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Whom does he resemble? Put your thumb under his nose and note the upper part of the face: the large nose, deep set eyes, bushy brows, large head.
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Friday, December 20, 2013
Greenberry Jefferson Stokes
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Whom does he resemble? Put your thumb under his nose and note the upper part of the face: the large nose, deep set eyes, bushy brows, large head.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
"An abiding love of peace can hardly be enumerated amongst their more prominent characteristics"
On the Scots-Irish (or Scotch-Irish) in Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War by G.F.R. Henderson. This General Jackson and the one who was President were from this fierce race.
The grandmother Ken and I share was a Johnson, the Scots-Irish type and not the Scandinavian, first cousin to the Jacksons and everyone else from the Lowlands who had "son" at the end of their family name. That grandmother married a Stokes (Walter Levi), and his grandfather was Greenberry Jefferson Stokes, and that family has its share of Scots-Irish blood. Grandfather Greenberry was in General John B. Gordan's "Raccoon Roughs" and appears in this 1889 reunion photo. A copy of that photo is among some old papers of my dad (Walter Johnson) that I have. The Wiki bio of General Gordon I linked states that he "was descended from an ancient Scottish lineage . . . "
On Carol's side are the McKinneys, another Scots-Irish family (probably the same family as the McKenzies). I have seen significant evidence over the last 40 years that, in terms of being fierce, the McKinneys easily trump the Johnsons and the Stokeses.
The grandmother Ken and I share was a Johnson, the Scots-Irish type and not the Scandinavian, first cousin to the Jacksons and everyone else from the Lowlands who had "son" at the end of their family name. That grandmother married a Stokes (Walter Levi), and his grandfather was Greenberry Jefferson Stokes, and that family has its share of Scots-Irish blood. Grandfather Greenberry was in General John B. Gordan's "Raccoon Roughs" and appears in this 1889 reunion photo. A copy of that photo is among some old papers of my dad (Walter Johnson) that I have. The Wiki bio of General Gordon I linked states that he "was descended from an ancient Scottish lineage . . . "
On Carol's side are the McKinneys, another Scots-Irish family (probably the same family as the McKenzies). I have seen significant evidence over the last 40 years that, in terms of being fierce, the McKinneys easily trump the Johnsons and the Stokeses.
Sunday, May 08, 2005
More on Family.
Egerton (sometimes "Edgerton"). Carol's maternal grandmother was an Egerton.
Gross. Barbara Gross married Young Stokes. (see below)
Dykes. Virginia Ann Dykes married Greenberry Jefferson Stokes. (see below)
Aidan's male ancestors down to him on the Stokes side: Young Stokes (b ca. 1811), the father of Greenberry Jefferson (1839-1912), the father of Walter Levi (1877-1949), the father of Walter Johnson (1912-1996), the father of Paul Mason (b, 1946) , the father of Walter Ashley, Mary Juanita, and Macon Lanford, the father of Aidan Walter.
Greenberry Jefferson Stokes, according to a family history, was born in Tennessee [on a mountain top?]. "He enlisted in Company D, 6th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, April 25, 1861, and was a member of the famous "Raccoon Roughs"; the Company organized by the late General John B. Gordon and served with distinction throughout the Civil War as a Confederate soldier. He was wounded in Sharpsburg, Maryland (Battle of Antietam) September 17, 1862, and was captured September 21, 1863. Sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, to Rock Island, Illinois, and then to Louisville, Kentucky to be exchanged."
(For more on General Gordon and the Raccoon Roughs go to this webpage. It not only has a photo of Gordon, it also has a photo of a reunion of veterans. Among them is Greenberry Jefferson. The reunion photo, according to the webpage, was supplied by Shirley Denny of Akron, Ohio. Shirley is my second cousin. She is a daughter of my dad's first cousin, Judson Walker Stokes, who went by "JW".)
Young Stokes married Virginia Ann Dykes, who would be Aidan's great, great grandmother, on his father's side. Barbara Gross on that side would be his great, great, great grandmother.
Egerton (sometimes "Edgerton"). Carol's maternal grandmother was an Egerton.
Gross. Barbara Gross married Young Stokes. (see below)
Dykes. Virginia Ann Dykes married Greenberry Jefferson Stokes. (see below)
Aidan's male ancestors down to him on the Stokes side: Young Stokes (b ca. 1811), the father of Greenberry Jefferson (1839-1912), the father of Walter Levi (1877-1949), the father of Walter Johnson (1912-1996), the father of Paul Mason (b, 1946) , the father of Walter Ashley, Mary Juanita, and Macon Lanford, the father of Aidan Walter.
Greenberry Jefferson Stokes, according to a family history, was born in Tennessee [on a mountain top?]. "He enlisted in Company D, 6th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, April 25, 1861, and was a member of the famous "Raccoon Roughs"; the Company organized by the late General John B. Gordon and served with distinction throughout the Civil War as a Confederate soldier. He was wounded in Sharpsburg, Maryland (Battle of Antietam) September 17, 1862, and was captured September 21, 1863. Sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, to Rock Island, Illinois, and then to Louisville, Kentucky to be exchanged."
(For more on General Gordon and the Raccoon Roughs go to this webpage. It not only has a photo of Gordon, it also has a photo of a reunion of veterans. Among them is Greenberry Jefferson. The reunion photo, according to the webpage, was supplied by Shirley Denny of Akron, Ohio. Shirley is my second cousin. She is a daughter of my dad's first cousin, Judson Walker Stokes, who went by "JW".)
Young Stokes married Virginia Ann Dykes, who would be Aidan's great, great grandmother, on his father's side. Barbara Gross on that side would be his great, great, great grandmother.
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