2. The Gardens Of The Soul

Arrangement In Recycled Lamp Base

Pachira Aquatica

Albert Duer Rose 

Sorbet Delight Peony

The Journal of Miss Lottie M. Davis for September - October 1933

Miss Lottie M. Davis

If you  remember when I first started printing the "Journal of Miss Lottie M. Davis" on my website at www.BillieJoMonger.com I cited her family lineage in order  to verify that the entries were authentic based upon her personal ability to have known the individuals in her journal entries who lived in the eastern part of Rockingham County. At the time, it was frustrating not to positively be able to identify or document her "Dean" family connection as L.W. and I both have Dean families in each of our own lineages.

I also understand that many of you are most probably very tired of me "harping" on the different types of documentation used when establishing or proving a lineage... Death Certificates are considered secondary evidence because they are written or compiled upon evidence provided after a person's death...meaning the evidence was given by someone who may not have been in a position to fully understand all of the facts [grandchild, etc.].  A Marriage Certificate or Marriage License is considered a primary document or evidence because it was written or compiled upon facts given by an individual person regarding his or her own self. Also please note that in many families called names were used by family and close friends [Polly is a called name for Mary and Sally is a called name for Sarah. Harry is also a called name for Henry, etc.]; however, in some cultures they are used as given names.  What all this "boils down to" is that no one should ever assume anything about anyone.

This week I received a note from Mr. David Davis, a collateral descendant of Miss Lottie, which follows: "I have made a recent discovery that provides new information on Lottie Davis's ancestry. As you have listed, [and] for many years I supported the idea that Cora's mother was Mary A. Dean. This was supported by Cora's death certificate. This week, I located Cora and Frank's marriage license which lists her mother as Polly Breeden. I believe that this Polly Breeden is the daughter of Sanford and Elizabeth Samuels Breeden. All of whom appear on the 1850 and 1860 census living in Page County."

Do I need to tell any one how very thrilled I was to receive this fantastic piece of information from David???  Words are inadequate to "Thank" David for sharing this wonderful document with all of us who have so enjoyed the "doings" in the Elkton and surrounding area as found in the Journal of Miss Lottie M. Davis.

Gravestone of Miss Lottie M. Davis

September 1933
Page 91
  4 Sep 1933 - One of Clint Shifflett's twins died.
  7 Sep 1933 - Earl and Mabel goes to Richmond.
  3 Sep 1933 - Mr. H. Naylor operated on.
 11 Sep 1933 -  Mrs. Frank Thomas died age 68 years.
      Sep 1933 - Mrs Homer Thomas goes to Dr. about eyes.
 12 Sep 1933 - Mrs. M.V. Leap Sale.
 13 Sep  1933 - Started Mrs. C.C. Leap work.
 12 Sep 1933 - Mr. Charles Orey killed self and shot wife age 33.
 17 Sep 1933 - Aunt Mary Samuel funeral 84 years 5 months.
      Sep 1933 - Ms. Nellie Herringg left McGuire.
*11 Sep 1933 - Lewis Workman tonsils taken out.
 6 Sep 1933 - Mrs. Ralph Eppard operated on.
*18 Sep 1933 - Louis  Workman goes back to hospital.
  15 Sep 1933 - Miss Lelia Merica tonsils taken  out.
  16 Sep 1933 - Mrs. Almond dies age 82 years.
Page 92
  19 Sep 1933 - Miss Ruth Workman goes to Hospital.
  11 Sep 1933 - Mr. Good taken sick.
  17 Sep 1933 - Mr. A S. Bader died 85 years old.
  20 Sep 1933 - Ruth Workman operated on.
*21 Sep 1933 - Lewise Workman came home.
  19 Sep 1933 - Mrs. Rouderbush died.
  23 Sep 1933 - Anna Powell new baby.
  26 Sep 1933 - Homer Eppard child died.
      Sep 1933 - Mr. Will Shifflett moved.
  [Note:The variant spelling of Mr. Workman's first or given name is indicated by the three asterisk's [*] above.  Spelling did not become unified in our area until basically after WW II. In 1933 it was still normal to spell words as they sounded to the person doing the writing.]
October 1933
Page 92
 1 Oct 1933 - Miss Maggie Blose died 71 years 10 months.
 2 Oct 1933 - Frankie Hammer wreck.
 2 Oct 1933 - Kenneth Simmons killed age 19 years Harry Simmons boy.
 2 Oct 1933 - Mrs. Richard Morris operated on.
6 Oct 1933 - Miss Carter Cover married in New York City.
Page 93
 6 Oct 1933 - Mrs. Effie Leap new phone.
 8 Oct 1933 - Went to Lelia for dinner.
 7 Oct 1933 - Richard Morris had wreck at Jackson home colored.
 11 Oct 1933 - Mr. Will Shifflett home sold.$190060  to Merchant Groc.[Grocery]. [Note:Most probably this amount was meant to be $1,900.60, but she may have also meant it to be $1960.00 - we must remember that this was during the depression.]
13 Oct 1933 - Grace and Ray went to her Grandma.
12 Oct 1933 - Lelia made applebutter 18 gal [gallons].
    Oct 1933 - Beulah got stove from Harold.
12 Oct 1933 - Harold had ceiling fixed.
19 Oct 1933 - Lucil [Lucille] Harrison operated on.
14 Oct 1933 - Painter started coming.
21 Oct 1933 - Mr. Harry Reed killed him self.
24 Oct 1933 - Brownie Flick and Helen Hutton married.
23 Oct 1933 - Harold new paper. [Note: Evidently Harold had the room re-papered after he had the ceiling repaired.
22 Oct 1933 - Jack Morris new baby.
27 Oct 1933 - Frankie Hammers goes to pen.
30 Oct - 1933 Mr. Calvin Blose died.
[To be continued...]

