William J
Jessee and
Mary Polly Vermillion
William J Jessee b 9 Dec 1779 Cobbs Creek, Caswell Co NC d 28
Jan 1841 Lee Co VA, s/o John
Jessee and Frances Frankey Lea. William J Jessee m. 1803 to Mary Polly
Vermillion b 8 Dec 1785 Caswell Co NC d 17 Jan 1879 Lee Co VA d/o William Wilson
Vermillion and Nancy McNeil. Children of William J Jessee and Mary Polly
Vermillion;
I. Wilson Jessee b 7 Aug 1804 Russell Co VA d 19 Jun 1852 Lee
Co VA.
II. John Jessee b 7 Dec 1805 Russell Co VA d after 1850 Davis
Co IA m. Celia Unknown b about 1812 TN. Children;
1. William Jessee b about 1832
2. Frances Jessee b about 1836 TN
3. Susan Jessee b about 1838 IA
III. Oliver Jessee b 17 Feb 1807 Russell Co VA d after 1860
Martinsille, Andrew Co MO m. 22 Jan 1835 Lee Co VA to Mary D Bishop b 12 Mar
1814 Lee Co VA d 1853 enroute to MO, d/o Elijah Bishop and Lavinia Clark (aka
Levina). Children;
1. Elizabeth Jessee b about 1835 Lee
Co VA d about 1887 Sneedville, Hancock Co TN m. 21 May 1854 MO to Henry Tyler b
21 Aug 1821 Lenox Berkshire Co MA d 8 Jul 1898 Sneedville, Hancock Co TN.
Children;
i. George Warren Tyler b 17 Mar 1855
ii. Ida Grace Tyler b 5 Sept 1858
Sneedville Hancock Co TN
iii. Alonzo Jason Tyler b 11 May 1861
iv. Eugene Monroe Tyler b 19 Feb 1863
TN
v. William Henry Tyler b 8 Jul 1865 TN
vi. Carrie Nancy Tyler b 16 Jan 1869
TN
vii. John Oliver Tyler b 17 Feb 1871
TN.
2. Elisha Bishop Jessee b 2 Jul 1838
Lee Co VA d 12 Nov 1912 Caldwell Canyon ID m. 11 Aug 1866 Lee Co VA to (1) Sarah A
Nancy Muncy (aka Munsey) b about 1844 Lee Co VA d/o Willoughby Randolph Muncy
and Catherine Jayne. Children;
i. Nancy Ann Jessee b 4 Jun 1867
Denver Worth Co MO d 26 Feb 1902 Boise Ada Co ID m. 22 Apr 1896 Boise Ada Co ID
to (1) Andrew Craft Paynton. Andrew Craft Paynton m. 18 Apr 1908 Boise ID to (2)
Isabel Marie Johnson.
ii. Mary Lee Jessee b 31 Dec 1869 MO
d 25 Feb 1939 Boise Ada Co ID m. 4 Mar 1890 Caldwell Canyon Co ID to (1) Dan B Levan,
s/o Thaddeus Pulaski Le Van. Mary Lee Jessee m. about 1903 to (2) Edward Green
Berry Williams.
Elisha Bishop Jessee m. 28 Dec 1872
MO to (2) Nancy C Glendenning. Children;
iii. Abigail Virginia Jessee b 4 Dec
1873 MO.
iv. William Homer Jessee b 1 Sept
1875 MO.
v. Asher W Jessee b 1877 MO.
vi. Rolleigh B Jessee b about 1880
MO.
vii. Ora Elizabeth Jessee b 9 Nov
1881 MO.
viii. Grace Jessee b 20 May 1891 MO.
ix. Rosco Dan Jessee b after 1891.
4. Nancy Jane Jessee b about 1839
Lee Co VA m. John Funk.
5. William W Jessee b about 1843 Lee
Co VA.
6. Mary L Jessee b about 1847 Lee Co
VA.
7. Elijah Preston Jessee b 17 Apr
1849 Lee Co VA d 17 Jan 1923 Loveland Co m. 11 Apr 1872 Martinsville Harrison Co
MO to Josephine Kidwell b 13 Nov 1853 Henry Co KY d 27 Aug 1931 Loveland Co, d/o
Thomas D P Kidwell and Rebecca Emily Magee. Children;
i. Ida Bell Jessee b 27 Feb 1873
Martinsville Harrison Co MO.
ii. Thomas Oliver Jessee b 17 Jan
1877 MO.
iii. Raleigh Francis Jessee b 12 Oct
1880 MO.
iv. Mary Rebecca "Goldie" Jessee b
26 Dec 1884 MO.
v. William Delbert Jessee b 19 Nov
1890 MO d 28 Jul 1966 Fresno CA m. about 1914 to (1) Rose Hein. William Delbert
Jessee m. (2) to Perrie
Ann Reynolds.
8. David Jessee b about 1852 Lee Co
VA m 23 Aug 1866 Lee Co VA to Sarah A Munsey b Lee Co VA d/o Willoughby Randolph
Muncy and Catherine Jayne.
Oliver Jessee m. 1856 MO to (2) Elizabeth Yinks. Children;
9. Sarah Jessee b 1857 MO
10. Lucy Jessee b 1858 MO
IV. Elizabeth Yinks m. to Joseph Sarles. Child;
1. Matilda Sarles
V. William John Jessee b 7 May 1809 Russell Co VA d 2 Mar
1870 KS m. 3 Mar 1831 to Nancy Weaver b 16 Jun 1809 Lee Co VA d 16 Jun 1900 KS,
d/o William Joseph Weaver and Mary Simms. Children;
1. Mary Jessee b about 1832 VA.
2. Susannah Jessee b 31 Aug 1835
Downs IL.
