John
Avery
Lomax
Sr.
Born in Goodman, Holmes, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Avery Lomax
and Susan Frances (Cooper) Lomax
Brother of
Martha Elizabeth L Lomax [half], Seaborn Silas Lomax II [half], Dorothy Roena (Lomax) Cooper [half], James Terrance Lomax [half], Israel Lomax [half], Mary Frances (Lomax) Graves, Richard Cooper Lomax, George Kelly Lomax, Robert Payne Lomax, Susan May (Lomax) Blake and Alice Orinda (Lomax) Pedigo
Husband of
Bess Bauman (Brown) Lomax
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Avery Lomax Jr. and Alan J. Lomax
Died
at age 80
in Greenville, Washington, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Sep 2014
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Biography
John Lomax Sr. is Notable.
John was a famous musician and song writer who published many songs and performed with his musical group in many locations across the United States.
John was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist and folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk songs.
The Lomax family originally came from England in the 19th century when William Lomax settled in a colony in North Carolina. John Lomax was born in Goodman, Mississippi to James Avery Lomax and Susan Frances Cooper. In December 1869, the Lomax family traveled by ox cart from Mississippi to Texas.
He married Bess Brown on June 9, 1904, in Austin.
Sources
- www.mswritersandmusicians.com; www.records.ancestry.com; www.ancestry.com.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lomax
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9175442/john-avery-lomax
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 January 2020), memorial page for John Avery Lomax, Sr (23 Sep 1867–26 Jan 1948), Find A Grave Memorial no. 9175442, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
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