Early Years |
James Jeffrey was born about 1795, in Tennessee or Alabama. Census records vary. He was the eldest son of
Jeremiah and Sarah Jeffrey. James married Mary Ann Hellums married in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, in 1821. Mary Ann Hellums was the daughter of Margaret Prewett and John Hellums. She was born 6 December 1806 in Knox County, Tennessee, and died in Caldwell County, Texas, on 29 July 1867. She moved with her parents to Madison County, Mississippi Territory about 1809 and on to Tuscaloosa about 1818. James Jeffrey and Mary Ann Hellums joined the Bethel Baptist Church in September and November of 1823, respectively. In 1840, the Jeffreys requested letters of dismissal from their church and James sold his 104 acres of land to Stephen B. Russell. Most of the Jeffrey, Hellums, and related families moved to Tippah County, Mississippi, between 1837 and 1840. James and Mary Ann, however, were in Arkansas from 1842 until about 1845, probably Montgomery County, and in Texas about 1847. James Jeffrey died 12 March 1860. The mortality schedule of the census shows that he died of pneumonia after three days' illness. According to that report he was 64 years old when he died and that he had been born in Tennessee. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mary Ann Remarries |
After James' death in 1860, Mary Ann married John M. Fleming on 20 December 1863. John Fleming had been married, until her death, to Abigail Jeffrey, James Jeffrey's sister. The two families had probably been neighbors in Alabama and come to Texas together. Mary Ann Hellums Jeffrey Fleming died 29 July 1867. John Fleming relinquished all rights to Mary Ann's estate. He was living in Bell County when the estate was probated in September of 1872. John McWhirter Fleming died 15 October 1882. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CHILDREN |
The probate records of Caldwell County, Texas list the 14 children of James and Mary Ann Jeffrey as: 1. J. C. Jeffrey (resident of Houston County, Tx.) 2. John H. Jeffrey (resident of Montgomery County, Ark) 3. [C.] Margaret Reed wife of Daniel Reed 4. S[arah] M. Stoker wife of J. T. Stoker 5. Jacob F[ranklin] Jeffrey and 6. M[artha] E. Jeffrey minors 7. Jesse [W.] Jeffrey (all of Caldwell Co.) [pet. to administer] 8. James M. Jeffrey (since dec'd leaving surviving wife Caroline Jeffrey and a minor son, James A. F. Jeffrey; Caroline married F. Stoker, now residents of Williamson County, Tx) 9. Mary A. Tucker wife of John Tucker (residents of Williamson County, Tx.) 10. Joseph B. and 11. N[athan] R. Jeffrey (both residents of Williamson County, Texas) 12. J.[Isaac] P. Jeffrey and 13. W[illiam] H. Jeffrey (both dec'd leaving no wife and children) 14. Margaret Reed reported to court that M. C[atherine] Jowers died intestate leaving her heirs as follows: M. A. White married John F. White (residents of Bastrop Co.) Mary James J. John Martha Elizabeth Warren JOWERS, Jr. (all residents of Caldwell Co.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Helm [or Hellums] Jeffrey |
John Helm [Hellums?] Jeffrey was born 28 Jan 1822 in Tuscaloosa
Alabama. He married first Harriet R. FLEMING (1826-1862) and twice more after Harriet's death. Earle Hellums gives
John's wife's name incorrectly as Harriet Scott. John H. Jeffrey was a resident of Montgomery County, Arkansas in
