Calaway Pardon Jolly (1852 - 1921)

Born 25 Sep 1852 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Ancestors

Husband of Lula A (Rivers) Jolly — married 21 Nov 1884 in Newton County, Mississippi

Died 20 Mar 1921 at age 68 in Neshoba County, Mississippi

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Biography

Calaway Pardon Jolly was born September 24, 1852 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi to Bradly and Marian Cynthia (Miller) Jolly.

The 1870 U.S. Census shows Calaway at age 15 living with his older sister Melissa and their mother in Beat 4, Township 5, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. ^[1]

On November 21, 1884, Calaway married Lula A. Rivers in Newton County, Mississippi.^[2]

Calaway and Lula had one child together, Rufus Bradley Jolley, born April 18, 1888 in Mississippi.

Calaway later married Jannie Pennington and together gave birth to three more children:

• Oliver Estell Jolly (1901-1965)
• Isaac Calaway Jolly (1902-1986)
• Ila Mae Jolly (1905-1913)

The 1900 U.S. Census lists Calaway at the age of 47 with his wife Jane at 26 living on a rented farm in Neshoba County, Mississippi. Calaway's 12 year old son Rufus was found to be living on a neighboring farm as a boarder.^[3]

Jannie died in October of 1909 and was not listed with Caloway and the children for the 1910 U.S. Census for Beat 1, Neshoba County, Mississippi.^[4]

The 1920 Census showed Calaway as a 67 year old widower living in the home of his son Rufus with Rufus' wife Lavada and their two young children, Lomas and Mavis, living on the family farm in Neshoba County. Living with them are Calaway's two sons from his second marriage, Oliver and Isaac. And on a neighboring farm are Calaway's sister Sarah living with her son James M. Jolly, his wife Claudia, and their three children.^[5]

Calaway Pardon Jolly died March 20, 1921 in Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi and was buried in Henry's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery in Neshoba County, Mississippi. He was 68 years old.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFS6-QX6 : 17 October 2014), Calaway Jolly in household of Marion S Jolly, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 35, family 249, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,234.
2. ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28Q-VWN : 6 December 2014), C. P. Jolly and L. A. Rivers, 23 Nov 1884; citing Newton,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 899,180.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9X2-ZQ9 : accessed 14 January 2019), Calaway Jolly, Beat 1 Philadelphia, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40, sheet 9B, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,821.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDZ-YLT : 29 October 2015), Caloway P Jolly, Beat 1, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 76, sheet 1B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,766.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTQ-FZT : accessed 14 January 2019), Calaway P Jalley in household of Rufus B Jalley, Philadelphia, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 80, sheet 8B, line 100, family 155, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 888; FHL microfilm 1,820,888.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLM-T3HW : 13 December 2015), Calaway P Jolly, 1921; Burial, Philadelphia, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States of America, Henry's Chapel Cemetery; citing record ID 81772803, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See also:

• William Thomas Jolly, "The Descendants of John Jolly", October 1994, Pg. 45.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 81772803