Jessie CUNNINGHAM5,1,2,3,4
about 19161,2,3,4 - UNKNOWN
Life History
about 1916 |
Born in Arkansas County, Arkansas.1,2,3,4 |
11th Apr 1934 |
Married John Kiner MCSWAIN in Arkansas County, Arkansas.5 |
4th Mar 1951 |
Death of John Kiner MCSWAIN in Arkansas County, Arkansas.6,7 |
UNKNOWN |
Died |
Notes
- Jessie Cunningham was listed twice in the same 1930 census for Arkansas County, Arkansas. She was in the home of Charles Noble, her uncle, in DeWitt, a few miles west of Ethel, Prairie Township. This enumeration took place on 3 April 1930.
When her father's household was enumerated on 12 April in Prairie Township, she was there and was listed again with exactly the same information. Jessie's mother Laduskey was Charles Noble's older sister, making Jessie the niece of Charles Noble.
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 3 April, DeWitt, District 16, page 2B, Hse #45, Fam #51
Noble, Charles E Head Renting house M W 35 First married at age 27 AR AR England Carpenter, housing industry
Noble, Owaime A Wife F W 28 First married at age 20 AR KS AR
Noble, Charles E Jr Son M W 7 AR AR AR
Cunningham, Jessie Niece F W 14 AR AR AR
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 12 April, Prairie Township, District 7, page 4A, Hse #66, Fam #67
Cunningham, Chester Head M W 41 Married at age 18 AR TN AR Cotton Farmer [born abt 1889]
Cunningham, Laduska Wife F W 41 Married at age 18 AR AR England
Cunningham, Jessie Daughter W 14 Single AR AR AR
I found Jessie's marriage record in the online Arkansas Marriage Index on Ancestry.com. Jessie Cunningham married John McSwain, license issued 31 March 1934, marriage recorded December (no date given); married in Arkansas County.
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Certificate 00211, Volume 0023, page 0835
Jessie Cunningham
Age 19, Est Birth Year 1915
Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Spouse's Name John McSwain
Spouse's Age 24
Spouse's Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Marriage 11 Apr 1934 Arkansas County
Marriage License Date 31 Mar 1934
When I found the record of the marriage, it was not clear which John McSwain she had married. There were two possibilities in Arkansas County. John Kiner McSwain, son of Joseph Edward McSwain, born 6 June 1909, and John W McSwain, son of George B McSwain, born about 1918. Both were born in Arkansas County, Arkansas, where all three families lived in the Ethel area.
Nicci Rich in her genealogy identifies only one husband of Jessie Cunningham, daughter of Chess and Duskie Cunningham. Niccie reports only one husband and attaches a marriage record for Jessie Cunningham and William Graddy in Van Buren, Arkansas, which reports their marriage in 1938. If this identificaton is correct, it would mean Jessie and John divorced some time before that date. No divorce record has been found.
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Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Jessie Cunningham
Age 20
Birth Year abt 1918
Residence Higden, Van Buren, Arkansas
Spouse's Name Ralph Graddy
Spouse's Age 21
Spouse's Residence Bee Branch, Van Buren, Arkansas
Marriage 30 Aug 1938 Van Buren County
Marriage License Date 30 Aug 1938
Social Security Death Index
Jessie O. Graddy
Born 8 Jun 1916
Died 15 Jan 2002
Last Residence Bryant, 72089, Saline, Arkansas, USA
SSN 429-50-7912 issued Arkansas - Before 1951
This identification seemed questionalble, since Van Buren County is in north central Arkansas. Another genealogy with this hsuband and death information identifies a different set of parents for the Jessie Cunningham who married William Ralph Graddy. A Social Security record on that Jessie Cunningham confirms the alternate identification with a full name of Ovie Jessie Cunningham. This name matches and paretns as Joner Cunningham and Nancy B Thomason.
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Ovie Jessie Graddy
Birth 8 Jun 1916 Bee Branch, Van Buren, Arkansas
Death 15 Jan 2002
Father Joner T Cunningham
Mother Nancy B Thomason
Signature on SSN Card Jessie Graddy
SSN 429507912
Jan 1947 Name listed as OVIE JESSIE GRADDY; 24 Jan 2002 Name listed as JESSIE O GRADDY
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Sources
- 1. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 12 April, Prairie Township, District 7, page 4A, Hse #66, Fam #6
- 2. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 3 April, DeWitt, District 16, page 2B, Hse #45, Fam #51
- 3. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 26 January, Prairie Township, northern half, District 15, page 4B, Country Rd, Hse/Fam #78
- 4. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 20 April, Prairie Township, District 1-24, page 8B, Hwy 1, Hse #126 Owns $250
- 5. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
- Certificate 00211, Volume 0023, page 0835
- 6. Gravestone of John McSwain, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
- 7. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
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