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Swann Family First off thanks for having a web site for all to enjoy. I am Raymond E. Swann great-grandson to Lewis Rolfe Swann, his last birth son Reason E.Swann, Reasons' first son Homer E. Swann my father. I have many records on Lewis and some headstone photos taken by someone and eventually forwarded to me. The Swann family cemetery includes Charlotte Berry, his first wife, Elizabeth Jane (Jane E.Green), His second wife (my great-grandmother), Gypsie (a few month old daughter). My understanding is the cemetery is near Swan Branch Road off of Brushy Creek Road. I have viewed many topographic maps of the area and found a cemetery just north of the road's intersection to the east (and uphill) and another to the west of the end of Swan Branch Road (up and over the hill ). Latitude and longitude coordinates work out good in today's computer age. Is there any one that could forward coordinates to me for the Swann cemetery. I am attaching the photos for placement on the web page. Also a book on the Swanns of Cabell County W.V. is attached (like you might need some more records) I am always confused on the spelling of Swan(n) on all of their records in Lawrence County. Civil War records always have SWAN, headstones have SWAN and SWANN Are there any biographies from in that area of Blain / Cordell in that time span? Photos & information contributed by Raymond E. Swann. swannphotography@bellsouth.net
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Bennett Wellman 1754 ~
1830.
According to Volume 1 of Lawrence County Cemeteries,
this stone is located in the Wellman Cemetery. The cemetery is
located at the southern part of Louisa (off Preece Street at Elouise) on
the waters of Lick Creek. Photo & information
contributed by Leonard
Wellman.
Fanny (Thompson)
Ball 1848 ~ 1902.
Fanny Thompson Ball, born July 20, 1848 and died May
22, 1902. Fanny was the only child born to Samuel Thompson, Sr. and his second
wife, Rhoda Bowling. Born at Mattie in Lawrence County, Fanny married on
August 2, 1866 to Greenville Ball, a son of John Ball and Mattie Large.
While still a child, in 1852 Samuel deeded to Fanny a 150 acre tract
of land located at the head of Mattie on Buck Branch. It was here that
Rhoda lived most of her remaining life and at her death Rhoda was buried
beside Samuel. Fanny and Green, as he was called, lived their life here and
it was here that their nine children were born. Fanny was laid to rest
only about fifteen feet from the father she never really knew and following
Green's death, he was buried beside Fanny on the farm that is now known as
"The Green Ball Farm", located at the head of Mattie, Lawrence County, KY.
Photo & information contributed by Ken
Thompson.
Sarah (Berry) Carter,
1842 ~ 1912.
Sarah
was born April 19, 1842 in Virginia, daughter of William M. Berry & Elizabeth
Burton. She married James William Carter on October 10, 1861 in Lawrence
County, KY. Sarah died on June 24, 1912 at Irad and is buried in the
Berry Cemetery. Photo contributed by Lennie
Carter & information taken from The Carter Family ~ The Genealogy
and Family History of the VIRGINIA CARTERS and their Migration to Lawrence
County, Kentucky, by Lennie M. Carter.
Jesse, 1860
~1925 & Mollie (Cyrus) Cordle, 1868 ~
1953.
Jesse H. Cordle ,Sr., born March 12, 1860 and died June
29, 1925. Mollie Cyrus Cordle, born June 30, 1868 and died {not on stone}
March 15, 1953. Jesse and Mollie are buried in the Amos H. Cordle (and Jane
Thompson) Cemetery located on the Rockhouse Fork on Brushy Creek, Lawrence
County,
KY. Photo &
information contributed by Ken Thompson.
Joseph Estep, 1847 ~
1887.
Joseph Estep, born January 25, 1847 Pike County, KY and died October 6,1887
Lawrence County, KY. He was a son of Emanuel Estep and Ellen Carter.
He married in Lawrence County, May 5, 1868, to Louisa Vanhoose, daughter
of Reuben Vanhoose and Ledosha Pack. Joseph served in Company
H., 39th. KY infantry during the Cival War. Photo &
information contributed by Ken Thompson.
Ardelia
(Bowling) Hayes, 1835 ~ 1911.
Second
wife of Bazeal Hayes. Located in the Hayes Cemetery on a hill across
from Mary Church . . . George's Creek in Charley.
Photo contributed by Joanne Elliott.
Bazeal
Hayes, 1806 ~ 1889.
Located in the Hayes Cemetery
on a hill across from Mary Church . . . George's Creek
in Charley. The second photo is of the new monument erected in 1998 that
includes the names of his two wifes and many children. Photos
contributed by Chuck Wallace.
John Hays (Hayes),
1832 ~ 1915 & Elizabeth (Thompson) Hays, 1832 ~ 1915.