1872. He lived there from 1839 until his death in 1884. He is named in his Uncle Matthew's estate in 1881. His
place of residence is transcribed as Montgomery County, Texas, but should be Arkansas. His son, James Fleming
Jeffrey was named by Goodspeed as the third of nine children. James F. Jeffrey was married in January 1870 to Mary E. Gray. They had twelve children. J. C. Jeffrey was living in Houston County, Texas, when his parents' estate was probated, about 1870 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jeremiah C. Jeffrey |
Jeremiah C. Jeffrey was born 5 September 1826. He married Manerva M. Franks on 27 Sept 1846 in Montgomery County, Arkansas. He is #273/259 in the 1860 Caldwell County census. They had a daughter Mary A. age 9, and sons William M. age 8, Andrew age 5, and James age 11 mo. Jeremiah and
Minerva asked for letters of dismissal from their congregation at the Bethel Primitive Baptist Church in Caldwell County in May of 1866. The 1870 census of Houston County shows their children to be:
Wm. M. Jeffrey residence unkno A. B. Jeffrey of Houston County, Tx Jerry Jeffrey of Milam County, Texas Mattie Jeffrey " James Jeffrey " Jeff Jeffrey of Houston County, Texas In the 1880 census, James M 20, Jerry 15, and Mattie 10 are listed with their mother Minerva 50, and step father Dr. George Forrest 70, in Houston County, Texas. Dr. Forrest and Minerva must have moved to Milam County by 1881, taking James, Jerry and Mattie along with them. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Margaret Cynthia Jeffrey |
Margaret Cynthia Jeffrey was born 9 April 1828 in Alabama. She
married Daniel REED on 7 April 1845 in Montgomery County, Alabama. She died 8 February 1899 in McMahan, Caldwell
County, Texas. Their children were: James K. Polk REED b. 1846 d. Camp Nelson, Ark. 8 Nov 1862 Mary Elizabeth REED b. 3 April 1847 d 27 February 1902 m. 8 November 1864 to John W. Baker Rebecca REED b. 16 June 1848 d. 30 March 1927 m. James Milton White Nathan Jasper REED b. 11 September 1850 d. 1919 m. Sarah Orlena White Sarah A. REED b. 20 April 1852 d. 7 February 1911 m. George W. White William T. REED b. 29 January 1855 d. 17 March 1942 m. Missouri C. Williams Daniel W. REED b. 7 Aug. 1857 d. 16 March 1933 m. Florence Eugenia Galloway Maria REED b. 8 April 1859 d. 1942 Jesse F. REED b. 20 January 1861 d. 9 September 1862 Levi REED b. 21 January 1863 m. Emma Wright Jacob REED b. 14 October 1865 d. 22 October 1865 John M. REED b. 4 February 1867 d. 1936 m. Frances A. Hickman Joel F. REED b. 31 March 1870 d. 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William H. Jeffrey |
William H. Jeffrey was born 22 June 1829 and died between 1862
and 1872 . The Disability Discharge of W. H. Jeffrey says he enlisted at Lockhart 2 October 1862; he was born in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, "is 33 years old 6 feet tall, light complexion, black eyes, dark hair". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Melinda Catherine Jeffrey |
Melinda Catherine Jeffrey was born 11 October 1831. She married Warren W. JOWERS 25 December 1849 in Caldwell County. She died 30 June 1871, leaving heirs Manerva A. (b. 1851) who married John F. White Mary (b. 1855) James J. (b. 1857) John (b. 1859) Martha (b. 1861) Elizabeth (b. 1863) Warren, Jr. (b. 1866) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James M Jeffrey |
