- Jim & Annie Christy w/son Barney (70 KB)
This photo was taken in 1899 at Duncan, Indian Territory (Okla.), showing my great grandparents Jim and Annie (Cross) Christy with baby son Barney. This photo was taken about 5 years after Jim quit the Texas Rangers and married Annie.
- Rev. E.L. Addington (36 KB)
The Rev. E.L. Addington was born in Scott Co., VA 2/3/1861 to Rev. Andrew Jackson Addington and Verlina Hutchinson. He was a circuit riding minister with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and my great, great grandfather.
- Civil War Reenactor David Christy, 1995 (32 KB)
This photo was taken by a Civil War period photographer during a 1995 living history reenactment at Grand Island, Nebr. I was battalion Sgt. Major of the 2nd Trans-Mississippi Battalion, CSA/US, and 2nd Arkansas Battalion.
- Oliver Jackson and Sarah Christy (113 KB)
My great, great grandparents Oliver Jackson Christy and wife Sarah Dunn, while living near Cash, Hunt Co., Texas. These photo's were taken after the Civil War of the Confederate veteran and his wife.
- Ryla Jackson Cross, 1862 (47 KB)
Ryla Jackson Cross, from a tintype about 1862. He served as a private in Co. K. of the 5th Texas Cavalry, CSA. He was my great, great grandfather.
- Little Annie Wampler, 1913 (57 KB)
This is the only known picture of blond, blue-eyed Annie Wampler (left), taken just prior to her death from pneumonia in 1913. Seated is my grandmother Esther Wampler, next to brothers Fred (back) and Vernon.
- Riley Jackson Christy, ca. 1916 (35 KB)
This is a photo of my grandfather, Riley Jackson Christy, at the age of about 15 years.
- Martha Virginia Dare Addington (62 KB)
My great grandmother, Virginia Dare Addington, daughter of Rev. E.L. Addington and Nancy (Porter) Fugate. The photo of "Ginny" was taken in Bluefield, West Virginia (located on the border of Virginia & West Virginia)
- Texas Ranger Jim Christy, 1894 (68 KB)
My great-grandfather Jim Christy, who served as a Texas Ranger from 1893 to 1897, was a member of Captain Bill McDonald's Company B, out of San Saba, Texas. This photo was taken at Regency, Texas.
- Louise "Lula" Ford Ward (107 KB)
ca. 1910, Oklahoma City
- Oliver Jackson Christy, ca. 1862-1865 (24 KB)
My great, great grandfather Oliver Jackson Christy taken ca.1862-1865. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War as a private and later a 3rd Sergeant in the 22nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
- Riley Jackson Christy/USS Yorktown (49 KB)
My grandpa, Riley Jackson Christy, while serving aboard the U.S. Navy gunboat USS Yorktown in 1918.
- Farquharson/Christy Clan Tartan (66 KB)
This is the ancient tartan of Clan Farquharson of Scotland, of which Clan Christy was a Sept.
- Barney and R. Jack Christy/USS Yorktown (27 KB)
Brothers Barney Christy and Riley Jackson Christy (my grandfather) were part of the crew of the gunboat USS Yorktown, serving in the U.S. Navy in 1918, on convoy duty off the East Coast in World War I.
- William and Louise Ford Ward (240 KB)
ca. 1900-1905, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
- Ryla Jackson Cross, 1884 (38 KB)
My great, great grandfather Ryla Jackson Cross at age 47--this photo taken on Sept. 24, 1884.
- Riley Jackson Christy, ca. 1922 (49 KB)
Riley Jackson Christy, about 1922, at the age of 21.
- Old Cullop Stone House, Atkins, Va. (60 KB)
This is the historic Old Stone House on Route 11 near Atkins, Va., built by my great, great, great, great grandfather Frederick Cullop about 1796.
- Grave of David Baker/Bakersville, NC (117 KB)
The grave of my great, great, great, great grandfather David Baker at Bakersville, North Carolina (1749-1838). He was a corporal in the 3rd Virginia Regiment of the Line, Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He fought with George Washington at Trenton, Germantown, Brooklyn Heights and was at Valley Forge.
- Rebecca A.E. Cross, 1883 (47 KB)
This photo is of my great, great grandmother Rebecca A.E. Cross, taken in 1883.
- The McFann brothers, ca. 1892 (43 KB)
My great-grandfather, Harry Hancock McFann (left) and brother George McFann, from a tintype ca. 1892.