Yeast, Emptyings, and Rivels

Homemade Light Bread.

When you hear the word “yeast,” do aromatic loaves of fresh homemade light bread come to mind? It is hard to believe, but modern baker’s yeast, as we know it today, didn’t exist until 1868. Before then, bread and other baked goods were leavened by other types of wild yeast or with massive quantities of eggs. As crazy as it may seem, yeast is also the ingredient responsible for the tantalizing aroma that arises during the baking process.

In addition to the recipes for making yeast with hops or potatoes, many old recipes refer to using “emptins” as a leavening agent. These “emptins” or “emptyings” were just as their name implies, the emptyings of leftover batter and dough added to a crock or jar. In some areas they may also be referred to as “rivels.”

The main difference found in many of the older recipes is that some use milk instead of water.  Indeed, “emptyings” and may just be two different names for the same thing as descriptions of “emptyings” seem to be pretty similar to the flour-water mixture for sourdough starter with the addition of scraps of extra dough added to feed the starter.

Today, the most commonly used yeast is dried, but there are several other types. The recipes that follow show two different examples of ways to make yeast: dry yeast cakes made from hops and an everlasting yeast "starter."

Dry yeast cakes are made by boiling the blossoms of hops. These flowers contain a fragrant yellowish oil called lupulin. The use of this oil as a preservative in beer and as a narcotic for pain seems to have originated in Germany before the time of the Emperor Charlemagne.

Hops Vines

The hop vine is related to hemp and mulberry plants which are in the nettle family.  Many of you have been in my classes when we’ve talked about the Shenandoah Valley being the major hemp producing area of the colonies.  Hemp was grown to make ropes of all kinds in the colonial era. Even in Victorian times, our local ladies would gather wild hemp seed to feed to their canaries as it seemed to encourage their pet birds to sing more readily.  Of course, we now know that the “hemp plant” is also similar to marijuana.  In more recent years, the railroad tracks, etc. in the Elkton – McGaheysville area were sprayed to kill the hemp plants in the government’s war on drugs.

Hops Blossoms

As we return to a more complete investigation of hops plants, we learn that they grows best in a sandy type soil, however, most residents of the Shenandoah Valley have no problem growing hops in their backyards or along a fence row.

Recipes for making yeast cakes from hops has been passed down from generation to generation.

Hops Yeast Cakes

1 cup mashed potatoes
1 cup potato water
1 cup flour
1 cup dried hops
2 Tbsp. sugar
4 cups corn meal (approx.) - Either white or yellow cornmeal may be used.  The appearance is different, but bread making results are the same.
1 dried yeast cake (optional) – normally left from the last batch to be used as a booster.

