Ancestral families of the author, Allen Monroe Ergood. He was born in 1897 at Washington, D.C., the son of Jesse Lusby and Mary Blanche Kepner. Jesse Lusby Ergood was born in 1873 at Washington, D.C., the son of Jesse Chandlee Ergood (1841-1916) and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Lusby (1845-1902). He married Mary Blanche Kepner in 1896 at Washington, D.C. They had two sons, 1897-1902. Mary Blanche Kepner was born in 1874 at Washington, D.C., the daughter of...

William Dodd (born ca. 1707) moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia in 1742. He and his wife Catherine had nine children. Some descendants are in Virginia; others went to Kentucky and farther west.

Genealogy, family history and brief personal biographies for the members of the Lusby and Hughie families of Alabama, Tennesse, and Mississippi. Ancestral charts of the family lines begin with William Hutchinson (1725-1804) and Joseph Hughey (1775-1829). Collateral family lines include Blackman, Cook, Dodd, and Hartley.

William Lusby Sr., (ca 1755-1815) died in Clark County, Kentucky. One of his four sons, William Jr., (1796-ca. 1867) married 1. Nancy Hazelrigg and 2. Leah Risk. Chaston Watkins and John Lusby, sons of William Jr. and Leah, migrated from Missouri to Oregon and settled near Hillsboro in Washington County.

William Usilton (d.1729) lived in Kent County, Maryland. Descendants and relatives lived in Maryland and elsewhere.

Benjamin Warden Childs was born 24 July 1833 in Lost River, Hardy, West Virginia. His parents were Cephas Childs (1783-1869) and Anne Clagett. He married Catharine Love Tusing (1847-1927), daughter of Samuel Tusing and Rebecca Estep, 28 July 1869 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. They had eight children. Benjamin died 12 January 1904 in Berryville, Clark, Virginia. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland,...