Jesse
Byrd
(Byrd)
Hightower
Born in Lowndes, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Henry H. Hightower
and Sarah (Byrd) Hightower
Brother of
Susannah (Hightower) Newbern
Husband of
Valeria Ann (Dasher) Hightower
— married
23 Jan 1850 in Lowndes, Georgia, United States
Husband of
Averilla Jane (Lee) Hightower
— married
31 Dec 1874 in Lowndes, Georgia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Marietta (Hightower) Lineberger, Joseph Roy Hightower, James Hightower, Sarah (Hightower) McMullen, Susannah Elizabeth (Hightower) Wisenbaker, Anna Velaria (Hightower) Wisenbaker, Georgia Cornelia (Hightower) Land, Oren Henry Hightower, Choloula May (Hightower) Husbands, Jesse Byrd Hightower Jr. and Ada Mae (Hightower) Rogers
Died
at age 78
in Lowndes, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Nov 2016
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Biography
Jesse Byrd Hightower was born in 1829 in Lowndes County, Georgia to Henry H. Hightower and Sarah Byrd. He married Valeria Ann Dasher in 1850 in Lowndes County, Georgia.[1][2][3] After the death of Valeria, Byrd married Averilla Jane Lee in 1874 in Lowndes County, Georgia.[4][5][6] He passed away in 1907 in Lowndes County, Georgia and is buried in the Hightower Cemetery in Valdosta, Georgia.[7]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYY-4JC : Mon Jul 17 19:50:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Henry H Hightower and Sallie Hightower, 1850.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMT-MD3 : Mon Jul 17 22:33:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Byod Hightower and Valaria A Hightower, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3D-T9R : Mon Aug 21 18:19:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Byrd Hightower and Velarian Ann Hightower, 1870.
- ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXVL-C44 : 7 February 2020), Byrd Hightower and A. J. Geiger, 21 Dec 1874; citing Marriage, Lowndes, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 514,703.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GD-F3F : Thu Aug 03 14:39:09 UTC 2023), Entry for B. Hightower and Avey J. Hightower, 1880.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3JF-ZW1 : Thu Aug 03 08:34:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Byrd Hightower Jr. and Eve Jane L Hightower, 1900.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #14893160 Jesse Byrd Hightower.
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