Boil 3 or 4 peeled potatoes in unsalted water. When very tender, drain the potatoes and mash them well, saving the potato water to use later. Cover the hop blossoms with water and bring to a boil. Drain off the water and save it, too. Put flour in a pan and slowly stir in the potato water you saved. Be very careful not to use too much water. Mix slowly so that the flour won't be lumpy. If the mixture is too liquid it may be necessary to cook it until it forms a thick paste-like dough. Add mashed potatoes and sugar. Mix well and then slowly add the hops water until you have a medium soft dough. Let rise double. Then punch down and work in enough corn meal to make a stiff dough. Roll out the dough on a board to about 1/2 inch thick and cut into cakes. Let these cakes dry, turning them often so they will dry evenly. When they appear to be good and dry, hang them up in a muslin bag for a few days to make sure they won't mold. After this you can store them in fruit jars or however you wish. This recipe makes two large pans of yeast cakes. This amount is fine in a large family where bread is made often, but you might want to reduce it, especially the first time you make it.

Bread [made from Hop Yeast Cakes]

1 quart warm water
2 yeast cakes
1 Tbsp. sugar

about 10-12 cups flour

1 cup melted butter
1 Tbsp. salt
3 Tbsp. sugar

Crumble the yeast cakes into the warm water, add one tablespoon sugar and put in enough flour to make a soft sponge. Beat the mixture until it is very smooth. Let this rise over night. The next morning add butter, salt and remaining sugar. Work in enough flour to make a smooth dough that doesn't stick to your hands. Knead well. Many felt the dough should be worked or kneaded for about one hour. After kneading, put the dough in a warm place and let it rise double. Grease the bottoms and sides of the baking pans.

Hops "Yeast" Cake

Air pockets form bubbles in the bread as it bakes so do try to knead the loaves well. Many women named each one of the loaves after a family member that they might be a tad bit frustrated with being sure to give an extra "spank" as an extra precaution to get rid of air pockets. Remember not to cut but to pinch off dough to form the loaves because metal reacts with the acid in both the yeast and bread dough to spoil the flavor. For this reason one should use wooden utensils and preferably a wooden bowl, but some type of non-metallic bowl will do.

After the loaves are formed, lay them in greased pans and turn them over to oil the tops of the loaves. Then let them rise once double again, baking at 350°F for about one hour or until the tops are golden brown.

A second type of yeast, “everlasting yeast starter” is a living yeast that has to be kept alive by regular feedings or use. This is one of the oldest known forms of yeasts, dating back to 4000 B.C., and must be stored in a cool place. Normally it was necessary to make bread as often as twice a week in order to keep this starter alive.

Everlasting Yeast Starter Recipe

1 medium potato (peeled)
4 cups water
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar

Boil potato in unsalted water until done. Drain, saving the water. Mash potato adding sugar and salt. Cool to lukewarm. Add to mixture enough potato water to make one quart. Cover and set in a warm place to ferment. If you prefer, you may add a package of "store bought" yeast to speed up the fermentation process; however, it is just as good if it is allowed to ferment without the additional yeast. This recipe is about the right amount for a family requiring more than one loaf of bread at a baking. 

Many families enjoyed using left over or “stale” bread, cut into cubes, to make mouth watering bread puddings and those great tasting dishes of baked stewed tomatoes.

Another Everlasting Yeast Starter Recipe

1 potato (about the size of a large hen egg)
3/4 cup potato water
2 Tbsp. sugar
flour

Boil potato, drain and save the unsalted potato water. Mash potato well, and add potato water, sugar and enough flour to make a fairly stiff batter or a soft dough. Keep in a warm place until well fermented. Then, put it into a wide mouth jar and cover loosely as the odor will transfer to other foods, do not ever use a tight fitting lid. In approximately five or six days the starter should be ready for use…meaning the mixture should be nice and bubbly.  If it is not, the bread will flop and you might as well just start over. 

Use the sponge and the following ingredients to make yet another bread dough.

2 cups potato water or scalded milk
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. melted shortening
flour

To what remains in your bowl after taking out your starter, add unsalted potato water or milk, salt, sugar and cool, meaning not hot, melted shortening. Add enough flour to make dough that will handle well. Beat until the batter can't be beaten, then turn out on a well-floured board and knead until it is soft and smooth. Put in to a well-greased bowl, cover with some type of woven cloth and let set in a warm place until the dough has doubled in bulk. Punch the dough down and pinch off your loaves. Shape and put into pans. Let your loaves rise double or until they almost reach the rims of the pans. Bake in moderate (350°) oven for about 45 minutes. When done turn the loaves out of the pans at once and grease sides with butter or shortening. This recipe will make two small loaves or one medium size loaf and a pan of rolls.
  

