NameJesse Lee Dehart, Half GG Uncle
Birth22 Aug 1902, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death20 Aug 1982, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialMabry Cemetery, Mabry Ridge Rd, Rowan Co., Ky
SpouseAmanda Jane Mabry
Birth5 Apr 1899, Kentucky
Death29 Jun 1942, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialMabry Cemetery, Mabry Ridge Rd, Rowan Co., Ky
Notes for Jesse Lee Dehart
Social Security Death index lists Jesse Dehart, b. 22 Aug 1902, d. Aug 1982, SSN 402-16-0555 issued in KY, last residence in Morehead, KY.
His obituary, from Jean Burchett's collection, reads: "Jesse Lee DeHart, 79, died Aug 20, 1982, in Morehead. He was the son of the late William Paul Dehart & Susan Jones. Survivors include brothers Ora Dehart, Morehead, Boone Dehart, Muncie, IN, sister Mrs. Rose White, Muncie, IN, daughters Mrs. Chelma Hall & Mrs. Edna Hinton, of Morehead, and sons Roy, Eddie, Garrit, Harlan, Wayne, William, & Coy, all of Morehead."
Census
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 12A as family #201/211:
Dehart, Jessie, head, farmer, 27, single, Ky/Va/Ky; Ollie, sister, 24, single, Ky/Va/Ky; Ora, brother, 22, single, Ky/Va/Ky; Sussie, mother, 62, widowed, age at first marriage 16, Ky/U.S./U.S.
Notes for Amanda Jane Mabry
Ora Dehart said that his brother Jess's first wife was Mandy Jane Mabry, and that she died at the birth of their first child.
Her death certificate records Amanda Mabry Dehart, age 43, born 5 April 1899 in Ky, died 29 June 1942 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Fayette Co., Ky, residence Morehead, Rowan Co., Ky, married, wife of Jesse Dehart, father Eli Mabry, mother’s maiden name Zonia Clines, both born in Ky, cause of death tetanus following caeserean section, fetus had been dead for eight days, informant Jesse Dehart, Morehead, Ky.