Descendants of James Jeffery I

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Notes of interest here from my great aunt, Beulah Jane Simpson Tate, daughter of Enoch Oscar Simpson, and Artie Bell Howard....telling of Mr. Simpson's death, of Neal Coake, and of Rebecca Howard.from Beulah Simpson Tate (1996):

"Our Grandfather and Grandmother Simpson lived in a house just north of the little community of Jesup. Grandfather operated a store just out in front of their home. The first post-office was located in the store and our grandfather was the first Jesup postmaster. The post office was later moved to a store in Jesup managed by Uncle Ben Taylor. I never knew our grandfather Simpson. He died in his early forties. Our father was only nine years old when his father died. Grandfather Simpson had hired Neal Coake to work for him. They spelled their name Coake way back then, but later began spelling it Coke. After grandfather's death our grandmother married Neal Coake. They had one son, Lewis Coake. Lewis spelled his last name Coake as long as he lived. Grandmother and Grandfather Coake had a buggy. They would come to visit our family and take me home with them to stay a week or two. I always enjoyed my visits at our grandparents home. They had a big apple orchard east of their house and always had lots of different kinds of apples every year, as well as peaches, plums, apricots and grapes. In spring grandmother would set 6 or 8 of her big Rhode Island hens on eggs to hatch little chickens. When they hatched little chickens grandmother would put the chickens with just about three of the hens. She had several chicken coops in her back yard where the baby chickens were kept. I loved those baby chickens, but the mother hens would peck you if you weren't careful. Grandmother made coffee in an enamelware blue coffee pot that had white specks on it. Back then when you bought coffee you got coffee beans which had to be ground before making your coffee. Grandmother had an old-fashioned coffee-grinder and she would let me grind the coffee sometimes. She put water in the coffee pot and she knew how much of the ground coffee to put into the pot of water to get the taste she wanted. It was boiled until it looked the right color she wanted it to be. Grandmother would pour some coffee in a cup, then add milk and cream and sugar for me to drink for breakfast. It was very good, too. That is how I got started drinking coffee! Now, my parents didn't drink coffee, so when I went to visit Grandmother Coake is the only time I got coffee until I was grown up. Grandmother's health caused her not to be able to carry on all her household chores, so she had a lady to come live with them and help her in her work. The lady was Molly Franklin, a very nice person who was lots of help. Molly stayed a few years then left to get married. Rebecca Howard came to work for grandmother. She was good help, too. Grandmother became ill with what the Doctor called dropsy - she was swollen all over because her body retained liquid. She became bedfast. I remember sitting at her bedside part-time when she was ill. She passed away August 30, 1917. Grandfather Coake married Rebecca Howard, the lady that was staying with them. They became parents of Gaston, Lela Jane and Afton Coake."

Family Notes and file provided by Regina Weaver

1 James Jeffery I b: in Sussex England
........ 2 Jesse Jeffery b: 1750 in Virginia
................... 3 James J. Jeffery b: 1795
................... 3 Jeremiah Jeffery b: 1800
................... 3 Jesse B. Jeffery (son of Jesse b: 1885
 
 
 

