Thirty Fathers in Thirty Days

 

A few years back, I was recovering from an injury and had the entire month of May off. This twist of fate left me at liberty to spend a significant amount of time, which is a rare treasure in my life, on my blog. As Mother's Day was drawing nigh, I decided to start a series which I titled, "30 Mothers in 30 Days" about the female ancestors in my family tree. Of course, they were all mothers, their DNA was passed down through the generations, to me and to others, some just a few, like my own mother and others further back with descendants now numbering in the thousands. This year, I'm going to do the same thing with my fathers, and up the family tree from them. 

This time it will take much longer than 30 days, as my time is very limited. I'm still calling it 30 Fathers in 30 days, because, well, because I can. Perhaps I should call it 30 Fathers in 30 posts. 

Choosing which fathers to write about will be a chore indeed. Many I've written about before. Others, I have very little information on. As I did with my 'Mothers', I would like to represent a variety of them ,some from more recent generations, others from as far back as I can go. I'd like to feature ancestors with variety of life experiences, although I come from a great many farmers and ministers. Add names to the qualifiers. I could probably create 30 posts just about ancestors named John. I will feature a few, but not all of them. I'd like to explore fathers from different branches, from both parents, and all four grandparents. 

The ones I've chosen, in no particular order, are:

1) John Query                                                 16) Stark Ramsey

2) Connor Dowd                                             17) Francis Lowthorp

3) Andrew Dennis                                      18) Richard Pace

4) Jarvis Winfield                                     19) Job Calloway

5) Captain John Starnes                           20) Joachim Hudson  

6) Micajah Exum                                      21) Ludwell Carpenter

7) Captain James Davis                            22) Claborn Mauldin

8) Caleb Aldridge                               23)James Baldwin Atkins

9) George Washington Turner                   24) Col. Alexander Erwin

10) Rev. William Fincher                          25) Erasmus Presler 

11) Rev. William McGregor                      26) Harvey Lafayette Lemmons

12) Matt Hill                                              27) Mathias Marriott  

13) Buck Lambert                                      28) John Huneycutt  

14) Josiah Abshire                                     29) Jonah Mauldin  

15) Benjamin Gould                                  30) Rev. William Solomon