


THE TWEEDY FAMILY OF VIRGINIA
Part 3: Generations of Tweedys
First Generation [56]
1. Joseph Tweedy, born c. 1740; died 1810 in Campbell County, Va.; married
to Frances Williamson (daughter of Robert Williamson). Their children were:
1.1. Robert Tweedy
1.2. Nancy Tweedy
1.3. John A. Tweedy
1.4. Abednego Tweedy
1.5. Mary Tweedy
1.6. Keziah Tweedy
1.7. Elizabeth Tweedy
1.8. Joseph Tweedy Jr.
Second Generation
1.1. Robert Tweedy (son of Joseph Tweedy and Frances Williamson), born c.
1762; died 1850 in Campbell County, Va.; marriage bond 27 April 1805 to
Susana Rosser (born 1773, the daughter of David Rosser and Nancy Ann Young;
died 29 August 1844 in Campbell County, Va.). Their children were:
1.1.1. Levica Tweedy
1.1.2. Thirza Tweedy
1.1.3. Allen Tweedy
1.1.4. Bennet H. Tweedy
1.1.5. Smith Payne Tweedy
1.2. Nancy Tweedy (daughter of Joseph Tweedy and Frances Williamson),
married 5 March 1792 in Campbell County, Va., to Thomas Oglesby Rosser (born
1768, the son of Jonathan Rosser and Elizabeth Oglesby; died 1847). Their
children were:
1.2.1. Jabez Rosser
1.2.2. Joel Rosser
1.2.3. Elizabeth Rosser
1.2.4. Mary T. Rosser
1.2.5. Frances Rosser
1.2.6. Pleasant B. Rosser
1.2.7. Martha Rosser
1.2.8. Ann Rosser
1.2.9. Dorothy Rosser
1.2.10. Catherine Rosser
1.2.11. Thomas H. Rosser
1.2.12. John Rosser
1.2.13. Louisa Rosser
1.2.14. David H. Rosser
1.3. John A. Tweedy (son of Joseph Tweedy and Frances Williamson), married
30 June 1803 in Campbell County, Va., to Polly Arrington.
1.4. Abednego Tweedy (son of Joseph Tweedy and Frances Williamson), married
Elizabeth _____ ; moved to Madison County, Ala.
1.5. Mary "Polly" Tweedy (daughter of Joseph Tweedy and Frances Williamson),
married 20 August 1796 in Campbell County, Va., to John W. Cocke (son
of George Cocke and Agnes _____; died 22 May 1821). Among their children
was:
1.6. Kaziah Tweedy (daughter of Joseph Tweedy and Frances Williamson),
married 11 February 1811 in Campbell County, Va., to Richard H. Callaham
(born 29 September 1797, the son of David Callaham and Catherine Hightower;
died 10 January 1848). They had no children.
1.7. Elizabeth "Betsy" Tweedy (daughter of Joseph Tweedy and Frances
Williamson), married to _____ Coleman.
1.8. Joseph Tweedy Jr. (son of Joseph Tweedy and Frances Williamson),
married 22 September 1791 in Campbell County, Va., to Elizabeth Franklin
(daughter of Owen Franklin and Elizabeth Steele). Their children were:
1.8.1. Nancy Tweedy
1.8.2. Paschal J. Tweedy
1.8.3. Wyatt F. Tweedy
1.8.4. Elizabeth W. Tweedy
1.8.5. Mary North Tweedy
1.8.6. Martha A. Tweedy
Third Generation
1.1.1. Levica "Vicey" Tweedy (daughter of Robert Tweedy and Susana Rosser),
born c. 1795; died 1822; married 1812 to John "Jack" Rosser [See 1.2.12.].
1.1.2. Thirza Tweedy (daughter of Robert Tweedy and Susana Rosser), born
c. 1797; married in 1823 to John "Jack" Rosser (her sister's widower)
[See 1.2.12.].
1.1.3. Allen Tweedy (son of Robert Tweedy and Susana Rosser), born 24 July
1799 in Campbell County, Va.; died 21 September 1878 in Campbell County,
Va.; buried in Tweedy family cemetery, Button Creek, Campbell County, Va.;
married 29 April 1824 in Campbell County, Va., to Martha Ann Rosser (born 27
December 1808 in Campbell County, Va., the daughter of John Rosser and Nancy
Wood; died 29 November 1889; buried in Tweedy family cemetery, Button Creek,
Campbell County, Va.). Their children were:
1.1.3.1. John Rosser Tweedy
1.1.3.2. Ann Moseley Tweedy
1.1.3.3. Elizabeth Susan Tweedy
1.1.3.4. Mary Frances Tweedy
1.1.3.5. Robert William Tweedy
1.1.3.6. Virginia Adeline Tweedy
1.1.3.7. Jane Helen Tweedy
1.1.3.8. Edmond Alexander Tweedy
1.1.3.9. Smith Payne Tweedy
1.1.3.10. George Dabney Tweedy
1.1.3.11. Ralph Eldridge Tweedy
1.1.3.12. Laura Evelyn Tweedy
1.1.3.13. Joseph Walton Tweedy
1.1.4. Bennet H. Tweedy (son of Robert Tweedy and Susana Rosser), born c.
1801 in Campbell County, Va.; died 1887; married 12 July 1822 to Martha
Mathews (born 1806, the daughter of William W. Mathews and Sarah Davenport).
Their children were:
1.1.4.1. Robert Clinton Tweedy
1.1.4.2. William Tweedy
1.1.4.3. Richard D. Tweedy
1.1.4.4. Ann G. Tweedy
1.1.4.5. Joseph B. Tweedy
1.1.4.6. Fayette Bennet Tweedy
1.1.4.7. Ferdinand Tweedy
1.1.4.8. Avada Tweedy
1.1.4.9. Martin P. Tweedy
1.1.4.10. Henry C. Tweedy
1.1.4.11. Ballard L. Tweedy
1.1.4.12. Edwin Tweedy
1.1.5. Smith Payne Tweedy (son of Robert Tweedy and Susana Rosser), born c.
1812; married 22 January 1848 to Martha A. North (born 1829, the daughter of
Thomas A. North). Their children were:
1.1.5.1. Emmett Filmore Tweedy
1.1.5.2. Robert O. Tweedy
Smith Payne Tweedy married 14 February 1853 to his cousin, Angeline
Rosser [See 1.2.2.6.]. They had a son:
Smith Payne Tweedy married 13 December 1854 to Elizabeth Ann
Ferguson. Their children were:
1.1.5.4. John William Tweedy
1.1.5.5. Raleigh Tweedy
1.1.5.6. George Thornhill Tweedy
1.1.5.7. Rosa Frances Tweedy
1.2.1. Jabez Rosser (son of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy Tweedy), born
c. 1818; married Susan _____; lived in Georgia.
1.2.2. Joel Rosser (son of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy Tweedy), born
1796; married 14 September 1814 to Nancy Glass. Their children were:
1.2.2.1. _____
1.2.2.2. _____
1.2.2.3. _____
1.2.2.4. Albert B. Rosser
1.2.2.5. Spotswood H. Rosser
1.2.2.6. Angeline Rosser
1.2.2.7. Granville D. Rosser
1.2.2.8. Ann R. Rosser
1.2.2.9. Alfred S. Rosser
1.2.3. Elizabeth Rosser (daughter of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy
Tweedy), died in childhood 20 July 1826.
1.2.4. Mary T. Rosser (daughter of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy Tweedy),
married 23 January 1829 to Samuel Tinsley.
1.2.5. Frances Rosser (daughter of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy Tweedy),
married 22 April 1824 to John Robertson.
1.2.6. Pleasant B. Rosser (son of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy Tweedy),
born 1807; died 1882; married 10 March 1834 in Campbell County, Va., to
Judith Pernett Arnold (born 13 June 1816, the daughter of John Arnold). Their
children were:
1.2.6.1. Thomas W. Rosser
1.2.6.2. Jabez Reid Rosser
1.2.6.3. Zorada F. Rosser
1.2.6.4. Charles H. Rosser
1.2.6.5. Bettie Rosser
1.2.6.6. William M. Rosser
1.2.6.7. Emma V. Rosser
Pleasant B. Rosser married 28 May 1873 to Sallie S. _____ (Stone),
widow of Charles Stone.
1.2.7. Martha Rosser (daughter of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy Tweedy),
twin of Ann Rosser; married 18 January 1841 to Anthony G. Tinsley.
1.2.8. Ann "Nancy" Rosser (daughter of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy
Tweedy), twin of Martha Rosser; married 11 September 1848 to William McCabe.
1.2.9. Dorothy "Dolly" Rosser (daughter of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy
Tweedy), married 9 December 1828 to Thomas Walker.
1.2.10. Catherine Rosser (daughter of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy
Tweedy), married 13 November 1834 to Charles King.
1.2.11. Thomas H. Rosser (son of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy Tweedy),
born c. 1814; died c. 1891; married to Martha Jane Gilbert (born 1820 in
Pittsylvania County, Va.). Their children were:
1.2.11.1. George Thomas Rosser
1.2.11.2. Walter Cornelius Rosser
1.2.11.3. John G. Rosser
1.2.12. John "Jack" Rosser (son of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy Tweedy),
born c. 1792; married 4 December 1812 to his first cousin, Levica "Vicey"
Tweedy [See 1.1.1.]. Their children were:
1.2.12.1. Roselind Rosser
1.2.12.2. Thirza Rosser
1.2.12.3. Susan Rosser
1.2.12.4. Ann Eliza Rosser
1.2.12.5. Octavia Rosser
John "Jack" Rosser married in 1823 to his first wife's sister, Thirza
Tweedy [See 1.1.2.]. Their children were:
1.2.12.6. Martha Jane Rosser
1.2.12.7. Betsy Ann Rosser
1.2.12.8. Robert Seaton Rosser
1.2.12.9. Justina Rosser
1.2.12.10. Catherine Rosser
1.2.12.11. Thirza Tweedy Rosser
John "Jack" Rosser married 28 May 1834 to Martha Melvina Johnson
(daughter of Thomas Johnson and Mahala Hargrave). Their children
were:
1.2.12.12. Milicent F. Rosser
1.2.12.13. Thomas Lafayette Rosser
1.2.12.14. Florence Rosser
1.2.12.15. John Rosser
1.2.12.16. James Rosser
1.2.12.17. William Edward Rosser
1.2.12.18. Lysander Rosser
John "Jack" Rosser married an Arkansas widow, whose name is not
known. They probably moved from Texas to Arkansas.
1.2.13. Louisa Rosser (daughter of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy Tweedy),
married 4 January 1848 to Benjamin Hubbard.
1.2.14. David H. Rosser (son of Thomas Oglesby Rosser and Nancy Tweedy).
1.5.1. Lineas Cocke (son of John W. Cocke and Mary Tweedy), married 1830
to Louisa Overall Among their children was:
1.5.1.1. John Walter Cocke
1.8.1. Nancy Tweedy (daughter of Joseph Tweedy Jr. and Elizabeth
Franklin), born c. 1795 in Campbell Co., Va.; died c. 1881 in Tennessee;
married Thomas Ferguson (born c. 1795 in Virginia; died in Dyer
Co., Tenn.) Their children were:
1.8.1.1. _____ Ferguson
1.8.1.2. _____ Ferguson
1.8.1.3. Wyatt Ferguson
1.8.1.4. Mary Ferguson
1.8.2. Paschal J. Tweedy (son of Joseph Tweedy Jr. and Elizabeth
Franklin), died 25 November 1832 in Haywood Co. Tenn.
1.8.3. Wyatt F. Tweedy (son of Joseph Tweedy Jr. and Elizabeth
Franklin), born 1800; married Mary _____.
1.8.4. Elizabeth W. Tweedy (daughter of Joseph Tweedy Jr. and Elizabeth
Franklin), married 12 March 1818 in Rutherford Co., Tenn., to James B.
Connelly.
1.8.5. Mary North Tweedy (daughter of Joseph Tweedy Jr. and Elizabeth
Franklin), born 17 April 1807; died 17 March 1847 in Williamson County,
Tenn.; married 14 September, 1822 in Rutherford County, Tenn., to Joseph C.
Dobson (born c. 1795; died 1873 in Dickson, Dickson County, Tenn.). Among
their children was:
1.8.5.1. George Pascal Dobson
1.8.6. Martha A. Tweedy (daughter of Joseph Tweedy Jr. and Elizabeth
Franklin) married 14 November 1826 to Thomas Miller.
Fourth Generation
1.1.3.1. John Rosser Tweedy (son of Allen Tweedy and Martha Ann Rosser),
born 1826; died in Texas of an insect bite; buried in Texas; married 3
September 1852 to Elizabeth A. Sears. Their children were:
1.1.3.1.1. Martha Susan Tweedy
1.1.3.1.2. John Rosser Tweedy Jr.
1.1.3.2. Ann Moseley Tweedy (daughter of Allen Tweedy and Martha Ann
Rosser), born 1827; died 1890; married 4 December 1847 to Jeremiah M. Sears
(born 1824; died 1857). Their children were:
1.1.3.2.1. Emma F. Sears
1.1.3.2.2. Lucy Alice Sears
1.1.3.2.1. John Alan Sears
1.1.3.2.4. Jerre E. Sears
1.1.3.2.5. Ann E. Sears
1.1.3.3. Elizabeth Susan Tweedy (daughter of Allen Tweedy and Martha Ann
Rosser), born 1830 in Campbell County, Va.; married 27 September 1853 to her
first cousin, William Tweedy [See 1.1.4.2.].
1.1.3.4. Mary Frances Tweedy (daughter of Allen Tweedy and Martha Ann
Rosser), born 1832; married 18 December 1850 to William A. Jenkins. Their
children included:
1.1.3.4.1. Joel W. Jenkins
1.1.3.4.2. Robert Smith Jenkins
1.1.3.4.3. Obi Jenkins
1.1.3.4.4. Pinky Jenkins
1.1.3.4.5. Emma Jenkins
1.1.3.5. Robert William Tweedy (son of Allen Tweedy and Martha Ann Rosser),
born 1833; died 25 March 1865 at Ft. Stedman, Va., while serving in the 13th
Virginia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia; buried Tweedy family
cemetery, Button Creek, Campbell County, Va.; married to Ann Jones. Their
children were:
1.1.3.5.1. Thomas Tweedy
1.1.3.5.2. Willie Ann Tweedy
1.1.3.6. Virginia Adeline Tweedy (daughter of Allen Tweedy and Martha Ann
Rosser), born 16 April 1836; died 18 December 1920; buried in New Concord
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married 14 November 1855
to Isaac Martin "Ike" Rucker (born 25 May 1809, the son of Reuben Rucker and
Elizabeth Carter Damson; died 29 December 1889; buried in New Concord
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.).
1.1.3.7. Jane Helen Tweedy (daughter of Allen Tweedy and Martha Ann Rosser),
born 1838; married to Stratton Whitlow. They had a son who died young.
1.1.3.8. Edmond Alexander Tweedy (son of Allen Tweedy and Martha Ann
Rosser), born 23 May 1840, twin brother of Smith Payne Tweedy; married to
Mary "Polly" Sears of Appomattox County, Va.; lived and died in Valley
Mills, Tex. Their children were:
1.1.3.8.1. Dabney Tweedy
1.1.3.8.2. John Tweedy
1.1.3.8.3. Edmond Alexander Tweedy Jr.
1.1.3.8.4. Susan Tweedy
1.1.3.8.5. Martha Tweedy
1.1.3.8.6. Mary Tweedy
1.1.3.8.7. Smith Tweedy
1.1.3.9. Smith Payne Tweedy (son of Allen Tweedy and Martha Ann Rosser),
born 23 May 1840, twin brother of Edmond Alexander Tweedy; died 26 September
1921; married 6 November 1867 to Sarah Ann Franklin (Carson) (born 29 July
1835; died 23 May 1925). Their children were:
1.1.3.9.1. Dabney Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2. Eddie Carson Tweedy
1.1.3.9.3. Martha Ann Rosser Tweedy
1.1.3.10. George Dabney Tweedy (son of Allen Tweedy and Martha Ann Rosser),
born c. 1842; killed in battle 3 July 1863 in Pickett's Charge during the
Battle of Gettysburg while serving in the 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment,
Army of Northern Virginia; buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Va.
1.1.3.11. Ralph Eldridge "Bose" Tweedy (son of Allen Tweedy and Martha Ann
Rosser), born 1845; married to Sarah "Sallie" Cheatham (born 18 March 1842;
died 26 July 1931). They lived and are buried in Valley Mills, Tex. They had
a son.
1.1.3.12. Laura Evelyn "Missy" Tweedy (daughter of Allen Tweedy and Martha
Ann Rosser), born 26 April 1848; died 2 September 1898; buried in Tweedy
family cemetery, Button Creek, Campbell County, Va..; married to David Reese
"Tiny" Evans (buried in Tweedy family cemetery, Button Creek, Campbell
County, Va.)