Both of these yeasts are much slower working than commercial yeast. If you are use to using the store-bought variety of yeast, be sure to allow enough time for this dough to rise. 

Journal of Miss Lottie M. Davis - July and August 1933

Journal of Miss Lottie M. Davis

Miss Lottie M. Davis

As we read Miss Lottie’s Journal, there are two major events which we need to take a brief look at in order to more fully appreciate the protection that our beautiful mountains have given to the families who have chosen to live in our Shenandoah Valley.

The first is the Great Depression [1929-1939] which was both the deepest and the longest-lasting downturn in the economic history of the Western industrialized world.   In the United States, The Great Depression started soon after the stock market crashed in October 1929.  This crash wiped out millions of investors sending Wall Street into a major panic, resulting in severe unemployment as failing companies all over America laid off workers. By 1933, some thirteen to fifteen million Americans were unemployed.  Almost one-half of all the banks in the United States failed and were forced to close their doors as they were unable to repay folk, like us, who had deposited money in their banks. In her unassuming manner, Miss Lottie mentions this in her entry for the 4^th of March 1933. She followed with the reopening on the 15^th of March which means banks in the Elkton area were closed for only eleven days while many banks in the rest of the United States were never able to reopen.  The American economy did not recover until after 1939, when the demands of WWII forced industry to produce the needed products.

The second is the Dust Bowl which was the name given to the Great Plains region [one hundred fifty thousand square miles encompassing Oklahoma, the Texas panhandles, neighboring sections of Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico] which was devastated by a severe drought during the 1930’s.  Many members of Valley families had settled in these areas immediately following the War Between the States.  Massive dust clouds [one rose to ten thousand feet and reached as far as New York City] caused by high winds and poor agricultural practices proved to be a very destructive combination.   Cattle choked on the dust, dirt penetrated everything including homes.  The moaning winds caused many folk to lose everything including their sanity. The recurrence of these storms [commonly called black blizzards] wreaked havoc, resulting in driving sixty per cent of the population from the area.  Most folk in other parts of the United States were unable to help their own families which had settled this region due to the foreclosure of many banks during the Depression.  

The Elkton-McGaheysville area is located between the Peaked Mountain [blue
 and near the clouds in the background] and the Blue Ridge in the foreground.

We’ve all heard stories about the lack of jobs and of the many other problems which occurred during the 1930’s; but, Shenandoah Valley residents have normally always had enough food to live, clothing to wear and some form of shelter which provided protection. They have endured many difficulties including a war fought on their own property [military records of most Confederate POW’s cite,” to protect their own property/land” as the reason they joined the Confederate States Army] and living through a period of Marshall Law; however, few ever experienced the horror of starvation faced by many people including immigrants living in our nation’s major cities during the Great Depression.

[Note: New car purchased by Mr. Kyger and trips taken by both Mr. McGuire and Elmore Eula Leap.]

July 1933 – August 1933

July 1933

Page 89

     Jul 1933 – Mrs. John Hooks died age ninety-nine years.

     Jul 1933 – Mr. McCoy died.

16 Jul 1933 –Came home.

  8 Jul 1933 – Mable moved back to Elkton, Va.

17 Jul 1933 – Mrs. Williams died age twenty-one years.  Ruby [Mom] Cole.

17 Jul 1933 – Mr. Kyger new car.

16 Jul 1933 – William Eaton killed.

19 Jul 1933 – Mrs. M.V. Leap died age eighty-nine years.

21 Jul 1933 – Mrs. Leaps funeral at McGaheysville.

11 Jul 1933 – Mrs. Clinton Shifflett new baby.

     Jul 1933 – Pearl Ware new baby.

21 Jul 1933 – Mr. McGuire starts on trip.

14 Jul 1933 – Mrs. Grace Lam operated [on?].

  8 Jul 1933 – Mrs. Bane shot at Shenandoah, Va.

  9 Jul 1933 – Dr. Wright hurt.

22 Jul 1933 – Helen Shifflett and Sanford Winegard married on Saturday.

27 Jul 1933 – Mrs. C. Downs died.

Page 90

23 Jul 1933 – Mr. A. J. Koontz died fifty-seven years old.

18 Jul 1933 – Chus F. began to take lessons. Harmond. [Questions: 1. Was Chus written for Chas – meaning Charles? 2. Was this the same Mr. Harmon who was giving music lessons in the Elkton - McGaheysville area during the early 1950’s?]

