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 at all. As I did with my "Mothers", I would like to represent a variety, some from more recent generations, others from times past, as far back as I can go. And a variety of lifes experiences, and not just that, but names. I could probably do 30 posts on ancestors named John, and I will feature a few, but not many. Also a variety of branches, from both parents, and all four grandparents. 

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

1) Dad                                                     15) Stark Ramsey

2) Daddy                                                  17) Francis Lowthorp

3) John Query                                          15) Richard Pace

4) Connor Dowd                                      16) Job Calloway

5) Captain John Starnes                           17) Joachim Hudson  

6) Micajah Exum                                      18) Ludwell Carpenter

7) Captain James Davis                            19) Claborn Mauldin

8) Papaw "Doogar"                                   20) James Baldwin Atkins

9) George Washington Turner                   21) Col. Alexander Erwin

10) Rev. William Fincher                          23) Erasmus Presler 

11) Rev. William McGregor                      24) Harvey Lafayette Lemmons

12) Matt Hill                                             25) Mathias Marriott  

13) Buck Lambert                                      26) John Huneycutt  

14) Josiah Abshire                                     28) Jonah Mauldin  

15) Benjamin Gould                                  29) Rev. William Solomon

16) Caleb Aldridge                                    30) James Marks