Silas Columbus Jolly (1866 - 1948)

Born 26 Mar 1866 in Leake, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Annie Jane (Tolbert) Jolly — married 16 Jan 1893 in Leake County, Mississippi

Died 3 Sep 1948 at age 82 in Leake, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Silas Columbus Jolly was born March 26, 1866 in Leake County, Mississippi, the son of James A. Jolly and Mary D (Crowson) Jolly.

Siblings were:

• James William Jolly (1864-1931)
• Nancy Amanda Jolly (1868-1947)
• Elbert John Jolly (1870-1942)

Silas married Annie Jane Tolbert (1872–1960) about 1892.

Children were:

• Robert Earl Jolly (1895–1989)
• John Otis Jolly (1897–1923)
• Bertha Viola (Jolly) Moore (1899–1976)
• Leona (Jolly) Walton (1900–1988)
• Lena (Jolly) McPhail (1902–1966)
• Claude C. Jolly (1903–1987)
• James Floyd Jolly (1908–1980)
• Lula (Jolly) Wilcher (1908–1986)
• Velma (Jolly) Ray (1913–1966)
• Leroy Jolly (1918–1946)

The 1900 U.S. Census lists Silas at the age of 34 with his wife Annie and three small children living on their own farm in Beat 1 of Edinburg in Leake County, Mississippi.^[1]

By the time of the 1910 Census, Silas and Annie, now married for 18 years are shown with nine children and were now living in Beat 4 of Neshoba County, Mississippi.^[2]

In the 1920 U.S. Census, all ten of the children were living at home with their parents on the family farm in Neshoba County.^[3]

Silas, his wife Annie and four of their children are listed in the 1930 U.S. Census living on the farm in Neshoba County, Mississippi.^[4]

The 1940 Census has Silas at the age of 74, Annie at 68, with their youngest son, 21 year old Leroy Jolly living together on the farm in Neshoba County.^[5]

Silas Jolly died September 3, 1948 and was buried at the Ebenezer Cemetery in Edinburg, Leake County, Mississippi^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9X7-9RH : accessed 28 February 2018), Silas Jolly, Beat 1 Edinburg, Leake, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 20B, family 379, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,816.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDC-TGN : accessed 28 February 2018), Silas C Jolly, Beat 4, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 80, sheet 19B, family 237, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 753; FHL microfilm 1,374,766.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTQ-NKN : accessed 28 February 2018), Silas C Jolly, Dixon and Waldo, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 85, sheet 8B, line 57, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 888; FHL microfilm 1,820,888.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MM-921 : accessed 28 February 2018), Silas E Jolley, Dixon and Waldo, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 34B, line 79, family 668, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1160; FHL microfilm 2,340,895.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBSK-LPQ : accessed 28 February 2018), Silas C Jolly, Beat 4, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50-14, sheet 3B, line 64, family 50, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2052.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVY-QR5L : 13 December 2015), Silas Columbus Jolly, 1948; Burial, Edinburg, Leake, Mississippi, United States of America, Ebenezer Cemetery; citing record ID 30376491, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 February 2018), memorial page for Silas Columbus Jolly (26 Mar 1866–3 Sep 1948), Find A Grave Memorial no. 30376491, citing Ebenezer Cemetery, Edinburg, Leake County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Nancy Sellers (contributor 47877910) .

See also:

• The Descendants of John Jolly Pg 40.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 30376491