24 Jul 1933 – Mr. Jinkins [Jenkins] died age eighty-six years.

26 Jul 1933 – Austin Downey lost job.

28 Jul 1933 – Got coal for winter. $22.98.

18 Jul 1933 – Lee Opal and Gale went over to Lelias. Tuesday.

10,11,12,13 Jul 1933 - Mrs. F.H. Leap visited us.

30 Jul 1933 – Mr. Sam Bontz died at hospital Eighty-two years old.

August 1933

  2 Aug 1933 – Knight girl died.

19 Aug 1933 – Fields Day.

20 Aug 1933 – Elmore Eula Leap take trip.

30 Aug 1933 – Mr. M.H. Harrison divorced.

30 Aug 1933 – Mr. Bernard Lam in hospital.

27 Aug 1933 – Mr. George Lam funeral.

Confederate Prisoners Of War - A few of our local men who were POW's

I would like to “THANK” Mr. Dan Goodson of Elkton, Virginia who has so generously given of his time to help track down many of our more obscure Prisoner Of War veterans.  Mr. Goodson is an active member of the Col. D. H. Lee Martz  Sons of the Confederate Veterans Camp 10.

Grave-site of one of our many men in Gray.

Confederate Prisoners Of War

Daniel B. Abbott– Enlisted 1 Jun 1861 as a Pvt. In Co. H, 33^rd VA Infantry. Promoted to Corporal in 1863. On the 3  May 1863 he was wounded in action at Chancellorsville.  He became a POW on 12 May 1864 at Spotsylvania and sent to Fort Delaware.  He was released 15 Jun 1865.

Born: ca. 1835

Died: 13 Jan 1871

Burial: Atwood Cemetery near Rileyville, Page Co., VA

Married:

Elizabeth C. _________

Born:

Died:

Children:

1. Thomas W. Abbott [4 Nov 1868 – 28 Jan 1948]

George Washington Aleshire – Enlisted 2 Jun 1861 as a Pvt in Co. K, 10^th Virginia Infantry. Captured 8 Jul 1864 near Harper’s Ferry, sent to Old Capitol Prison and then sent to Elmira on the 25Jul  1865. Paroled 20 Apr 1865 at New Market, VA.

Born: 10 Feb 1837

Died: 10 Jan 1907

Burial: Stanley Church Cemetery, Page Co., Virginia.

Married:

Eliza J. __________

Born: 29 May 1860                                                                                                                                                                                  Died: 14 Jul 1906    

Burial:  Stanley Church Cemetery, Page Co., Virginia.                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 Henry Aleshire – Enlisted 2 Jun 1861 as a Pvt in Co. H, 33^rd Virginia Infantry. Captured 23 Sep 1864 at Strasburg, Virginia – sent to Point Lookout, MD- exchanged 17 Mar 1865.

Born: ca. 1841 Page Co., VA

Died:

Married:

Eliza _______

Born:

Died:

Isaac Aleshire – Enlisted Co. E, 97^th Virginia Militia on 5 Jul 1861 as a Pvt. – captured 21 Dec 1862 – POW 3 Jul 1863 at Chambersburg, PA.

Born: ca. 1829 in Page Co., Virginia

Died: 23 Nov 1916

Burial: St. Luke’s Church Cemetery – Rt. 616 – Stanley area – Page Co., VA

Married:

Susan ________

Born:

Died:

Children:

1.      John W. Aleshire

2.      Nancy R. Aleshire

3.      Sarah Aleshire

4.      Isaac C. Aleshire

5.      James E. Aleshire

Joseph Aleshire – Enlisted 13 May 1863 in Co. H, 33^rd Virginia Infantry. 3 Jul 1863 captured at Chambersburg, PA.  Exchanged and hospitalized rest of war.

Born: ca. 1825

Died:

Burial:

Married:

Clarissa N. ________

Born: ca. 1835

Died:

Children:

1.      John W. Aleshire

2.      Lucy V. Aleshire

3.      James R.F.L. Aleshire

James John Comer – Enlisted 1 Jun 1861 in Co. H, 33^rd Virginia Infantry – wounded at Chancellorsville captured 20 Jul 1864 at Harper’s Ferry WV – sent to Elmira.

