Alafair CHAMBERS

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CENSUS RECORDS

1880 Census
Name: Alafim Chambers
Age: 5
Birth Year: abt 1875
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Garden, Buchanan, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter (Child)
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Thomas Chambers
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Sallie Chambers
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Chambers 23
Sallie Chambers 27
Alafim Chambers 5
Thomas C. Chambers 1

Alafair married Everett SHORT. [Group Sheet]

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Died from a bullet wound inflicted by Bliss Altizer during a card game. Joan Banner, a daughter of Celia, said that Tom drew on Bliss, but the bullet hit the holster so Bliss then fired at Tom, mortally wounding him. Tom as taken by the other participants into a field of cut corn, propped him up against cornshucks, unconscious and bleeding. The nex morning he was found dead. He is buried in the Whitaker Cemetery on Whitaker Ridge.

16 Dec 1921 Clinch Valley News
Tom SHORT, a well known citizen of the Whitaker Ridge Community, was shot and killed Saturday afternoon last about 2 o'clock, on "Grassy Spur" by Bliss ALTIZER, who is also well known in that community. The shooting, according to information reaching this office, was the result of a poker game, in which the men had been engaged prior to the shooting. At the conclusion of the game the men separated, going in opposite directions, when without warning, SHORT shot ALTIZER with a pistol, the bullet penetrating his body. ALTIZER immediately turned and emptied a load load of bird shot into SHORT'S body, inflicting a wound from which he died a short time afterwards. ALTIZER was given a preliminary hearing, Magistrate HEAVERS, presiding, and released on a $1,000 bond for appearance here in court. From the information we have received it appears the shooting of SHORT was justifiable. SHORT is survived by a wife and one child, and was about 25 years old. He served five years in the US Army.

23 Dec 1921 Clinch Valley News
Bandy, Va. December 17. Editor the News: Please correct the mistake of the poker game and killing of Tom SHORT, as it was done on the Altizer Ridge, a distance of three or four miles from Whitaker Ridge. Give the Whitaker Ridge justice. M.S. WHITAKER.


CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Census
Name: Thos Short
Age: 5
Birth Date: Sep 1894
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Great Grand Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Zachariah Ward 67
Nancy Ward 70
Sallie Ward 47
Victoria Ward 27
Thos Short 5

1910 Census
Name: Thomas Short
Age in 1910: 15
Birth Year: abt 1895
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Grandson
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Sallie Chambers
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Zach Ward 77
Nancy Ward 83
Sallie Chambers 52
Thomas Short 15

Thomas married Cecilia (Celia) Day WHITAKER 16 Jul 1920, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA. Cecilia (daughter of Thomas W. WHITAKER and Mary L. ALTIZER) was born 22 Sep 1901, Tazewell Co. VA; died 14 May 1929, Canebreak, McDowell Co. WV; was buried , Vallscreek, McDowell Co. WV. [Group Sheet]

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Obituary
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 10, 2010


WYTHEVILLE, Va. Pansy Marie Martin, age 89, of Wytheville, Va., passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Lee and Cecilia Whitaker Short. She was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Martin; and her first husband, Howard Owens; grandson, Brian Keene.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Darlene and Homer Bandy, of Tazewell, Rachel and Robert Harris, of Frazeyburg, Ohio, Linda Meadows, of Sugar Grove, Judy Taylor, of Sarasota, Fla., Cathy Martin, of Roanoke; sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Wanda Martin, of Seymour, Tenn., Jeff and Loretta Martin, of Ashland, Ohio, Charles and Jane Martin, of Abingdon; twelve grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral service will be Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Grubb Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Pastor Magers. Family will receive friends at Grubb Funeral Home, Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until service time. Graveside service will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Greenhills Memory Gardens, Cedar Bluff, Va. Grubb Funeral Home of Wytheville, Va., is in charge of arrangements.