James M Jeffrey was born 29 June 1833 in Alabama. He was married on 17 January 1861 in Caldwell County, Tx., to Caroline MAY. He died 18 September 1862. He left one son, James Franklin Jeffrey, born 27 February 1862, died 12 May 1945. James Franklin Jeffrey married M. A. Inman on 29 November 1888 in Williamson County. Caroline May Jeffrey married Allen Franklin Stoker in Caldwell County on 14 January 1866. The Stokers were living in Williamson County by 1872. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sarah M. Jeffrey |
Sarah M. Jeffrey was born 8 August 1835 in Tuscaloosa County,
Alabama. She married John T. Stoker 11 August 1854 in Caldwell County, Texas, and died 18 Jun 1913 in McMahan,
Caldwell County, Texas. John Thomas Stoker was born 21 Jan 1831 in Alabama and died 15 March 1884 in Caldwell
County, Texas. He was a brother to Allen Franklin Stoker, who married the widow of James M. Jeffrey, above. The children of Sarah Jeffrey and John Stoker were: Joseph F. STOKER b 6 December 1855 d 18 August 1923 Martha Elizabeth STOKER b 13 October 1857 d 26 March 1879 m. George Williams William Matthew STOKER b 18 December 1859 d 16 August 1931 m. Vashti Baker Mary Charlotte STOKER b 3 November 1861 d 15 November 1938 m. Thomas Barron Emmeline C STOKER b 18 May 1866 d 14 October 1945 m. Joshua M. Williams Dollie Dorenda STOKER b 21 January 1868 d 27 June 1904 m. Billy Baker Ophelia L. STOKER b 22 January 1870 d 16 July 1878 James Jeffrey STOKER b 26 May 1872 d 15 July 1943 m. Anna Moore Williams John Thomas STOKER b 5 February 1875 d 23 December 1878 Robert Franklin STOKER b 29 July 1877 d 6 Apr 1948 Eugene Irvin STOKER b 7 November 1881 d 24 October 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mary Adaline Jeffrey |
Mary Adaline Jeffrey was born 28 January 1838 in Alabama. She married John
TUCKER 28 September 1854 in Caldwell County, Texas. They lived in Williamson County, Texas about 1872. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph Baker Jeffrey |
Joseph Baker Jeffrey was born in December 1839 in Alabama. His
middle name has been surmised to have been Bishop, but his great grand daughter, Wanda Slaughter is certain his
middle name was Baker. An old letter from the Baker family shows that he actually went by the name "Baker Jeffrey".
He married Eliza Long on 27 August 1857 in Caldwell County, Texas. She was the daughter of Emeline McCoy and Joseph
Blackburn Long. Joseph Jeffrey died 21 June 1910. He and Eliza Jeffrey were buried at Salem cemetery in Llano
County. They had eight children: James Baker Jeffrey b 20 April 1859 d 20 July 1884 Isaac Perkins Jeffrey b 22 October 1861 d 1 May 1931 m. Delia Nall 11 June 1910 Sarah Elizabeth Jeffrey b 3 December 1865 d April 1913 m 1890 Ellis Wright Samuel Lafayette Jeffrey b 20 September 1869 d 13 August 1883 Joseph Theodore Jeffrey b 30 January 1872 d 7 July 1940 m. 20 November 1898 to Malinda Sarah Churchill Margaret Jeffrey b 1875 d 1920 m. Bunion Kilgore Sophronia Jeffrey b 1878 m. 17 January 1898 John Franklin Jeffrey George Foster Jeffrey b 1885 d after July 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jesse White Jeffrey |
Jesse White Jeffrey was born 3 February 1842 in Montgomery County,
Arkansas. He married Alwilda Victoria Carter on 2 February 1869. He petitioned to administer his parents' estate.