Born: 2 May 1847 Shenandoah Co., Virginia

Died: 6 Oct 1930

Burial: Methodist Church Cemetery, Shenandoah, Page Co., Virginia

Married 1^st:

Mary A[nn?] _________

Born:

Died:

Married 2^nd:

Lucy D. ____________

Born: 26 Apr 1880

Died: 2 May 1977

 Reuben Dadisman – Enlisted 1 Jun 1861 in Luray, Page Co., Virginia as a Pvt. in Co D, 7^th Virginia Calvary – captured 7 May 1862 in Harrisonburg, Virginia – sent to Fort Delaware -

Born: ca. 1841

Died:

William Dolane – Co. C, 6^th Virginia Calvary

Born: ca. 1845

Died:

Resident of Page Co., VA.  Captured at Paw Paw, WV on 2 Dec 1863- sent to Antheneum Prison at Wheeling, WV on 5 Dec 1863 and from there to Camp Chase on 7 Dec 1863.

George Washington Donovan – Co. I, 33^rd Volunteer Infantry, Stonewall Brigade.  Wounded twice – captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia – sent to Fort Delaware. He signed his Oath of Allegiance on 22 Jun 1885[?] which describes him as being  5’10” tall with grey eyes and dark hair.

Born: 1833, son of John O. and Emma Biggerstaff Donovan.

Died: 15 Feb 1905 Rockingham Co., Virginia

Burial: Singers Glen Cemetery, Singers Glenn, Rockingham Co., Virginia.

Marries 1^st :

Lee Ann Swecker

Born:

Died: 1857

Married 2^nd.: 1869

Mary E. Weller

Born:

Died:

Children:

1.      Rev. John D. Donovan [1855 – 1905]

2.      George Donovan [1856 – 1856]

3.      Phillip Harvey Donovan [1861 – 1928

4.      Robert E. Lee Donovan [1863 – 1912]

5.      Nettie Virginia Donovan Swank [1868 – 1943]

6.      Archibald Franklin Donovan [1870 – 1908]

C. F. Finch – enlisted 1 Aug 1862 in Luray.  Pvt. Co D, 7^th Virginia Calvalry – captured 11 Dec 1862 at Darksville - sent to Antheneum Prison at Wheeling, WV, sent to Camp Chase, OH 15 Dec 1862, sent to Cairo, IL 20 Dec 1862. Exchanged 6 Apr 1863 at City Point. Paroled 1 Jun 1865 at Winchester, VA.

Born: 3 May 1837

Died: 25 Jun 1921

Burial: Green Hill Cemetery, Luray, Virginia

Benton S. Fleming – enlisted 7 Mar 1862 in Luray as a Pvt.in Co. K, 10^th Virginia Infantry.  He was wounded on Rappahannock River on 21 Mar 1862.  Again wounded in action and captured at Gettysburg 3 Jul 1863. Sent to Fort McHenry and from there to Ft. Delaware –exchanged Sep 1863. Wounded in action at Mine Run on 27 Nov 1863. Disability discharge 9 Feb 1865.

Born: ca. 1844

Died:

 John Henry Marshall – Pvt. -enlisted 18 Apr 1861 in Co. I 10^th Virginia

Born: 10 Jan 1839 in Virginia, the son of ________ Marshall and _______ Lawson.

Died: 16 Oct 1864  at Elmira Prison, New York

Burial: Space 558

Married:

Julia Baugher

Born:

Died:

 Joseph W. Mauck – 2^nd Lt 10^th VA Infantry – one of the Immortal 600

Born: 18 Feb 1835 Page Co., VA

Death: 2 May 1912

Burial: Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery

John Benjamin Monger – Enlisted 17 Jun 1861 at Conrad’s Store as a Pvt. in Co. I, 10^th Virginia Infantry. Promoted to Color Corporal 31 Dec 1863 – captured 12 May 1864 at Spotsylvania – sent to Point Lookout 18 May 1864 and from there to Elmira on 2 Aug 1864. Oath given 27 Jun 1865.

Born: 17 Apr 1842 Rockingham Co., Virginia

Died: 20 Sep 1941 Beallsville, MD

Married:

Eliza Huffman

Born:

Died:

Children:

1.      Cora E. Monger

2.      Ida Monger

Wadsworth H. “Wads” Nash – Pvt. Young’s Harbor Guard at outbreak of war. Transferred to Captain Grady’s Light Artillery Blues on 22 Apr 1861. He was captured 2 Apr 1865 during the fall of Petersburg, Virginia and sent to Point Lookout Prison in MD.  He was released from prison on 21 May 1865.