1   James JEFFERY II        b: 1758 Virginia    d:1844 Old Jeffery Cemetery, Mt.Olive, Izard County,  AR
.     +Jane MASON     b: 1769 Kingston, Alexandria , Old Virginia   m: 1785 VA   d: 1853 Mt. Olive, AR
...     2       Nancy JEFFERY, Dau Of James Of Va
...     2       Jehoiada JEFFERY, Son Of James Of Va    b: August 10, 1790 Rutherford County, NC  d: October 19, 1846 Mt. Olive, AR
...     2       Daniel Mason JEFFERY, Son Of James Of Va   b: 1797 Tennessee  d: September 1862 Old Jeffery Cemetery, Mt.Olive, Izard County,  AR
...     2       Lavina JEFFERY  b: 1798 Kentucky   d: 1863 White River Valley, Izard County, AR.
...     2       Eda JEFFERY     b: June 1800 Tennessee   d: July 1886 AR
...     2       James JEFFERY, Son Of James Of Va       b: 1802 Kentucky
...     2       Jesse JEFFERY, Son Of James Of Va   b: 1804 Tennessee or Illinois  d: November 04, 1884 Arkansas
.......         +Mary LANGSTON  b: January 14, 1814 Missouri  m: January  14, 1824  d: October 02, 1888 Izard County, AR
.........       3       Daniel JEFFERY, Son Of Jesse    b: 1832    d: early childhood
.........       3       James Oliver JEFFERY    b: 1834 Mt. Olive, AR d: Bef. 1938 Mt.  Olive, AR
.........       3       Phillip JEFFERY, Son Of Jesse   b: 1835    d: early childhood
.........       3       Lettice S. "Letty" JEFFERY   b: March 09, 1838 Arkansas
.........       3       Beniah JEFFERY, Son Of Jesse   b: June 17, 1840 Mt. Olive,  AR d: April 06, 1862 Killed in Civil War at Shiloh, Tenn
.........       3       Jesse L. JEFFERY, Son Of Jesse  b: November 17, 1842 Mt Olive,  AR d: 1862 Killed at the Battle of Shiloh, TN, in Civil War
.........       3       Jehoida JEFFERY, Son Of Jesse   b: 1843 Mt. Olive, AR  d: Mt.   Olive, AR
.........       3       James JEFFERY   b: 1845 Mt. Olive, AR   d:August 1857
.........       3       Elizabeth Weatherford JEFFERY   b: March 03, 1847 Mt. Olive  AR  d: 1927 Boswell, AR
.............           +George Washington MAYFIELD, Sr.   b: November 1850 Tennessee  m: Bet. 1865 - 1870 Arkansas    d: Staggs Cemetery, Izard County, AR
............... 4       Mary MAYFIELD, Dau Of Geo. Sr.
............... 4       Samantha MAYFIELD
............... 4       William Ben R. MAYFIELD b: August 15, 1868 Izard  County, AR  d: October 14, 1936 Myron, Izard County, Arkansas
...................             +Lutitia LANKFORD   m: December 01, 1889 Melbourne, Izard County, AR
...............         *2nd Wife of William Ben R. MAYFIELD:
...................             +Catherine LAYTON   b: September 1873 Arkansas m: November 29, 1900 Izard County, AR
.....................   5       Jane MAYFIELD   b: 1902
.....................   5       Samantha MAYFIELD       b: 1904
.....................   5       Sarah MAYFIELD  b: 1906
...............         *3rd Wife of William Ben R. MAYFIELD:
...................             +Sarah Ellen FERGUSON   b: 1892 Arkansas m: Aft. 1904 Izard County, AR  d: Claremore, Oklahoma
.....................   5       Dolly Sue MAYFIELD   b: October 28, 1916 Myron,  Arkansas   d: 1918 infancy, Myron,  Arkansas
.....................   5       Jolly Friend MAYFIELD   b:
.........................               +Pauline Elizabeth ALSUP  b: June 21, 1922 Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co., MO  d: April 08, 1999 Marietta, Cobb County, GA.
.....................   5       Houston MAYFIELD   b: June 1918 d: May 1919
............... 4       John Jasper MAYFIELD    b: April 28, 1873 Arkansas d: January 05, 1951 Boswell, Arkansas
............... 4       James MAYFIELD  b: September 14, 1874 Arkansas d: July  06, 1954 Izard County, AR
............... 4       Dennis MAYFIELD b: 1875
............... 4       Sarah F. E. MAYFIELD    b: September 04, 1876   d: 1954
............... 4       Hesky Ann MAYFIELD    b: August 28, 1879 Arkansas d:  August 1964 Arkansas
............... 4       Rosa E. MAYFIELD        b: January 1881 Izard County, AR      d: 1938 Crown Hill Cemetery, Moniteau County, California, MO
............... 4       Charlotte Jane MAYFIELD b: August 1883
............... 4       George Washington MAYFIELD, Jr. b: February 1888 AR d:  February 1924 AR
.........       3       Martin L. JEFFERY   b: April 1849 Mt. Olive, Izard County, AR  d: Robinson Cemetery, Boswell, Izard County, AR
.........       3       Mary JEFFERY    b: February 18, 1851
.........       3       John JEFFERY    b: March 08, 1854 Izard County, AR d: January  31, 1903
.........       3       Ambrose C.  Alexander JEFFERY, Son Of Jesse   b: January 10,  1856 Mt. Olive, AR  d: February 01, 1943 Staggs Cemetery, Calico Rock, Izard County, AR
.........       3       Emanuel W. JEFFERY      b: December 22, 1858

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