Charles Birtle Clemmer (1875–1934) and Maggie Esta Swink Clemmer (1878–1963) lived and raised their family in the Buffalo District. Both are buried at the Oxford Presbyterian Church cemetery in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Maggie is the daughter of Daniel Swink. Charlie and Maggie's son, Caruthers Coleman Clemmer was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia on March 3, 1901. He later relocated to Winchester, Virginia, where he passed away on July 2, 1960. One of his sisters, Martha Colleen Clemmer Ackerly was born on May 25, 1903. Mrs. Eugene Glasgow "Coleen" Ackerly remained a lifelong resident of the Lexington and Buffalo districts. She passed away on November 5, 1975 and is buried at the Oxford Presbyterian Church cemetery in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Other Siblings: Their Clemmer siblings included Virginia Houston Reed, Eloise Clemmer, Margaret Morrison, Malcolm Swink Clemmer, and John Daniel "Dan" Clemmer, Sr.

Laura Ray Clemmer was a lifelong resident of Rockbridge County, Virginia, born on March 13, 1886, and passing away on June 1, 1949. She belonged to the multigenerational Clemmer family that lived and farmed throughout the Buffalo and South River magisterial districts. Laura was the daughter of Joseph Alexander Clemmer and Mary Catherine "Molly" Engleman, who were married in Rockbridge County in 1882. Her immediate family included her sister, Gertrude Elizabeth Clemmer (born 1888). Her father, Joseph, and Charles "Charlie" Birtle Clemmer share common lineage descending from the early Clemmer pioneers who settled along the Buffalo Creek and South River basins in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Andrew M. "Andy" Dixon (c. 1851–1881) was a 19th century resident of Rockbridge County, Virginia, who directly married into the local Swink family. On October 13, 1874, Andy Dixon married Margaret Ann E. "Annie" Swink in Rockbridge County. He was the son of Thomas N. Dixon and Juliet P. Clarkson.The 1880 Federal Census tracks Andy and Margaret Dixon living in the Buffalo District of Rockbridge County, the exact location where prominent branches of the Swink family (such as Henry Philander Swink) settled after migrating from Augusta County. Margaret Ann E. "Annie" Swink of Rockbridge County, Virginia, was born in 1854 to Henry Philander Swink and Sarah Crist. Her family lived in the Buffalo District of Rockbridge County, Virginia, for approximately 30 years.

Sallie Dixon of Collierstown, Virginia, was born on November 24, 1876 to Andrew M. "Andy" Dixon and Margaret Ann E. "Annie" Swink. Sallie Dixon was a prominent resident and educator in the Collierstown and Oak Dale regions of Rockbridge County, Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Miss Sallie Dixon of Oak Dale managed the local public school at Maple Grove. By October 1902, her school had roughly 88 pupils enrolled with expectations to grow rapidly. Oak Dale was located along Buffalo Creek in the western, central section of the county, in the area associated with the Natural Bridge map quadrant near the Short Hills ridge.

Joseph Guy Engleman (1885–1966) was a prominent Virginia Military Institute (VMI) Class of 1908 alumnus and military officer. He was born on August 26, 1885, in Rockbridge County to James William Engleman (1845–1935) and Mary Jane Miller (1858–1950). Guy's father, James William Engleman, was the brother of Mary Catherine "Mollie" Engleman Clemmer. This means Guy Engleman was the direct first cousin of Laura Ray Clemmer (born 1886), tying him directly into the Buffalo District family branches. His family included his sister, Myrta Miller Engleman Glover (1879–1969).

Scott M. Ford (1876–1966) was a lifelong resident of the Collierstown and Buffalo area of Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was part of the deeply rooted Ford family network that farmed alongside the Clemmers and Englemans in the county's southwest magisterial districts. Scott was born on September 13, 1876, in Collierstown, Virginia, to David Houston Ford and Eliza Jane Tribbett. He passed away in October 1966 at the age of 90.

Ella I. Hall was a member of the established Hall family branch from the county's southwest agricultural districts. She was born in 1879 in Rockbridge County, Virginia to John W. Hall and Sarah E. Hall. Her brother, William H. Hall, was born just a couple of years later in October 1881. In addition to William, her immediate household growing up in the county included siblings Mary E. Hall (born c. 1874), Charles T. Hall (born c. 1876), and a younger brother, John F. Hall (born c. 1887). During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this branch of the Hall family lived and worked alongside the Clemmers, Englemans, and Fords. They populated the local churches and farming communities overlapping the Buffalo and South River magisterial districts.

