Jessie Mays1

F, (3 May 1870 - 30 October 1952)

Father*George William Mays1 (4 Jul 1833 - 25 Oct 1878)
Mother*Roxey Jane Keaton1 (3 Oct 1831 - 16 Feb 1914)
Jessie Mays|b. 3 May 1870\nd. 30 Oct 1952|p2219.htm|George William Mays|b. 4 Jul 1833\nd. 25 Oct 1878|p2187.htm|Roxey Jane Keaton|b. 3 Oct 1831\nd. 16 Feb 1914|p2186.htm|Willis Mays|b. c 1810|p2235.htm|Margaret (?)|b. c 1796|p2236.htm|George Keaton|b. c 1806|p2231.htm|Jane (?)|b. c 1812|p2232.htm|

Relationship 2nd great-grandaunt of James Jay McKinney.
Last Edited 15 May 2005
Reference MMFMFFC.5
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Note* Full Blood Choctaw.
Color of hair: Long Black.2 
Birth*3 May 1870 2 
(Witness) Census8 June 1880 Cedar Township, Cowley Co., KS, Censuses of Mays-Keaton families.
Mays, Roxey J., W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 47,Widdow, [Widowed], (occupation:) Keeping House, (cannot read), (cannot write), (birth place:) Virginia, (birth place father:) Virginia, (birth place mother:) Virginia
,Maggie, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 24, (Married), (birth place:) Kansas, (birth place father:) Virginia, (birth place mother:) Virginia
, Franklin, W(hite), M(ale), (age:) 19, Son, (Single), (occupation:) at home, (attended school), (birth place:) Kan
Georgie, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 15, daughter, (Single), (occupation:) at home, (attended school), (birth place:) Kansas, (birth place father:) Virginia, (birth place mother:) Virginia
Jessie, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 11 [or 10], daughter, (Single), (attended school), (birth place:) Kansas, (birth place father:) Virginia, (birth place mother:) Virginia, Principal=Roxey Jane Keaton1 
Married Namecirca 1885 Wesbrook2,3 
Marriage*circa 1885 Jessie was married at 15., Principal=Perry Andrew Wesbrook2,3 
Census*29 April 1910 Dexter Township, Cowley Co., KS, Name: Westbrook, Jessie M. Wife of Head Sex:female Color:white Age:39 Marital status:married Years married:24 Mother of how many children:8 Number of children living:8 Place of birth:Kansas Father's birthplace:Virginia Mother's birthplace:Virginia Can speak English:yes Trade:housewife at home Could read and write. Lived near her mother Roxy Forbes, sister who appear on the same census pages: Georgia Heistand.3 
Residence*28 May 1933 Hooser, Cowley Co., KS4 
Death*30 October 1952 Heart attack at 83 years in her kitchen.2 
Burial*after 30 October 1952 Dexter Cemetery, KS2 

Family

Perry Andrew Wesbrook
Marriage*circa 1885 Jessie was married at 15., Principal=Perry Andrew Wesbrook2,3 
Children

Citations

  1. [S118] 1880 US Federal Census: Cedar Twp., Cowley Co. KS Vol. 4 E.D. 171 Sheet 7, Line 45/ Page 469.
  2. [S83] Margie Gayle Jones, Descendants of George and Roxey Mays - notebook (n.p.: unpublished notebook hand copied, Copied 1999).
  3. [S5] 1910 US Federal Census: KS Cowley Co. E.D.53 Family 91.
  4. [S85] Unknown article title, Obituary, unknown location, From 1933 obituary of Mrs Georgia Heistand in unknown newspaper.