Edmond Absher b 1835 d 28 Nov 1862 Mt Jackson VA, s/o Going Absher and Jane Abshire m. Katherine Holbrook b about 1825 d/o John Hargis Holbrook and Nancy Absher. (John Hargis Holbrook s/o Hargis Holbrook and Katherine Gross). Children of Edmond Asher and Katherine Holbrook;

1. Nancy L Absher b about 1852 d 31 Dec 1928 m. William Holbrook b about 1894 Grayson Co VA. Children of William Holbrook and Nancy L Absher;

i. Eda Catherine Holbrook b 1871 d 11 Feb 1943 m. Hushour

ii. Slice Lodemia Holbrook b 1872 d 31 Dec 1943 m. Thomas Hardin Holbrook

iii. William Melvin Holbrook b 1875 d 8 Aug 1928

iv. Phoebe Elizabeth Holbrook b 1877 d 19 Jul 1940 m. Unknown Caldwell

v. John Fielden Holbrook b 1883 d 25 Mar 1963 m. Unknown

vi. Delia Holbrook b 1890 d 27 Jan 1965 m. Unknown Bowers.

2. William Absher b about 1856 m. Cassie Elizabeth Ingool b 1857 d 1939 d/o Nathaniel Ingool and Lydia Bauguess.

3. John F Absher b about 1857 m. Lula Hutchinson

4. James Gilman Absher b Sept 1858 Wilkes Co NC d 29 Mar 1937 Tazewell Co VA m. Frances Sparks b about 1858 Wilkes Co NC d 23 Nov 1889 Swords Creek, VA.  James Gilman Absher m. Katherine Salyers