Lenard Franklin Sessoms (1898 - 1950)

Born 30 Apr 1898 in Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Apr 1950 at age 51 in Mercer, West Virginia, United States

Biography

Lenard Sessoms is a part of US Black heritage.

Lenard Sessoms was born in 1898.^[1] He was the son of Clinton Sessoms and M. Ellen Peoples.^[2]

He died in 1950.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Military: "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947"
   National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for West Virginia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 432
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #13426746 (accessed 30 June 2022)
   Name: Leonard Franklin Sessoms; Race: Black; Age: 43; Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head); Birth Date: 30 Apr 1898; Birth Place: Wytheville, Virginia, USA; Residence Place: Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA; Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942; Registration Place: Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA; Height: 5 2; Weight: 135; Complexion: Light Brown; Hair Color: Gray; Eye Color: Brown; Next of Kin: Lizzie K Johnson;
   Household Members Age Relationship:
   Leonard Franklin Sessoms 44 Self (Head).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Death: "West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973"
   FHL Film Number: 1984144
   Ancestry Record 2568 #1639823 (accessed 30 June 2022)
   Lenard Franklin Sessoms death 24 Apr 1950 in Mercer, West Virginia.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJF-MPL : 9 March 2022), Mary E Sessoms in entry for Clinton Sessoms, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPGX-TDX : accessed 1 July 2022), Mary Sessoms in household of Clinton Sessoms, Wytheville Ward 4, Wythe, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 149, sheet 29A, family 621, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1652; FHL microfilm 1,375,665.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJJK-HYX : 4 February 2021), Mary E Sessoms in entry for Clinton Sessoms, 1920.