1.1.3.13. Joseph Walton Tweedy (son of Allen Tweedy and Martha Ann Rosser),
born 1849; died 1906; buried in family cemetery, Appomattox County, Va.;
married to Lucy Ann Bernard (born 1853, the daughter of Charlie Bernard and
Sarah E. Coleman; died 1935). Their children were:
1.1.3.13.1 Walton Tweedy
1.1.3.13.2. Lelia Tweedy
1.1.3.13.3. Charlie Tweedy
1.1.3.13.4. Annie Tweedy
1.1.3.13.5. John Allen Tweedy
1.1.3.13.6. Mary Sears Tweedy
1.1.3.13.7. Joseph Conor Tweedy
1.1.3.13.8. Laura Tweedy
1.1.4.1. Robert Clinton Tweedy (son of Bennet Tweedy and Martha Mathews),
born 1824 in Campbell County, Va.; died 4 August 1902; buried in family
cemetery, Route 806, Campbell County, Va.;married 20 December 1847 to Martha
Jane Reynolds (born c. 1829, the daughter of James Reynolds and Martha
Rosser). Their children were:
1.1.4.1.1. Robert Clinton Tweedy Jr.
1.1.4.1.2. Martha Susan Tweedy
1.1.4.1.3. Robert Tipton Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4. James Benjamin Tweedy
1.1.4.2. William Tweedy (son of Bennet Tweedy and Martha Mathews), born
1827; married 27 September 1853 to his first cousin, Elizabeth Susan Tweedy
[See 1.1.3.3.] Their children were:
1.1.4.2.1. Crawford Smith Tweedy
1.1.4.2.2. Bennet Hunter Tweedy
1.1.4.2.3. Martha Fetna Tweedy
1.1.4.2.4. Sallie Ann Tweedy
1.1.4.2.5. George Dabney Tweedy
1.1.4.3. Richard D. Tweedy (son of Bennet Tweedy and Martha Matthews), born
c. 1830.
1.1.4.4. Ann Glover Tweedy (daughter of Bennet Tweedy and Martha Matthews),
born 1832; married 24 April 1852 to William C. Matthews.
1.1.4.5. Joseph Tweedy (son of Bennet Tweedy and Martha Matthews), born c.
1834; never married.
1.1.4.6. Fayette Bennett Tweedy (son of Bennet Tweedy and Martha Matthews),
born c. 1836 in Campbell County, Va.; died April 1864 in Plymouth, N.C.,
presumably in battle, while serving in the 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment,
Army of Northern Virginia; never married.
1.1.4.7. Ferdinand Tweedy (son of Bennet Tweedy and Martha Matthews), born
c. 1838; buried in New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.;
married 10 May 1870 to Mollie Edward Howard. Lived near Bear Creek,
Campbell County, Va. Served in Co. C, 11th Virginia Infantry, Army of
Northern Virginia. Their children were:
1.1.4.7.1. Thomas B. Tweedy
1.1.4.7.2. Walter H. Tweedy
1.1.4.7.3. Glover D. Tweedy
1.1.4.7.4. Oden Clay Tweedy
1.1.4.7.5. Lulu Tweedy
1.1.4.7.6. Martha Tweedy
1.1.4.7.7. Jason Tweedy
1.1.4.7.8. Julius Androssia Tweedy
1.1.4.8. Avada "Ada" Tweedy (daughter of Bennet Tweedy and Martha
Matthews), born c. 1840; never married.
1.1.4.9. Martin P. Tweedy (son of Bennet Tweedy and Martha Matthews), born
c. 1842.
1.1.4.10. Henry G. Tweedy (son of Bennet Tweedy and Martha Matthews), c.
1844.
1.1.4.11. Ballard L. "Tobe" Tweedy (son of Bennet Tweedy and Martha
Matthews), born 1846; married 1 November 1876 to Sarah R. Stinnett.
1.1.4.12. Edwin "Bun" Tweedy (son of Bennet Tweedy and Martha Matthews),
born 1849; married to Nancy Franklin. Their children included:
1.1.4.12.1. Washington Tweedy
1.1.4.12.2. Edwin Tweedy
1.1.4.12.3. William Tweedy
1.1.4.12.4. Charlie Tweedy
1.1.4.12.5. Wesley Tweedy
1.1.4.12.6. Nash Tweedy
1.1.4.12.7. Lulu Tweedy
1.1.5.1. Emmett Filmore Tweedy (son of Smith Payne Tweedy and Martha A.
North), born 20 November 1848; died 22 June 1924; buried in Early's Chapel
Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married 21 January 1874 to Nancy Mae
"Nannie" Jones (born 4 May 1854; died 19 June 1921; buried in Early's Chapel
Church Cemetery. They had 16 children, the last when she was 55:
1.1.5.1.1. William Otey Tweedy
1.1.5.1.2. Mattie Tweedy
1.1.5.1.3. Oscar Lawrence Tweedy
1.1.5.1.4. Anna Walker Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5. Robert Smith Tweedy
1.1.5.1.6. Loula May Tweedy
1.1.5.1.7. Palmer Tweedy
1.1.5.1.8. John Wesley Tweedy
1.1.5.1.9. Hallie Burton Tweedy
1.1.5.1.10. Clarence Filmore Tweedy
1.1.5.1.11. Lizzie Tweedy
1.1.5.1.12. Lillian Tweedy
1.1.5.1.13. Nannie Katherine Tweedy
1.1.5.1.14. Infant
1.1.5.1.15. Infant
1.1.5.1.16. Infant
1.1.5.2. Robert O. Tweedy (son of Smith Payne Tweedy and Martha A. North),
born 1850; buried in Appomattox County, Va.; married to Mary "Molly" Bernard.
Their children were:
1.1.5.2.1. Elizabeth Tweedy
1.1.5.2.2. Evie Tweedy
1.1.5.2.3. Emmet Price Tweedy
1.1.5.2.4. Artie Smith Tweedy
1.1.5.2.5. Mary Ethel Tweedy
1.1.5.2.6. Ura Tweedy
1.1.5.3. Floyd Tweedy (son of Smith Payne Tweedy and Angeline Rosser), born
1854; married to Lillie Nash. They had two daughters.
1.1.5.4. John William Tweedy (son of Smith Payne Tweedy and Elizabeth Ann
Ferguson), born 18 December 1856; died 20 November 1925; buried in New
Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married to Florence
Arnold Rosser born 17 February 1867; died 15 September 1955; buried in New
Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.;). Their children
were:
1.1.5.4.1. John Randolph Tweedy
1.1.5.4.2. Walter Smith Tweedy
1.1.5.4.3. Vivian Tweedy
1.1.5.4.4. Gladys Tweedy
1.1.5.4.5. Katy Tweedy
1.1.5.4.6. Clyde Tweedy
1.1.5.4.7. Carleton Tweedy
1.1.5.5. Raleigh Tweedy (son of Smith Payne Tweedy and Elizabeth Ann
Ferguson), born 1858; died young.
1.1.5.6. George Thornhill Tweedy (son of Smith Payne Tweedy and Elizabeth
Ann Ferguson), born 1860; married 13 December 1882 to Emma John Moore. They
had a son:
1.1.5.6.1. Clayton Burton Tweedy
George Thornhill Tweedy married to Ossie Virginia Hendricks (died at
age 82; buried in Bethany Methodist Church Cemetery, Campbell County,
Va.) Their children were:
1.1.5.6.2. Elinor Tweedy
1.1.5.6.3. Nancy Elizabeth Tweedy
1.1.5.7. Rosa Frances Tweedy (son of Smith Payne Tweedy and Elizabeth Ann
Ferguson), born 1862; married to Raleigh D. Abbitt (born 1855; died 1927).
Their children were:
1.1.5.7.1. Sue Abbitt
1.1.5.7.2. George R. Abbitt
1.1.5.7.3. Bettie Abbitt
1.1.5.7.4. Lillie Abbitt
1.1.5.7.5. Laura Livert Abbitt
1.1.5.7.6. Colyer Abbitt
1.1.5.7.7. Robert Abbitt
1.1.5.7.8. Walter Abbitt
1.1.5.7.9. Bernard Abbitt
1.2.2.1. _____ (daughter of Joel Rosser and Nancy Glass), married _____
Creasey. They had a child:
1.2.2.1.1. Francis Creasey
1.2.2.2. _____ (daughter of Joel Rosser and Nancy Glass), married to _____
Tweedy. They had a child:
1.2.2.3. _____ (daughter of Joel Rosser and Nancy Glass), married to
_____ Wilkerson. They had a child:
1.2.2.3.1. James Wilkerson
1.2.2.4. Albert B. Rosser (son of Joel Rosser and Nancy Glass), born 1827;
married 17 October 1866 to Nancy F. Bailey. Their children were:
1.2.2.4.1. George W. Rosser
1.2.2.4.2. John W. Rosser
1.2.2.5. Spotswood H. Rosser (son of Joel Rosser and Nancy Glass), died c.
1845; married to Mary _____. They had a daughter:
1.2.2.5.1. Cornelia F. Rosser
1.2.2.6. Angeline Rosser (daughter of Joel Rosser and Nancy Glass), born
1829; married 14 February 1853 to her cousin, Smith Payne Tweedy
[See 1.1.5.]
1.2.2.7. Granville D. Rosser (son of Joel Rosser and Nancy Glass), born
1833; mortally wounded in action 5 May 1862 at Williamsburg, Va., while
serving in Co. C, 11th Virginia Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia; died 18
May 1862 in Lynchburg, Va.
1.2.2.8. Ann Rebecca Rosser (daughter of Joel Rosser and Nancy Glass), born
1835; married 31 January 1860 to Fulton Walthall.
1.2.2.9. Alfred S. Rosser (son of Joel Rosser and Nancy Glass), born 1845;
mortally wounded in action 16 May 1864 at Drewy's Bluff while serving in Co.
C, 11th Virginia Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia; died 21 May 1864 in
Richmond, Va..
1.2.6.1. Thomas W. Rosser (son of Pleasant B. Rosser and Judith Pernett
Arnold), born c. 1837; served in Co. C, 11th Virginia Infantry, Army of
Northern Virginia; mustered out in 1863 due to heart disease. He was
described in military records as 5-foot, 9-inches tall, fair complexion,
brown eyes and dark hair.
1.2.6.2. Jabez Reid Rosser (son of Pleasant B. Rosser and Judith Pernett
Arnold), born c. 1840; served in Co. C, 11th Virginia Infantry, Army of
Northern Virginia; moved to Hardin County, Ky., after 1870; married 4
December 1867 in Campbell County, Va., to Sarah E. Jones. Their children
were:
1.2.6.2.1. Walker Lee Rosser
1.2.6.2.2. Jasper Jones Rosser
1.2.6.2.3. Charles Rosser
1.2.6.2.4. Otis Lugher Rosser
1.2.6.2.5. Lula Belle Rosser
1.2.6.2.6. Virgil Rosser
1.2.6.2.7. Nettie Rosser
1.2.6.2.8. Myrtle Rosser
1.2.6.3. Zorada F. Rosser (daughter of Pleasant B. Rosser and Judith
Pernett Arnold), born 1842; married 13 December 1865 to James A. LeGrand
(son of Madison LeGrand of Appomattox).
1.2.6.4. Charles H. Rosser (son of Pleasant B. Rosser and Judith Pernett
Arnold), born 1846; died 11 February 1904; married 6 February 1867 to Bettie
S. Andrews. Their children were:
1.2.6.4.1. Lelia B. Rosser
1.2.6.4.2. Emmett Rosser
Charles H. Rosser married 9 April 1879 to Emma E. Miles (born 21
June 1857; died July 1945). Their children were:
1.2.6.4.3. Randolph Rosser
1.2.6.4.4. Frank Wilmer Rosser
1.2.6.4.5. Volney Rosser
1.2.6.4.6. Edgar R. Rosser
1.2.6.4.7. Annie Rosser
1.2.6.4.8. Bessie Rosser
1.2.6.4.9. Susie Rosser
1.2.6.5. Bettie Rosser (daughter of Pleasant B. Rosser and Judith Pernett
Arnold), born 1847.
1.2.6.6. William M. Rosser (son of Pleasant B. Rosser and Judith Pernett
Arnold), born 1851; married to Rebecca Jane _____. Their children were:
1.2.6.6.1. Angeline W. Rosser
1.2.6.6.2. William W. Rosser
1.2.6.6.3. Rebecca W. Rosser
1.2.6.7. Emma V. Rosser (daughter of Pleasant B. Rosser and Judith Pernett
Arnold), born c. 1858; married to Henry Sharp.
1.2.11.1. George Thomas Rosser (son of Thomas H. Rosser and Martha Jane
Gilbert), born 7 December 1842; died 1929; buried in Tweedy family cemetery,
Route 806, Campbell County, Va.; served in Co. C, 11th Virginia Infantry,
Army of Northern Virginia; married 7 September 1871 to Keziah "Kizzie"
Penick Arnold (born 21 March 1846, the daughter of Delaney Reid Arnold;
died March 1937). Their children were:
1.2.11.1.1. Reid Arnold Rosser
1.2.11.1.2. Callie Brandon Rosser
1.2.11.1.3. John Leonidas Rosser
1.2.11.1.4. Ernest L. Rosser
1.2.11.1.5. Brownie Myrtle Rosser
1.2.11.2. Walter Cornelius Rosser (son of Thomas H. Rosser and Martha Jane
Gilbert), born 27 January 1844; died 11 March 1926; buried in New Chapel
Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; served in Co. C, 11th
Virginia Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia; wounded in the left arm and
side 5 May 1862 at Williamsburg, Va.; married 24 January 1866 to Katherine
L. Arnold (born 21 October 1843, the daughter of Delaney Reid Arnold; died
16 March 1927; buried in New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell
County, Va.). Their children were:
1.2.11.2.1. Florence A. Rosser
1.2.11.2.2. Annie B. Rosser
1.2.11.2.3. Mary J. Rosser
1.2.11.2.4. _____ Rosser
1.2.11.2.5. Walter Cornelius Rosser Jr.
1.2.11.3. John G. Rosser (son of Thomas H. Rosser and Martha Jane Gilbert),
born 1847; died 1863.
1.2.12.1. Roselind Rosser (daughter of John "Jack" Rosser and Levica
Tweedy), born 1813; died in infancy.
1.2.12.2. Thirza Rosser (daughter of John "Jack" Rosser and Levica Tweedy),
born 24 October 1814 in Campbell County, Va.; died 15 December 1898 in
Huntsville, Randolph County, Ind.; married 19 December 1839 in Campbell
County, Va., to William Butler.
1.2.12.3. Susan Rosser (daughter of John "Jack" Rosser and Levica Tweedy),
married to _____ Harris.
1.2.12.4. Ann Eliza Rosser (daughter of John "Jack" Rosser and Levica
Tweedy), died in infancy.
1.2.12.5. Octavia Rosser (daughter of John "Jack" Rosser and Levica Tweedy),
married 9 September 1840 to William L. Burge; married to _____ Swinney.
1.2.12.6. Martha Jane Rosser (daughter of John "Jack" Rosser and Thirza
Tweedy), born 1824; married 23 May 1840 to William H. Swinney.
1.2.12.7. Betsy Ann Rosser (daughter of John "Jack" Rosser and Thirza
Tweedy), born 1826; married February 1844 to Raleigh Whitehead.
1.2.12.8. Robert Seaton Rosser (son of John "Jack" Rosser and Thirza
Tweedy), born 20 December 1827; served as deputy sheriff under his father;
married 1850 to _____. They had a daughter:
Robert Seaton Rosser married 1859 in Fort Smith, Ark., to Elizabeth
Dillard (Simpson) (daughter of John Dillard of Fort Smith, Ark.;
widow of James A. Simpson). Their children were:
1.2.12.8.2. Roberta Lee Rosser
1.2.12.9. Justina Rosser (daughter of John "Jack" Rosser and Thirza Tweedy),
born 1830; twin of Catherine Rosser; married to _____ Jamison.
1.2.12.10. Catherine Rosser (daughter of John "Jack" Rosser and Thirza
Tweedy), born 1831; twin of Justina Rosser; married to William A. Cooper of
Panola, Tex. (After her husband died, she came back to Virginia to live with
her uncle, Allen Tweedy until her death.) Their children were:
1.2.12.10.1. Oscar Henry Cooper
1.2.12.10.2. Oma Cooper
1.2.12.11. Thirza Tweedy Rosser (daughter of John "Jack" Rosser and Thirza
Tweedy), born 1832.
1.2.12.12. Milicent Fyke Rosser (daughter of John "Jack" Rosser and Martha
Melvina Johnson).
1.2.12.13. Thomas Lafayette Rosser (son of John "Jack" Rosser and Martha
Melvina Johnson), born 15 October 1836; died 29 March 1910 in
Charlottesville, Va.; major general in the Army of Northern Virginia;
married 28 May 1863 to Elizabeth Barbara Winston (daughter of William
Overton Winston and Sarah Ann Gregory). Their children were:
1.2.12.13.1. Sarah Overton Rosser
1.2.12.13.2. Thomas Lafayette Rosser Jr.
1.2.12.13.3. William Overton Rosser
1.2.12.13.4. John Pelham Rosser
1.2.12.13.5. Elizabeth Florence Rosser
1.2.12.13.6. Marguerite Rosser
1.2.12.14. Janet Florence Rosser (daughter of John "Jack" Rosser and Martha
Melvina Johnson), married to Frank Henderson of Erath County, Tex.
