James W. D. McCool (1868 - 1923)

Born 23 Sep 1868 in Mississippi

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Died 2 Aug 1923 at age 54 in Ellison Ridge, Winston, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

James W. D.^[1]"Jim"^[2] McCool was born 23 Sep 1868^[3] in Mississippi^[4][5] to James McCool and Nancy Elizabeth Lowery.^[2][1]

He married Bettie^[4] Eugenia^[5] about 1888^[4] and the couple had the following known children:

1. Estella McCool was born Mar 1889 in Mississippi.^[4]
2. Christopher McCool was born May 1891 in Mississippi.^[4]
3. Herbert McCool was born Sep 1896 in Mississippi.^[4]
4. Lester McCool was born Nov 1899 in Mississippi.^[4]
5. Lettie McCool was born about 1904 in Mississippi.Eugenia^[5]
6. Veria McCool was born about 1906 in Mississippi.Eugenia^[5]

In 1900 he and his family are living in Webster, Winston County, Mississippi.^[4] They are also found in Webster in 1920.^[5]

James died 02 Aug 1924^[2] in Ellison Ridge, Winston County, Mississippi in an accident wherein a tree fell on him and killed him instantly^[2][6] and is buried in Murphy Creek Cemetery, Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi.^[2][3][7]

Jim McCool Killed

News reached here last evening that Mr. Jim McCool was killed by a falling tree near his home east of town Thursday morning. We could get no particulars, but it is supposed he was cutting logs.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSG-SS2 : 29 May 2021), James W D Mc Cool in entry for Nancy Mc Cool, 1870.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Mississippi State Board of Health. Mississippi Death Certificate #15651. Jim McCool.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #26971747 Tombstone photograph for J. W. McCool Sept 23, 1868-Aug. 10, 1923.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9F6-VLW : accessed 18 November 2021), James H Mccool, Beat 3 Webster, Winston, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 100, sheet 2A, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,834.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNT1-Q31 : 2 February 2021), James W McCool, 1920.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} The Winston County Journal, Louisville, Mississippi. Friday, 03 Aug 1923. p2 col 3.
7. ↑ "Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C2GD-Y13Z : 25 March 2020), Jim McCool, 1924.

   Jim McCool d. 1924, Winston County, MS, race-white

   NOTE: 1923 appears to be on right edge dates of document, but bottom left and stamped date are 1924, the year apparently used when indexing the record. However, the newspaper death notice on 02 Aug 1923, confirms the 1923 year. Made more confusing because his tombstone has the wrong date as well as it reads he died 10 Aug 1923!