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Elizabeth Edward Fallen was born on 11 Feb 1862 in Halifax Co., VirginiaG.^4,5,6
     She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., VirginiaG, in the household of her parents, James E. Fallen and Elizabeth J. Tharp.¹⁴
     Elizabeth married first Melcajas A. Britton, son of Isham H. Britton and Mary W. Toot, on 13 Mar 1878 in Halifax Co., VirginiaG. He was the uncle of the woman her older brother Lafayette had married the year before.^7,8
     Elizabeth and Melcajas appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia G, enumerated 5 Jun 1880.¹⁵
     Elizabeth and Melcajas were divorced before 1890.⁹
     Elizabeth married second Charles Hundley Watts, son of Samuel Ryland Watts and Sallie, on 26 Nov 1890 in Halifax Co., VirginiaG.^10,11,12
     Elizabeth and Charles appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia G, enumerated 27 Jun 1900, reporting they rented their farm. Their children Paul, Ernest, and Willie were listed as living with them, as were his children from his previous marriage, Luther, Mary, Arthur, and Sallie.¹⁶
     Elizabeth and Charles appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia G, enumerated 28 Apr 1910, reporting they rented their farm. Their children Paul, Ernest, Willie, Annie, Dougar, and Trixie were listed as living with them, as was her daughter Etta by her prior marriage.¹⁷
     Elizabeth and Charles appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Halifax Co., Virginia G, enumerated 11 Feb 1920, reporting they rented their home. Their children Willie, Annie, Dougar, and Trixie were listed as living with them.¹⁸
     Elizabeth and Charles appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Roanoke, Charlotte Co., Virginia, at Road 3 G, enumerated 10 Apr 1930, reporting they rented their home, for $3 per month, and did not own a radio. Her daughter Etta was listed as living with them.¹⁹
     Elizabeth appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Roanoke, Charlotte Co., Virginia, G in the household of her daughter Trixie and her husband, Elisha Lipscomb.²⁰ Charles appeared in the household of their son Ernest and his wife, Lily.²¹
     Her husband died on 11 Nov 1940 in Randolph, Charlotte Co., VirginiaG.²²
     Elizabeth died on 22 Apr 1950 in Charlotte Co., VirginiaG, at age 88.¹³ She was buried on 24 Apr 1950 in Herman Cemetery, Randolph, VirginiaG.¹³

Etta C. Britton was born on 30 Sep 1884 in VirginiaG.^4,5,6,7
     Her parents divorced before 1890, when she would have been six years old.¹⁵
     Her mother died before 1898, when Etta was about 14 years old.^16,17
     Etta appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, G in the household of James E. Fallen and Mary C. Britton, her maternal grandfather and his second wife, who was also a sister of Etta's father.¹⁸
      When Etta was living with her maternal grandparents and then her mother's brother and his wife she was listed in the census with their surname, Fallen. No other evidence that she actually used that surname has been found, but the fact that it appears in two different censuses suggests she did.^2,19
     Etta appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, G in the household of Walter F. Fallen and Malissa E. Canada, her mother's brother and his wife.²⁰ Etta also appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, G in the household of her mother and step-father, Charles Hundley Watts, listed here with his surname.²¹
      After Etta started living with her mother and step-father she used his surname, Watts, which was apparently the surname she was using when she married. Whether he actually adopted her is unknown, but it seems unlikely since she was an adult by that time. But clearly she was considered part of his family, as evidenced by her tombstone in the family plot engraved "Daughter."^22,23,24
     Etta has not been found in the 1920 census.
     She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Roanoke, Charlotte Co., Virginia, G in the household of her mother and step-father.²⁵
     Etta married Marvin Ream Harris, son of John C. Harris and Betty M. Finch, before 1940.^8,9,10
     Etta and Marvin appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Thomasville, Davidson Co., North Carolina, at 109 Montlieu St. G, enumerated 9 Apr 1940, reporting they rented their home, for $8 per month, and that they had lived in rural Charlotte Co., Virginia in 1935.²⁶
     Her husband died on 30 May 1960 in Thomasville, Davidson Co., North CarolinaG.^27,28
     Etta died on 24 Sep 1963 in South Boston, Halifax Co., VirginiaG, at age 78.^11,12 She was buried in Hermon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Randolph, Charlotte Co., VirginiaG.^13,14

