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Archibald Columbus (D.) "Archer" JESSEE
Jun 3, 1830, 1830 (Scott Co, Va) - Jul 24, 1911 (Santa Ana, Calif.)

Harry Jessee's grandfather

          | Archibald Jessee
      | Abraham L Jessee --------------|    1850-1911
      |    1868-1938 | Mary Ann Purcell
    Harry Jessee --------------|        1833-1873
       1894-1950 |   | Augustus Wildey
    | | Odie Wildey --------------|    1836-1931
    |      1877-1958 | Mary Jane Roberts
     Linnie Rexene Jessee ------------|          1833-1906
        1922- |     | John Tho. McDannald
    | | David W McDannald --------------|    1817-1890
    | |    1851-1926 | Margaret Cull
    Gladys McDannald --------------|        1817-1887
       1892-1967 |   | Samuel Reeves
      | Lucetta Reeves --------------|    1827-1899
           1859-1931 | Lydia Cleminson
               1836-1925




Archibald Jessee, 74 on the right
with his daughter Sarah and son-in-law John Addington - Dec 25, 1904

The Jessee and Addington families had just moved to Orange County, California after having farmed in Kansas.
Archie's first wife, Mary Ann Purcell, died in 1977 at the age of 40 after having 9 children. A short while later, he married Mary Ann BLANKENBECKLER. The 1880 census, has Archie, 50, and his new wife, Mary A., 37, living in Fulkerson, Scott Co, Va. Living with them is Abraham L. Jessee, 11, "farm labor".

Additional information
Source: Recorded testimony of E. B. Jessee, Oct. 14, 1932 by E. J. Sutherland, Clintwood, VA and provided in correspondence to Vivian Bales, OH. "Archer lived most of his life in Scott Co., VA. In his old days he moved to California, when I was a boy. I never heard of him afterwards. I don't know his wifes name. The names of his children I remember were Arch and Dave."

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