3. William L Jessee b Oct 1836 Downs
IL.
4. James Wilson Jessee b 8 Mar 1838
McLean Co IL.
5. Nancy Rebecca Jessee b 1 Feb
1840.
6. David H Jessee b about 1842 VA.
7. Martha Jessee b about 1844 VA.
8. Sarah Jessee b 6 Mar 1846 VA.
9. Esther Cornelia Jessee b 5 Mar
1848 VA.
10. Hannah Jessee b 19 Jul 1850 VA.
VI. Lea Jessee (male) b 13 Jun 1811 Lee Co VA d about 1865
Sneedville Hancock Co TN m. 26 Nov 1839 Lee Co VA to Mary Ann Rebeck b about
1819. Children;
1. Sarah Elizabeth Jessee b 29 Sept
1840 Lee Co VA.
2. Jane Housley "Jennie" Jessee b
1842 Lee Co VA.
3. Mary Eliza Jessee b 5 Nov 1848
Lee Co VA.
4. Henry T Jessee b about 1850
Sneedville, Hancock Co TN.
5. Charles H Jessee b 1853 TN.
VII. Robert Jessee b 19 Feb 1813 Russell Co VA d 30 May 1863
Buchanon Co MO m. 21 Dec 1837 Claiborne Co TN to (1) Elizabeth Louisa Graves b 23
Dec 1817 Claiborne Co TN d 8 Jan 1852 Buchanon Co MO, d/o Boston Graves and
Betsy Sharp. Children;
1. Sarah Jane Jessee b 23 Dec 1838
MO.
2. Mary Elizabeth Jessee b 20 Aug
1841 MO.
3. George L Jessee b 15 Oct 1843 MO.
4. Malvena Jessee b 28 Feb 1846.
5. William Jessee b 12 Nov 1848.
6. Louisa F Jessee b 8 Jan 1852.
Robert Jessee m. 16 Sept 1852 to (2) Jane A Tyler b 9
Sept 1833 NY d 2 Jan 1909. Children;
1. Lawrence Lafayette Jessee b 19
Sept 1854.
2. Julia Amanda Jessee b 5 Jan 1857.
3. Charles Kellogg Jessee b 26 Jun
1859 Agency MO.
4. James Robert Jessee 23 Nov 1861.
5. Henry Ludley Jessee b 24 Jan
1864.
VIII. Nancy Herndon Jessee b 2 Feb 1815 Russell Co VA d 9 Oct
1891 Claiborne Co TN m. 15 Jan 1835 Lee Co VA Stephen Smith Parrott b 4 Aug 1805
Claiborne Co TN d 4 May 1882 Kingston Madison Co KY. Children;
1. Mary Jessee Parrot b 13 Jul 1838
Campbell Co TN
2. William Jessee Parrot b 1842
Campbell Co TN.
3. Lipscomb Parrot b 9 Oct 1835
Campbell Co TN.
IX. Elizabeth V Jessee b 28 Jul 1817 Russell Co VA d 19 Dec
1909 m. 1 Feb 1838 in Jessee home to Andrew M Fitz b 4 Feb 1817 d 19 Aug 1899. (aka
Fitts).
X. George Jessee b 3 Aug 1819 d 24 Mar 1873 Highland Doniphan
KS buried Walnut Grove Cemetery, Highland KS m. 26 Jan 1849 Buchanon Co MO to
Margaret Adeline Gilmore b 23 Dec 1830 Clay Co MO d 31 Jul 1903 in Wathena
Doniphan Co KS buried Walnut Grove Cemetery Highland KS, d/o Robert Gilmore and
Mary Rebecca Poteet. Children;
1. Mary Rebecca Jessee b 3 Dec 1849
Agency Buchanon Co MO.
2. Frances Catherine Jessee (aka
Francis) b 13 Jul 1853 St Joseph, Buchanon Co MO.
3. Virginia "Jennie" Jessee b 1857
St Joseph Buchanon Co MO.
4. Thomas Polk Jessee b 16 Dec 1859
Highland Doniphan Co KS.
5. Male Jessee b after 1858 St
Joseph MO.
Margaret Adeline Gilmore m. (2) to Levi Lucas.
XI. Frances Lea Jessee b 17 Nov 1821 Lee Co VA d 8 Feb 1895
Hancock Co TN m. (1) to Isham Brewer. Child;
1. Defsy Brewer b 21 Jan 1860 TN.
Frances
Lea Jessee m. 1895 (2) to Hancock TN to Robert Kyle.
XII. Susannah B Jessee b 17 Nov 1821 Lee Co VA d 10 Oct 1883
Highland KS m. 16 Feb 1853 Lee Co VA to John Breeding b 30 Aug 1831 d 17 Aug
1897, s/o Squire H Breeding and Sarah B. Unknown. Children;
1. Virginia Jennie Breeding b 1855
MO
2. Walter Breeding b KS
3. Lillie F Breeding b KS
4. James L Breeding b 1 Sept 1862
Bloomington KY
XIII. Mary F Jessee b 3 Sept 1823 d 16 Sep 1886 Lee Co VA m.
Ferdinand Bales.
XIV. David Jessee b 10 Jul 1826 VA d 30 Jun 1913 MO m. Eliza
Jaynes b about 1836 TN. Children;
1. William C Jessee b about 1853 TN
2. John C Jessee b about 1854 TN
3. Margaret Jessee b about 1856 TN
4. "Chocker" Jessee b abaout 1864
MO.
5. Mary Jessee b Apr 1870 MO
XV. Martha Jessee b 1 Aug 1828.
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