Jesse Lafayette Etheridge Sr was bornin 1828 in North Carolina (possibley Bertie County). He passed away in 1880, in Paris, Henry, Tennessee.
Jesse andMary Anne Perry married on 31 January 1846 in Henry, Tennessee. They had 9 children; Elizabeth Ann Etheridge, Wiley Powell Etheridge, Lue Ellen Etheridge, H A Etheridge, Jesse Lafayette Etheridge Jr, Flora Etheridge, Mary Belle Etheridge, and Nancy Etheridge.
Sources
"Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VND3-DXM : 4 December 2014), J Etherage and Mary Perry, 31 Jan 1846; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 23, Henry, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK41-488T : 10 March 2021), J Etherage and Mary Perry, 31 Jan 1846; citing Henry, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,032,072.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7N-9HG : 20 February 2021), J L Ethridge, District 1, Henry, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 68, sheet 26C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,262.
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS4H-W3B : 23 February 2021), Jessie Etheridge in entry for Luella Milton, 23 Nov 1933; Death, Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39X-RJX : 20 February 2021), J L Etheridge in entry for Mary Belle Arnold, 18 Aug 1946; citing certificate number 35444, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,379.
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