It’s Family Time~Valentine ‘Vol’ Brock and Bethany Ginn

Portrait of Valentine and Bethany courtesy of Todd Ellzey

Valentine "Vol" Brock, son of James L. Brock and his wife Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Purvis, was born about 1821 in Alabama.  He was the oldest son of 11 children borne to James and Betsy. The family moved to Pike County about 1828 and Valentine spent his life there as a parishioner in the Silver Creek and Bogue Chito Church. He died on 22 Feb 1881 at the age of 60 in Washington Parish, Louisiana and was buried on 24 Feb 1881 in the Brock Cemetery, Walthall County, Mississippi.

Valentine "Vol" Brock and Bethany Thaney Ginn were married about 1845 in Pike County, Mississippi. Bethany Thaney Ginn, daughter of Jeptha Ginn and Penina Magee, was born in 1820 in Pike County, Mississippi.  She died on 10 Oct 1880 at the age of 60 in Washington Parish, Louisiana and was buried in the Brock Cemetery, Walthall County, Mississippi.

Valentine Brock and Bethany Thaney Ginn had the following children:
        i.    William Franklin Brock, born 22 Oct 1847, Pike County, Mississippi; married Sarah Brumfield, abt 1866; married Cynthia Elizabeth Alford, 11 Dec 1871, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 21 Aug 1910, Tylertown, Walthall County, Mississippi.
         ii.    Hannah B. Brock was born about 1849 in Pike County, Mississippi.
         iii.    Huriah Richmond "Huey" Brock, born 20 Apr 1849, Pike County, Mississippi; married Sophronia L. Holmes, 16 Dec 1869; died 10 Nov 1874, Pike County, Mississippi.
         iv.    Alexander Haverson "Bosa" Brock, born 21 Aug 1850, Pike County, Mississippi; married Lucy Rebecca Bickham; died 19 May 1880.
         v.    Dr. James Monroe Brock, born 22 Mar 1853, Pike County, Mississippi; married Armentha Martina Holmes, 21 Dec 1872; married Fannie McMichael, 6 Nov 1911, Grand Cane, La; died 21 Dec 1916, Mount Hermon, Washington, Louisiana.
         vi.    Dr. Jeptha S. Brock, born 15 Dec 1854, Warnerton, Washington Pr., LA; married Susan Alvaline Holmes, 7 Dec 1874, Brockdale, LA; died 7 Oct 1914, Warnerton, Washington Pr., LA.
         vii.    Elizabeth Eveline "Lizzie" Brock, born 14 Jan 1855, Pike County, Mississippi; married William Alfred Simmons, abt 1873, Pike County, Mississippi; died 14 Oct 1936, Pike County, Mississippi.
         viii.    Elizabeth Jane "Eliza" Brock, born abt Jul 1858, Pike County, Mississippi; married Jarrett Cylan Smith, 3 Oct 1878; died 21 Jun 1899.
         ix.    Levy O. Brock was born in 1858 in Pike County, Mississippi.  He died before 1870 at the age of 12.
         x.    Louella "Ella" Brock, born abt 1861, Pike County, Mississippi; married Iverson Eugene Smith, 1880, Pike County, Mississippi; died 28 Nov 1896, McComb, Ms 5 wks after the birth of infant twin sons.

Valentine Brock is my 2nd Cousin 4 times removed.




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1. Personal knowledge of Ralph L. Brock.
2. Federal Census 1860, Series M653 roll 589, page 478.
3. 1850 U. S. Census, Pike County, Mississippi, population schedule, Police District 1, Pike County, Mississippi, Page 21(stamped), Line 10, Dwelling 264, Family 265, Household of Valentine BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 June 2015); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 380.
4. 1860 U. S. Census, Pike County, Mississippi, population schedule, Pike County, Mississippi, Page 478(penciled), Line 15, Dwelling 1095, Family 1095, Household of Valentine BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 June 2015); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653 Roll 589.
5. 1870 U. S. Census, Pike County, Mississippi, population schedule, Township 1 Range 9, Pike County, Mississippi, Page 122A, Line 1, Family 35, Dwelling 35, Household of Valentine BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 June 2015); citing  National Archives Microfilm M593 Roll 745.
6. 1880 U. S. Census, 2-WD, Washington Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Edward Dykes, Washington Pr., Louisiana, enumeration district (ED) 194, Page 165D; Line 12, Dwelling 274, Family 274, Household of  Valentine BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 6 June 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm  T9_473.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  3 November 2015); Memorial page for Valentine Brock; (about 1821–22 February 1881); Find a Grave memorial # 93130497, Citing Brock Cemetery; Walthall County, Mississippi, USA.
8. The Ginns + their Kin by Marie Luter Upton  1963.
Note: Reposted becuse of psoting error.