From Brooke, Eddi, Landon & Mary Margaret Davies, Lutherville, MD -
We had never met any of these cousins before, but we had a wonderful time. We especially enjoyed getting to know Louis Sell, whose wife Nell was my father's first cousin, and his son Louie - the cousins most closely related to us. They took us on side trips to two sites that were not on the regular reunion agenda, but places very special to our branch of the family.
The first was Ascension Episcopal Church in Amherst, that Dr. Henry Landon Davies (Louie and Brooke's great-great grandfather) was instramental in starting in 1848. The large doors in the back of the church were donated by Davies family members in memory of John Franklin Davies (Brooke's grandfather), his sister Nellie (Louie's grandmother) and their brothers Landon and Seabury.
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The second site was the childhood home of the four on the door - a farm near Amherst. The present owner graciously allowed us to tour the house and knows a great deal about its history, including many details of our great-grandfather's Civil War experiences.
The following Saturday, we (Brooke and Eddi) had dinner in Bethesda with 7 Davies descendents who were not able to come to Lynchburg, and we told them all about the reunion. They were Brooke's brother Jack (John Franklin Davies II) and his wife Caroline, Dr. Alexander and Arabelle Kossiakoff, Ellen Baber DeCesare, her daughter Caroline and baby grandaugher Ellen (probably the youngest Davies descendent). Arabelle is the last surviving first cousin of Brooke's father (Landon Brooke Davies). Ellen's mother (Caroline Baber) was also one of his first-cousins. Ellen was visiting from Vermont, but the other 8 in the group live in Maryland.
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