Category: West Virginia

Mary Morris Thompson (see last post) and daughters Beulah or Burlah Thompson (born circa 1908) and Mary W. (or Willie?) Thompson (born circa 1912). This photograph was printed on a postcard. It is unknown whether the picture was taken in West Virginia or in Bland County, Virginia (where Mary was from).

My uncle described the relationship Mary and my Grandfather JTW Trubie Mitchell: Trubie’s mother’s first cousin, Mary Morris, was a daughter of Octavia G. Miller & Samuel Morris. Octavia G. Miller was a daughter of Abram Woodson Miller and Rachel Hearn, and a sister to Jasper Wain Miller, who was the father of Minnie Flora Belle Miller Mitchell, Trubie’s mother. (Special thanks to John Esca Mitchell for research assistance.)

My Grandfather, JTW “Trubie” Mitchell, collected pictures of older relatives. The picture above is identified as showing Finley or Findley Grayson Thompson, who was born in Giles County, Virginia circa 1878; his wife, Mary Morris Thompson (who was born circa 1877 in Bland County, Virginia, and was Trubie’s kinswoman); and Finley and Mary’s daughter, Nola. According to census records, Nola was born circa 1905, so the photograph was probably taken around 1906 or 1907.

The Thompson family lived in Mercer and Logan Counties in West Virginia in the 1910-1930 census records. (Special thanks to John Esca Mitchell for research assistance.)