Julia Hutton had been engaged to Henry Swink, the brother of Margaret Ann E. "Annie" Swink. Julia married Thomas Franklin "Boliver" Supinger on December 30, 1897. Julia Olive Hutton was the daughter of Gardner P. Hutton and Mary E. Hutton.

Bolivar Finley Johnston (1878–1928) was born January 13, 1878. Bolivar was the son of James Montgomery Johnston (1845–1912) and Martha E. Patterson (1846–1921), who operated a large family farm in the the Buffalo District of Rockbridge County, Virginia. He married Laura Toulmin Conant (1882-1925), born circa 1883 in Kentucky, who was the daughter of John M. Conant and Lydia G. Conant. His second wife was Cottie Lula Luster Swink (1881–1965). Cottie was the biological sister of Maggie Esta Swink, who married Charles "Charlie" Birtle Clemmer. Their parents were Daniel Swink and Virginia Caruthers Houston.

Bolivar's sister, Ella Gould Johnston Clemmer (1886–1969) was a lifelong resident of Rockbridge County, Virginia, deeply embedded in the farming history of the Buffalo District. Ella was born on July 23, 1886. Her immediate family included her prominent brother Bolivar Finley Johnston, Robert Edward Johnston, and her sisters, Nettie Johnston Huffman and Martha Love Johnston Rodrigues. She married Gardner A. Clemmer. A historic studio portrait of the young couple taken at the turn of the century is preserved in the Michael Miley Photograph Collection at Washington and Lee University Special Collections and Archives. Ella was a friend of Lelia Swink Grady.

James Granville Johnston (1889–1961) was a prominent county land surveyor and lifelong community figure in the Buffalo District of Rockbridge County, Virginia. Granville married Lora Ella Shafer (1892–1964), who was historically notable as the very last schoolteacher to operate the historic rural Hamilton School in the county. Granville may have been a member of the FMS Military School Cavalry or an Officer. The Crossed Swords or Sabers is the traditional U.S. Army branch insignia for the Cavalry. In military academies, crossed swords are also universally used to designate Officer rank or specific ceremonial drill teams, such as a sword guard. The Service Visor Cap (Class A) is for standard dress uniforms, a smaller stamped brass version of the crossed swords and FMS lettering was used as a specialized branch of service cap badge, identifying the cadet's specific assignment or officer status within the school's battalion structure.

The parents of Mary Myrtle Moore, born in 1875, who became a prominent Lexington school teacher, were John Wilson Moore and Mary Virginia Barger Moore. Her maternal family owned the prominent "Inglenook" estate in the Buffalo area of Rockbridge County, Virginia. Following her father's death in 1902, Mary Myrtle lived with her widowed mother at their family home at 301 McLaughlin Street in downtown Lexington, Virginia. She also lived alongside her younger brother, Hubert Shields Moore.

Hull Morrison was a prominent local businessman, land trustee, and general store operator in the Buffalo District of Rockbridge County, Virginia. For nearly a century, the Morrison family ran a cornerstone general merchandising store in the Buffalo community. John Hull Morrison was born in 1891 to James Wilson Morrison and Margaret Hull Morrison. He married Mamie Palmer Lam, who was born in Lexington in 1894. He died on August 14, 1951 and is buried at the Oxford Presbyterian Church cemetery in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Charles Pole was a prominent resident, civic figure, and local church leader in Lexington and the Buffalo District of Rockbridge County, Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Charles Pole was born in 1866. He married his wife, Lelia Baile Pole, in 1892. Charles passed away in 1936. The couple owned a home on South Jefferson Street in Lexington, Virginia.

Charles Henry "Charlie" Swink (1877–1948) was a lifelong resident and farmer who lived and worked in the Buffalo District of Rockbridge County, Virginia. Charlie was born on July 9, 1877, in Lexington, Virginia, to Adam Swink and Virginia Ann Saville, married Carrie Lucy Zollman on September 8, 1903, and passed away on July 3, 1948. He was buried at the Oxford Presbyterian Church cemetery in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His brothers included Joseph Sidney Swink and Lacy Lee Swink. He also had a sister named Sallie Frances Swink who spent a decade living in the Buffalo District.

