Jessie Lee Taylor (1892 - 1971)

Born 30 Mar 1892 in Essex, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lillian Byrd (White) Taylor — married 14 Apr 1920 in King and Queen, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1971 at age 79 in Chesterfield, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Jessie was born in 1892 in Essex County, VA. He was the son of Robert Taylor and [[Jessie-83|Nannie Jessie].

Jessie Lee registered for the WWI draft in June 1917. His occupation was “farming”. On the 1920 census, at the age of 48, it listed Jessie as owning his own home, occupation as “farmer” and having completed elementary school/2nd grade.

On 14 Apr 1920 he married Lilian Byrd White. They had 5 children, 3 daughters and 2 sons. By 1935 they had moved to Chesterfield County, VA where they lived the remained of their lives. It was here he passed away in 1971 of “Cerebral vascular accident (immediate) due to hypotensive arteriosclerosis (10 years)”. He is buried at the Salem Baptist Church Cemetery.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24633060

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia; Roll: 1707; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 1241707

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia; Roll: T624_1627; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0040; FHL microfilm: 1375640

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia; Roll: T625_1888; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 44; Image: 130

• Year: 1940; Census Place: Dale, Chesterfield, Virginia; Roll: T627_4255; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 21-6

• 1950 United States Federal Census: United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Dale, Chesterfield, Virginia; Roll: 2475; Sheet Number: 21; Enumeration District: 21-18

• Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers, 1853-1911: Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA; Virginia Births, 1853-1911

• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty in the District of Columbia; NAI Number: 1159403; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System (World

• U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Registration State: Virginia; Registration County: Essex; Roll: 1984712.

• U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; State Headquarters: Virginia.

• Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014: Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia

• Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101167332

• Wife's obit: Richmond Times-Dispatch; Publication Date: 18 Feb 1933; Publication Place: Richmond, Virginia, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/615441560/?article=0f269a06-a7f4-4546-8f8e-22cfb73e6dda&focus=0.15698127,0.25270078,0.27189085,0.30197847&xid=3355