Ephriam Mayfield Kiser b 19 Aug 1818 Russell Co VA d Sept 1904 Russell Co VA; s/o Joseph Kenton Kiser and Mary Childers. Ephriam Mayfield Kiser m. abt 183 Russell Co VA to Mary Ervin b 1820 d 5 Mar 1852 of pneumonia. Children of Ephraim Mayfield Kiser and Mary Ervin;

1. Matilda Jane Kiser b 14 Feb 1840 d 19 Sept 1912; m. 15 Jul 1858 (by minister Robert A Holbrook) to Robert Jackson Phillips b 1839 VA d 9 May 1933. They lived at Mossy Bottom, Kentucky, before moving to Dante, Trammel and Hazel (1863). He was one of the commissioners that divided the new county of Dickenson into magisterial districts in 1880. Children of Robert Jackson Phillips and Matilda Jane Kiser; i. Sarah Ann Phillips b 1859 ii. Larkin Phillips b 1860 iii. Mary B Phillips b 1863 VA iv. Laban C Phillips b Jan 1863 v. Emory Mayfield Phillips b Sep 1865 vi. Nancy E Phillips b 1868 VA vii. John Andrew Phillips b Dec 1873 viii. Mariah Belle Phillips b Oct 1874 VA ix. Robert Alfred Phillips b 1875 VA x. Charles Jackson Phillips b Jul 1878 VA

2. Sarah A Kiser b 1842 d 18 Oct 1921; m. 7 Dec 1866 to Samuel Bozier Sutherland b 1843 VA. Samuel was 46 when he married Sarah.

3. Malinda Kiser b 6 Feb 1844 Russell Co VA d 16 Mar 1853 of pneumonia. Never married

4. Emory Kiser b 1846 d 5 Mar 1853 of pneumonia.

5. John T Kiser b 10 Mar 1848 d 25 Mar 1922; m. Elizabeth Kiser b 1844; d/o Henry Kiser and Mary Kiser. Children of John T Kiser and Elizabeth Kiser; i. Mary Tennessee Kiser b 1877 ii. Melva Elizabeth Kiser b 1878 VA iii. Samuel J M Kiser b 1880 VA iv. Flora Kiser b 1883 VA

6. Patton Kiser b 1850 d 18 Mar 1853

7. Elizabeth Kiser b 1852

Ephraim Mayfield Kiser
and Jane Hicks

Ephriam Mayfield Kiser b 19 Aug 1818 Russell Co VA d Sept 1904 Russell Co VA; s/o Joseph Kenton Kiser and Mary Childers. Ephriam Mayfield Kiser m. 5 Jan 1855 (by Minister Andrew A Kiser) to Jane Hicks b abt 1831 d Oct 1921; d/o Claiborne Hicks and Susannah Unknown. Children of Ephraim Mayfield Kiser and Jane Hicks;

1. Lorenzo Dow Kiser b 25 Dec 1855; buried Kiser Cem., on Flat Spur, Dickenson Co VA; m. 22 Sept 1876 to Mary Catherine Kiser b 18 Feb 1856 d 27 Sept 1917; buried Kiser Cem., Flat Spur, Dickenson Co VA; d/o Henry Kiser and Mary Kiser. Children of Lorenzo Dow Kiser and Mary Catherine Kiser; i. Mary C Kiser b 1880 ii. Grover Cleveland Kiser iii. George W Kiser b 1883 VA iv. Eliza Jane Kiser

2. Melissa Kiser b 11 Apr 1856 d 27 Feb 1960; m. Zachary Taylor Sutherland b 5 Mar 1847 d 18 Dec 1923

3. Patsy Kiser b 1858 Russell Co VA d 14 Apr 1933 Russell Co VA; m. 14 Dec 1881 to George W Sutherland b 1859. Children of George W Sutherland and Patsy Kiser; i. Alexander Sutherland b 1882 ii. Thomas Sutherland b 1883

4. Margaret Kiser b 12 Sep 1859 Russell Co VA d 11 May 1948; buried Neece Cem., Buchanan (now Dickenson) Co VA; m. Elijah Neece b 1849 Russell Co VA d 15 Aug 1934; buried Neece Cem., Buchanan (now Dickenson) Co VA. Children of Elijah Neece and Margaret Kiser; i. Mordica Neece b 1879 ii. Polina Need b 18 Feb 1896 iii. Baxter Oley Neece b 1897 iv. Ballard Neece b 23 Mar 1900

5. Abraham Kiser b 1862 Russell Co VA

6. Lilburn B Kiser b May 1864 Russell Co VA

7. Mary Kiser b Mar 1867 Buchanan Co VA d Dec 1936 Coal Creek, Lake City, TN; buried Wise Cem., Wise Co VA; Mary Kiser m. 31 May 1883 Dickenson Co VA to Abraham Perry b 1855 Pike Co KY d OK. After the birth of their son, Jessie Perry, Mary Kiser moved to Dante VA and started a boarding house for miners. Children of Abraham Perry and Mary Kiser;

i. Elbert Perry b 20 Apr 1886 KY d Nov 1962 Neon, Letcher Co KY; occupation, miner

ii. Alice Perry b 7 Oct 1890 KY d Mar 1986 Dayton, Montgomery Co OH

iii. Mallie Perry b 28 Feb 1900 Hindman, Knott Co KY; buried Oaks Cemetery, 4167 Old Jonesboro, TN; m. abt 1918 to Alex Smith b ? d abt 1919 in flu epidemic. Child of Alex Smith and Mallie Perry; I. Roby Eugene Smith b 1919 d before 1945 in the Air Force, WWII; buried Veterans Cem., Johnson City, Washington Co TN.

Mallie Perry m. Feb 1921 Wise Co VA to George W Phillips b 18 Nov 1892 Morristown, Hamblen Co TN d 9 Mar 1958 Johnson City, Washington, Co TN; buried Oaks Cemetery, 4167 Old Jonesboro, Washington Co TN; military service, cook in the Army during WWI. Children of George W Phillips and Mallie Perry; I. Dewey Sykes Phillips b 11 Dec 1921 Wise Co VA II. Helen Janet Phillips b 7 Apr 1930 Elizabethton, Carter Co TN III. John Bell Phillips b 9 Jul 1932 Elizabethton, Carter Co TN IV. Everett Stephen Phillips b 3 Aug 1937 Johnson City, Washington Co TN

8. Leonidas Kiser b May 1867 Russell Co VA d 1945; buried Kiser Cem., Flat Spur, Dickenson Co VA; m. 1885 to Orlina E Unknown b 1870 VA d 1957; buried Kiser Cem., Flat Spur, Dickenson Co VA

9. George Heskew Kiser b 21 Dec 1870 Russell Co VA d 13 Dec 1933; buried Big Rock Cem., Versailles, Morgan Co MO; m. 28 Feb 1889 Dickenson Co VA to Harriet Virginia Keith b 28 Dec 1868 Russell Co VA d 16 Nov 1933; buried Big Rock Cem., Versailles, Morgan Co MO.

10. Amanda Kiser b 15 Mar 1873 Russell Co VA; m. Male Sutherland.

11. Rosina Ellen Kiser b 25 Apr 1876 Russell Co VA d 19 Feb 1886 Russell Co VA; buried Kiser Cem., Flat Spur, Dickenson Co VA

Source of this page is David V Hughey: caymanprof@yahoo.com