Life History

Notes

• A family photo from Carolyn C White on Ancestry.com identifies this person as Dessie.  Her name is Dessie in other genelaogies.  One genealogy calls her Jessie.  The 1900 census reported her as Bessie P.  In 1910 she is Dessie James, married 7 years.  In 1920, she is reported as Bessie James.  This name Dessie must have been unusual for the enumerators.
  
  Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
  Joseph James and
  Dessie Clevenger
  Marriage 22 Nov 1903 Cocke County, Tennessee
  Bond of $1250 paid by Joseph James & G L Phillips and licensed issued 21 March 1903
  Ceremony performed 22 November 1903 by Rev W M Clendenen
  
  Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
  Dessie Clevenger James
  Age at Death 33 yrs, 4 mos, 12 days
  Birth 12 Dec 1887 Cocke County, Tennessee
  Wife of Joseph J James
  Father Jno Mc Clevenger born Cocke County, Tennessee
  Mother Adeline Strange born Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Death 24 Apr 1921 Stonega, Wise, Virginia
  Cause of Death Chronic Progressive Pernicious Anaemia, contributory Partuition 12 April 1921
  Burial 25 April 1921 Stonega, Virginia
  Registration Date 9 May 1921
  Certificate #9397 files 9 May 1921

Sources

• 1. Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
• 2. Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
• 3. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
• 4. Tennessee Marriage Records