James Jefferson1

#1457, b. circa 1815, d. 23 August 1853
     James Jefferson was born circa 1815 Kentucky. James Jefferson is listed as 35 (born 1815) in the 1850 census of Boone County, MO.

The grave marker has "died Aug 23, 1853, age about 40 years."2,3 James and Mary Ann Palmer, daughter of James Palmer and Sophia Bruce, were married 6 May 1832 Boone County, Missouri, There is a Boone County record:
"State of Missouri, County of Boone:
I do hereby certify that on the 6th day of May in the year of our Lord 1832 that I the undersigned Justice [....] for the County af I did join together in the bonds of matrimony James Jefferson and Polly [?] Palmer both of the County aforesaid and state of Missouri given under my hand this 19th day of July 1832."
D Pettus, J P
and the return.

The 1850 census has James Jefferson, 35 and Mary Jefferson, 34.1,4 James Jefferson died 23 August 1853.5

Children of James and Mary

Last Edited=5 Mar 2021

Citations

  1. [S175] Interview with Wanza Jo Baker Campbell (California), by Pat Dunford, 1/1998. Patricia L Dunford Files (Patricia L Dunford, 1550 E River Road, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, 85718).
  2. [S419] FindAGrave, online FindAGrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 132916442 by Dianna Taylor.
  3. [S6] 1850 US Census Population Schedule, Washington, District of Columbia, US National Archives, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 436a, Dwelling 1494, Family 1491.
  4. [S395] Ancestry.com, online Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 Book 1821-1882, for James A Jefferson, image 127 of 397.
  5. [S419] FindAGrave, online FindAGrave.com, Memorial 132916442.
  6. [S535] Norma Ranz Nyberg, "Palmer Jefferson Lineage," e-mail message from e-mail address (Ozark, Missouri) to Patricia Dunford, 7 January 2008. Hereinafter cited as "Palmer Jefferson Lineage."
  7. [S6] 1850 US Census Population Schedule, Washington, District of Columbia, US National Archives, Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: M432_392; Page: 436A; Image: 413.