Daniel Swink (1848–1917) was a long time resident and farmer in the Buffalo District of Rockbridge County, Virginia. Born on November 5, 1848, in Augusta County, Virginia, he moved to Rockbridge County, Virginia with his parents during his youth. Daniel was the son of Henry Philander Swink (1820–1914) and Sarah Crist (1819–1894). He married Virginia Caruthers Houston on August 20, 1873. They had eight children, Eva, Mattie, Ella, Bolivar, Maggie, Cottie, Herman, John, and Stuart. Daniel died at his home on North Buffalo on March 6, 1917, and was buried at the Oxford Presbyterian Church cemetery in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Eva Bouchelle Swink Allen Mitchell (1874–1950) was the firstborn child of Daniel Swink (1848–1917) and Virginia Caruthers Houston (1849–1928). She grew up on the family farm along North Buffalo Creek in the Buffalo District of Rockbridge County, Virginia. She was born on May 24, 1874, in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Eva was the eldest daughter of Daniel Swink and Virginia Caruthers Houston. Her younger siblings included Martha "Mattie" Ella McCorkle, Bolivar Henry Houston Swink, Maggie Esta Clemmer, Cottie Lula Luster Johnston, Herman Caruthers Swink, John Milton Swink, and Stuart Daniel Swink. Eva first married John Thomas Allen Sr. (1864–1939) on December 30, 1896 and following his passing, she on March 22, 1944 she married Murray Drayton Mitchell. From her first marriage, she had daughters Elizabeth Bouchelle Allen and Louise Swink Allen. Eva passed away on October 3, 1950 and is buried alongside her family in the Oxford Presbyterian Cemetery in Collierstown, Rockbridge County.

Sallie Frances Swink Greever (1893–1976) was a lifelong resident of Rockbridge County, Virginia. She was born on February 14, 1893, in Rockbridge County, Virginia, to Adam Swink (1851–1936) and Virginia Ann Saville (1856–1936). Her brothers included Charles Henry "Charlie" Swink, Joseph Sidney Swink, and Lacy Lee Swink. She married David Adam Greever on August 24, 1922. She and David were the parents of at least one son and one daughter. Frances passed away on November 28, 1976.

Lacy Lee Swink (1883–1917) was a lifelong resident, farmer, and landowner in the Buffalo District of Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was born on October 3, 1883, in Rockbridge County, Virginia, to Adam Swink (1851–1936) and Virginia Ann Saville (1856–1930). His brothers included Charles Henry "Charlie" Swink and Joseph Sidney Swink, and his sister was Sallie Frances Swink Greever. He died on Tuesday, June 19, 1917 and was buried at the Oxford Presbyterian Cemetery, Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Herman Caruthers Swink (1882–1968) was the fifth child and second son born to Daniel Swink (1848–1917) and Virginia Caruthers Houston (1849–1928). He spent his early childhood on the family's farm in the Buffalo District of Rockbridge County, Virginia, before relocating permanently to the West Coast. He was born in 1882, in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His brothers and sisters included Eva Bouchelle Allen Mitchell, Martha "Mattie" Ella McCorkle, Bolivar Henry Houston Swink, Maggie Esta Clemmer, Cottie Lula Luster Johnston, John Milton Swink, and Stuart Daniel Swink. When his father Daniel passed away in March 1917, local records noted that Herman and his younger brother Stuart were already living out west in California. He married Bessie Elminore Iiams (1888–1962) in 1906, in California. They had seven children, including Helen Caruthers Kirkpatrick, John Carlton Swink, Warren Lynton Swink, Richard Iiams Swink, and William Houston (Clyde) Swink. He passed away in 1968 in San Diego, California.

Mary Susan "Susie" Swink Black (1866–1953) and her husband, James Madison "Jim" Black (1854–1927), were prominent lifelong residents of Rockbridge County, Virginia. They lived, farmed, and raised their family of seven children in the Buffalo District. She was born on September 8, 1866, in Virginia, the daughter of Henry Philander Swink and Sarah Sallie Crist, a younger sister of Daniel Swink. Susie passed away on May 28, 1953. Born in 1854, James Madison Black worked as an active farmer in Rockbridge County. He preceded Susie in death, passing away in 1927. Both Susie and Jim are buried at the Oxford Presbyterian Church cemetery, Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Nancy Swink was born circa 1910. Her parents were William Milton Swink and Carrie Mae Montgomery. Her father, William Milton Swink, was the son of John Milton Swink and Mary "Mollie" Moomau, who moved to the Buffalo District in the mid to late 1800s.