Henrietta S. Adams was born in 1902 to R.L Adams and Lettie Adams. Gertie Adams was Henrietta’s older sister, and Beulah and Florence Adams were cousins; all had confirmed relationships with the Clarke School. Henrietta completed four years of high school, according to the 1940 census. She continued to live with… Continue reading
Ruth O. Young was born in 1891 to William F. Young, a carpenter, and his wife, Sina Victoria Collins Young. Ruth was the oldest of their three children. She was born in Virginia, according to census information. This may have been at the residence of her paternal grandparents, who lived… Continue reading
In 1892, Jesse Stevenson McDaniel was born to Samuel Beugard McDaniel, a farmer, and Rose (Adams) McDaniel, aka Rosa, according to the Virginia birth registry, Jesse’s death certificate, and census information. Jesse was the first of Samuel and Rose’s children. As of the Civil War, Jesse’s grandfather, the elder Samuel McDaniel, owned… Continue reading
Walter James Jones was born in 1894 in Dunn Loring to James Walter Jones, a government clerk, and his wife, Mary Riedel, according to census, draft, and marriage records. Walter was the fourth of his parents’ six children. In 1901, his father bought a property in the vicinity of the northeast… Continue reading
Mary Alice Gunnell was born in 1894 to Carberry Gunnell and Annie Smith, according to her death certificate. Mary was the Gunnell’s second child. As of 1900, her father was working as a farm laborer and the family was living in a rented house, according to the census. I suspect the… Continue reading
Thrift Bertram “Bert” Elgin and James Carlisle Elgin were the only children of Charles Thrift Elgin and Laura R. Jackson, according to death certificates and census information. Bert, the younger of the two boys, was born in 1895 in Middleburg in Loudon County, according to his death certificate and findagrave.com. Older brother… Continue reading
Isabel Corrin Dyer was born in 1898 to John Asa Dyer and Minnie S. Bryant Dyer, according to Isabel’s death certificate. Isabel was the second of John and Minnie’s children, according to census information. The house where Isabel presumably spent some of her childhood appears to have been on Clarks… Continue reading
The “Alice Cockrill” who the Fairfax Herald refers to as a student at the Clarke School in 1913 was probably Alice B. Cockrell, judging from early 20th century census records. Alice B. Cockrell was born in 1898 as the first child to Jeremiah “Jeff” Cockrell and Florence R. Cockrell, according to… Continue reading
Gertie Thurman Adams was born in 1888 to Robert Lee (R.L) Adams and Velettie Adams, according to findagrave.com. Her sister was the Clarke School teacher, Henrietta Adams, and she was a cousin of Beulah and Florence Adams, her fellow Clarke School students. The R.L. and Velettie Adams residence was just… Continue reading
Florence Adams was born on 26 May 1896, according to her gravestone. Florence’s nickname was “Honey,” judging from what’s inscribed at the bottom of her gravestone. Her parents were Thomas and Ida Adams, her siblings included sister Beulah Adams, and she was a cousin of Gertie and Henrietta Adams. The Adams’s… Continue reading