1.2.12.15. John Rosser (son of John "Jack" Rosser and Martha Melvina
Johnson), twin of James Rosser; a surgeon; served in Randall's Texas
Regiment during Civil War; lived in Brainerd, Minn.
1.2.12.16. James Rosser (son of John "Jack" Rosser and Martha Melvina
Johnson), twin of John Rosser; died 1870 in Shreveport, La.
1.2.12.17. William Edward Rosser (son of John "Jack" Rosser and Martha
Melvina Johnson), married to Frances Hudson. Their children were:
1.2.12.17.1. Mary Rosser
1.2.12.17.2. Malcolm Edward Rosser
1.2.12.17.3. Obeira Rosser
1.2.12.17.4. John Thomas Rosser
1.2.12.17.5. Florence Rosser
1.2.12.17.6. Olga Rosser
1.2.12.17.7. Annie Rosser
1.2.12.18. Lysander Rosser (son of John "Jack" Rosser and Martha Melvina
Johnson), died in childhood.
1.5.1.1. John Walter Cocke (son of Lineas Cocke and Louisa Overall),
born 15 May 1835 in Wilson, Tenn.; died 8 Jan. 1838 in McLennan Co., Tex.;
married in 1866 in Harris Co., Tex., to Edith Augusta Duer (born 13
July 1845; died 1 Feb. 1893). Among their children was:
1.5.1.1.1. John Walter Cocke
1.8.5.1. George Pascal Dobson (son of Joseph C. Dobson and Mary North
Tweedy), born 10 September 1836 in Tennessee; died 31 December 1904 in
Dickson, Dickson County, Tenn.; married 20 January 1861 in Shelbyville,
Bedford County, Tenn., to Martha "Mattie" Gabbert (born 18 February 1843
in Bartholomew County, Ind.; died 4 December 1905 in Dickson, Dickson
County, Tenn.). Their children were:
1.8.5.1.1. Joseph Benton Dobson
1.8.5.1.2. William Hugh Dobson
1.8.5.1.3. Beulah Dobson
1.8.5.1.4. George Pascal Dobson Jr.
1.8.5.1.5. Henry Ernest Dobson
Fifth Generation
1.1.3.2.1. Emma F. Sears (daughter of Jeremiah M. Sears and Ann Moseley
Tweedy), born 1850.
1.1.3.2.2. Lucy Alice Sears (daughter of Jeremiah M. Sears and Ann Moseley
Tweedy), born 1852; died 1928; married to Richard Floyd Burke (born 1851;
died 1924). Their children were:
1.1.3.2.2.1. Sallie Burke
1.1.3.2.2.2. William Hallowell Burke
1.1.3.2.2.3. Richard Leigh Burke
1.1.3.2.2.4. Vara Burke
1.1.3.2.2.5. Alice Floyd Burke
1.1.3.2.2.6. Martha Elizabeth Burke
1.1.3.2.2.7. Eula May Burke
1.1.3.2.2.8. Jerry Allen Burke
1.1.3.2.3. John Alan Sears (son of Jeremiah M. Sears and Ann Moseley
Tweedy), born 1853; died 1923; married to his first cousin, Willie Ann
Tweedy [See 1.1.3.5.2.]; married to Alice Urquhart; a telegraph operator at
Appomattox Courthouse, Va.
1.1.3.2.4. Jerre E. Sears (son of Jeremiah M. Sears and Ann Moseley
Tweedy), born 1857.
1.1.3.2.5. Ann E. Sears (daughter of Jeremiah M. Sears and Ann Moseley
Tweedy), born 1857; married to Benjamin Bernard.
1.1.3.4.1. Joel W. Jenkins (son of William A. Jenkins and Mary Frances
Tweedy), born 1855; died 1920; married to Eunice Cheadle. They had a son:
1.1.3.4.1.1. Joel W. Jenkins Jr.
1.1.3.4.2. Robert Smith Jenkins (son of William A. Jenkins and Mary Frances
Tweedy), born 1858; died 1930; married to Colyer Abbitt. They had a son:
1.1.3.4.2.1. William Abbitt Jenkins
Robert Smith Jenkins married to Addie Cawthorn. Their children were:
1.1.3.4.2.2. Robert Julian Jenkins
1.1.3.4.2.3. Harry Wellington Jenkins
1.1.3.4.2.4. Eunice Earl Jenkins
1.1.3.4.2.5. Richard Temple Jenkins
1.1.3.4.2.6. Mary Frances Jenkins
1.1.3.4.3. Obi Jenkins (son of William A. Jenkins and Mary Frances Tweedy),
married to his first cousin, Lucy Rucker.
1.1.3.4.4. Pinky Jenkins (daughter of William A. Jenkins and Mary Frances
Tweedy), married to _____ Thornhill.
1.1.3.4.5. Emma Jenkins (daughter of William A. Jenkins and Mary Frances
Tweedy), married to _____ Covington.
1.1.3.5.1. Thomas Tweedy (son of Robert William Tweedy and Ann Jones),
resident of Appomattox, Va.
1.1.3.5.2. Willie Ann Tweedy (daughter of Robert William Tweedy and Ann
Jones), married to her first cousin, John Alan Sears [See 1.1.3.2.3.].
1.1.3.8.1. Dabney Tweedy (son of Edmond Alexander Tweedy and Mary Sears),
died in a cotton gin accident in Valley Mills, Tex.; buried in Valley Mills,
Tex.; had several children.
1.1.3.8.2. John Tweedy (son of Edmond Alexander Tweedy and Mary Sears),
married; buried in Valley Mills, Tex.; They had a daughter:
1.1.3.8.2.1. Ellen Tweedy
1.1.3.8.3. Edmond Alexander Tweedy Jr. (son of Edmond Alexander Tweedy and
Mary Sears), died and buried in Valley Mills, Tex.; married to a Norwegian
woman. They had several children.
1.1.3.8.4. Susan Tweedy (son of Edmond Alexander Tweedy and Mary Sears),
died and buried in Valley Mills, Tex.; married to _____ Pool; Their children
were:
1.1.3.8.4.1. Ruth Pool
1.1.3.8.4.2. Ray Pool
1.1.3.8.5. Martha Tweedy (son of Edmond Alexander Tweedy and Mary Sears),
buried in Valley Mills, Tex.; married to _____ Cass; married to _____
Feister. They had two daughters.
1.1.3.8.6. Mary Tweedy (son of Edmond Alexander Tweedy and Mary Sears),
married to Wheeler Cass. Lived in El Paso, Tex. They had several children.
1.1.3.8.7. Smith Tweedy (son of Edmond Alexander Tweedy and Mary Sears),
married. They had no children.
1.1.3.9.1. Dabney Tweedy (son of Smith Payne Tweedy and Sarah Ann
Franklin), born 1868; died at birth.
1.1.3.9.2. Eddie Carson Tweedy (son of Smith Payne Tweedy and Sarah Ann
Franklin), born 17 October 1869; died 11 February 1952; buried in Fort Hill
Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Va.; married 19 February 1891 to Sallie Clementine
Evans. Their children were:
1.1.3.9.2.1. Norvelle Smith Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.2. Myra Edward Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.3. Doyle Gilliam Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.4. Eddie Carson Tweedy Jr.
1.1.3.9.2.5. Anna Rosser Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.6. Smith Payne Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.7. Franklin Evans Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.8. Dana Clementine Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.9. Thomas Hannah Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.10. Helen Haden Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.11. Alice Burks Tweedy
1.1.3.9.3. Martha Anne Rosser Tweedy (daughter of Smith Payne Tweedy and
Sarah Ann Franklin), born 13 July 1871; died 12 July 1940; buried in Tweedy
family cemetery, Button Creek, Campbell County, Va.; married 21 February
1899 to Jessie Wood Torrence; married E. Croat Drinkard. They had no
children.
1.1.3.13.1 Walton Tweedy (son of Joseph Walton Tweedy and Lucy Ann Bernard),
buried in Appomattox County, Va.; never married.
1.1.3.13.2. Lelia Tweedy (daughter of Joseph Walton Tweedy and Lucy Ann
Bernard), buried in Appomattox County, Va..; never married.
1.1.3.13.3. Charlie Tweedy (son of Joseph Walton Tweedy and Lucy Ann
Bernard), buried in Appomattox County, Va.
1.1.3.13.4. Annie Tweedy (daughter of Joseph Walton Tweedy and Lucy Ann
Bernard), married to Robert W. Cawthorn. They had a son:
1.1.3.13.4.1. Robert W. Cawthorn Jr.
Annie Tweedy married to Edgar A. Covington (born 1905). They had no
children.
1.1.3.13.5. John Allen Tweedy (son of Joseph Walton Tweedy and Lucy Ann
Bernard), born 1885; died and buried in Appomattox County, Va.; married Ruth
Virginia Cawthorn (born 1893). Their children were:
1.1.3.13.5.1. Charles Rosser Tweedy
1.1.3.13.5.2. Catherine Tweedy
1.1.3.13.5.3. John Allen Tweedy Jr.
1.1.3.13.5.4. Lewis Cawthorn Tweedy
1.1.3.13.5.5. Bettie Sue Tweedy
1.1.3.13.5.6. James Melvin Tweedy
1.1.3.13.6. Mary Sears Tweedy (daughter of Joseph Walton Tweedy and Lucy
Ann Bernard), died 1913; buried in Appomattox County, Va.; married to
Jennings O'Brien (born 1884). Their children were:
1.1.3.13.6.1. Joseph O'Brien
1.1.3.13.6.2. Edith O'Brien
1.1.3.13.6.3. Ann O'Brien
1.1.3.13.7. Joseph Conor Tweedy (son of Joseph Walton Tweedy and Lucy Ann
Bernard), buried in Appomattox County, Va.; married to Alice Drinkard (born
1893).
1.1.3.13.8. Laura Tweedy (daughter of Joseph Walton Tweedy and Lucy Ann
Bernard), died young; buried in Appomattox County, Va.
1.1.4.1.1. Robert Clinton Tweedy Jr. (son of Robert Clinton Tweedy and
Martha Jane Reynolds), born c. 1848; died young.
1.1.4.1.2. Martha Susan Tweedy (daughter of Robert Clinton Tweedy and
Martha Jane Reynolds), died in childbirth; married to Joseph Elder. They
had a daughter:
1.1.4.1.2.1. Martha Sue Elder
1.1.4.1.3. Robert Tipton Tweedy (son of Robert Clinton Tweedy and Martha
Jane Reynolds), born c. 1848; married 16 December 1869 to Idelia Elder.
Their children were:
1.1.4.1.3.1. Martha S. Tweedy
1.1.4.1.3.2. Oscar Lee Tweedy
1.1.4.1.3.3. Nannie M. Tweedy
1.1.4.1.3.4. Mary Susan Tweedy
1.1.4.1.3.5. John Robert Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4. James Benjamin Tweedy (son of Robert Clinton Tweedy and Martha
Jane Reynolds), born 1851; died January 1913; married 1872 to his first
cousin, Sallie Ann Tweedy [See 1.1.4.2.4.] Their children were:
1.1.4.1.4.1. Robert William Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.2. Lillie Payne Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.3. Richard Taylor Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.4. Martha Susan Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.5. Sallie Bennie Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.6. Otey Hudson Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.7. Dabney Clinton Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.8. Elizabeth May Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.9. Allen Crawford Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.10. Hoyt Spurgeon Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.11. Gracie Newton Tweedy
1.1.4.2.1. Crawford Smith Tweedy (son of William Tweedy and Elizabeth Susan
Tweedy), born 17 February 1859; died 24 March 1927; buried in New Chapel
Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married to Rachael Thompson
(born 10 January 1869; died 2 August 1924; buried in New Chapel Baptist
Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.;. Their children were:
1.1.4.2.1.1. Snead Tweedy
1.1.4.2.1.2. Samuel Tweedy
1.1.4.2.1.3. Mary Sue Tweedy
1.1.4.2.1.4. George Tweedy
1.1.4.2.2. Bennet Hunter Tweedy (son of William Tweedy and Elizabeth Susan
Tweedy), born 30 June 1861; died 3 November 1951; buried in New Chapel
Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married 20 December 1893 in
Campbell County, Va., to Mary Maude Bagby (born 14 July 1872; died 20 July
1927; buried in New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.).
Their children were:
1.1.4.2.2.1. Mary Esther Tweedy
1.1.4.2.2.2. William Rayford Tweedy
1.1.4.2.2.3. Inez Smith Tweedy
1.1.4.2.2.4. Boyce Hunter Tweedy
1.1.4.2.2.5. Evans Bryant Tweedy
1.1.4.2.2.6. David Bennet Tweedy
1.1.4.2.3. Martha Fetna Tweedy (daughter of William Tweedy and Elizabeth
Susan Tweedy), born 1854; married to Marcus D. "Mack" Coleman (born 1847 in
Appomattox County, Va.). Their children were:
1.1.4.2.3.1. John Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.2. Mary Elizabeth Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.3. Crawford Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.4. Daniel Hunter Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.5. Thomas Dabney Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.6. William Mack Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.7. Onnie Fitcher Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.8. Glover Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.9. Sallie Lacy Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.10. Bernice Coleman
1.1.4.2.4. Sallie Ann Tweedy (daughter of William Tweedy and Elizabeth
Susan Tweedy), born 1856 in Campbell County, Va.; died June 1930; married
1872 to her first cousin, James Benjamin Tweedy [See 1.1.4.1.4.]
1.1.4.2.5. George Dabney Tweedy (son of William Tweedy and Elizabeth Susan
Tweedy), buried in New Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Campbell
County, Va.; married to Mary Walker Martin (daughter of Anderson Martin and
Mary Land; buried in New Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Campbell
County, Va.). They had a daughter:
1.1.4.2.5.1. Heath Walker Tweedy
1.1.4.7.1. Thomas B. Tweedy (son of Ferdinand Tweedy and Mollie Edward
Howard), born 20 May 1873; died 7 October 1951; buried in New Chapel Baptist
Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married 17 December 1902 to Willie
Rowlette Tanner (born 10 January 1882; died 25 September 1953; buried in New
Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.). He was a miller and a
constable. Their children were:
1.1.4.7.1.1. Bertha Lela Tweedy
1.1.4.7.1.2. Grace C. Tweedy
1.1.4.7.1.3. Ruby M. Tweedy
1.1.4.7.1.4. Benjamin F. Tweedy
1.1.4.7.1.5. William T. Tweedy
1.1.4.7.2. Walter Howard Tweedy (son of Ferdinand Tweedy and Mollie Edward
Howard), born 11 March 1871; died 29 August 1938; married 17 December 1899
to Edna Clark Cumby. Their children were:
1.1.4.7.2.1. Ura Tweedy
1.1.4.7.2.2. Ernest Clifton Tweedy
1.1.4.7.2.3. William Ferdinand Tweedy
1.1.4.7.2.4. Glover Allen Tweedy
1.1.4.7.2.5. Claude Swanson Tweedy
1.1.4.7.2.6. Bessie Strong Tweedy
1.1.4.7.3. Glover D. Tweedy (son of Ferdinand Tweedy and Mollie Edward
Howard), born 5 December 1876; died 6 June 1952; buried in New Chapel
Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.
1.1.4.7.4. Oden Clay Tweedy (son of Ferdinand Tweedy and Mollie Edward
Howard), born 11 April 1878; died 14 November 1960; buried in New Chapel
Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.
1.1.4.7.5. Lulu Tweedy (daughter of Ferdinand Tweedy and Mollie Edward
Howard).
1.1.4.7.6. Martha Tweedy (daughter of Ferdinand Tweedy and Mollie Edward
Howard).
1.1.4.7.7. Jason Tweedy (son of Ferdinand Tweedy and Mollie Edward Howard).
1.1.4.7.8. Julius Androssa "Drossie" Tweedy (son of Ferdinand Tweedy and
Mollie Edward Howard), born 4 July 1880; died 17 January 1960; buried in
New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.
1.1.5.1.1. William Otey Tweedy (son of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and Nancy Mae
Jones), born 8 September 1874; died 18 December 1967; married 8 March 1900
in Campbell County, Va., to Emma Elizabeth Torrence (born 18 April 1887;
died 3 May 1955). Their children were:
1.1.5.1.1.1. Margaret Tweedy
1.1.5.1.1.2. Ruby Tweedy
1.1.5.1.1.3. Ethel Tweedy
1.1.5.1.1.4. Louise Tweedy
1.1.5.1.1.5. Dorothy Tweedy
1.1.5.1.1.6. Arlene Tweedy
1.1.5.1.2. Mattie Tweedy (daughter of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and Nancy Mae
Jones), married to Houston Moore. They had a son:
1.1.5.1.2.1. Houston Moore Jr.
1.1.5.1.3. Oscar Lawrence "Oce" Tweedy (son of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and
Nancy Mae Jones), married to Bertha Moore. Their children were:
1.1.5.1.3.1. Lawrence Peet Tweedy
1.1.5.1.3.2. Mabel Tweedy
1.1.5.1.3.3. Nancy Tweedy
1.1.5.1.3.4. Ocie Hunter Tweedy
1.1.5.1.3.5. Nancy Elizabeth "Nannie" Tweedy
1.1.5.1.4. Anna Walker Tweedy (daughter of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and Nancy
Mae Jones), born 6 August 1881; died 2 June 1962; married in Campbell County,
Va., to Charles McFarland Torrence.
