Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameMary Catherine Soots
Birth23 Sep 1860, Wilkes, NC259,1,2
Death20 Sep 1954, Lenoir, Caldwell, NC259,1,2
Burial22 Sep 1954, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Groseclose, Smyth, VA259,1,2
FatherElisha E. Soots (~1838-)
MotherMariah Rebecca Felts (1837-1918)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: 20-Sep-1954 Lenoir, Caldwell County, NC deaths259, Mary Catherine Byrd
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Groseclose, Smyth, VA1, Mary C. Byrd, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66006767
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Mary Catherine Soots, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LHRN-CTF
!CENSUS: 1870 Rock Creek, Wilkes, NC1035, Mary C. Soots
!CENSUS: 08-Jun-1880 Rock Creek, Wilkes, NC1037, 52/52
!CENSUS: 16-Jun-1900 Wilson Creek, Grayson, VA, 204/204, Mary Bird
!CENSUS: 22-Apr-1910 Wilson, Grayson, VA, 83/85, Mary C. Byrd, 12 children 9 living
!CENSUS: 28-Jan-1920 Wilson Creek, Grayson, VA, 206/206, Mary C. Bird
!CENSUS: 08-Apr-1930 Marion, Smyth, VA, 90/88, Mary C. Byrd
!REFERENCE: Aug-2004 emails from great-granddaughter Carolyn McAbee-Gober to Don Braffitt1034
!REFERENCE: 20-Aug-2004 posting by Wren Queen, Mary Catherine Suits, https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/suits/219/
!REFERENCE: 18-Dec-2009 email from great-granddaughter Mary Matherly to Don Braffitt, "I share these gg parents with Carolyn Mcabee-Gober and have not been able to contact her. My grand mother was Sarah Emma (she changed her name to Sally because she didn’t like Sarah). Greatgranny lived with my grandparents in Radford, va. until my Grandfather William died in 1952. Sally died in 1987. Have additional info to share."
!REFERENCE: 26-Aug-2010 email from great-granddaughter Marjorie Funk to Don Braffitt, "Washington Sheridan Byrd was my grandfather. ... We need more information on my great grandmother, who I have a picture of. My grandpa Byrd said his mother was three quarters Cherokee. If, as a child of Mary Catherine, he knew that, then I suppose it's true, but I think at least one of the other relatives of Mary Catherine is disputing this fact."
!REFERENCE: 11-Sep-2010 email from great-granddaughter Elaine Johnson-Dull to Don Braffitt, "I found a note on your site written by Carolyn McAbee-Gober about Mary Catherine Soots (my great-grandmother) and her father, Elisha Soots."
Spouses
Birth6 Oct 1857, Wilkes, NC369,1,2
Death22 Jan 1938, Grayson, VA369,1,2
Burial25 Jan 1938, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Groseclose, Smyth, VA369,1,2
FatherSolomon Byrd (~1822-1870)
MotherNancy McCrary (~1824-1890)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: 22-Jan-1938 Marion, Smyth, VA deaths369, John Byrd, born 14-Sep-1854, father Jacob Byrd
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Groseclose, Smyth, VA1, John C. Byrd, born 06-Oct-1857, died 21-Jan-1938, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66006768
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, John Calhoun Byrd, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/K2NR-RBL
!CENSUS: 25-Jul-1860 Lower Division, Wilkes, NC1027, 455/455, John Bird
!CENSUS: 07-Jul-1870 Rock Creek, Wilkes, NC1000, 114/114, John Byrd
!CENSUS: 08-Jun-1880 Rock Creek, Wilkes, NC1037, 52/52
!REFERENCE: 04-Aug-1890 Wilkes, NC estate settlement for mother Nancy Byrd, John Byrd
!CENSUS: 16-Jun-1900 Wilson Creek, Grayson, VA, 204/204, John Bird
!CENSUS: 22-Apr-1910 Wilson, Grayson, VA, 83/85, John Byrd
!CENSUS: 28-Jan-1920 Wilson Creek, Grayson, VA, 206/206, John Bird
!CENSUS: 08-Apr-1930 Marion, Smyth, VA, 90/88, John Byrd
!REFERENCE: Pearl Hash Johnson, spouse Catherine Johnson
!REFERENCE: Aug-2004 emails from great-granddaughter Carolyn McAbee-Gober to Don Braffitt1034
!REFERENCE: 19-Aug-2004 email from Wren Queen to Don Braffitt1038
!REFERENCE: 20-Aug-2004 posting by Wren Queen, John Calhoun Byrd, https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/suits/219/
!REFERENCE: 18-Dec-2009 email from great-granddaughter Mary Matherly to Don Braffitt, "I share these gg parents with Carolyn Mcabee-Gober and have not been able to contact her. My grand mother was Sarah Emma (she changed her name to Sally because she didn’t like Sarah). Greatgranny lived with my grandparents in Radford, va. until my Grandfather William died in 1952. Sally died in 1987. Have additional info to share."
Marriage31 Aug 1876, Wilkes, NC336
ChildrenRozina Jane (1877-1943)
 Marshall Lee (1879-1955)
 Washington Sheridan (1881-1942)
 James Alfred (1884-1961)
 Roscoe Calhoun (1888-1908)
 Rebecca Carolyn (1891-1970)
 Cordelia (1893-1991)
 Sarah Emma (1896-1987)
 Carwin Sage (1899-1986)
 Ida Mae (1901-1901)
 Lillin McCoy (1903-)
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