GENEALOGY

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About our families....

The West Virginia / Kentucky side of the family:

McCoy Family Genealogy - Our McCoy family originates with John McCoy, the father of Archibald. There several ideas about the identity of the wife of ARchibald, but I can't say for sure who she was. We are fairly sure that "Old William" McCoy, born in Maryland about 1750, married Cordelia, and moved to Pike County, Ky. He was the father of 13 children, among them Daniel McCoy whose boys Randolph, Asa Harmon, and Pharmer had all the trouble with the Hatfields. Our g-g-g-g-grandfather was Richard, the tenth child of Old William. His son William married Lucinda Adkins and their son William married Daly Allen. William and Daly were the parents of Melvin, who married Mahalia Stiltner. They had several children including my grandfather, Charlie McCoy. Charlie married Matilda Jane Estep. All these folks lived in and around Pikeville,KY.

Birchfield / Lambert Family Genealogy - The Birchfield family goes back to the 1600s when Samuel Burchfield left Wales. His son Thomas was born in Maryland. Thomas married Mary Wilson and had a son named Robert, in NC. Robert and Ann Clark were the parents of a son named Thomas, father of Jeremiah Birchfield, born about 1780, who married Rebecca Short. They had several children, including Noah. Noah married Nancy Christian and had 9 kids, among them Armour Lawson Birchfield. Armour married Lou Emmy Stanley Mullins. They had several children, including my grandfather Mose Birchfield who married Lucinda Lambert. Lucinda's parents were Justine Ellison and John Lambert. The Birchfields are believed to have migrated from Maryland, through North Carolina into McDowell and Mingo counties, WV.

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The Alabama side of the family:

Waren / Roberts / Hardy /Dunnam Family - Thomas Waren, born about 1755 in South Carolina, married Elizabeth Eidson. They were the parents of several shildren, including a son John, who married Rhoda. John and Rhoda had a son, Edmund that became restless in South Carolina and moved his wife Mary to Wilcox county Alabama before 1850 with 10 small children, the oldest, Jesse Eldridge, was my g-g-grandfather. Jesse married Sarah Roberts, and they had a houseful of children. Jefferson Davis Waren, my g-grandfather was the 3rd of 9 children. He married Sallie Elizabeth Hardy around the turn of the century. They had 10 children, including my grandfather "Pap", Davis Clayton Waren. Sallie Elizabeth Hardy's mother was Francis Virginia Dunham, daughter of Collins Woodberry Dunham, son of Robert Dunham, son of Robert Dunham, born 1726. These families lived in Wilcox county and north Monroe county.

Gaines / Kimberl Family - The Gaines' are a very elusive bunch. David Gaines came to Monroe County, AL . We know he had two sons, Edwin, (born about 1862) and Archie. Edwin married Sarah Kimberl, daughter of John Calhoun and Elizabeth Kimberl of northern Monroe county. They had several children, among them William Monroe Gaines. William married Nellie King Shomo. William and Nellie had several children, including my "grandaddy" Houston. These families lived mostly in Monroe county.
Shomo/Weatherford - Nellie King Shomo was from the Wind clan of Creek Indians. Her dad was William Augustus Shomo, his mother was Rosannah Weatherford, sister of William Weatherford (Red Eagle). Rosannah 's mother was Sehoy III, daughter of Sehoy II, daughter of Sehoy I.
Dailey/McMurphy/ Burson Family -Owen Dailey was born in Ireland about 1675 and immigrated to North Carolina. After the Revolutionary War, his grandson Owen came to north Monroe county around the latter 1770s, married Sarah Elizabeth Rikard. They had many children, among them David Dailey. David married Sarah Abigail and too had many children. Hugh Dailey was their son and married Sarah Griffis. Hugh and Sarah had David Lawrence who married Mary Ann McMurphy. David Lawrence and Mary Ann had Alex Daniel Dailey. Alex Daniel married Leila Burson and had 10 children, including my grandmother, Ila Pearl Dailey. These families lived in north Monroe county and in Wilcox County in the communities of Watson's Crossing, Neenah, and Fatama.

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Created 11/98, updated 05/29/00 12:51 AM