1.1.5.1.5. Robert Smith Tweedy (son of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and Nancy Mae
Jones), born 2 November 1884; died 6 August 1958 in Turtle Creek, Pa.;
buried in Restland Memorial Cemetery, Monroeville, Pa.; married c. 1906 to
Elsie Gertrude Moyer (born 3 August 1888 in Entriken, Huntington County,
Pa., the daughter of Daniel Moyer and Ida Mae Fisher). Their children were:
1.1.5.1.5.1. Daniel Roy Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.2. Emmett Filmore Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.3. Thelma Mae Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.4. Robert Smith Tweedy Jr.
1.1.5.1.5.5. Gertrude Louise Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.6. Clarence Wesley Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.7. Audrey Lillian Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.8. Elizabeth Jean Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.9. William Otey Tweedy
1.1.5.1.6. Loula May Tweedy (daughter of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and Nancy
Mae Jones), married to Reginald W. Dodd. They had no children.
1.1.5.1.7. Palmer Tweedy (son of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and Nancy Mae Jones),
died 1917 in Roanoke, Va., during influenza epidemic. He was never married.
1.1.5.1.8. John Wesley Tweedy (son of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and Nancy Mae
Jones), married to Annie Burton Cardwell. Their children were:
1.1.5.1.8.1. John Burton Tweedy
1.1.5.1.8.2. Lucille Tweedy
1.1.5.1.8.3. Emmett Filmore Tweedy
1.1.5.1.9. Hallie Burton Tweedy (daughter of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and
Nancy Mae Jones), born 11 November 1894 in Campbell County, Va.; died 2 July
1976; married 11 April 1916 in North Carolina to Robert Washington Moore
(born 21 January 1890 in Campbell County, Va.; died 2 November 1966; buried
Early's Chapel Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.). Their children were:
1.1.5.1.9.1. Virginia Moore
1.1.5.1.9.2. William P. Moore
1.1.5.1.9.3. Aubrey T. Moore
1.1.5.1.9.4. Malcolm B. Moore
1.1.5.1.9.5. Berkley Moore
1.1.5.1.9.6. Nancy Ellen Moore
1.1.5.1.10. Clarence Filmore Tweedy (son of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and Nancy
Mae Jones), born 17 March 1896 in Akron, Ohio; died 7 June 1963; buried in
New Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married 29
October 1921 to Jessie Saunders Harvey. Their children were:
1.1.5.1.10.1. Mary Jane Tweedy
1.1.5.1.10.2. Richard Tweedy
1.1.5.1.11. Lizzie Tweedy (daughter of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and Nancy Mae
Jones), twin of Lillian Tweedy; died at age 1.
1.1.5.1.12. Lillian Tweedy (daughter of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and Nancy Mae
Jones), twin of Lizzie Tweedy; married to Samuel J. Crawley. Their children
were:
1.1.5.1.12.1. Richard Filmore Crawley
1.1.5.1.12.2. Margaret Crawley
1.1.5.1.13. Nannie Katherine Tweedy (daughter of Emmett Filmore Tweedy and
Nancy Mae Jones), married to Ralph Bowles. They lived in Charlotte, N.C.
Their children were:
1.1.5.1.13.1. Ralph Bowles Jr.
1.1.5.1.13.2. Nancy Clair Bowles
1.1.5.2.1. Elizabeth "Betty" Tweedy (daughter of Robert O. Tweedy and Mary
Bernard), twin of Evie Tweedy; married to Johnny Mack Jones.
1.1.5.2.2. Evie Tweedy (daughter of Robert O. Tweedy and Mary Bernard),
twin of Elizabeth Tweedy; married to Washington Jones.
1.1.5.2.3. Emmet Price Tweedy (son of Robert O. Tweedy and Mary Bernard),
born 9 April 1881; died 14 May 1975; buried in New Chapel Baptist Church
cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married 28 April 1909 in Campbell County,
Va., to Evie Virginia Evans (born 12 December 1880; died 3 August 1960;
buried in New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va. Their
children were:
1.1.5.2.3.1. Reginald Edward Tweedy
1.1.5.2.3.2. Evans Tweedy
1.1.5.2.3.3. Robert Price Tweedy
1.1.5.2.3.4. Nancy Maryon Tweedy
1.1.5.2.3.5. Ethel Virginia Tweedy
1.1.5.2.4. Artie Smith Tweedy (son of Robert O. Tweedy and Mary Bernard),
born 20 July 1883; died 8 November 1961; buried in New Chapel Baptist Church
cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married 11 February 1903 to Elizabeth Rolph
"Lizzie" Evans (born 25 May 1883, the daughter of David Reese Evans and
Laura Evelyn "Missy" Tweedy [See 1.1.3.12]; died 19 October 1985; buried in
New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.). Their children
were:
1.1.5.2.4.1. Aurelia Elizabeth Tweedy
1.1.5.2.4.2. Robert Smith Tweedy
1.1.5.2.4.3. Laura Evelyn Tweedy
1.1.5.2.4.4. Maggie Mae Tweedy
1.1.5.2.4.5. Annie Virginia Tweedy
1.1.5.2.4.6. Jimmie Edwin Tweedy
1.1.5.2.5. Mary Ethel Tweedy (daughter of Robert O. Tweedy and Mary
Bernard).
1.1.5.2.6. Ura Tweedy (daughter of Robert O. Tweedy and Mary Bernard). She
was never married.
1.1.5.4.1. John Randolph Tweedy (son of John William Tweedy and Florence
Arnold Rosser), born 27 September 1891; died 2 January 1923; buried in
New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married 28 August
1917 to Lois Pearl Finch (born 28 August 1897; died 24 September 1993;
buried in New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.). They
had a daughter:
1.1.5.4.1.1. Virginia Randolph Tweedy
1.1.5.4.2. Walter Smith Tweedy (son of John William Tweedy and Florence
Arnold Rosser), married. They had a son:
1.1.5.4.2.1. Walter Smith Tweedy Jr.
1.1.5.4.3. Vivian Tweedy (daughter of John William Tweedy and Florence
Arnold Rosser), married to John Cardwell. They had no children.
1.1.5.4.4. Gladys Tweedy (daughter of John William Tweedy and Florence
Arnold Rosser), married to Jack Craft.
1.1.5.4.5. Katy Tweedy (daughter of John William Tweedy and Florence
Arnold Rosser), died young.
1.1.5.4.6. Clyde Tweedy (son of John William Tweedy and Florence Arnold
Rosser), born 1 February 1903; died 21 September 1938; buried in New Chapel
Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.
1.1.5.4.7. Carleton Tweedy (son of John William Tweedy and Florence
Arnold Rosser), married to _____. They had no children.
1.1.5.6.1. Clayton Burton Tweedy (son of George Thornhill Tweedy and Emma
John Moore), married to Marian Gladys Cardwell. Their children were:
1.1.5.6.1.1. Herbert Jett Tweedy
1.1.5.6.1.2. Marie Christian Tweedy
1.1.5.6.1.3. Emma Frances Tweedy
1.1.5.6.1.4. Clayton Burton Tweedy Jr.
1.1.5.6.1.5. Marvin Cardwell Tweedy
1.1.5.6.1.6. Gladys Elizabeth Tweedy
1.1.5.6.1.7. Earl Tweedy
1.1.5.6.2. Elinor Tweedy (daughter of George Thornhill Tweedy and Ossie
Virginia Hendricks), married to Charles A. Cardwell. The had no children.
1.1.5.6.3. Nancy Elizabeth "Bessie" Tweedy (daughter of George Thornhill
Tweedy and Ossie Virginia Hendricks), married to Marshall Evans Caldwell.
Their children were:
1.1.5.6.3.1. Nancy Caldwell
1.1.5.6.3.2. Arnold Caldwell
1.1.5.6.3.3. Frances Caldwell
1.1.5.7.1. Sue Abbitt (daughter of Raleigh D. Abbitt and Rosa Frances
Tweedy), born 1880; died 1945; married to William Covington.
1.1.5.7.2. George R. Abbitt (son of Raleigh D. Abbitt and Rosa Frances
Tweedy), born 1882; married to Geneva B. Torrence (born 1896). Their
children were:
1.1.5.7.2.1. Hilda Abbitt
1.1.5.7.2.2. Mildred Abbitt
1.1.5.7.2.3. Gertrude Abbitt
1.1.5.7.2.4. Betty Abbitt
1.1.5.7.2.5. Junius Abbitt
1.1.5.7.2.6. June Carroll Abbitt
1.1.5.7.2.7. Susie G. Abbitt
1.1.5.7.3. Bettie Abbitt (daughter of Raleigh D. Abbitt and Rosa Frances
Tweedy), married to William O'Brien.
1.1.5.7.4. Lillie Abbitt (daughter of Raleigh D. Abbitt and Rosa Frances
Tweedy), married to Clinton Casey.
1.1.5.7.5. Laura Livert Abbitt (daughter of Raleigh D. Abbitt and Rosa
Frances Tweedy), married to Holcomb P. Ray (born 1889). They had no
children.
1.1.5.7.6. Colyer Abbitt (daughter of Raleigh D. Abbitt and Rosa Frances
Tweedy), married to Carlisle Scruggs.
1.1.5.7.7. Robert Abbitt (son of Raleigh D. Abbitt and Rosa Frances Tweedy),
born 1890; married to _____ Showalter.
1.1.5.7.8. Walter Abbitt (son of Raleigh D. Abbitt and Rosa Frances Tweedy),
born 1892. He was never married.
1.1.5.7.9 Bernard Abbitt (son of Raleigh D. Abbitt and Rosa Frances Tweedy),
married to Frances Cothran.
1.2.2.1.1. Francis Creasey (son of _____ and _____ Creasey), born 1850.
1.2.2.2.1. Dabney Tweedy (son of _____ and _____ Tweedy), born 1842.
1.2.2.3.1. James Wilkerson (son of _____ and _____ Wilkerson), born 1859.
1.2.2.4.1. George W. Rosser (son of Albert B. Rosser and Nancy F. Bailey),
born 1869; married 26 April 1892 to his cousin, Lillie Payne Tweedy.
[See 1.1.4.1.4.2.] Their children were:
1.2.2.4.1.1. Albert B. Rosser
1.2.2.4.1.2. Royal Ammon Rosser
1.2.2.4.1.3. Mary Ruth Rosser
1.2.2.4.1.4. Marian Rosser
1.2.2.4.2. John W. Rosser (son of Albert B. Rosser and Nancy F. Bailey),
born 1874; died 1946; married to Minnie Foster. Their children were:
1.2.2.4.2.1. Mary Alma Rosser
1.2.2.4.2.2. Edward Earl Rosser
1.2.2.4.2.3. Richard Webb Rosser
1.2.2.4.2.4. Effie May Rosser
1.2.2.4.2.5. Mildred Elnora Rosser
1.2.2.4.2.6. John Aubrey Rosser
1.2.2.5.1. Cornelia F. Rosser (daughter of Spotswood H. Rosser and Mary
_____), born c. 1841; married 27 November 1867 to William H. Carson (born
1835 in Appomattox County, Va., the son of Moses H. Carson).
1.2.3.1.1. Martha Susan Tweedy (daughter of John Rosser Tweedy and
Elizabeth A. Sears), born 27 June 1853; died 4 September 1862 of diptheria.
1.2.3.1.2 John Rosser Tweedy Jr. (son of John Rosser Tweedy and Elizabeth
A. Sears), born 15 March 1855; died 28 October 1862 of diptheria.
1.2.6.2.1. Walker Lee Rosser (son of Jabez Reid Rosser and Sarah E. Jones),
born 13 November 1869; married 20 December 1893 to Nannie Virginia Foster
(born c. 1876, the daughter of J.W. Foster). They had a son:
1.2.6.2.1.1. Theodore Evans Rosser
1.2.6.2.2. Jasper Jones Rosser (son of Jabez Reid Rosser and Sarah E.
Jones), born 9 June 1871; married 6 January 1893 to Mary A. Neighbors (born
c. 1874, the daughter of John Neighbors. The had a daughter:
1.2.6.2.2.1. Doris Rosser
1.2.6.2.3. Charles Rosser (son of Jabez Reid Rosser and Sarah E. Jones),
born 1874; married to Lula Armstead.
1.2.6.2.4. Otis Lugher Rosser (son of Jabez Reid Rosser and Sarah E.
Jones), born 1876; married 21 March 1900 to Iva M. Cox (born c. 1883, the
daughter of John Cox. Their children were:
1.2.6.2.4.1. Gwendolyn Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.2. Vernon Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.3. Collier Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.4. Sarah Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.5. James Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.6. Gladys Rosser
1.2.6.2.5. Lula Belle Rosser (daughter of Jabez Reid Rosser and Sarah E.
Jones), born 1878; married 1 November 1894 to Walter R. Arrington of
Appomattox County, Va.
1.2.6.2.6. Virgil Rosser (son of Jabez Reid Rosser and Sarah E. Jones).
1.2.6.2.7. Nettie Rosser (daughter of Jabez Reid Rosser and Sarah E. Jones).
1.2.6.2.8. Myrtle Rosser (daughter of Jabez Reid Rosser and Sarah E. Jones).
1.2.6.4.1. Lelia B. Rosser (daughter of Charles H. Rosser and Bettie S.
Andrews), born 24 November 1872; married 3 June 1896 to W. Banks Anthony
(born 1867).
1.2.6.4.2. Emmett Rosser (son of Charles H. Rosser and Bettie S. Andrews),
born 1875; married 25 November 1908 to Fletcher Old.
1.2.6.4.3. Randolph Rosser (son of Charles H. Rosser and Emma E. Miles),
born 24 August 1880; died 1884.
1.2.6.4.4. Frank Wilmer Rosser (son of Charles H. Rosser and Emma E. Miles),
born 8 October 1882 in Evington, Va.; died 11 July 1957; married 30 December
1908 to Virginia May Mitchell (born 10 October 1884 in Moneta, Bedford
County, Va. Their children were:
1.2.6.4.2.1. Bentley Alexander Rosser
1.2.6.4.2.2. Frances Lucille Rosser
1.2.6.4.2.3. Hilda May Rosser
1.2.6.4.2.4. Clarice Virginia Rosser
1.2.6.4.2.5. Edith Elizabeth Rosser
1.2.6.4.2.6. Frank W. Rosser
1.2.6.4.2.7. Emma Almera Rosser
1.2.6.4.5. Volney Rosser (son of Charles H. Rosser and Emma E. Miles), born
July 1884.
1.2.6.4.6. Edgar R. Rosser (son of Charles H. Rosser and Emma E. Miles),
born June 1887.
1.2.6.4.7. Annie Rosser (daughter of Charles H. Rosser and Emma E. Miles),
born September 1890; married to Will Jacobs. Their children were:
1.2.6.4.7.1. Gladys Jacobs
1.2.6.4.7.2. Charlie Jacobs
1.2.6.4.7.3. Wilson Jacobs
1.2.6.4.7.4. Louis Jacobs
1.2.6.4.7.5. Eleanor Jacobs
1.2.6.4.8. Bessie Rosser (daughter of Charles H. Rosser and Emma E. Miles),
born 31 December 1892; married to Harry Boze. Their children were:
1.2.6.4.8.1. Helen Boze
1.2.6.4.8.2. Harry Boze
1.2.6.4.9. Susie Rosser (daughter of Charles H. Rosser and Emma E. Miles),
born 8 April 1895; married to Frank Fourquerean. Their children were:
1.2.6.4.9.1. Frank Fourquerean Jr.
1.2.6.4.9.2. Frederick Fourquerean
1.2.6.6.1. Angeline W. Rosser (daughter of William M. Rosser and Rebecca
Jane _____), born 1874 in Tennessee.
1.2.6.6.2. William W. Rosser (son of William M. Rosser and Rebecca Jane
_____), born 1877 in Tennessee.
1.2.6.6.3. Rebecca W. Rosser (daughter of William M. Rosser and Rebecca
Jane _____), born 1879 in Tennessee.
1.2.11.1.1. Reid Arnold Rosser (son of George Thomas Rosser and Keziah
Penick Arnold), born 1871; died 1931; married to Wilheimina Stant. Their
children were:
1.2.11.1.1.1. Marion Thomas Rosser
1.2.11.1.1.2. Frances Arnold Rosser
1.2.11.1.2. Callie Brandon Rosser (daughter of George Thomas Rosser and
Keziah Penick Arnold), born 1873; died 1964; married to Charles B. Stone
(son of Charles Stone and Sallie Duke). Their children were:
1.2.11.1.2.1. Aubrey Stone
1.2.11.1.2.2. Edwin Stone
1.2.11.1.2.3. Paul Stone
1.2.11.1.2.4. Brandon Stone
1.2.11.1.2.5. Lucille Stone
1.2.11.1.2.6. Burnley Stone
1.2.11.1.2.7. Earle Stone
1.2.11.1.2.8. Alyne S. Stone
1.2.11.1.3. John Leonidas Rosser (son of George Thomas Rosser and Keziah
Penick Arnold), born 1 December 1875 in Campbell County, Va.; died 1972;
Baptist minister; published poet and author of "Our Southern Quintette";
married 24 November 1909 in Selma, Ala., to Evelyn Craig. Their children
were:
1.2.11.1.3.1. John Leonidas Rosser Jr.
1.2.11.1.3.2. James Craig Rosser
1.2.11.1.3.3. John Woodburn Rosser
1.2.11.1.4. Ernest L. Rosser (son of George Thomas Rosser and Keziah Penick
Arnold), born 1879; died 1964; married 1912 to Alma Wren. Their children
were:
1.2.11.1.4.1. George L. Rosser
1.2.11.1.4.2. Anne Rosser
1.2.11.1.4.3. Janet Lisa Rosser
1.2.11.1.4.4. Louisa Rosser
1.2.11.1.5. Brownie Myrtle Rosser (daughter of George Thomas Rosser and
Keziah Penick Arnold), born 1884; died c. 1975. She was never married.