He died 3 February 1919. Alwilda was born 21 June 1849. Their children were: McCullough b 14 October 1869 d 14 June 1947 m. 1st Alta Blanche Brown on 16 November 1898, 2nd Mary Brown, 3rd Mary Emma Lockard Henry b about 1872 Augustus b about 1876 Geneva (Mamie) b 7 March 1880 d 20 June 1937 m L. W. McClintock Paul b January 1883 d 30 April 1966 m. Brazoria Brown Roger m Sadie Lloyd never married Jesse's brother Franklin, 31, was living with them in the 1880 census. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Isaac Perkins Jeffrey |
Isaac Perkins Jeffrey was born 6 December 1843, in Montgomery
County, Arkansas. He was dead before 1872, shown as J. P. Jeffrey in the probate record. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nathaniel R. Jeffrey |
Nathaniel R. Jeffrey was born 5 April 1846 in Montgomery County,
Arkansas. He married Margaret LOFTIS on 4 January 1866 in Caldwell County. She was a daughter of Albert Gallatin
May and the widow of Archibald Loftis, a Civil War casualty. The N. R. Jeffrey family was listed in the 1880 census
of Burnet County with children Sarah M. 12, William L 10, Emma 8, James A 6, Joseph M. 5, John F 3, Nathan R. 1,
and Archibald Loftis 16. Their son, Walter Mann, was born in 1882. N. R. Jeffrey died 7 August 1926 in Llano County. There has been some confusion in the records among the various men with this name. The children of Nathan Roberts Jeffrey and Margaret May were: Sarah M. b 1868 William L. b 1870 Emma b 1872 James A b 1874 Joseph M b 1875 JOhn Franklin b 1877 Nathan R b 1879 Margaret apparently died before 1890 and Nathaniel married again. After N. R. Jeffrey's death, his widow, Mrs. Mary S. Jeffrey, said they married in 1890 in Williamson County, Texas. That county's records show Nathan R. Jeffrey married Mary S. Barnett there on 20 July 1890. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacob Franklin Jeffrey |
Jacob Franklin Jeffreywas born 8 January 1848. He is named as a
minor in 1872. He was living with his brother Jesse in 1880 in Caldwell County, Texas at the age of 31. He has been
confused in some sources with his cousin, Jeremiah Franklin, who was the first husband of Emmeline May. See children
of Jesse Jeffrey for Jeremiah Franklin Jeffrey. Jacob worked for a Mr. Cannon in Houston County at Cannon's cotton gin/sawmill. Mr. Cannon had a partner in the mill named Strain, whose relation to Olivia is unclear. When Cannon died, Jacob married his widow, Olivia Strain Cannon, on 17 February 1885. Jacob Franklin Jeffrey died in November of 1885. His only son, Reese Ephie, was born 2 March 1886. Jacob was said to have been buried at the Midway Cemetery in Angelina County, Texas. His son made several trips to Midway, Texas, during his life to locate his father's grave but was unsuccessful. After Jacob's death, Olivia returned to Mississippi with her children. She married next F. M. Gregg. She returned to Texas with her brother, Will Strain, two daughters Annie and Alice Cannon and her son, Reese Ephie Jeffrey. They travelled in a cart drawn by oxen and carrying a boat. Uncle Will cut staves on one side of the Mississippi River to sell. Ephie had to carry his two sisters across the river in the boat to work. This produced a life long fear of water for Reese Ephie Jeffrey. Olivia Strain Cannon Jeffrey Greg married Marion (Bud) Grimes in Angelina County, Texas on 2 September 1897. In the 1900 census for Angelina County she is listed with this husband and daughters Lillian, Marie A. E. Cannon, Mattie Ann Havard, sons Ephie Jeffrey and Willie Gregg. Olivia died 5 August 1919. She is buried in the Grimes Cemetery in Angelina County, Texas. Reese Ephie Jeffrey married Martha Havard 6 August 1903 in Angelina County, Texas. They had eight children. Reese Ephie married Dona Elizabeth Kirk Conner 18 June 1911 in Angelina County, Texas. They had one child: Clytie (Claudia) Jeffrey. Reese Ephie Jeffrey died 4 March 1967. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Martha Elizabeth Jeffrey |
Martha Elizabeth Jeffrey was born 1 December 1851. Thomas McNeal
was appointed guardian for her, for James A. F. Jeffrey and the minor children of their sister M. C. JOWERS on 4
September 1872. In Caldwell County, Martha E. JEFFREY married William Foster WHITE on 10 November 1875. She died 9
September 1924. She is named in Matthew Jeffrey's estate of 1881 as Martha E. White, wife of W. F. White, resident
of Caldwell County, Texas. The children of Martha Elizabeth Jeffrey and William F. White were: Gilford G b 19 June 1877 d 4 June 1962 Mary Jane b 24 Sept 1878 d 1967 William Milburn b 14 Jan 1880 d 3 Oct 1969 Eda A b 24 March 1881 d 14 Sept 1952 Lucy E b 14 Dec 1882 d 8 Feb 1972 Shirley F b 23 June 1885 d 14 Dec 1942 Sarah Abigail b 10 July 1886 |