JACOB O. SUSONG
Was born on October 16, 1863, in that part of Washington county,
Virginia, lying near Bristol, Tennessee, where he has made his home
ever since, and is now farming. M. S. Susong, now of Bristol, Tennessee,
a successful farmer, is his father, and his grandfather was Jacob
Susong, formerly of Rockbridge county, Virginia, who came to Washington
county many years ago. The father of this Jacob Susong was
the founder of the family in Virginia, Andy Susong, who came to America
from France, settling first in Pennsylvania, and removing thence to
Virginia. The mother of Jacob O. is Mary Ellen, daughter of James
Buchanan, of Washington county, who married a Miss Ryburn of
Glade Spring.