Born: 31 Aug 1841 Norfolk, VA

Died: 22 Nov 1920 Dayton, Rockingham Co., VA

Burial: Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Rockingham Co., VA

Married:

Mary F. _______

Born 1848

Died: 1940

Henry Washington Roller – A member of the old Mount Crawford Calvary which was called into service soon after the John Brown raid.  He then entered service as a Pvt. in Co. C, 6^th Virginia Infantry, Garnett’s

Division. He was captured in June 1861 at Beverly, Randolph Co., WV  and when released joined  Co. I, 25^th Virginia Infantry, Co. H, 12^th Virginia Calvary.

Born: 27 Dec 1837 Mount Crawford, Rockingham Co., Virginia, the son of Emmanuel and Elizabeth Hulvey Roller.

Died: 1907 Mount Crawford, Rockingham Co., Virginia – obituary Rockingham Register, Friday 18 Jan 1907

Burial: Mount Crawford Cemetery, Mount Crawford, Rockingham Co., Virginia

Married:

Mary Ann Saufley of Cross Keys, Rockingham Co., Virginia

Born: 1843

Died: 1924

Children:

1.      Arthur [Vernie] E. Roller of Abingdon, Virginia.

2.      Ida Florence Roller [Mrs. Arthur Van Lear] of Meyerhoeffer’s Store, Rockingham Co., Virginia.

3.      Homer D. Roller of North River, Augusta Co., Virginia

 

John H. Simmers – Pvt. Co, G 10^th VA Infantry under Col. S. B. Gibbons and Col. D.H. Lee Martz

Born: 5 Apr 1839

Died: 14 Mar 1925

Burial: Clover Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Dayton, Rockingham Co., VA

Obituary – Monday, 16 Mar 1925 – Harrisonburg Daily News

Married:

Elizabeth Fairburn

Born: 1841

Died: 1930

Children:

1.      John W. Simmers

2.      Mrs. Annie Simmers Smith of Springfield, OH

3.      Mrs. Gertrude Simmers Heatwole of  Clover Hill, Rockingham Co., VA

4.      Mrs. Mollie Simmers Smith

5.      Mrs. Minnie Simmers Guyer of  Clover Hill, Rockingham Co., VA

 John L.  Thompson - Co. D, 10^th VA Infantry

Born: 15 Feb 1840

Died: 28 Mar 1905 in Dayton, Rockingham Co., VA – Obituary in Daily News Record for Wednesday, 29 Mar 1905.

Burial in Dayton, Rockingham County, VA

Married:

Sarah Hedrick

Born:

Died:

Children

1.      Solomon Thompson

2.      J.W. Thompson

3.      Jesse Thompson

4.      Cameron Thompson

5.      Charles Thompson

6.      Gary Thompson

7.      Mrs. John Byrd [Daughter]

He also had two brothers: Frank Thompson and Andrew Thompson of Rockingham Co., VA

John L. Thompson was captured at Spotsylvania Courthouse and imprisoned at Fort Delaware.

                                                                                                                                                                                  

Peter William Wheeler – Cpl. Co. D, 10^th Virginia Infantry – 4^th Corporal Bridgewater Grays – wounded in leg on 3 Jul 1863 at Gettsyburg, PA – captured and taken to DeCamp General Hospital at David’s Island, NY – paroled from DeCamp General Hospital 22 Oct 1863.

Born: Sep 1838 Rockingham Co., VA

Died: 7 Jul 1914 Rockingham Co., VA

Burial: Briery Branch Church of the Brethren – Bridgewater, Rockingham Co., VA

Married 1st: 30 Oct 1861

Mary Ann Bryan

Born:

Died: prior to 1868

Married 2^nd: 15 Dec 1868

Catherine Jane Shaver

Born:

Died: 2 Nov 1875 – drown near head of Spring Creek, Rockingham Co., VA

Married 3^rd: 22 Feb 1880

Lydia Margaret Lee

Born: 1861

Died: 1885

Married 4^th: 6 Sep 1885

Miriah Jane Minnick Howdyshell

Born: 1848

Died: 1907

Children:

1.      1. Jacob R. Wheeler

 

Charles Will – Pvt. that was released from Fort Delaware.

Born: 26 Sep 1842

Died: 4 Jul 1886 Rockingham Co., VA