Born: 14 Apr 1918 Mountain Home, Baxter Co., AR

Died: 8 Jun 1987 Mountain Home, Baxter Co., AR

Parents

Father: Jesse Walker Dover f: Thomas Jefferson Dover m: Lucinda Kasinger

Mother: Nancy Elenor Emaline "Ellen" Thompson f: Anderson Whitfield Thompson    gf: Richard Thompson    gm: Frances L. Ballard m: Amanda "Mandy" Ann Morris    gf: John Morris    gm: Winnie Emaline Kilpatrick

Siblings

Nettie Marie Dover   +B. J. Alsuf	Henry Whitfield Dover	Alice Melvina Dover
Harvey Thompson Dover   +Viola Zada "Zada" Cox         Delbert Ralph Dover         Thomas Jefferson Dover	James Randolph "Randolph" Dover   +Erma M. Webber	Homer Jefferson Dover   +Clara Cible
Georgia Ann Dover   +Robert Studdard

Family

Wife: Lena Emma Jane Cowart

Married: 6 Oct 1940 Baxter Co., AR

Children

Albert Walker "AW" Dover   +Carol Dover

Photo Archive

Jesse and Lena Cowart Dover Gravestone

General Sources

1. 1920 Census
   

   1920 Baxter County, Arkansas Census - January 1920
   |farm|hn |fn |Name            |rel     |h|f|s|r|Age    |m|sch|rd |wr |birth   |Father   |Mother  |eng|trade |type           |w|f#|twp          |pg#
   |farm|166|179|Dover, Jesse W. |head    |O|m|m|w|52     |m|   |yes|yes|Arkansas|Tennessee|Missouri|yes|Farmer|general farming|O|97|Mountain Home|255a
   |    |   |   |Dover, Ellen    |wife    | | |f|w|41     |m|   |yes|no |Arkansas|Missouri |Arkansas|yes|none  |               | |  |             |
   |    |   |   |Dover, Henry H. |son     | | |m|w|20     |s|   |yes|yes|Arkansas|Arkansas |Arkansas|yes|maker |sorghum mill   |w|  |             |
   |    |   |   |Dover, Harvey L.|son     | | |m|w|17     |s|no |yes|yes|Arkansas|Arkansas |Arkansas|yes|none  |               | |  |             |
   |    |   |   |Dover, Randolph |son     | | |m|w|13     |s|yes|yes|yes|Arkansas|Arkansas |Arkansas|yes|none  |               | |  |             |
   |    |   |   |Dover, Homer J. |son     | | |m|w|11     |s|yes|yes|yes|Arkansas|Arkansas |Arkansas|yes|none  |               | |  |             |
   |    |   |   |Dover, Georgia  |daughter| | |f|w|9      |s|yes|   |   |Arkansas|Arkansas |Arkansas|   |none  |               | |  |             |
   |    |   |   |Dover, Jesse F. |son     | | |m|w|1 10/12|s|   |   |   |Arkansas|Arkansas |Arkansas|   |none  |               | |  |             |
   

2. Margie Garr
   Hatch Match & Dispatch, Vol. 6, transcribed from "The Baxter Bulletin"
   
   October 18, 1940, page 89, Jesse Dover, Jr. married Lena Cowart of Clark Ridge last week.
   
3. Margie Garr
   Hatch Match & Dispatch, Vol. 8, transcribed from "The Baxter Bulletin"
   
   September 27, 1946, page 93, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Dover, life long residents of Baxter County, celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. THey are the parents of seven children: Mrs. Nettie Alsup and Henry Dover of South Fork, Harvey, Randolph, Jessee Dover, and Mrs. Georgia Studdard, all of Mountain Home, and Homer Dover of Sparks, Nevada.
   
4. Internet
   Rootsweb: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1950121&id=I97003729