1.2.11.2.1. Florence A. Rosser (daughter of Walter Cornelius Rosser and
Katherine L. Arnold), born 1867.
1.2.11.2.2. Annie B. Rosser (daughter of Walter Cornelius Rosser and
Katherine L. Arnold), born 1869; married 26 November 1891 in Campbell County,
Va., to J.C. Swart (born 1863). They had a son:
1.2.11.2.2.1. Malcolm Rosser Swart
1.2.11.2.3. Mary J. Rosser (daughter of Walter Cornelius Rosser and
Katherine L. Arnold), born 29 November 1872; died 10 February 1956; buried
in New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.
1.2.11.2.4. _____ Rosser (daughter of Walter Cornelius Rosser and Katherine
L. Arnold).
1.2.11.2.5. Walter Cornelius Rosser Jr. (son of Walter Cornelius Rosser and
Katherine L. Arnold), born 1876; married 1897 to _____.
1.2.12.8.1. _____ Rosser (daughter of Robert Seaton Rosser and _____),
married William L. Murphy of Nacogdoches County, Tex.
1.2.12.8.2. Roberta Lee Rosser (daughter of Robert Seaton Rosser and
Elizabeth Dillard), born 9 April 1865, the day Robert E. Lee surrendered at
Appomattox, Va.
1.2.12.10.1. Oscar Henry Cooper (son of William A. Cooper and Catherine
Rosser), graduate of Yale College; became a professor at Sam Houston State
Normal School in Huntsville, Tex., and president of Baylor University in
Waco, Tex..
1.2.12.10.2. Oma Cooper (daughter of William A. Cooper and Catherine
Rosser), died young.
1.2.12.13.1. Sarah Overton "Sallie" Rosser (daughter of Thomas Lafayette
Rosser and Elizabeth Barbara Winston), born 17 August 1864; died 1923;
married 22 December 1886 in Campbell County, Va., to Campbell Carrington
Cochran (born 17 July 1864). Their children were:
1.2.12.13.1.1. Elsie Cochran
1.2.12.13.1.2. Campbell Carrington Cochran Jr.
1.2.12.13.1.3. Howe Preston Cochran
1.2.12.13.1.4. Sarah Overton Cochran
1.2.12.13.1.5. Thomas Rosser Cochran
1.2.12.13.2. Thomas Lafayette Rosser Jr. (son of Thomas Lafayette Rosser
and Elizabeth Barbara Winston), born 5 September 1865; died 31 May 1940;
married 15 October 1890 to Harriet Gordon. They had a daughter:
1.2.12.13.2.1. Barbara Winston Rosser
1.2.12.13.3. William Overton Rosser (son of Thomas Lafayette Rosser and
Elizabeth Barbara Winston), born 10 May 1869; died 28 July 1884.
1.2.12.13.4. John Pelham Rosser (son of Thomas Lafayette Rosser and
Elizabeth Barbara Winston), born 5 June 1872; died 20 August 1872.
1.2.12.13.5. Elizabeth Florence "Eliza" Rosser (daughter of Thomas
Lafayette Rosser and Elizabeth Barbara Winston), born 10 May 1874; died
10 June 1886.
1.2.12.13.6. Marguerite Rosser (daughter of Thomas Lafayette Rosser and
Elizabeth Barbara Winston), born 26 December 1879; married 10 October 1906
to Allmond Blow Elliott. They had a daughter:
1.2.12.13.6.1. Elizabeth Winston Elliott
1.5.1.1.1. John Walter Cocke (son of John Walter Cocke and Edith
Augusta Duer), born 25 December 1873 in McLennan Co., Tex.; died 5 May 1959
in McLennan Co., Tex.; married in 1898 in Austin, Tex., to Nellie Nalle
(died 11 March 1937 in McLennan Co., Tex.) Among their children was:
1.5.1.1.1.1. John Walter Cocke Jr.
1.8.5.1.1. Joseph Benton Dobson (son of George Pascal Dobson and Martha
"Mattie" Gabbert), born 17 February 1862 in Shelbyville, Bedford County,
Tenn.; died 16 August 1957 in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala.; married 7
July 1887 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., to Ruth Coleman (born 8
February 1867 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn.; died 6 February 1867 in
Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala. Their children were:
1.8.5.1.1.1. Joseph Benton Dobson Jr.
1.8.5.1.1.2. William Pascal Dobson
1.8.5.1.2. William Hugh Dobson (son of George Pascal Dobson and Martha
"Mattie" Gabbert), born 17 November 1864.
1.8.5.1.3. Beulah Dobson (daughter of George Pascal Dobson and Martha
"Mattie" Gabbert), born 25 November 1866 in Shelbyville, Bedford County,
Tenn.; died 22 May 1912 in Mississippi; married in December 1908 to S.L.
Dendy. They had no children.
1.8.5.1.4. George Pascal Dobson Jr. (son of George Pascal Dobson and Martha
"Mattie" Gabbert), born 31 May 1870.
1.8.5.1.5. Henry Ernest Dobson (son of George Pascal Dobson and Martha
"Mattie" Gabbert), born 6 August 1877 in Dickson, Dickson County, Tenn.;
died 28 August 1899 in Dickson, Dickson County, Tenn.
Sixth Generation
1.1.3.2.2.1. Sallie Burke (daughter of Richard Floyd Burke and Lucy Alice
Sears), born 1875; married to Walter McGill of Colorado.
1.1.3.2.2.2. William Hallowell Burke (son of Richard Floyd Burke and Lucy
Alice Sears), born 1876; married to Ella Brown of Roanoke, Va.
1.1.3.2.2.3. Richard Leigh Burke (son of Richard Floyd Burke and Lucy Alice
Sears), born 1878; married to Roberta Wood of Campbell County, Va. Their
children were:
1.1.3.2.2.3.1. William Wood Burke
1.1.3.2.2.3.2. Richard Leigh Burke Jr.
1.1.3.2.2.4. Vara Burke (daughter of Richard Floyd Burke and Lucy Alice
Sears), born 1882; married to James B. Abbitt (born 1872; died 1932; a
doctor). Their children were:
1.1.3.2.2.4.1. Vara W. Abbitt
1.1.3.2.2.4.2. Ann Abbitt
1.1.3.2.2.5. Alice Floyd Burke (daughter of Richard Floyd Burke and Lucy
Alice Sears), born 1884; married to William Taylor Steele (born 1877; died
1938). Their children were:
1.1.3.2.2.5.1. Richard Floyd Burke Steele
1.1.3.2.2.5.2. William Taylor Steele Jr.
1.1.3.2.2.6. Martha Elizabeth Burke (daughter of Richard Floyd Burke and
Lucy Alice Sears), born 1886; died 1914; married to Benjamin F. Oden. They
had a daughter:
1.1.3.2.2.6.1. Vernie Oden
1.1.3.2.2.7. Eula May Burke (daughter of Richard Floyd Burke and Lucy Alice
Sears).
1.1.3.2.2.8. Jerry Allen Burke (son of Richard Floyd Burke and Lucy Alice
Sears), born 1892; superintendent of Appomattox County Schools; married to
Ethel Frances Abbitt.
1.1.3.4.1.1. Joel W. Jenkins Jr. (son of Joel W. Jenkins and Eunice
Cheadle), born 1897; married to _____ Hamilton.
1.1.3.4.2.1. William Abbitt Jenkins (son of Robert Smith Jenkins and Colyer
Abbitt), born 1889.
1.1.3.4.2.2. Robert Julian Jenkins (son of Robert Smith Jenkins and Addie
Cawthorn), born 1890; married to Beulah Crews.
1.1.3.4.2.3. Harry Wellington Jenkins (son of Robert Smith Jenkins and
Addie Cawthorn), born 1902; married to Mattie E. Beard (born 1891). Their
children were:
1.1.3.4.2.3.1. Ruby Otway Jenkins
1.1.3.4.2.3.2. Helen Ware Jenkins
1.1.3.4.2.3.3. Robert Preston Jenkins
1.1.3.4.2.4. Eunice Earl Jenkins (daughter of Robert Smith Jenkins and
Addie Cawthorn), born 1904.
1.1.3.4.2.5. Richard Temple Jenkins (son of Robert Smith Jenkins and Addie
Cawthorn), born 1907.
1.1.3.4.2.6. Mary Frances Jenkins (daughter of Robert Smith Jenkins and
Addie Cawthorn), born 1910; married to Alfred B. Abbitt.
1.1.3.8.2.1. Ellen Tweedy (daughter of John Tweedy and _____), married to
John Fluker.
1.1.3.9.2.1. Norvelle Smith Tweedy (son of Eddie Carson Tweedy and Sallie
Clementine Evans), born 28 November 1891; died 11 November 1897; buried in
Tweedy family cemetery, Button Creek, Campbell County, Va.
1.1.3.9.2.2. Myra Edward Tweedy (daughter of Eddie Carson Tweedy and Sallie
Clementine Evans), born 16 April 1893; died 2 April 1987; buried in Fort
Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Va.; married 19 March 1913 to James
Richardson Cardwell (born 23 April 1886; died 10 December 1942; buried in
Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Va.). They had a son:
1.1.3.9.2.2.1. James Richardson Cardwell Jr.
1.1.3.9.2.3. Doyle Gilliam Tweedy (son of Eddie Carson Tweedy and Sallie
Clementine Evans), born 12 May 1895; died 20 June 1896; buried in Tweedy
family cemetery, Campbell County, Va.
1.1.3.9.2.4. Eddie Carson Tweedy Jr. (son of Eddie Carson Tweedy and Sallie
Clementine Evans), born 2 June 1897; died 6 March 1957; buried in Fort Hill
Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Va.; married 7 January 1926 to Tola Belle Cardwell
(born November 1903). Their children were:
1.1.3.9.2.4.1. Franklin Vaughn Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.4.2. Doyle Smith Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.4.3. Royce James Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.5. Anna Rosser Tweedy (daughter of Eddie Carson Tweedy and Sallie
Clementine Evans), born 6 August 1899; buried in Amherst County, Va.;
married 26 May 1925 in Washington, D.C., to John Pendleton Beard (died 4
December 1946 in Sweetbriar, Amherst County, Va.; buried in Amherst County,
Va.). They had a daughter:
1.1.3.9.2.5.1. Anne Beth Beard
1.1.3.9.2.6. Smith Payne Tweedy (son of Eddie Carson Tweedy and Sallie
Clementine Evans), born 1 September 1901; died 7 May 1966; buried in Fort
Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Va.; married 25 November 1920 to Mildred
Elizabeth Evans (born 20 April 1900). They had no children.
1.1.3.9.2.7. Franklin Evans Tweedy (son of Eddie Carson Tweedy and Sallie
Clementine Evans), born 1 November 1903; died 24 June 1965; buried in New
Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married 27 December
1934 to Frances Lillian Harvey. They had no children.
1.1.3.9.2.8. Dana Clementine Tweedy (daughter of Eddie Carson Tweedy and
Sallie Clementine Evans), born 10 December 1905; died 1988; married 10 April
1936 in Farmville, Va., to Marvin Klober Evans (born 26 June 1903. They had
a daughter:
1.1.3.9.2.8.1. Sallie Clementine Evans
1.1.3.9.2.9. Thomas Hannah Tweedy (son of Eddie Carson Tweedy and Sallie
Clementine Evans), born and died 9 May 1908.
1.1.3.9.2.10. Helen Haden Tweedy (daughter of Eddie Carson Tweedy and
Sallie Clementine Evans), born 8 June 1911; married 26 December 1930 at
Sherwill, Va., to Frank N. Jones. They had a daughter:
1.1.3.9.2.10.1. Ann Paige Jones
1.1.3.9.2.11. Alice Burks Tweedy (daughter of Eddie Carson Tweedy and Sallie
Clementine Evans), born 27 October 1914; married October 1936 in Bedford,
Va., to Fred M. Puckette. Their children were:
1.1.3.9.2.11.1 Betty Evans Puckette
1.1.3.9.2.11.2. Kay Holmes Puckette
1.1.3.13.5.1. Charles Rosser Tweedy (son of John Allen Tweedy and Ruth
Virginia Cawthorn), born 1915; married to Bettie Sue Moore (born 1916). They
had a son:
1.1.3.13.5.1.1. Charles Allen Tweedy
1.1.3.13.5.2. Catherine Tweedy (daughter of John Allen Tweedy and Ruth
Virginia Cawthorn), born c. 1917; married to Robert McQueen of Smythe
County, Va.
1.1.3.13.5.3. John Allen Tweedy Jr. (son of John Allen Tweedy and Ruth
Virginia Cawthorn), born 1921.
1.1.3.13.5.4. Lewis Cawthorn Tweedy (son of John Allen Tweedy and Ruth
Virginia Cawthorn), born 1923.
1.1.3.13.5.5. Bettie Sue Tweedy (daughter of John Allen Tweedy and Ruth
Virginia Cawthorn), born 1931.
1.1.3.13.5.6. James Melvin Tweedy (son of John Allen Tweedy and Ruth
Virginia Cawthorn), born 1936.
1.1.3.13.6.1. Joseph O'Brien (son of Jennings O'Brien and Mary Sears
Tweedy).
1.1.3.13.6.2. Edith O'Brien (daughter of Jennings O'Brien and Mary Sears
Tweedy).
1.1.3.13.6.3. Ann O'Brien (daughter of Jennings O'Brien and Mary Sears
Tweedy), married to Jack Davis.
1.1.4.1.2.1. Martha Sue Elder (daughter of Joseph Elder and Martha Susan
Tweedy), married to _____ Blankenship.
1.1.4.1.3.1. Martha S. Tweedy (daughter of Robert Tipton Tweedy and Idelia
Elder), born 1871.
1.1.4.1.3.2. Oscar Lee Tweedy (son of Robert Tipton Tweedy and Idelia
Elder), born 1873.
1.1.4.1.3.3. Nannie M. Tweedy (daughter of Robert Tipton Tweedy and Idelia
Elder), born 1874.
1.1.4.1.3.4. Mary Susan Tweedy (daughter of Robert Tipton Tweedy and Idelia
Elder), born 1876.
1.1.4.1.3.5. John Robert Tweedy (son of Robert Tipton Tweedy and Idelia
Elder), born 1879.
1.1.4.1.4.1. Robert William "Buster" Tweedy (son of James Benjamin Tweedy
and Sallie Ann Tweedy), married 16 December 1896 to his first cousin, Mary
Elizabeth Coleman. [See 1.1.4.2.3.2.] [A complete list of their descendants
appears in Part 4 of this document.] married 2 October 1912 to Veda May
Wilkerson. [A complete list of their descendants appears in Part 4 of this
document.]
1.1.4.1.4.2. Lillie Payne Tweedy (daughter of James Benjamin Tweedy and
Sallie Ann Tweedy), born 1875; died 1940; married 26 April 1892 to her
cousin, George W. Rosser. [See 1.2.2.4.1.]
1.1.4.1.4.3. Richard Taylor Tweedy (son of James Benjamin Tweedy and Sallie
Ann Tweedy), born 1879; married to Emma Thompson (daughter of Raleigh
Thompson). Their children were:
1.1.4.1.4.3.1. Martha Fern Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.3.2. John R. Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.3.3. Mary Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.3.4. Doris Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.3.5. Richard Taylor Tweedy Jr.
1.1.4.1.4.3.6. Douglas Ann Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.4. Martha Susan "Mattie Sue" Tweedy (daughter of James Benjamin
Tweedy and Sallie Ann Tweedy), born 29 March 1881; died 4 May 1935; buried
in New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married to
J. Thomas Wilkerson (born 26 July 1876; died 22 September 1949; buried in
New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.;. Their children
were:
1.1.4.1.4.4.1. Lloyd T. Wilkerson
1.1.4.1.4.4.2. John Abbott Wilkerson
1.1.4.1.4.4.3. Pearl Wilkerson
1.1.4.1.4.4.4. Mae Wilkerson
1.1.4.1.4.5. Sallie Bennie Tweedy (daughter of James Benjamin Tweedy and
Sallie Ann Tweedy), born 23 December 1883; died 14 September 1968; buried in
Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Va.; married 23 December 1903 to Walter
Patterson Wright (born 26 September 1882; died 1 August 1967; buried in Fort
Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Va.). Their children were:
1.1.4.1.4.5.1. Mary Ethel Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.2. Dennis Howland Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.3. Doyle Patterson Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.4. Walter Sherwood Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.5. Chester McGhee Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.6. Grady Hartwell Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.7. Elbert Gilliam Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.8. Virginia Louise Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.9. Vernon Watkins Wright
1.1.4.1.4.6. Otey Hudson Tweedy (son of James Benjamin Tweedy and Sallie
Ann Tweedy), born June 1886; died and buried in Alaska; married to Addie J.