Pansy married Howard OWENS. [Group Sheet]

Pansy married James MARTIN. [Group Sheet]

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Robert married Muriel RAY. Muriel was born 07 Jun 1913, Tazewell Co. VA; died 29 Nov 2011, Roan Mountain, Carter Co. TN; was buried , Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Obituary
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 10, 2010


WYTHEVILLE, Va. Pansy Marie Martin, age 89, of Wytheville, Va., passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Lee and Cecilia Whitaker Short. She was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Martin; and her first husband, Howard Owens; grandson, Brian Keene.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Darlene and Homer Bandy, of Tazewell, Rachel and Robert Harris, of Frazeyburg, Ohio, Linda Meadows, of Sugar Grove, Judy Taylor, of Sarasota, Fla., Cathy Martin, of Roanoke; sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Wanda Martin, of Seymour, Tenn., Jeff and Loretta Martin, of Ashland, Ohio, Charles and Jane Martin, of Abingdon; twelve grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral service will be Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Grubb Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Pastor Magers. Family will receive friends at Grubb Funeral Home, Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until service time. Graveside service will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Greenhills Memory Gardens, Cedar Bluff, Va. Grubb Funeral Home of Wytheville, Va., is in charge of arrangements.

Darlene married Homer BANDY. [Group Sheet]

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Obituary
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 10, 2010


WYTHEVILLE, Va. Pansy Marie Martin, age 89, of Wytheville, Va., passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Lee and Cecilia Whitaker Short. She was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Martin; and her first husband, Howard Owens; grandson, Brian Keene.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Darlene and Homer Bandy, of Tazewell, Rachel and Robert Harris, of Frazeyburg, Ohio, Linda Meadows, of Sugar Grove, Judy Taylor, of Sarasota, Fla., Cathy Martin, of Roanoke; sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Wanda Martin, of Seymour, Tenn., Jeff and Loretta Martin, of Ashland, Ohio, Charles and Jane Martin, of Abingdon; twelve grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral service will be Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Grubb Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Pastor Magers. Family will receive friends at Grubb Funeral Home, Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until service time. Graveside service will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Greenhills Memory Gardens, Cedar Bluff, Va. Grubb Funeral Home of Wytheville, Va., is in charge of arrangements.

Rachel married Roger HARRIS. [Group Sheet]

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Obituary
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 10, 2010


WYTHEVILLE, Va. Pansy Marie Martin, age 89, of Wytheville, Va., passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Lee and Cecilia Whitaker Short. She was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Martin; and her first husband, Howard Owens; grandson, Brian Keene.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Darlene and Homer Bandy, of Tazewell, Rachel and Robert Harris, of Frazeyburg, Ohio, Linda Meadows, of Sugar Grove, Judy Taylor, of Sarasota, Fla., Cathy Martin, of Roanoke; sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Wanda Martin, of Seymour, Tenn., Jeff and Loretta Martin, of Ashland, Ohio, Charles and Jane Martin, of Abingdon; twelve grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral service will be Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Grubb Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Pastor Magers. Family will receive friends at Grubb Funeral Home, Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until service time. Graveside service will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Greenhills Memory Gardens, Cedar Bluff, Va. Grubb Funeral Home of Wytheville, Va., is in charge of arrangements.

Linda married Roy MEADOWS. [Group Sheet]

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Obituary
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 10, 2010


WYTHEVILLE, Va. Pansy Marie Martin, age 89, of Wytheville, Va., passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Lee and Cecilia Whitaker Short. She was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Martin; and her first husband, Howard Owens; grandson, Brian Keene.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Darlene and Homer Bandy, of Tazewell, Rachel and Robert Harris, of Frazeyburg, Ohio, Linda Meadows, of Sugar Grove, Judy Taylor, of Sarasota, Fla., Cathy Martin, of Roanoke; sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Wanda Martin, of Seymour, Tenn., Jeff and Loretta Martin, of Ashland, Ohio, Charles and Jane Martin, of Abingdon; twelve grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral service will be Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Grubb Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Pastor Magers. Family will receive friends at Grubb Funeral Home, Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until service time. Graveside service will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Greenhills Memory Gardens, Cedar Bluff, Va. Grubb Funeral Home of Wytheville, Va., is in charge of arrangements.

