Fealin Jeffers (1865 - 1933)

Born 21 Dec 1865 in Bull Creek, Scott, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Malinda (York) Jeffers — married 17 Mar 1889 in Scott County, Tennessee, USA

Husband of Lodessa (Jeffers) Sexton — married 16 Nov 1919 (to 28 Mar 1933) in Scott, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Mar 1933 at age 67 in Oneida, Scott, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Fealin Jeffers was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.

Fealin was born on December 21, 1865 at Bull Creek in Scott County, Tennessee. He was the son of Jasper Jeffers and Elizabeth ( Newport ) Jeffers . He married Lodessa ( Dessie ) Sexton on November 16, 1919 in Scott County. Fealin was a farmer and passed away from stomach cancer on March 28, 1933 at Oneida in Scott County.

Jasper Jeffers (age 37 and b. in TN) was head of a household in the 1880 census for Bull Creek, Scott Co., TN. He was living with his wife Elizabeth (age 38 and b. in Tn), son Fielding (age 14 and b. in TN), son Berry (age 12 and b. in TN), daughter Mary (age 6 and b. in Tn), son Monroe (age 4 and b. in TN), and son Esaw (age 2 and b. in TN). Jasper was a farmer.

Obituary,

JEFFERS, FEALIN - "Cordell". Mr. Fealin Jeffers died last Tuesday night, March 28th, he had been seriously ill for two weeks. He was 67 years of age, and leaves a wife, Mrs. Dessie Jeffers, five daughters, three sons, five step children, two brothers and two sisters besides a host of friends and relatives to mourn his absence. He was buried Thursday in the Jeffers cemetery with the Revs. M. D. and John L. Lawson and Maynard Jeffers conducting the funeral. Mrs. Martha Collins returned to St. Louis, Mo., Thursday after being here on the account of the illness and death of her father, Fealin Jeffers. (Source: The Scott County News, 7 Apr 1933, p3)

Sources

Burial : Jeffers Cemetery, Cordell, Scott County, Tennessee, U.S.A Find A Grave memorial # 98392311 , [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/98392311/fealin-jeffers : accessed 14 August 2021), memorial page for Fealin Jeffers (21 Dec 1865–28 Mar 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98392311, citing Jeffers Cemetery, Cordell, Scott County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Leo York (contributor 47707923) .

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSPG-6J4 : 26 August 2019), Feeling Jeffers, 29 Mar 1933; Death, Oneida, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

• "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD3K-YMF : 16 March 2020), Linda York in entry for Felin Jeffers, 1889.

• "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VN6K-XF3 : accessed 09 Nov 2014), Felin Jeffers and Dessie Newport, 16 Nov 1919; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," Ancestry.com; p. 440, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD89-RNB : 15 June 2019), Fieldin Jeffers in entry for Jasper Jeffers, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWH-3JM : 15 July 2017), Fielding Jeffers in household of Jasper Jeffers, Bull Creek, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 130, sheet 269D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,277.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZS-8QJ : accessed 23 May 2016), Fielding Jeffers, Civil Districts 10-11, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,595.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGF6-F8D : accessed 23 May 2016), Felin Jeffers, Civil District 10, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 172, sheet 1A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,528.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPW-7BZ : accessed 24 February 2020), Fielden Jeffers, Civil District 1, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 174, sheet 3A, line 1, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1761; FHL microfilm 1,821,761.