Located
in the John Hayes Cemetery, near the John Hayes School above Charley.
Photo contributed by Chuck
Wallace.
Margaret (Carter)
Hayes, 1839~ 1912.
Second
wife of William Hayes. Located in the John Rice Hayes Cemetery.
Photo contributed by Chuck Wallace.
Sarah (Pack) Hayes,
1806 ~ CA. 1850.
First wife
of Bazeal Hayes. Located in the Hayes Cemetery on a hill across
from Mary Church . . . George's Creek in Charley.
Photo contributed by Chuck Wallace.
Arthur Kitchen,
1845 ~ 1930.
14th KY Infantry
~ Company B. He is buried in the Arthur
Kitchen Cemetery in Lawrence County. Photo contributed by
Lennie Carter.
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Henry
Clay Lemaster. Henry Clay Lemaster was born on Barnetts Creek in Johnson
County, Kentucky, on November 22, 1869. He was the son of James P. "Jimmy
Dick" and Mary Elizabeth Picklesimer. Henry married Martha Frazier, daughter
of James and Clovis Frazier on May 28, 1891. Martha was born April of 1874
in Scott County, Virginia. Later in life Henry married Rhoda Cook.
Henry and Martha had 6 children. Their names are: (1) James Asher born May 7, 1892, died October 13,1970, married Thursa MILLER. (2) Charley born July 9, 1894, died April 15,1937, married Elizabeth PERRY. (3) Daniel born May 27, 1897, died: February 24,1974, married Nola Mae MAYNARD. (4) Herbert born January 17, 1900, died June 11,1966, married Mabel Blanche VAUGHN. (5) Dolly Elizabeth born September 26, 1902, died April 21,1972, married Charley Lindsey Maynard. (6) Mallie Ellen born August 10, 1906, died October 28, 1972 married Wayne Edward Maynard (Charley Maynard's brother).
Henry C. and Martha moved their family to Joe's Fork in Lawrence County in 1917.
Henry was a farmer by trade. He was also a member of the United Baptist Church for 15 years.
Henry died January 14, 1949. Martha died January 8. 1934. Both are buried in Maynard Branch Cemetery on Maynard Branch near Clifford. Photo contributed by Donna Lemaster Fink with information taken from: "History of Lawrence County Kentucky," R. Tackett et al. (with permission of Beulah Lemaster Greene, author and granddaughter of Henry C. Lemaster) with additional information from "Lawrence County, KYCemeteries," Volume 2, M. E. Reid et al. 1996.
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James Asher & Thursa (Miller)
Lemaster. James Asher Lemaster was the eldest son of Henry Clay and
Martha (Frazier) Lemaster, born on 7 May 1892. James had three brothers and
two sisters. James lived his early life in Johnson County, Kentucky.
Sometime prior to 1920, James married Thursa MILLER, the eldest daughter--
and oldest of nine children -- of George W. and Dora Belle PACK Miller. (James
had a very brief previous marriage. We lack details on that marriage at this
time.)
James owned and operated a portable sawmill. However, James never learned to drive an automobile. He relied on his youngest daughter, Wanda Ward, or his son, James Edward, for transportation. His son attempted to teach James to drive once, very unsuccessfully. This may account for James' habit of occasionally hitting cars with canes as he walked the streets of Louisa, KY, later in life.
Martha Belle, the middle daughter, contracted tuberculosis. Likely due to this illness, James worked later in life as a boiler operator at the tuberculosis hospital in Ashland, KY. (Martha Belle lost her battles with the disease as a young adult.)
James and Thursa worshipped in the United Baptist Church. They lived next door to the Flattop Restaurant in Louisa. James preached the gospel during many services. After the morning service, James would ask many fellow worshippers to his home for a meal. Thursa would work the entire morning, often with her visiting grandchildren assisting, to prepare food for the visitors. Just as frequently, visitors would return for dinner prior to the evening service. Her work finished, Thursa -- and the grandchildren -- would accompany James to evening meeting.
James and Thursa lived their senior years with their eldest daughter, Dorothy Senters, in Ashland, KY. Both now rest in the Fairchild-Lemaster Cemetery near Louisa, KY ( Located off State Route #644, Lawrence Co., KY). Photo & information contributed by Donna Lemaster Fink.
Lucinda (Burgess Miller)
Moore , 1803 ~ 1881. Second wife of Captain William Moore. Located in
the Captain William Moore Cemetery, Mattie. Photo contributed
by Chuck Wallace.
Nancy (Thompson)
Moore , 1791 ~ Bef. May, 1824. Located
in the Captain William Moore Cemetery in Mattie.
Photo contributed by Chuck Wallace.
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