Mary Helen (Jones) Thigpen (1887 - 1968)

Born 16 Oct 1887 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Eugene Thigpen Jr. — married 14 Oct 1906 in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States

Died 18 Mar 1968 at age 80 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Mary Helen Jones was born on Oct 16, 1887 in Mississippi, USA as the third child of Jessie Monroe Jones and Carrie Celliar Lamb.

She had seven siblings, namely: Everett Lee, Cordia Mae, Tina, Lula, Julia Maria, Vida Iris, and Haskell Flowers.

She died on Mar 18, 1968 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 80).

When she was 18, she married William Eugene "Jink" Thigpen on Oct 14, 1906 in Jasper County, Mississippi, USA. ^[1]

Mary H Jones lived in Beat 1, Smith, Mississippi in 1900 (Age: 13; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter). ^[2]

She lived in Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (Age: 22; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife). ^[3]

She lived in Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi in 1920 (Age: 32; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife). ^[4]

She lived in Beat 4, Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 42; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: No; CanReadWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0009; Homemaker: Yes; RegistrationDistrict: 0009; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife). ^[5]

She lived in Beat 4, Southwest, Jasper, Mississippi, USA in 1940 (StreetAddress: Heidelberg Road; Age: 52; AttendedSchool: No; EmploymentCode: 6; EmploymentDetails: School; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 31-9; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 7th grade; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife). Race: (White) ^[6]

She was buried in Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA (Lake Como Cemetery). ^[7]

William Eugene "Jink" Thigpen and Mary Helen Jones had the following children:

1. Cecil W Thigpen was born on Nov 11, 1907 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Apr 09, 1996 (Age at Death: 88).
2. Myra Jesse Thigpen was born on Apr 05, 1909 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Dec 25, 1986 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA (Age at Death: 77). She married Delbert Henry Houser on Nov 12, 1927 (date on headstone).
3. Helen Lucille Thigpen was born on Sep 27, 1910 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Jan 13, 2004 (Age at Death: 93). She married Charles Foster on Dec 24, 1930 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
4. Carrie Ethel Thigpen was born on Feb 02, 1913 in Jasper County, Mississippi, USA. She died on Feb 22, 1952 in Lucedale, George, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 39).
5. Wilma Eugene Thigpen was born on May 09, 1921 in Lake Como, Jasper, Mississippi, USA. She died on Jan 24, 2004 (Age at Death: 82). ^[8] She married Onyx Rasberry about 1939.

Sources

1. ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2Z5-2Q8 : 14 February 2020), Mary Jones in entry for W. E Thigpen Jr., 1906.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9FS-VCS : accessed 26 April 2020), Mary Jones in household of Jesse M Jones, Beat 1 (east of Leaf River), Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 100, sheet 7A, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,828.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP82-WF5 : accessed 26 April 2020), Mary Thigpen in household of William E Thigpen, Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 29B, family 444, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 744; FHL microfilm 1,374,757.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43Q-HLS : accessed 26 April 2020), Mary Thigpen in household of W E Thigpen, Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 140, sheet 14B, line 68, family 283, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 879; FHL microfilm 1,820,879.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1Q-M5L : accessed 26 April 2020), Mary Thigpen in household of Jenk Thigpen, Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 19B, line 85, family 388, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1149; FHL microfilm 2,340,884.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGT-VT5 : 28 February 2020), Mary J Thigpen in household of W Earl Thigpen, Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-9, sheet 1A, line 36, family 8, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2033.
7. ↑ Findagrave Mary Helen Jones Thigpen
8. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for Wilma Eugene Rasberry. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=47059679&indiv=try. Name: Wilma Eugene Rasberry [Wilma Eugene Crumbley] [Wilma Crumbley] [Wilma Watts] [Wilma Johnson] [Wilma Eugene Thigpen] Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 9 May 1921 Birth Place: Lake Como Ja, Mississippi [Lakecoma Jas??, Mississippi] Death Date: 1 Jan 2004 Father: William E Thigpen Mother: Mary H Jones SSN: xxx Signature on SSN Card: Onyx Rasberry II Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH’s name. Notes: Oct 1944: Name listed as WILMA EUGENE RASBERRY; Oct 1946: Name listed as WILMA EUGENE CRUMBLEY; Nov 1965: Name listed as WILMA J CRUMBLEY; Jun 1968: Name listed as WILMA JEAN WATTS; 13 Nov 2000: Name listed as WILMA J WATTS JOHNSON; 04 Feb 2004: Name listed as WILMA J WATTS