Judy married Jerry TAYLOR. [Group Sheet]

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Obituary
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 10, 2010


WYTHEVILLE, Va. Pansy Marie Martin, age 89, of Wytheville, Va., passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Lee and Cecilia Whitaker Short. She was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Martin; and her first husband, Howard Owens; grandson, Brian Keene.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Darlene and Homer Bandy, of Tazewell, Rachel and Robert Harris, of Frazeyburg, Ohio, Linda Meadows, of Sugar Grove, Judy Taylor, of Sarasota, Fla., Cathy Martin, of Roanoke; sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Wanda Martin, of Seymour, Tenn., Jeff and Loretta Martin, of Ashland, Ohio, Charles and Jane Martin, of Abingdon; twelve grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral service will be Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Grubb Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Pastor Magers. Family will receive friends at Grubb Funeral Home, Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until service time. Graveside service will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Greenhills Memory Gardens, Cedar Bluff, Va. Grubb Funeral Home of Wytheville, Va., is in charge of arrangements.

James married Wanda DUNCAN. [Group Sheet]

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Obituary
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 10, 2010


WYTHEVILLE, Va. Pansy Marie Martin, age 89, of Wytheville, Va., passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Lee and Cecilia Whitaker Short. She was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Martin; and her first husband, Howard Owens; grandson, Brian Keene.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Darlene and Homer Bandy, of Tazewell, Rachel and Robert Harris, of Frazeyburg, Ohio, Linda Meadows, of Sugar Grove, Judy Taylor, of Sarasota, Fla., Cathy Martin, of Roanoke; sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Wanda Martin, of Seymour, Tenn., Jeff and Loretta Martin, of Ashland, Ohio, Charles and Jane Martin, of Abingdon; twelve grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral service will be Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Grubb Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Pastor Magers. Family will receive friends at Grubb Funeral Home, Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until service time. Graveside service will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Greenhills Memory Gardens, Cedar Bluff, Va. Grubb Funeral Home of Wytheville, Va., is in charge of arrangements.

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Obituary
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 10, 2010


WYTHEVILLE, Va. Pansy Marie Martin, age 89, of Wytheville, Va., passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Lee and Cecilia Whitaker Short. She was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Martin; and her first husband, Howard Owens; grandson, Brian Keene.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Darlene and Homer Bandy, of Tazewell, Rachel and Robert Harris, of Frazeyburg, Ohio, Linda Meadows, of Sugar Grove, Judy Taylor, of Sarasota, Fla., Cathy Martin, of Roanoke; sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Wanda Martin, of Seymour, Tenn., Jeff and Loretta Martin, of Ashland, Ohio, Charles and Jane Martin, of Abingdon; twelve grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral service will be Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Grubb Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Pastor Magers. Family will receive friends at Grubb Funeral Home, Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until service time. Graveside service will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Greenhills Memory Gardens, Cedar Bluff, Va. Grubb Funeral Home of Wytheville, Va., is in charge of arrangements.

Jeff married Loretta. [Group Sheet]

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Obituary
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 10, 2010


WYTHEVILLE, Va. Pansy Marie Martin, age 89, of Wytheville, Va., passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Lee and Cecilia Whitaker Short. She was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Martin; and her first husband, Howard Owens; grandson, Brian Keene.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Darlene and Homer Bandy, of Tazewell, Rachel and Robert Harris, of Frazeyburg, Ohio, Linda Meadows, of Sugar Grove, Judy Taylor, of Sarasota, Fla., Cathy Martin, of Roanoke; sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Wanda Martin, of Seymour, Tenn., Jeff and Loretta Martin, of Ashland, Ohio, Charles and Jane Martin, of Abingdon; twelve grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral service will be Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Grubb Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Pastor Magers. Family will receive friends at Grubb Funeral Home, Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until service time. Graveside service will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Greenhills Memory Gardens, Cedar Bluff, Va. Grubb Funeral Home of Wytheville, Va., is in charge of arrangements.

Charles married Jane. [Group Sheet]