Family of John Dabney
Stepp and Emma Haskins Layne
John D was born about 1845.
During the War Between the States he and brother Nathan served in the Virginia
Heavy Artillery, manning the big guns around Richmond. When Lee retreated from Richmond
they took up their rifles and became infantrymen. They were taken POW at the
battle of Saylor’s Creek, April 6, 1865. A few months later they took the oath
and were paroled. John D. and Emma were married Feb 10, 1869 and they raised a
family of twelve children. He died Feb 29, 1905. After John died, Emma married
another confederate veteran, Reuben Fariss. Emma died 24 Dec. 1944 at age 94.
John D and Emma are buried
in the central part of the cemetery behind Mount Vernon Baptist Church near
Concord. His headstone carries only a record of his CSA service and his name is
spelled Stepp. When Emma was buried the name had become Steppe. An 1858 roll of
members of the church shows their parents as members: James and Martha (Liston)
Step, and James and Elizabeth (Drinkard) Layne. The obituary of Emma claims 46
living grandchildren. The following list has 46 grandchildren that did not die
young, but I do not take that to mean that the list is complete.
Children of John D and
Emma
James
H. (Jim) Steppe 2 Dec 1869 to
Eddie
L. (Ned) Steppe 15 Jan 1872 to 9 Jan 1925
Joshuary
Hunter (Hunt) Steppe 20 Feb 1875 to 12 Aug 1928
Annie
E Steppe 20 Mar 1878 to Jan 1968
Emma
Jane Steppe 25 May 1880 to 22 Jul 1960
John
Anderson (Pete) Steppe 3 Oct 1882 to 4 Aug 1959
Daniel
Cleveland Steppe 26 Feb 1885 to 16 Jul 1930
Martha
Kate Steppe 30 Oct 1887 to 3 Dec 1959
Tucker
Walsh Steppe 13 Sep 1890 to 30 Jun 1965
Maggie
Mae Steppe 13 Sep 1890 to 1 Mar 1973 (twin of Tucker)
Frank
Layman Steppe 12 Aug 1893 to 4 Sep 1948
Walter
Clark Steppe 14 Feb 1897 to 21 Nov 1977
Grandchildren of John D
and Emma
James H. (Jim) Stepp m Mary
E Mitchell
John
Richard Stepp m Ola Childress
Eddie L. (Ned) Steppe m
Ned
Steppe
Effie
Steppe
Joshuary Hunter (Hunt)
Steppe m Rosa Alice Rosser 25 Jun 1873 to 3 Jan 1960
Beulah
Steppe m Grishaw
Eleanor
Sally Steppe m H J Rosser
Helen
Steppe m Goff (brother of Pete’s wife)
Lula
Steppe m Gough and Babcock
Fredie
Steppe m
Lyle
Thomas (Pete) Steppe m Mary Goff
Arlene
Steppe m Robertson
Christine
Steppe died young
Annie E Steppe m David Rice
Robert
Cody Rice m Josephine
Doris
Rice m
John
Thomas Rice m
Elwood
Rice m
Carrie
Rice m
Emma Jane Steppe m Robert C
Maxey
Ada
Maxey m Tom Hall
Edna
Maxey m Walter Griffin
John Anderson (Pete) Steppe
m Lillie Eva Wright 28 Feb 1883 to 6 Apr 1932
Lula
B Steppe died young
Emma
Walker Steppe m Taylor Johnson
Blanch
Haskin Steppe died young
John
William Steppe m Corinne Coffey
Charlie
Scott Steppe m Nellie Belle Martin
James
Wison Steppe m Claudine Puckett
Rachel
Elizabeth Steppe m Harold James Duncan
Robert
Lee Steppe m Sally Driskill
Daniel Cleveland
Steppe m Lizzie Karita (Kate) Bailey 26 Feb 1882 to 14 Oct 1948
Herbert
Gordon Steppe m Alice Mae Cyrus
Lewis
Bailey Steppe m Shirley Kathleen Waller (my parents)
Daniel
Carleton Steppe m Mabel Louise Covington
Ruth
Steppe m Samuel Roscoe Davis
Mary
Ethel (Sis) Steppe m William Owen Booth
Walter
Clyde Steppe m Harriet Irene Helsel
Martha Kate Steppe m
Pete Francisco
Winston
Francisco
Braxton
Francisco
Tucker Walsh Steppe never
married
Maggie Mae Steppe m Richard
Franklin (Frank) Jordan 17 Aug 1888 to 17 Dec 1973
Frank
Warren Jordan m Kathleen Wilkerson
Nellie
Mae Jordan never married
Thomas
Owen Jordan m Francis Foster
Clyde
Edward Jordan m Mae Riley
Marion
Sinclair Jordan m Frank Gilbert Wilkerson
Alice
Eubank Jordan m Berkley Davis Evans
Maggie
Pearl Jordan never married
William
(Billy) Porter Jordan m Edna and
Frank Layman Steppe m Dolly
Bagby 20 Jul 1891 to 19 Jul 1967
John
Fidd (Buddy) Steppe m Irene Gowen
Frank
Layman Steppe m Nancy Joy
Robert
Steppe died young
Walter Clark Steppe m Nannie
Lee Hunt 7 Oct 1897 to 23 Sep 1973
Walter
Franklin Steppe m Ella May Martin
Harold
Preston Steppe m Pauline Gaylor
Viola
Isabell Steppe m Red Thompson
Emma
May Steppe m Bernard Williams
Claude
Edward Steppe m Ouida Poteat