Melungeons@topica Picture Album

My paternal grandmother with her husband Alie and first born child, James Edgar Sparks. I think she was beautiful and my sister Peggy looked a lot like her.

 

Lizzie Hager, as she was known, was a daughter of James Morgan Hager and Mary Arminta Musick. Minta's parents were Mary Collins and Abe Musick. I believe this Musick line and the Collins were of Melungeon descent. 

 

Alie had the most beautiful ice blue eyes I think I have ever seen. Mary Elizabeth's eyes were so dark a brown that they looked black. My father said that as a child he watched his mother drying her hair in the sunshine and that it glistened like a raven's wing. Her skin tones were a medium olive color.

 

Descendants of James Morgan Hager
         
 1   James Morgan Hager b: 17 Jul 1859 in Floyd Co., Ky.  d: 06 May 1923 in Prestonsburg, Ky  Sex: Male  
..  +Mary Arminta Musick b: 16 Oct 1865 in Johnson Co. Ky m: 02 Dec 1878 in White House, Johnson, Ky. d: 16 Oct 1948 in Paintsville, Johnson Co. Ky.  Sex: Female Father: Abraham Musick Mother: Mary Collins
. 2   Jeremiah Walter Hager b: 03 Oct 1879    Sex: Male  
.....  +Marcella Tygart     Sex: Female  
. 2   Mary Elizabeth Hager b: 12 Nov 1881 in Lawrence Co., Ky.  d: 09 Dec 1963 in Ashland, Ky  Sex: Female  
.....  +Alie Sparks b: 22 Feb 1879 in Pike Co., Ky. m: 01 Mar 1900 in Eliza, Johnson Co., Ky. d: 28 Apr 1957 in Huntington, Cabell, WVa.  Sex: Male Father: William Greenville Sparks Mother: Pricie Smith
. 2   Sarah Catherine Hager b: 13 Jan 1884 in Whitehouse, Johnson Co., KY  d: 14 May 1967 in Paintsville, Johnson County, KY  Sex: Female  
.....  +Samuel M. Meade b: 21 Jul 1875 in Boyd Co., Ky m: 1899 in Lawrence County, Kentucky d: 02 May 1968 in Whitehouse, Johnson Co., KY  Sex: Male Father: Thomas Frelon Meade Mother: Syrecia Davis
. 2   Lydia Margaret Hager b: 13 Nov 1885  d: 19 Feb 1977  Sex: Female  
.....  +Richard Aaron Salmons b: 1885 in Pidgeon Roost, KY  d: 1933 in Pidgeon Roost, KY  Sex: Male  
. 2   Francis Marion Hager b: 29 Dec 1887  d: 1923  Sex: Male  
.....  +Lula Hale b: Sep 1894  d: 01 Jul 1927  Sex: Female Father: John Emery Hale Mother: Eliza Perry
. 2   J. Morgan Hager b: 25 Feb 1890  d: 04 Jun 1961  Sex: Male  
.....  +Myra b: 03 Jul 1898    Sex: Female  
. 2   William Ira Hager b: 30 Sep 1892 in White House, Johnson Co., KY  d: 17 Jan 1974 in McDowell, Johnson Co., KY  Sex: Male  
.....  +Nora A Selvage     Sex: Female  
.  *2nd Wife of William Ira Hager:       
.....  +Sadie Hall     Sex: Female  
. 2   Robert L. Hager b: 29 Oct 1896  d: 02 Dec 1983  Sex: Male  
. 2   John S. Hager b: 13 Jun 1899    Sex: Male  
.....  +Emmajean Riggs     Sex: Female  

Nancy

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