1814 is an approximate year of birth based on user-submitted info on familysearch.org. Death date is just a number I picked because WikiTree forces me to put in dates when I have none, and "unknown" apparently isn't an option.
He shows as J. J. in the 1850 census of Conway Co., AR, pg. 268, age 36, with wife, Susan. In this census, Susan would have been too young to have the two oldest children, so he must have had an earlier wife. Earlier wife's name is unknown to me, I have no information.
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