Wilkerson. Their children were:
1.1.4.1.4.6.1. Clifton Otey Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.6.2. James B. Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.6.3. William A. Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.6.4. Raymond Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.7. Dabney Clinton Tweedy (son of James Benjamin Tweedy and Sallie
Ann Tweedy), born 1888; married to Ruth Bagby. Their children were:
1.1.4.1.4.7.1. Catherine Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.7.2. Frances Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.7.3. Dabney Clinton Tweedy Jr.
1.1.4.1.4.8. Elizabeth Mae Tweedy (daughter of James Benjamin Tweedy and
Sallie Ann Tweedy), born 1890; married to Benjamin Thompson. Their children
were:
1.1.4.1.4.8.1. Mae Clement Thompson
1.1.4.1.4.8.2. Bethel Thompson
1.1.4.1.4.8.3. Annie Laurie Thompson
1.1.4.1.4.8.4. Virginia Thompson
1.1.4.1.4.9. Allen Crawford Tweedy (son of James Benjamin Tweedy and Sallie
Ann Tweedy), born 1894; died 1975; buried in New Chapel Baptist Church
Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married to Beatrice "Trixie" Coates;
married to Elva Daisy Claytor (born 1902; died 1987; buried in New Chapel
Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.;. Their children were:
1.1.4.1.4.9.1. Virginia Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.9.2. Pauline E. Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.9.3. Allen Charles Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.9.4. Rose Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.9.5. Mary Ellen Tweedy
1.1.4.1.4.10. Hoyt Spurgeon Tweedy (son of James Benjamin Tweedy and Sallie
Ann Tweedy), died young.
1.1.4.1.4.11. Gracie Newton Tweedy (daughter of James Benjamin Tweedy and
Sallie Ann Tweedy), died young.
1.1.4.2.2.1. Mary Esther Tweedy (daughter of Bennet Hunter Tweedy and Mary
Maude Bagby), born 16 September 1894; died 23 October 1987; married 2
December 1919 to Willie Davis Torrence. Their children were:
1.1.4.2.2.1.1. Helen Elizabeth Torrence
1.1.4.2.2.1.2. William McClain Torrence
1.1.4.2.2.1.3. Nellie Maude Torrence
1.1.4.2.2.1.4. Gladys Eugenia Torrence
1.1.4.2.2.1.5. Marvin Glenwood Torrence
1.1.4.2.2.1.6. Virginia Davis Torrence
1.1.4.2.2.2. William Rayford Tweedy (son of Bennet Hunter Tweedy and Mary
Maude Bagby), born 18 March 1896; died 11 May 1991 in Rustburg, Campbell
County, Va.; buried in New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County,
Va.; married 1 January 1925 to his cousin, Mary Ethel Wright
[See 1.1.4.1.4.5.1.] Their children were:
1.1.4.2.2.2.1. Carol Evelyn Tweedy
1.1.4.2.2.2.2. Audrey Wright Tweedy
William Rayford Tweedy married 13 October 1934 to Carrie Amanda
Terry (Duff) (born 4 February 1910; died 20 July 1970; buried in
New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.). Their
children were:
1.1.4.2.2.2.3. William Rayford Tweedy Jr.
1.1.4.2.2.2.4. Mary Maude Tweedy
1.1.4.2.2.2.5. Linda Gail Tweedy
1.1.4.2.2.3. Inez Smith Tweedy (daughter of Bennet Hunter Tweedy and Mary
Maude Bagby), born 17 September 1898; died 21 April 1985; married 25
November 1915 to Ernest Randolph Bailey (born 3 March 1897). Their children
were:
1.1.4.2.2.3.1. Ernestine Smith Bailey
1.1.4.2.2.3.2. Raymond Hunter Bailey
1.1.4.2.2.3.3. Calvin Wayne Bailey
1.1.4.2.2.4. Boyce Hunter Tweedy (son of Bennet Hunter Tweedy and Mary
Maude Bagby), born 29 September 1902; died 10 September 1980; buried in
New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; worked for
Lynchburg Fire Department; married 1926 to Catherine Williams (born 10
September 1907). Their children were:
1.1.4.2.2.4.1. Kyle Dean Tweedy
1.1.4.2.2.4.2. Melvin Charles Tweedy
1.1.4.2.2.5. Bryant Evans Tweedy (son of Bennet Hunter Tweedy and Mary
Maude Bagby), born 12 December 1906; died 25 October 1985; buried in New
Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; never married;
crippled by polio at age 4; played fiddle, guitar and banjo; worked as
a barber and a trapper.
1.1.4.2.2.6. David Bennet Tweedy (son of Bennet Hunter Tweedy and Mary
Maude Bagby), married 29 November 1934 to Emma Lucille Thompson (born 4
September 1916). They had a son:
1.1.4.2.2.6.1. David Ronald Tweedy
1.1.4.2.3.1. John Coleman (son of Marcus D. Coleman and Martha Fetna
Tweedy), married to Delia Moore. They had no children.
1.1.4.2.3.2. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (daughter of Marcus D. Coleman and
Martha Fetna Tweedy), married 16 December 1896 to her first cousin, Robert
William Tweedy [See 1.1.4.1.4.1.] [A complete list of their descendants
appears in Part 4 of this document.]
1.1.4.2.3.3. Crawford Coleman (son of Marcus D. Coleman and Martha Fetna
Tweedy), died young.
1.1.4.2.3.4. Daniel Hunter Coleman (son of Marcus D. Coleman and Martha
Fetna Tweedy), married to Mary Watkins. Their children were:
1.1.4.2.3.4.1. Martha Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.4.2. Elmo Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.4.3. Emmett Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.4.4. Danny Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.4.5. Gordon Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.4.6. Mary Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.5. Thomas Dabney Coleman (son of Marcus D. Coleman and Martha
Fetna Tweedy), married to Mattie Wilkerson. Their children were:
1.1.4.2.3.5.1. Herman Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.5.2. Clifford Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.5.3. Dorothy Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.5.4. Isabell Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.5.5. Thomas Dabney Coleman Jr.
1.1.4.2.3.6. William Mack Coleman (son of Marcus D. Coleman and Martha
Fetna Tweedy), married to Reva Wright. Their children were:
1.1.4.2.3.6.1. Robert Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.6.2. Mildred Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.6.3. Kendrick Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.6.4. Shirley Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.6.5. Geneva Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.7. Onnie Fitcher Coleman (son of Marcus D. Coleman and Martha
Fetna Tweedy), married to Betty Callaham. Their children were:
1.1.4.2.3.7.1. Carleen Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.7.2. Marion Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.7.3. Onnie Fitcher Coleman Jr.
1.1.4.2.3.8. Glover Coleman (son of Marcus D. Coleman and Martha Fetna
Tweedy), married to Gordee Wilkerson. Their children were:
1.1.4.2.3.8.1. Lennie Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.8.2. Wilmer Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.8.3. Lyle Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.8.4. Betty Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.8.5. Eura Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.8.6. Gordon Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.8.7. Kathleen Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.8.8. Madeline Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.8.9. Lewis Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.8.10. Josephine Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.8.11. Mabel Coleman
1.1.4.2.3.9. Sallie Lacy Coleman (daughter of Marcus D. Coleman and Martha
Fetna Tweedy), born 24 April 1879; died 7 June 1946; buried in New Chapel
Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married to Washington L.
Tweedy (born 31 March 1885; died 9 February 1962; buried in New Chapel
Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.). Their children were:
1.1.4.2.3.9.1. Elizabeth Tweedy
1.1.4.2.3.9.2. Beulah Tweedy
1.1.4.2.3.10. Bernice Coleman (daughter of Marcus D. Coleman and Martha
Fetna Tweedy), died 28 March 1978; buried New Chapel Baptist Church
Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married 1915 to William Stephen Booth
(died 20 April 1936; buried Booth family cemetery, Campbell County, Va.).
Their children were:
1.1.4.2.3.10.1. William Owen Booth
1.1.4.2.3.10.2. Lewis Coleman Booth
1.1.4.2.3.10.3. Billy Stephen Booth
1.1.4.2.3.10.4. Annie Laurie Booth
1.1.4.2.3.10.5. J. Kyle Booth
1.1.4.2.5.1. Heath Walker Tweedy (daughter of George Dabney Tweedy and Mary
Walker Martin), died 6 August 1959; married to Harry Nash.
1.1.4.7.1.1. Bertha Lela Tweedy (daughter of Thomas B. Tweedy and Willie
Rowlette Tanner), born 6 December 1903; married 26 November 1925 to Frank J.
Nash.
1.1.4.7.1.2. Grace C. Tweedy (daughter of Thomas B. Tweedy and Willie
Rowlette Tanner), born 15 June 1905; married to Maynard Merriman. They had
no children.
1.1.4.7.1.3. Ruby M. Tweedy (daughter of Thomas B. Tweedy and Willie
Rowlette Tanner), born 12 December 1908; married 8 April 1927 to Paul
Hankins. They had no children.
1.1.4.7.1.4. Benjamin F. Tweedy (son of Thomas B. Tweedy and Willie
Rowlette Tanner), born 14 July 1909; married 20 December 1929 to Lillian
Carden. Their children were:
1.1.4.7.1.4.1. Eugene Carden Tweedy
1.1.4.7.1.4.2. Betty Lou Tweedy
1.1.4.7.1.5. William T. Tweedy (son of Thomas B. Tweedy and Willie Rowlette
Tanner), born 5 March 1918; married 3 September 1940 to Martha Blankenship.
1.1.4.7.2.1. Ura Tweedy (daughter of Walter Howard Tweedy and Edna Clark
Cumby), born 16 February 1901; died 2 August 1972; buried in New Chapel
Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married to James Thomas
Poindexter (born 2 September 1894; died 7 February 1969; buried in New
Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.).
1.1.4.7.2.2. Ernest Clifton Tweedy (son of Walter Howard Tweedy and Edna
Clark Cumby), born 25 May 1902; died 1 March 1985 in Rustburg, Campbell
County, Va.; married 18 May 1932 in Concord, Campbell County, Va., to
Shirley Turner Coleman (born 18 September 1909, the daughter of William Mack
Coleman and Reva Price Wright; died 16 July 1966 in Rustburg, Campbell
County, Va.). Their children were:
1.1.4.7.2.2.1. Ernest Clifton Tweedy Jr.
1.1.4.7.2.2.2. William Howard Tweedy
1.1.4.7.2.2.3. Marvin Keith Tweedy
1.1.4.7.2.3. William Ferdinand Tweedy (son of Walter Howard Tweedy and Edna
Clark Cumby), born 29 July 1904 in Campbell County, Va.; died 12 January
1966 in Campbell County, Va.; buried Rustburg Cemetery, Campbell County,
Va.; married 23 December 1933 to to Aletha "Peggy" Doss (born 25 June 1903,
the daughter of Thomas B. Doss and Harriett Marsh; died 3 June 1991 in
Campbell County, Va.; buried Rustburg Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.).
They had a daughter:
1.1.4.7.2.3.1. Barbara Ann Tweedy
1.1.4.7.2.4. Glover Allen Tweedy (son of Walter Howard Tweedy and Edna Clark
Cumby), born 18 August 1908; died 15 September 1983. He was never married.
1.1.4.7.2.5. Claude Swanson Tweedy (son of Walter Howard Tweedy and Edna
Clark Cumby), born 19 June 1911; died 1916.
1.1.4.7.2.6. Bessie Strong Tweedy (daughter of Walter Howard Tweedy and
Edna Clark Cumby), born 8 May 1914; married to Guy Carleton Callaham.
1.1.5.1.1.1. Margaret Tweedy (daughter of William Otey Tweedy and Emma E.
Torrence), married to Ray Odor.
1.1.5.1.1.2. Ruby Tweedy (daughter of William Otey Tweedy and Emma E.
Torrence), married to Troy Huggins; married to Claude Tankersley.
1.1.5.1.1.3. Ethel Tweedy (daughter of William Otey Tweedy and Emma E.
Torrence), married to Frank Blankenship.
1.1.5.1.1.4. Louise Tweedy (daughter of William Otey Tweedy and Emma E.
Torrence).
1.1.5.1.1.5. Dorothy Tweedy (daughter of William Otey Tweedy and Emma E.
Torrence), married to Nathan Lambeth.
1.1.5.1.1.6. Arlene Tweedy (daughter of William Otey Tweedy and Emma E.
Torrence), married to Massie Yuille.
1.1.5.1.3.1. Lawrence Peet Tweedy (son of Oscar Lawrence Tweedy and Bertha
Moore), married to Estelle Mays.
1.1.5.1.3.2. Mabel Tweedy (daughter of Oscar Lawrence Tweedy and Bertha
Moore), married to Clinton Wood. Their children were:
1.1.5.1.3.2.1. Janice Wood
1.1.5.1.3.2.2. Charlotte Wood
1.1.5.1.3.3. Nancy Tweedy (daughter of Oscar Lawrence Tweedy and Bertha
Moore), married to Samuel J. Crawley.
1.1.5.1.3.4. Ocie Hunter Tweedy (son of Oscar Lawrence Tweedy and Bertha
Moore), married to Helen Evans. Their children were:
1.1.5.1.3.4.1. Irvin Tweedy
1.1.5.1.3.4.2. Robert Tweedy
1.1.5.1.3.4.3. Wanda Tweedy
1.1.5.1.3.4.4. Wrylan Tweedy
1.1.5.1.3.4.5. Darnelle Tweedy
1.1.5.1.3.5. Nancy Elizabeth "Nannie" Tweedy (daughter of Oscar Lawrence
Tweedy and Bertha Moore), born 16 February 1911; married to Aubrey Addison
Boothe (born 30 April 1909; died 24 May 1970).
1.1.5.1.5.1. Daniel Roy Tweedy (son of Robert Smith Tweedy and Elsie
Gertrude Moyer), born 16 June 1906; married; adopted his wife's son, William.
1.1.5.1.5.2. Emmett Filmore Tweedy (son of Robert Smith Tweedy and Elsie
Gertrude Moyer), born 6 August 1908 in Turtle Creek, Pa.; married 6 June
1937 in Turtle Creek, Pa., to Eleanor Sholl (born 17 February 1914 in Turtle
Creek, Pa., the daughter of W. Lee Sholl and Ethel Foster; died 31 May 1953
in Turtle Creek, Pa.). They had a daughter:
1.1.5.1.5.2.1. Linda Jane Tweedy
Emmett Filmore Tweedy married 4 June 1957 to Dorothy Bower (born 15
November 1908; died 5 April 1981; buried Early's Chapel Church
cemetery, Campbell County, Va.
Emmett Filmore Tweedy married _____.
1.1.5.1.5.3. Thelma Mae Tweedy (daughter of Robert Smith Tweedy and Elsie
Gertrude Moyer), born 23 May 1912; married 15 May 1937 to Walter J. Wolak.
Their children were:
1.1.5.1.5.3.1. Mary G. Wolak
1.1.5.1.5.3.2. Robert Wolak
1.1.5.1.5.4. Robert Smith Tweedy Jr. (son of Robert Smith Tweedy and Elsie
Gertrude Moyer), born 16 September 1914; married 11 June 1937 to Gertrude
Drylie. Their children were:
1.1.5.1.5.4.1. Virginia Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.4.2. David Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.4.3. Robert Smith Tweedy III
1.1.5.1.5.5. Gertrude Louise Tweedy (daughter of Robert Smith Tweedy and
Elsie Gertrude Moyer), born 2 June 1916; married 28 March 1936 to Floyd H.
Schoke. Their children were:
1.1.5.1.5.5.1. Arlene Louise Schoke
1.1.5.1.5.5.2. Judith Mae Schoke
1.1.5.1.5.6. Clarence Wesley Tweedy (son of Robert Smith Tweedy and Elsie
Gertrude Moyer), born 31 March 1918; married to Anna Mae Palmer. Their
children were:
1.1.5.1.5.6.1. Jean Ann Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.6.2. Eileen Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.6.3. James Wesley Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.7. Audrey Lillian Tweedy (daughter of Robert Smith Tweedy and
Elsie Gertrude Moyer), born 18 January 1920; married 2 November 1940 to
Charles Comer. Their children were:
1.1.5.1.5.7.1. Sheilia Mae Comer
1.1.5.1.5.7.2. Donna Lee Comer
1.1.5.1.5.8. Elizabeth Jean Tweedy (daughter of Robert Smith Tweedy and
Elsie Gertrude Moyer), born 31 March 1923; married to William J. Friese.
