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Dedication
This page is dedicated to
my
Great
Grandmother, Ida Jane [nee: WOOD] Jefferson. I have, as yet, been
unable to uncover much
information
regarding her. I have no parents or siblings connected to her.
If anyone can help me in the
search,
it would be greatly appreciated. Ida Jane was 1/2Cherokee.
Ida Jane WOOD
Ida Jane WOOD b. Oct 23, 1868 Indian Terr., OK;
²m. Mar 28, 1886, Yellville, Marion Co., AR; d. Sep 12, 1939,
Flippin,
¹MCAR
bu. Layton Cemetery, Yellville, MCAR
+Robert
Breckenridge JEFFERSON b. Sep 25, 1865, Morgan
Co., MO,
m.
Mar 28, 1886, loc unknown d. Sep 21, 1944
Flippin,
MCAR;
bu. Layton Cemetery Yellville,
MCAR
Children of Robert and Ida Jane:
1. Arthur Jefferson b. Dec 27, 1886 Yellville; d. Apr 26, 1976
Hot
Springs, AR; m. Oct 19, 1915, Yellville, MCAR
+ Daisy HORNER b. Oct 19, 1897, MCAR;
d/o Jesse Franklin and Sarah Alice [CANTRELL] HORNER
2. John Albert Jefferson, (twin) b. Sep 5, 1890 Yellville; d.
Aug
23, 1976, Temple City CA; m. May 8, 1912 Yellville, MCAR
+ Myrtle May COWDREY , b. May 18, 1894, Eros, AR; d. Sep 12, 1973,
Pasadena,
CA; bu. Rose Hill Cem., Whittier, CA
d/o John Allen and Belva Ora [ESTES] COWDREY
3. Thomas Elbert Jefferson, (twin) b. Sep 5, 1890
Yellville,
MCAR; d. Jan 16, 1917, Yellville; m. Mar 29, 1912, Yellville, MCAR
+Monta NOWLIN b. Sept 20, 1894; d. Oct 20, 1916, Yellville, MCAR;
d/o Clay and Amanda [BOYD] NOWLIN
4. William J. Bryan Jefferson, b. Mar 10, 1893 Yellville, MCAR;
d. Jun 6, 1968, Arvin, CA; m. Sep 28, 1913, Yellville, MCAR
+ Fay GARRETT b. June 30, 1895, El Paso, TX;d.
Jun 6,
1949, Hot Springs, AR;
d/o John G. and Jennie [__?__] GARRETT
5. Stephen Brundige Jefferson, b. Sep 12, 1896 Yellville, MCAR;
d. Apr 5, 1958 Hot Springs, m. Jan 20, 1921 Newport, AR
+Frieda Lena VOGEL b. May 23, 1893,
Johnstown, PA;d. ? possibly Hot Springs, AR;
d/o Henry and Kathryn [HOCKSTEIN] VOGEL
6. Helen Eva Jefferson, b. Apr 4, 1899 Yellville, MCAR; d.
April
17, 1991, Hot Springs, m. May 27, 1917, Yellville, MCAR
+ Ernest H. LAYTON, b. Aug 30, 1890,
Marion
Co.; d. Mar 11, 1975, Hot Springs, AR;
s/o George W. and Hulda [HURST] LAYTON
7. Mamie Louise Jefferson, b. Mar 9, 1901 Yellville, MCAR;
d. Dec 28, 1978, Yellville, MCAR; m. Sep 15, 1923, Yellville, MCAR
+ Raymond Leslie McVEY b. Apr 4,
1896,
Yellville, MCAR; d. Feb 14, 1984, Yellville, MCAR;
s/o William & Mary [LAYTON] McVEY
8. Robert Floyd
Jefferson, b. Jan 10, 1904 Yellville, MCAR; d. Mar 1969,
Wilmerding, PA; m. Jan 22, 1926, Hot Springs, AR
+ Helen REYNOLDS
9. Joseph Lee Jefferson, b.
Mar 3,
1910 Yellville, MCAR; d. May 9, 1979, Shreveport, LA;
m. Apr
21, 1926
+Louise PRATT b. Sep 23, 1911,
Yellville,
MCAR; d. Feb 2, 1985, Shreveport, LA;
d/o of Larry and Agnes [GRISHAM] PRATT
10. George Everett Jefferson,
b. Apr
20, 1913 Yellville; d. Sep 4, 1976 Shreveport,LA; m. Nov 19,
1940
Hot Springs, AR
+ Ora Mae KENNEDY b. Nov 20, 1919,
Rural Glenwood,
AR;
d/o Guilford Oscar and Pearl [GARRETT] KENNEDY
¹ MCAR = Marion
County, Arkansas
² According to the
Apr. 2, 1886 issue of "The Mountain Echo" newspaper, a marriage license
was
issued to Robert B. Jefferson and Ida Jane Wood.
If anyone can add, subtract or amend this genealogy, please write me.
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