Marvin Ream Harris was born on 30 Jun 1875 in Randolph Co., North CarolinaG.^11,12,13,14
     He appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Tabernacle Twp., Randolph Co., North Carolina, G in the household of his parents, John C. Harris and Betty M. Finch.²⁹
     His mother died on 16 Jun 1881, when Marvin was 5 years old.³⁰
     Marvin married first Cora B. Little, daughter of Davolt Butler Little and Sarah Melinda Bowman, on 2 Sep 1894 in Hickory Twp., Catawba Co., North CarolinaG, with S. E. Killiam, justice of the peace, at his residence.¹⁵
     His wife apparently died before 1898, as he remarried then, and their daughter was living with her maternal grandparents in the 1900 census.^31,32
     Marvin married second Genelia Ingram on 20 Mar 1898 in Alexander Co., North CarolinaG.^16,17,18
     Marvin and Genelia appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Taylorsville Twp., Alexander Co., North Carolina G, enumerated 20 Jun 1900, reporting they rented their home. Their son Harry was listed as living with them. His father and stepmother and their three children were apparently living close by as they were listed as the next household.³
     He was a miller in 1900, and a lumber mason at a chair factory by 1910.^33,34
     Marvin and Genelia appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Thomasville, Davidson Co., North Carolina, at West Guilford St. G, enumerated 20 Apr 1910, reporting they rented their home. Their children Edna, Harry, Marvin, Elizabeth, and Glenn were listed as living with them.⁵
      Marvin had gone across the state line to Virginia to work by 1918, and the family moved there shortly afterwards. Marvin registered for the draft for World War I on 12 Sep 1918, while living at Hickory, Catawba Co., North CarolinaG, reporting he was employed in saw milling at the Abernathy Shell Lumber Company in Cover, Virginia.¹
     Marvin and Genelia appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Clover, Halifax Co., Virginia G, enumerated 14 Apr 1920, reporting they rented their home. Their children Marvin, Ray, and Mary were listed as living with them, as was E. J. Inge, listed as a brother.³⁵
     Marvin and Genelia returned to North CarolinaG before 1930. They appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Thomasville Twp., Davidson Co., North Carolina, at 196 Denton Road G, enumerated 15 Apr 1930, reporting they rented their home, for $10 per month, and did not own a radio. Their children Elizabeth and Marvin were listed as living with them, as were the latter's wife Nettie and their children Elizabeth and Wanda.⁶
     He was a carpenter after his return to North Carolina. By 1940 he was a crater in a furniture factory, the A. Thomasville Chair Co. He reported in 1940 that he had worked 44 hours the last week of March, and 52 weeks the prior year, earning $676.^36,37,38
     Marvin and Genelia were apparently divorced after 1930, as he re-married by 1940, and she was still living at his death. In the 1940 census she was living with her daughter, and listed as widowed, a common subterfuge to avoid admitting being divorced.^19,20,21
     Marvin married third Etta C. Britton, daughter of Melcajas A. Britton and Elizabeth Edward Fallen, before 1940.^22,23,24
     Marvin and Etta appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Thomasville, Davidson Co., North Carolina, at 109 Montlieu St. G, enumerated 9 Apr 1940, reporting they rented their home, for $8 per month, and that they had lived in rural Charlotte Co., Virginia in 1935.⁸
     Marvin died on 30 May 1960 in Thomasville, Davidson Co., North CarolinaG, at age 84.^25,26 He was buried on 1 Jun 1960 in Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Trinity, Randolph Co., North CarolinaG.^27,28

Sallie Henry Blackstock was born on 6 Sep 1869 in Halifax Co., VirginiaG.^4,5,6
     She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., VirginiaG, in the household of her parents, David Allen Blackstock and Sallie Ann Conner.¹⁸ She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, G in the household of her parents.¹⁹
     Her mother died on 21 Dec 1883, when Sallie was 14 years old.²⁰
     Sallie married first Melcajas A. Britton, son of Isham H. Britton and Mary W. Toot, on 10 Dec 1890 in Halifax Co., VirginiaG.^7,8
     Sallie and Melcajas appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia G, enumerated 27 Jun 1900, reporting they owned their home. Two boarders were also listed in the household, Fannie Covington, age 25, and Millie C. Blackstock, age 18, apparently a relative of hers.²¹
     Sallie and Melcajas appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia G, enumerated 20 Apr 1910, reporting they were renting their farm.²²
     Her husband died on 3 Jun 1911.²³
     Sallie married second James Samuel Owen, son of Hanson Owen and Sara Jane Conner, on 10 Dec 1912 in Halifax Co., VirginiaG.^9,10,11
     Sallie and James appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia G, enumerated 28 Jan 1920, reporting they owned their home, free of mortgage. His children by his prior marriage, Roy, Beulah, and Murry, and nephew Samuel B. Owen, were listed as living with them.²⁴
     Sallie and James appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia G, enumerated 6 May 1930, reporting they owned their home, and did not own a radio. His son Murry was listed as living with them.²⁵
     Sallie and James appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, at Rd 725 G, enumerated 13 May 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $300, and that they had lived in the same house in 1935. His son Murray was listed as living with them.²⁶
     Her second husband died on 27 Jan 1944 in Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VirginiaG.²⁷
     Sallie died on 30 Oct 1945, at her home near Crystal Hill, Halifax Co., VirginiaG, at age 76.^12,13,14 She was buried on 1 Nov 1945 in Hunting Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Nathalie, Halifax Co., VirginiaG.^15,16,17