Their children were:
1.1.5.1.5.8.1. Nancy Lou Friese
1.1.5.1.5.8.2. William J. Friese
1.1.5.1.5.9. William Otey Tweedy (son of Robert Smith Tweedy and Elsie
Gertrude Moyer), born 9 May 1929; married 10 June 1951 to Ruth Frost. Their
children were:
1.1.5.1.5.9.1. Janice Marie Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.9.2. Thomas Norman Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.9.3. Ruth Ann Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.9.4. Mary Ann Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.9.5. Karen Jean Tweedy
1.1.5.1.5.9.6. William Daniel Tweedy
1.1.5.1.8.1. John Burton Tweedy (son of John Wesley Tweedy and Annie Burton
Cardwell), born 14 October 1918; married 10 April 1942 to Annie Mae Hunter
(born 5 September 1920). Their children were:
1.1.5.1.8.1.1. Annie Burton Tweedy
1.1.5.1.8.1.2. John Hunter Tweedy
1.1.5.1.8.1.3. Charles Wesley Tweedy
1.1.5.1.8.2. Lucille Tweedy (daughter of John Wesley Tweedy and Annie
Burton Cardwell), married to Vaughn Herbert Winebarger. Their children
were:
1.1.5.1.8.2.1. Vaughn Herbert Winebarger Jr.
1.1.5.1.8.2.2. Linda Winebarger
1.1.5.1.8.3. Emmett Filmore Tweedy (son of John Wesley Tweedy and Annie
Burton Cardwell), married to Beth Keesee. Their children were:
1.1.5.1.8.3.1. Janet Elizabeth Tweedy
1.1.5.1.8.3.2. Monica Tweedy
1.1.5.1.8.3.3. Emmett Filmore Tweedy Jr.
1.1.5.1.9.1. Virginia Moore (daughter of Robert Washington Moore and Hallie
Burton Tweedy), born 10 December 1918 in Campbell County, Va.; married 22
March 1947 in Durham, Durham County, N.C., to Roy F. Carter (born 24 August
1917 in Buckingham County, Va.; died 1 May 1990 in Lynchburg, Va.; buried
Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Va.) They had no children.
1.1.5.1.9.2. William P. Moore (son of Robert Washington Moore and Hallie
Burton Tweedy), born 5 January 1920 in Campbell County, Va.; died 15 July
1978 in Campbell County, Va.; buried Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg,
Va.; married to Beatrice Carwile. They had a daughter:
1.1.5.1.9.2.1. Sharon B. Moore
1.1.5.1.9.3. Aubrey T. Moore (son of Robert Washington Moore and Hallie
Burton Tweedy), born 5 June 1922 in Campbell County, Va.; died 18 August
1973 in Campbell County, Va.; buried Mt. Zion Church Cemetery, Campbell
County, Va.; married to Christine Driskill.
1.1.5.1.9.4. Malcolm B. "Jack" Moore (son of Robert Washington Moore and
Hallie Burton Tweedy), born 22 March 1926 in Campbell County, Va.; died 23
December 1991; buried Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Va.; married to
Helen Kost (born 29 August 1926). Their children were:
1.1.5.1.9.4.1. Betty Lucille Moore
1.1.5.1.9.4.2. Malcolm B. Moore Jr.
1.1.5.1.9.5. Berkley Moore (son of Robert Washington Moore and Hallie
Burton Tweedy), born 22 September 1923 in Campbell County, Va.; married 27
January 1945 to Thelma Driskill (born 16 February 1925 in Campbell County,
Va.)
1.1.5.1.9.6. Nancy Ellen Moore (daughter of Robert Washington Moore and
Hallie Burton Tweedy), born 6 November 1929 in Campbell County, Va.; died 9
August 1987 in Lynchburg, Va.; buried Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg,
Va.; married to R. Lacy Walker (born 21 May 1920). They had no children.
1.1.5.1.10.1. Mary Jane Tweedy (daughter of Clarence Filmore Tweedy and
Jessie Saunders Harvey), born 12 June 1933.
1.1.5.1.10.2. Richard Tweedy (son of Clarence Filmore Tweedy and Jessie
Saunders Harvey), born 17 May 1935 in Akron, Ohio; married 14 September 1957
to Patty Lou McQuaid (born 24 February 1938). They adopted a daughter:
1.1.5.1.10.2.1. Beth Ann Tweedy
1.1.5.1.12.1. Richard Filmore Crawley (son of Samuel J. Crawley and Lillian
Tweedy ), married to Lavonne Reed.
1.1.5.1.12.2. Margaret Crawley (daughter of Samuel J. Crawley and Lillian
Tweedy), married to Glover Hunter Jones.
1.1.5.1.13.1. Ralph Bowles Jr. (son of Ralph Bowles and Nannie Katherine
Tweedy).
1.1.5.1.13.2. Nancy Clair Bowles (daughter of Ralph Bowles and Nannie
Katherine Tweedy), married to Jack Walker.
1.1.5.2.3.1. Reginald Edward Tweedy (son of Emmet Price Tweedy and Evie
Virginia Evans), born 22 June 1910; married 6 June 1942 to Marjorie Pierce
Harrell. Their children were:
1.1.5.2.3.1.1. Reginald Edward Tweedy Jr.
1.1.5.2.3.1.2. Harrell Emmett Tweedy
1.1.5.2.3.2. Evans Tweedy (son of Emmet Price Tweedy and Evie Virginia
Evans), born 14 May 1913; died 25 May 1913.
1.1.5.2.3.3. Robert Price Tweedy (son of Emmet Price Tweedy and Evie
Virginia Evans), born 9 April 1915; married 16 August 1941 to Anna
Elizabeth West (born 6 December 1916). Their children were:
1.1.5.2.3.3.1. Elizabeth Ann Tweedy
1.1.5.2.3.3.2. Mary Virginia Tweedy
1.1.5.2.3.3.3. Barbara Gail Tweedy
1.1.5.2.3.3.4. Kathy Leigh Tweedy
1.1.5.2.3.4. Nancy Maryon Tweedy (daughter of Emmet Price Tweedy and Evie
Virginia Evans), born 14 April 1917; married 10 January 1941 to Walter
William Wright (born 7 January 1915). They had no children.
1.1.5.2.3.5. Ethel Virginia Tweedy (daughter of Emmet Price Tweedy and Evie
Virginia Evans), born 30 November 1923; married 3 December 1942 to Ralph E.
Maurer (born c. 1909 in Austria; emigrated to the United States with his
parents c. 1920; obtained U.S. citizenship in 1929). Their children were:
1.1.5.2.3.5.1. Ralph Gerald Maurer
1.1.5.2.3.5.2. Robert Tweedy Maurer
1.1.5.2.3.5.3. Richard Samuel Maurer
1.1.5.2.3.5.4. Virginia Maryon Maurer
1.1.5.2.3.5.5. Rachael Eva Maurer
1.1.5.2.4.1. Aurelia Elizabeth Tweedy (daughter of Artie Smith Tweedy and
Elizabeth Rolph Evans), born 16 February 1904 in Campbell County, Va.;
married 12 September 1923 to Thomas Lloyd Carwile (son of Walter Rice
Carwile and Sally Hendricks), born 5 July 1898 in Halifax County, Va.; died
2 September 1977 in Bedford, Va.; buried New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery,
Campbell County, Va.. Their children were:
1.1.5.2.4.1.1. Ellen Carwile
1.1.5.2.4.1.2. Phyllis Carwile
1.1.5.2.4.1.3. Berkley Evans Carwile
1.1.5.2.4.1.4. Dorothy Ann Carwile
1.1.5.2.4.1.5. Thomas Lloyd Carwile II
1.1.5.2.4.2. Robert Smith Tweedy (son of Artie Smith Tweedy and Elizabeth
Rolph Evans), born 17 November 1905; died 5 December 1920; buried in New
Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.
1.1.5.2.4.3. Laura Evelyn "Missy" Tweedy (daughter of Artie Smith Tweedy and
Elizabeth Rolph Evans), born 20 January 1907. She was never married.
1.1.5.2.4.4. Maggie Mae Tweedy (daughter of Artie Smith Tweedy and Elizabeth
Rolph Evans), born 8 November 1908; married 8 November 1931 to Thomas W.
Johnson (born 3 June 1901. Their children were:
1.1.5.2.4.4.1. Erma Dawn Johnson
1.1.5.2.4.4.2. Thomas W. Johnson Jr.
1.1.5.2.4.5. Annie Virginia Tweedy (daughter of Artie Smith Tweedy and
Elizabeth Rolph Evans), born 15 April 1921; married _____ Coleman.
1.1.5.2.4.6. Jimmy Edwin Tweedy (son of Artie Smith Tweedy and Elizabeth
Rolph Evans), born 1 March 1931 in Rustburg, Campbell County, Va.; married
17 June 1960 in Rustburg, Campbell County, Va., to his third cousin, once
removed, Barbara Ann Tweedy [See 1.1.4.7.2.3.1.]. Their children were:
1.1.5.2.4.6.1. Edwin Scott Tweedy
1.1.5.2.4.6.2. Kevin Lee Tweedy
1.1.5.4.1.1. Virginia Randolph Tweedy (daughter of John Randolph Tweedy
and Lois Pearl Finch), born 12 November 1917; married to Howard Haithcock.
Their children were:
1.1.5.4.1.1.1. Carolyn Haithcock
1.1.5.4.1.1.2. Howard Haithcock Jr.
1.1.5.6.1.1. Herbert Jett Tweedy (son of Clayton Burton Tweedy and Marian
Gladys Cardwell), married to Lillian A. Burnette. They had a son:
1.1.5.6.1.1.1. Thomas Tweedy
1.1.5.6.1.2. Marie Christian Tweedy (daughter of Clayton Burton Tweedy and
Marian Gladys Cardwell), married to Robert Nolen. Their children were:
1.1.5.6.1.2.1. Robyn Nolen
1.1.5.6.1.2.2. Kenneth Nolen
1.1.5.6.1.3. Emma Frances Tweedy (daughter of Clayton Burton Tweedy and
Marian Gladys Cardwell), married to Leslie Oglesby. They had no children.
1.1.5.6.1.4. Clayton Burton Tweedy Jr. (son of Clayton Burton Tweedy and
Marian Gladys Cardwell), married to Anne Foster. They had a daughter:
1.1.5.6.1.4.1. Angela Tweedy
1.1.5.6.1.5. Marvin Cardwell Tweedy (son of Clayton Burton Tweedy and Marian
Gladys Cardwell), born 5 September 1921; married 5 June 1947 to Mary Frances
Evans (born 18 March 1927). They had a daughter:
1.1.5.6.1.5.1. Ann Carol Tweedy
1.1.5.6.1.6. Gladys Elizabeth Tweedy (daughter of Clayton Burton Tweedy and
Marian Gladys Cardwell), married to Charles Henry Martin. Their children
were:
1.1.5.6.1.6.1. Cheryl Martin
1.1.5.6.1.6.2. Gary Martin
1.1.5.6.1.7. Earl Tweedy (son of Clayton Burton Tweedy and Marian Gladys
Cardwell).
1.1.5.7.2.1. Hilda Abbitt (daughter of George R. Abbitt and Geneva B.
Torrence), born 1917; married to George A. Covington of Prince Edward
County, Va.
1.1.5.7.2.2. Mildred Abbitt (daughter of George R. Abbitt and Geneva B.
Torrence), born 1919; married to Robert Gross of Richmond, Va.
1.1.5.7.2.3. Gertrude Abbitt (daughter of George R. Abbitt and Geneva B.
Torrence), born 1921; married to Robert Ellington of North Carolina.
1.1.5.7.2.4. Betty Abbitt (daughter of George R. Abbitt and Geneva B.
Torrence), born 1926; married to Howard LaWarne of Prince Edward County, Va.
1.1.5.7.2.5. Junius Abbitt (son of George R. Abbitt and Geneva B. Torrence),
born 1927; married to _____ Adams of Charlotte County, Va.
1.1.5.7.2.6. June Carroll Abbitt (daughter of George R. Abbitt and Geneva B.
Torrence), born 1932; married to Spenser St. John of Prince Edward County,
Va.
1.1.5.7.2.7. Susie G. Abbitt (daughter of George R. Abbitt and Geneva B.
Torrence), born 1938.
1.2.2.4.1.1. Albert B. Rosser (son of George W. Rosser and Lillie Payne
Tweedy), married to Maude Scott.
1.2.2.4.1.2. Royal Ammon Rosser (son of George W. Rosser and Lillie Payne
Tweedy), married to Ruby Holland.
1.2.2.4.1.3. Mary Ruth Rosser (daughter of George W. Rosser and Lillie
Payne Tweedy), married to Frank Scott.
1.2.2.4.1.4. Marian Rosser (daughter of George W. Rosser and Lillie Payne
Tweedy), married to Henry Scruggs.
1.2.6.2.4.1. Gwendolyn Rosser (daughter of Otis L. Rosser and Iva M. Cox),
married to Ottoway "Bob" Pentecost; married to Isaac Elder.
1.2.6.2.4.2. Vernon Rosser (son of Otis L. Rosser and Iva M. Cox), married
to Emma Hendricks. Their children were:
1.2.6.2.4.2.1. Ethel Margarette Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.2.2. Gordon Luther Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.2.3. Marie M. Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.2.4. Jessie Mae Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.2.5. Dorothy Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.2.6. Leverne Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.2.7. Emma Joyce Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.3. Collier Rosser (son of Otis L. Rosser and Iva M. Cox), married
to Estoria Clark. They had a daughter:
1.2.6.2.4.3.1. Rachel Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.4. Sarah Rosser (daughter of Otis L. Rosser and Iva M. Cox),
married to Oakey Burnett. They had a son:
1.2.6.2.4.4.1. Nelson Burnett
1.2.6.2.4.5. James Rosser (son of Otis L. Rosser and Iva M. Cox), married
to Ann McCary. Their children were:
1.2.6.2.4.5.1. Francis Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.5.2. James J. Rosser
1.2.6.2.4.6. Gladys Rosser (daughter of Otis L. Rosser and Iva M. Cox),
married to Hugh Roark. Their children were:
1.2.6.2.4.6.1. Hugh Roark Jr.
1.2.6.2.4.6.2. Kenneth Roark
1.2.6.2.4.6.3. Elizabeth Ann Roark
1.2.6.2.4.6.4. David Roark
1.2.6.4.2.1. Bentley Alexander Rosser (son of Frank Wilmer Rosser and
Virginia May Mitchell).
1.2.6.4.2.2. Frances Lucille Rosser (daughter of Frank Wilmer Rosser and
Virginia May Mitchell).
1.2.6.4.2.3. Hilda May Rosser (daughter of Frank Wilmer Rosser and Virginia
May Mitchell).
1.2.6.4.2.4. Clarice Virginia Rosser (daughter of Frank Wilmer Rosser and
Virginia May Mitchell), born 14 October 1913; married 20 August 1940 in
Campbell County, Va., to Julian Odell Adams (born 18 June 1902). They had a
son:
1.2.6.4.2.4.1. Julian Rosser Adams
1.2.6.4.2.5. Edith Elizabeth Rosser (daughter of Frank Wilmer Rosser and
Virginia May Mitchell), born 8 February 19--; married to Ira W. Hicks. Their
children were:
1.2.6.4.2.5.1. Ann Hicks
1.2.6.4.2.5.2. Ira Hicks
1.2.6.4.2.6. Frank W. Rosser (son of Frank Wilmer Rosser and Virginia May
Mitchell).
1.2.6.4.2.7. Emma Almera Rosser (daughter of Frank Wilmer Rosser and
Virginia May Mitchell), born 25 June 19--; married to James Howard Collier
Jr. of Richmond, Va.
1.2.11.1.1.1. Marion Thomas Rosser (son of Reid Arnold Rosser and Wilheimena
Stant), married to Mary Lee Terrel. Their children were:
1.2.11.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Burnley Rosser
1.2.11.1.1.1.2. Marion Rosser
Marion Thomas Rosser married to Troyle Hunt.
1.2.11.1.1.2. Frances Arnold Rosser (daughter of Reid Arnold Rosser and
Wilheimena Stant), married to _____ Atwood; married to William Ryan.
1.2.11.1.2.1. Aubrey Stone (son of Charles B. Stone and Callie Brandon
Rosser), born 1895; married 1925 to Mary Pepper. Their children were:
1.2.11.1.2.1.1. Charles Stone
1.2.11.1.2.1.2. Cornelia Stone
1.2.11.1.2.2. Edwin Stone (son of Charles B. Stone and Callie Brandon
Rosser), born 1896; died 1918.
1.2.11.1.2.3. Paul Stone (son of Charles B. Stone and Callie Brandon
Rosser), born 1898.
1.2.11.1.2.4. Brandon Stone (son of Charles B. Stone and Callie Brandon
Rosser), born 1899; married Alice Carter. They had a daughter:
1.2.11.1.2.4.1. Elizabeth Stone
1.2.11.1.2.5. Lucille Stone (daughter of Charles B. Stone and Callie
Brandon Rosser), born 1901; married to J.J. Riegel. Their children were:
1.2.11.1.2.5.1. Anne L. Riegel
1.2.11.1.2.5.2. David Merrick Riegel
1.2.11.1.2.5.3. Evelyn Riegel
1.2.11.1.2.6. Burnley Stone (son of Charles B. Stone and Callie Brandon
Rosser), married to Inez Bolton. They had a son:
1.2.11.1.2.6.1. James Alyne Stone
1.2.11.1.2.7. Earle Stone (son of Charles B. Stone and Callie Brandon
Rosser).
1.2.11.1.2.8. Alyne S. Stone (daughter of Charles B. Stone and Callie
Brandon Rosser).
1.2.11.1.3.1. John Leonidas Rosser Jr. (son of John Leonidas Rosser and
Evelyn Craig), born 1911; died 1952; married to Doris McGinnis. Their
children were:
1.2.11.1.3.1.1. David Noble Rosser
1.2.11.1.3.1.2. Susan Gail Rosser
1.2.11.1.3.1.3. Lynne Anne Rosser
1.2.11.1.3.2. James Craig Rosser (son of John Leonidas Rosser and Evelyn
Craig), married to Elizabeth Miller.