- Esther Pryce Wampler (18 KB)
This is a photo of my grandmother, Esther Pryce Wampler, when a young woman. She married Riley Jackson Christy Oct. 6, 1925 in Altus, Okla.
- Jim & Annie Christy (20 KB)
This photo is of Jim Christy (son of Oliver Jackson Christy & Sarah Dunn), and wife Annie Elizabeth Cross (daughter of Ryla Jackson Cross and Rebecca Ann Elizabeth Baker) about 1938, while they were living in Southwestern Oklahoma (my great grandparents).
- U.S. Navy Gunboat USS Yorktown, 1918 (92 KB)
My grandfather, Riley Jackson Christy and his brother Barney Christy, both served aboard the U.S. Navy Gunboat USS Yorktown at the end of World War I in 1918.
- Ginny & Kids, ca. 1915 (51 KB)
My great granny, Virginia Dare (Addington) Wampler, and some of her kids, about 1915. They include Vernon, Fred, Pauline and my grandmother, Esther.
- Riley Jackson Christy, 1917 (61 KB)
This is a photo of my grandfather, Riley Jackson Christy in 1917, while playing for the high school football team at Granite, Greer County, Oklahoma.
- Ryla & Rebecca Cross (53 KB)
This photo is of my great, great grandparents, Confederate veteran Ryla Jackson Cross (son of Jacob H. Cross and Rebecca McCord) and wife Rebecca Ann Elizabeth Baker (daughter of Charles Capron Baker and Mary Ann Keener).
- Riley Jackson Christy and Barney Elmo Christy (239 KB)
Brothers serving aboard the U.S. Navy's USS Beaver, a submarine tender, in July 1919. Riley Jackson is still wearing his USS Yorktown cap from his previous assignment.
- Palmer Hotel, Granite, Okla., ca. 1920's (73 KB)
The hotel was managed by Jim and Annie (Cross) Christy and her father, Ryla Jackson Cross in Granite, Oklahoma during the 1920's (from right to left, Jim, Ryla, Annie and a worker, Miss Nona.)
- Grave of Rev. E.L. Addington (34 KB)
This is the grave of my great, great grandfather, Rev. Elbert Lafayette Addington at Rural Retreat, Virginia. He was the son of Andrew Jackson Addington and Verlina Hutchinson.
- R. Jack Christy Jr., World War II (104 KB)
Photo taken during World War II. He served in the U.S. Navy from Aug. 1944 to July 1946 as an Aviation Ordinanceman Third Class aboard the USS Absecon.
- Wampler kids/1914 and baby Esther Wampler, 1903 (98 KB)
Esther Pryce Wampler holds little sister Pauline, with brothers Fred and Vernon in background. In the bottom photo, Esther Wampler as a baby, 1903
- Andrew Jackson and Verlina Addington (63 KB)
My great, great, great grandparents---Andrew Jackson Addington Sr. and wife Verlina Easter Hutchinson.
- Ryla Jackson Cross, age 85 (25 KB)
This is Ryla Jackson Cross at age 85, shown carrying his Bible. The photo was taken at Granite, Oklahoma about 1922--two years before his death.
- ca. 1930 Wichita Mountains, SW Oklahoma (313 KB)
1st cousins Richard Christy, R. Jack Christy Jr. and Bill Christy
- Marion Brown & Virginia Wampler wedding picture (53 KB)
My great-grandparents: wedding photo of Marion Brown Wampler and Martha Virginia Dare Addington, taken in 1902 at Cedar Bluff, Va.
- McFann Family of Pennsylvania, ca. 1910 (143 KB)
This photo, taken in Saxonburg, Pa. ca. 1910, shows a large group of the McFann family, including my great, great grandfather, Union Army veteran Levi McFann (seated far left), my grandmother Mary Alice McFann (front 3rd from right) and my great grandfather, Harry H. McFann (back, 2nd from right)
- Camp Ramadi, al-Anbar Province, Iraq, 2010 (36 KB)
Middle son, Staff Sgt. Andrew Christy, on active duty in Iraq, during U.S. deployment
- Nancy Elizabeth Porter, ca. 1870's (58 KB)
This is my great, great-grandmother, Nancy Elizabeth Porter. After her first husband Hugh Fugate died, she married my great, great grandfather, Rev. Elbert LaFayette Addington.
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