Jesse Cramer Stovall (1875 - 1955)

Born 24 Jul 1875 in Blue Township, Jackson County, Missouri

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy Evangelina (Klapp) Stovall — married 25 Feb 1904 (to 16 Apr 1914) in Seattle, King Co., Washington

Descendants

Died 12 Jul 1955 at age 79 in San Diego, California, USA

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Sally Stovall [send private message] and Lis Davis [send private message]

Biography

Jesse was a Pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for two seasons, pitching in 28 career games.

Birth: July 24, 1875 in Leeds, Missouri, USA

Death: July 12, 1955 in San Diego, California, USA (aged 79)

Parents: John Stovall and Mary Wilcoxen

Spouse #1 and Child: Dorothy Evangeline Klapp married 25 Feb 1904 in Seattle, WA - Reno, NV on 16 Apr 1914.

Margaret Etta Stovall Nippress (31 Aug 1907 Seattle - 1999)

Spouse #2:

Bonnie Ethel Erickson (1888 - 1955). Note: Within 17 months of the divorce, Jesse and Bonnie were married, but I have been unable to find any record. My Uncle (Jesse's grandson) thinks they may have been married in Mexico. No question they were married and they are buried side by side in Long Beach.

Pitcher Threw Right Handed Batted Left Handed MLB debut - August 31, 1903 for the Cleveland Naps Last MLB appearance - October 7, 1904 for the Detroit Tigers His Career statistics: Win–loss record 7–14 - Earned run average 3.26 - Strikeouts 53 Teams He Played for: Cleveland Naps (1903) & Detroit Tigers (1904)

Burial

Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Long Beach), Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

PLOT: Section Jasmine, Lot 59, Row

Find A Grave: Memorial #62694721

Sources

• Email from Melissa Bergier (bakingberg@gmail.com). He is my great grandfather. I have all the marriage licenses, birth records and newspaper articles that colloborate this. I can email them to you if you like

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6X8-MMM : accessed 1 May 2016), J C Stovall in household of John D Stovall, Blue, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 26, sheet 77A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0693; FHL microfilm 1,254,693.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Stovall
• http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stovaje01.shtml
• Birth & Death Certificates, marriage license, census records, newspaper articles