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Birth	:	15 Dec 1873 Northampton County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	2 Aug 1951 Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, Newport News City, USA
Coordinate	:	37.0938988, -76.4982986
Description	:	2nd husband of Dianna Horton Son of Braxton Flythe and Martha Elizabeth Vaughan _________________________ 1930 Hampton, Va census, 126 Locust St, Roland B. Flythe,56 NC (marr age 28), salesman, insurance, Dianna P.,41 Va (marr age 18), Samson A. Vass,20 Va, welder, shipyards, Della O Vass.,18 Va, Edna L. Vass,13 Va, Joseph D. Vass,9 Va. ___________ Letters from Roland Braxton Flythe to John Thomas Flythe September 16, 1936 I was married Dec. 31st. 1901 to Virginia Mae Joyner of NorthamptonCounty who died July 30th, 1926. We had seven children Russell S., Roland D., Carrie Louise, Nellie Marie, Alexander Braxton, Virginia Blanche and Fannie Joyner. ... Read More	2nd husband of Dianna Horton Son of Braxton Flythe and Martha Elizabeth Vaughan _________________________ 1930 Hampton, Va census, 126 Locust St, Roland B. Flythe,56 NC (marr age 28), salesman, insurance, Dianna P.,41 Va (marr age 18), Samson A. Vass,20 Va, welder, shipyards, Della O Vass.,18 Va, Edna L. Vass,13 Va, Joseph D. Vass,9 Va. ___________ Letters from Roland Braxton Flythe to John Thomas Flythe September 16, 1936 I was married Dec. 31st. 1901 to Virginia Mae Joyner of NorthamptonCounty who died July 30th, 1926. We had seven children Russell S., Roland D., Carrie Louise, Nellie Marie, Alexander Braxton, Virginia Blanche and Fannie Joyner. I lost little Blanche soon after her mother died but the rest are all living. Russell married Margaret Barham of Isle of Wight Co. Va. and I live with them. Roland married Ruth Ellen Ashburn of Winston Salem, NC and they live in Alexandria Va. Louise married Gilbert G. Guillette of Hampton Va. and they live in Hampton. Marie married Julian L. Hubbard of S.C. and they live in Winston Salem. Alex married Ida Lee Mainsfield of Hampton and they live in Hampton. Fannie lives with Marie in Winston S. The married ones all told have fifteen children. So you see I have lived to my three score years two and fifteen bright little grandchildren and I hope to live to see my great grandchildren. _____________________________ May-June 1948 History of the Fly, Flye, or Flythe Family. by Roland Braxton Flythe, Bluffton, Ohio Rowland Braxton Flythe who grew up on the farm and worked, hunted and fished when he was not in school until he was 21 years old then he left home to Clerk and keep books for one of Northampton's largest Merchants, Capt. West U. Stephenson, for a while then to clerk for the firm of Weaver & Lassiter in Rich Square, N.C. and from there to work for Mr. D. M. Cherry of Portsmouth, Va. all of the while making plans to go to Randolph Macon College at Ashland, Va. and take a course in the Ministry, but he has had to go home when Rowland Hill died suddenly, Jan. 20, 1900 and take charge of his mother's large plantation. So that changed his plans as he decided to look after his old widowed Mother to whom he was devoted No sweeter Christian Mother ever lived and he was right over her when she drew her last breath wishing he could call her back but God took her out of her pain to a more Glorious World. Rowland Braxton Flythe was married to Virginia Mae Joyner, Daughter of William J. and Carrie Heart Joyner of Rehoboth, Northampton co., NC. on Dec. 31, 1901 in the Baptist Church in Boykins, Va. as she was then a young milliner in that town running a nice business of her own. Then he took her over to Severn, N.C. so he could continue running the farm and opened up another Millinery store and ran the two stores under management by employing young Milliners from Armstrong Cater & Co. Whole sale Milliners of Baltimore, MD. After his Mother died he worked or looked after the farm a few years until he settled the Estate as he was left Executor in her Will (with his sister Blanche). After the estate was settled and she was married he sold his share of the estate and bought a nice farm and home near Rich Square, N.C. and farmed and went in to the Mercantile business with the late John Bauham as the firm of Baugham and Flythe doing a beautiful department store Business until 1912 at which time or a little before he finally sold out his business and farm and moved to Virginia and finally went in to the Life Insurance business and followed it until his children were grown and getting married. To Rowland B. and Mae Joyner Flythe, were born the following children: Russell Seth Flythe, born in Severn, N.C. Sept. 18, 1902, Roland Dennis Flythe born Feby. 9, 1904, Carrie Louisa Flythe, born Nov. 12, 1905. Those three were born in Severn, N.C. Nellie Marie Flythe, born near Rich Square, June 6, 1907. Alexander Braxton Flythe, born Aug. 5, 1909. Virginia Blanche Flythe born Sept. 29, 1910. Died at age 16 after having been an invalid from Infantile Paralisis [sic] from 18 months old. Fannie Joyner Flythe, born Feby. 20, 1912. _____________________________ obit : Flythe, Rowland Braxton Male Daily Press Aug 4, 1951 p. 2,11 Newport News Daily Press ________________________ CHILDREN: Russell Seth Flythe 1902 Roland Dennis Flythe 1904 Carrie Louisa Flythe 1905 Nellie Marie Flythe 1907 Alexander Braxton Flythe 1909 Virginia Blanche Flythe 1910-1926 [Died at age 16 after having been an invalid from Infantile Paralisis [sic] from 18 months old] Fannie Joyner Flythe 1912

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Rowland Braxton Flythe death on 2 Aug 1951 in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 37.0938988
Longitude: -76.4982986

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Dianna Penelope Horton Vass Flythe

(1888 - 1969)

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Russell Seth Flythe

(1902 - 1986)

Roland Dennis Flythe

(1904 - 1955)

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