1.2.11.1.3.3. John Woodburn Rosser (son of John Leonidas Rosser and Evelyn
Craig).
1.2.11.1.4.1. George L. Rosser (son of Ernest L. Rosser and Alma Wren),
marrried to Josephine Spicer.
1.2.11.1.4.2. Anne Rosser (daughter of Ernest L. Rosser and Alma Wren),
married to Henry Preston King. Their children were:
1.2.11.1.4.2.1. Janet King
1.2.11.1.4.2.2. Lisa King
1.2.11.1.4.3. Janet Lisa Rosser (daughter of Ernest L. Rosser and Alma
Wren).
1.2.11.1.4.4. Louisa Rosser (daughter of Ernest L. Rosser and Alma Wren),
married to Harvey Wilson.
1.2.11.2.2.1. Malcolm Rosser Swart (son of J.C. Swart and Annie B. Rosser),
married to Dorothy J. _____. They lived in Lynchburg, Va.
1.2.12.13.1.1. Elsie Cochran (daughter of Campbell Carrington Cochran and
Sarah Overton Rosser), born 8 November 1887 in Charlottesville, Va.; died
19 February 1897.
1.2.12.13.1.2. Campbell Carrington Cochran Jr. (son of Campbell Carrington
Cochran and Sarah Overton Rosser), born 1 August 1889 in Charlottesville,
Va.; a lawyer; married to Margaret Gray (born 1889, the daughter of Lewis
Gray and Saugus Mas; died 3 August 1927 in Washington, D.C.) Their children
were:
1.2.12.13.1.2.1. Campbell Carrington Cochran III
1.2.12.13.1.2.2. Sarah Virginia Cochran
1.2.12.13.1.2.3. Lewis Gray Cochran
1.2.12.13.1.3. Howe Preston Cochran (son of Campbell Carrington Cochran and
Sarah Overton Rosser), born 8 March 1891 in Charlottesville, Va.; married 1
June 1913 to Esther Hartley (born 5 March 1892). Their children were:
1.2.12.13.1.3.1. Bettie Winston Cochran
1.2.12.13.1.3.2. Howe Preston Cochran Jr.
1.2.12.13.1.4. Sarah Overton Cochran (daughter of Campbell Carrington
Cochran and Sarah Overton Rosser), born 30 September 1892 in Charlottesville,
Va.; married 4 June 1919 to William Gideon Hopkins (born 15 August 1892).
1.2.12.13.1.5. Thomas Rosser Cochran (son of Campbell Carrington Cochran
and Sarah Overton Rosser), born 6 April 1895 in Charlottesville, Va.;
married to Lizzie Wallace Lowe (born 10 July 1900 in Blackstone, Va., the
daughter of Douglas Moxley Lowe and Frances Marian Green). Their children
were:
1.2.12.13.1.5.1. Frances Overton Cochran
1.2.12.13.1.5.2. Thomas Rosser Cochran Jr.
1.2.12.13.1.5.3. Douglas Carrington Cochran
1.2.12.13.2.1. Barbara Winston Rosser (daughter of Thomas Lafayette Rosser
Jr. and Harriet Gordon), born 2 October 1896.
1.2.12.13.6.1. Elizabeth Winston Elliott (daughter of Allmond Blow Elliott
and Marguerite Rosser), born 20 August 1907 in Charlottesville, Va.; married
25 February 1928 to John Edward Smith (born 17 October 1906 in New York,
N.Y., the son of John Joseph Smith and Dora Emma Breggeneann). Their children
were:
1.2.12.13.6.1.1. Winston Smith
1.2.12.13.6.1.2. Elizabeth Littlepage Smith
1.5.1.1.1.1. John Walter Cocke Jr. (son of John Walter Cocke and
Nellie Nalle), born 22 February 1904 in McLennan Co., Tex.; died August
1972 in McLennan Co., Tex.,; married Maggie Eugene Forrest (born
11 June 1906; died 20 June 1977 in McLennan Co., Tex.) Among their children
was a daughter:
1.5.1.1.1.1.1. Sara Don Cocke
1.8.5.1.1.1. Joseph Benton Dobson Jr. (son of Joseph Benton Dobson and Ruth
Coleman), born 18 July 1906 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn.; married 30
September 1926 in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., to Mildred Lucille
McCaig (born 2 November 1906 near Barton, Colbert County, Ala.; died 2
February 1979 in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala.). Their children were:
1.8.5.1.1.1.1. Marjorie Lee Dobson
1.8.5.1.1.1.2. Joseph Benton Dobson III
Seventh Generation
1.1.3.2.2.3.1. William Wood Burke (son of Richard Leigh Burke and Roberta
Wood), born 1905; married to Mary Emily Harvey (born 1906). Their children
were:
1.1.3.2.2.3.1.1. Frank Leigh Burke
1.1.3.2.2.3.1.2. Emily Wood Burke
1.1.3.2.2.3.1.3. William Allen Burke
1.1.3.2.2.3.1.4. Margaret Susan Burke
1.1.3.2.2.3.2. Richard Leigh Burke Jr. (son of Richard Leigh Burke and
Roberta Wood), born 1919; married to Elizabeth Megginson. They had a son:
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.1. James Robert Burke
1.1.3.2.2.4.1. Vara W. Abbitt (daughter of James B. Abbitt and Vara Burke).
1.1.3.2.2.4.2. Ann Abbitt (daughter of James B. Abbitt and Vara Burke),
married to _____ Staples.
1.1.3.2.2.5.1. Richard Floyd Burke Steele (son of William Taylor Steele and
Alice Floyd Burke), born 1904; married to Louise Adams of Halifax County, Va.
1.1.3.2.2.5.2. William Taylor Steele Jr. (son of William Taylor Steele and
Alice Floyd Burke), born 1908; married to Mary Cover of Staunton, Va.
1.1.3.2.2.6.1. Vernie Oden (daughter of Benjmin F. Oden and Martha Elizabeth
Burke), married to _____ Covington.
1.1.3.4.2.3.1. Ruby Otway Jenkins (daughter of Harry Wellington Jenkins and
Mattie E. Beard), born 1923; married to George Monroe Webb.
1.1.3.4.2.3.2. Helen Ware Jenkins (daughter of Harry Wellington Jenkins and
Mattie E. Beard), born 1926; married to Twyman Baldwin.
1.1.3.4.2.3.3. Robert Preston Jenkins (son of Harry Wellington Jenkins and
Mattie E. Beard), born 1928.
1.1.3.9.2.2.1. James Richardson Cardwell Jr. (son of James Richardson
Cardwell and Myra Edward Tweedy), married. Their children were:
1.1.3.9.2.2.1.1. Richard H. Cardwell
1.1.3.9.2.2.1.2. Carolyn Cardwell
1.1.3.9.2.4.1. Franklin Vaughn Tweedy (son of Eddie Carson Tweedy Jr. and
Tola Belle Cardwell), born 10 December 1926; married 28 March 1953 in
Charlottesville, Va., to Nellie Gray Johnson.
1.1.3.9.2.4.2. Doyle Smith Tweedy (son of Eddie Carson Tweedy Jr. and Tola
Belle Cardwell), born 3 October 1928, twin of Royce James Tweedy; died 21
August 1929.
1.1.3.9.2.4.3. Royce James Tweedy (son of Eddie Carson Tweedy Jr. and Tola
Belle Cardwell), born 3 October 1928 (twin of Doyle Smith Tweedy); married
31 May 1952 in Marshall, Texas, to Elydine Wagner. They had a daughter:
1.1.3.9.2.4.3.1. Dana Irene Tweedy
1.1.3.9.2.5.1. Anne Beth Beard (daughter of John Pendleton Beard and Anna
Rosser Tweedy), born 3 March 1927 in Lynchburg, Va.; married June 1946 to
Harry Tucker Eubanks Jr. Their children were:
1.1.3.9.2.5.1.1. Harry Tucker Eubanks III
1.1.3.9.2.5.1.2. Sally Pendleton Eubanks
1.1.3.9.2.5.1.3. John Eubanks
1.1.3.9.2.8.1. Sallie Clementine Evans (daughter of Marvin Klober Evans and
Dana Clementine Tweedy), married to J.W. Hayes. Their children were:
1.1.3.9.2.8.1.1. James Evans Hayes
1.1.3.9.2.8.1.2. David Wayne Hayes
1.1.3.9.2.10.1. Ann Paige Jones (daughter of Frank N. Jones and Helen Haden
Tweedy), born 1 March 1938; married 19 March 1960 to Wallace Bennet Hurt.
Their children were:
1.1.3.9.2.10.1.1. Wallace Bennet Hurt Jr.
1.1.3.9.2.10.1.2. Sarah Ann Carson Hurt
1.1.3.9.2.11.1 Betty Evans Puckette (daughter of Fred M. Puckette and Alice
Burks Tweedy), born 19 September 1942 in Lynchburg, Va.; married to William
Stephen Shenk. Their children were:
1.1.3.9.2.11.1.1. Jill Evans Shenk
1.1.3.9.2.11.1.2. Benjamin Shenk
1.1.3.9.2.11.2. Kay Holmes Puckette (daughter of Fred M. Puckette and Alice
Burks Tweedy), born May 1945; married 10 August 1968 to Charles Felmlee.
1.1.3.13.5.1.1. Charles Allen Tweedy (son of Charles Rosser Tweedy and
Bettie Sue Moore), born 1938.
1.1.4.1.4.3.1. Martha Fern Tweedy (daughter of Richard Taylor Tweedy and
Emma Thompson), married to Clayton Claytor.
1.1.4.1.4.3.2. John R. Tweedy (son of Richard Taylor Tweedy and Emma
Thompson), married to Virginia _____.
1.1.4.1.4.3.3. Mary Tweedy (daughter of Richard Taylor Tweedy and Emma
Thompson), married to _____ Hudson; married to _____Sapp; married to Malcolm
Burgess.
1.1.4.1.4.3.4. Doris Tweedy (daughter of Richard Taylor Tweedy and Emma
Thompson), married to _____ Coleman.
1.1.4.1.4.3.5. Richard Taylor Tweedy Jr. (son of Richard Taylor Tweedy and
Emma Thompson).
1.1.4.1.4.3.6. Douglas Ann Tweedy (son of Richard Taylor Tweedy and Emma
Thompson), died young.
1.1.4.1.4.4.1. Lloyd T. Wilkerson (son of J. Thomas Wilkerson and Martha
Susan Tweedy), married to Lucy Allen.
1.1.4.1.4.4.2. John Abbott Wilkerson (son of J. Thomas Wilkerson and
Martha Susan Tweedy), married to Sarah Allen.
1.1.4.1.4.4.3. Pearl Wilkerson (daughter of J. Thomas Wilkerson and Martha
Susan Tweedy), married to _____ Spencer; married to _____ Mathias.
1.1.4.1.4.4.4. Mae Wilkerson (daughter of J. Thomas Wilkerson and Martha
Susan Tweedy), married to _____ McCall.
1.1.4.1.4.5.1. Mary Ethel Wright (daughter of Walter Patterson Wright and
Sallie Bennie Tweedy), born 18 February 1905; died 22 August 1928; buried
in New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married
to her cousin, William Rayford Tweedy [See 1.1.4.2.2.2].
1.1.4.1.4.5.2. Dennis Howland Wright (son of Walter Patterson Wright and
Sallie Bennie Tweedy), born 13 July 1908; died 30 July 1908 of erysipelas,
a skin disease.
1.1.4.1.4.5.3. Doyle Patterson Wright (son of Walter Patterson Wright and
Sallie Bennie Tweedy), born 19 November 1909; died 9 January 1919 of
pneumonia.
1.1.4.1.4.5.4. Walter Sherwood Wright (son of Walter Patterson Wright and
Sallie Bennie Tweedy), born 15 November 1912; married 17 February 1934 to
Ada Odell Terry. Their children were:
1.1.4.1.4.5.4.1. Ethel Patteson Wright
1.1.4.1.2.8.4.2. Sherwood Dennis Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.5. Chester McGhee Wright (son of Walter Patterson Wright and
Sallie Bennie Tweedy), born 16 August 1914; died 26 April 1952; married to
Beatrice Carden. Their children were:
1.1.4.1.4.5.5.1. Doyle Alvah Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.5.2. Linda Diane Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.6. Grady Hartwell Wright (son of Walter Patterson Wright and
Sallie Bennie Tweedy), born 3 July 1917; married to Evelyn P. Andrews. Their
children were:
1.1.4.1.4.5.6.1. Walter Edward Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.6.2. Sarah Jane Wright
Grady Hartwell Wright married to Lillian Mitchell.
1.1.4.1.4.5.7. Elbert Gilliam Wright (son of Walter Patterson Wright and
Sallie Bennie Tweedy), born 16 July 1920; married to Letha Martin. They had
a daughter:
1.1.4.1.4.5.7.1. Patricia Ann Wright
Elbert Gilliam Wright married to Helen E. Morris.
1.1.4.1.4.5.8. Virginia Louise Wright (daughter of Walter Patterson Wright
and Sallie Bennie Tweedy), born 18 June 1922; died 25 August 1994; buried
in New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.; married
November 1945 to Otis William Torrence (born 19 January 1926; died 13 May
1987; buried in New Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Va.).
Their children were:
1.1.4.1.4.5.8.1. William Anthony Torrence
1.1.4.1.4.5.8.2. Kenneth R. Torrence
1.1.4.1.4.5.8.3. Otis Wayne Torrence
1.1.4.1.4.5.9. Vernon Watkins Wright (son of Walter Patterson Wright and
Sallie Bennie Tweedy), born 12 April 1924; died 25 August 1991; married 3
October 1947 to Delores Robertson. Their children were:
1.1.4.1.4.5.9.1. Vernon Allen Wright
1.1.4.1.4.5.9.2. Carolyn Sue Wright
1.1.4.1.4.6.1. Clifton Otey Tweedy (son of Otey Hudson Tweedy and Addie J.
Wilkerson), married to Helene _____.
1.1.4.1.4.6.2. James B. Tweedy (son of Otey Hudson Tweedy and Addie J.
Wilkerson), married to Lola _____.
1.1.4.1.4.6.3. William A. Tweedy (son of Otey Hudson Tweedy and Addie J.
Wilkerson), lived in Alaska.
1.1.4.1.4.6.4. Raymond Tweedy (son of Otey Hudson Tweedy and Addie J.
Wilkerson).
1.1.4.1.4.7.1. Catherine Tweedy (daughter of Dabney Clinton Tweedy and Ruth
Bagby).
1.1.4.1.4.7.2. Frances Tweedy (daughter of Dabney Clinton Tweedy and Ruth
Bagby), married to Linwood Coleman.
1.1.4.1.4.7.3. Dabney Clinton Tweedy Jr. (son of Dabney Clinton Tweedy and
Ruth Bagby), died young.
1.1.4.1.4.8.1. Mae Clement Thompson (daughter of Benjamin Thompson and
Elizabeth May Tweedy), married to _____ Frazier.
1.1.4.1.4.8.2. Bethel Thompson (daughter of Benjamin Thompson and Elizabeth
May Tweedy), married to Price Doss.
1.1.4.1.4.8.3. Annie Laurie Thompson (daughter of Benjamin Thompson and
Elizabeth May Tweedy), married to Henry Bell.
1.1.4.1.4.8.4. Virginia Thompson (daughter of Benjamin Thompson and
Elizabeth May Tweedy), married to Morgan Brooks.
1.1.4.1.4.9.1. Virginia Tweedy (daughter of Allen Crawford Tweedy and Elva
Claytor), died young.
1.1.4.1.4.9.2. Pauline E. Tweedy (daughter of Allen Crawford Tweedy and
Elva Claytor), born 15 March 1924 in Campbell County, Va.; married 12 July
1944 in Rustburg, Va., to Clifton Lee Barbieri (born 7 October 1919). Their
children were:
1.1.4.1.4.9.2.1. Lee Allan Barbieri
1.1.4.1.4.9.2.2. Deborah Ann Barbieri
1.1.4.1.4.9.2.3. Stevan Fears Barbieri
1.1.4.1.4.9.2.4. Brenda Sue Barbieri
1.1.4.1.4.9.2.5. Lisa Kirk Barbieri
1.1.4.1.4.9.3. Allen Charles "A.C." Tweedy Jr. (son of Allen Crawford Tweedy
and Elva Claytor), married to Laverne Snow.
1.1.4.1.4.9.4. Rose Tweedy (daughter of Allen Crawford Tweedy and Elva
Claytor), married to Joseph Satow.
1.1.4.1.4.9.5. Mary Ellen Tweedy (daughter of Allen Crawford Tweedy and Elva
Claytor), married to Edward McLaughlin.
1.1.4.2.2.1.1. Helen Elizabeth Torrence (daughter of Willie Davis Torrence
and Mary Esther Tweedy), born 10 June 1920; married 23 May 1941 to Beverly
Swanson Burton (born 10 October 1917; died 1 January 1974). Their children
were:
1.1.4.2.2.1.1.1. Beverly Alan Burton
1.1.4.2.2.1.1.2. Cary Davis "Rocky" Burton
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