Jesse James Flack^[1]

1886 - 1969  (83 years)

• Name	Jesse James Flack
  Birth	26 Mar 1886	Newbern, Dyer TN
  Gender	Male
  Education	12th grade - home-schooled
  Residence	1907	Newbern, Dyer TN
  	J.J. was orphaned at age 14 (Margaret Bruce died Abt 1901) and moved in his half-brother's family John Elisha Flack [listed as household member in 1900 Census] until he finished school. By another telling [see "Flack Family History"], J.J. moved into his nephew's house, J.P. Flack who was 20 and married. At 16 years old [according to his son Jim, but 21 according to daughter Ann], J.J. took a "horse, saddle, gun and a bag of money and headed south along the Mississippi River." [Ann Flack Heard's family history]
  Residence	1920	Baxterville MS   [2]
  	In 1920 Census, Flack household w/ Jesse James as head, Saw Boss, Logging Company
  Death	31 Dec 1969	Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567
  Person ID	I1	Flack Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	John Yancey Flack,   b. Nov 1821, NC d. 18 Oct 1890, Dyer County TN (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Margaret Bruce,   b. Est 1839, Sumner Co TN d. Abt 1901 (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	26 May 1874	Dyer County TN
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Louella Lenora Lucas,   b. 1891, Mount Olive, MS d. 23 Mar 1975, Pascagoula MS (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1909
  Children	+ 1. Ann Flack,   b. 1 Nov 1916, MS d. 20 Nov 2014, Merritt Island FL (Age 98 years) + 2. James Monroe Flack, I,   b. 29 Aug 1913, Baxter MS d. 16 Jun 1989, Moscow RU (on tour) (Age 75 years) + 3. Ruby Mae Flack,   b. 1912, Baxterville MS d. 7 Jan 2001, Baton Rouge LA (Age 89 years)   4. Jewel Franklin Flack,   b. 1910   d. 3 Oct 1945, Kodiak Air Station, Kodiak Island AK (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Mar 1886 - Newbern, Dyer TN Residence - J.J. was orphaned at age 14 (Margaret Bruce died Abt 1901) and moved in his half-brother's family John Elisha Flack [listed as household member in 1900 Census] until he finished school. By another telling [see "Flack Family History"], J.J. moved into his nephew's house, J.P. Flack who was 20 and married. At 16 years old [according to his son Jim, but 21 according to daughter Ann], J.J. took a "horse, saddle, gun and a bag of money and headed south along the Mississippi River." [Ann Flack Heard's family history] - 1907 - Newbern, Dyer TN Residence - In 1920 Census, Flack household w/ Jesse James as head, Saw Boss, Logging Company - 1920 - Baxterville MS Death - 31 Dec 1969 - Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Jesse James Flack

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1920 Lamar, MS Census scan 1920 Census scan, listing Jesse James Flack and family, Baxterville Village MS
  		WWI Draft Registration Card - Jesse James Flack
  		Jesse James Journeys Promised a horse and saddle at 16, JJ headed west to Oklahoma Territory, then to southern Mississippi, Stephenson (later re-named Crosby). Worked at Foster Creek Lumber Co, which folded because of the Depression. In 1931 Crosby Lumber Co. opened for 2 years before also closing in the Depression. JJ started a 1-acre garden and helped feed the community. His wife, Lenora, became the Crosby Postmistress. They moved to Pascagoula in 1940 in a house with a grocery store. He also worked in the shipyards.
  		1900 CENSUS DYER TENN | John L (Elisha) Flack: Head 54 North Carolina | Elizabeth Flack: Wife 62 North Carolina | Paralee Flack: Daughter 23 Tennessee | Mattie D Flack: Daughter 19 Tennessee | Jessie J Flack: (Half) Brother 14 Tennessee "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D4GQ-FJH?cc=1325221&wc=9BQF-S5W%3A1030551301%2C1034246401%2C1034263501 : 5 August 2014), Tennessee > Dyer > ED 19 Civil District 6 (north part, excl. Newbern town) > image 14 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  		James P. Flack (95 years old) letter to James M. Flack 1967 letter describing JJ Flack: have seen sister (Ann Flack Heard) and your father (JJ Flack) "since he was a very small boy". JJ Family with 4 boys and 2 girls. JJ's father (John Yancey Flack) "is my Gran Pa". JJ Flack is JP Flack's "half-uncle". JJ was orphaned as a child and moved into JP's household who was around 20 and married

  
  

  Headstones

  Jesse James Flack & Luella Lenore (Lucas) Flack grave marker Jesse J Flack BIRTH 26 Mar 1886 DEATH 31 Dec 1969 (aged 83) BURIAL Jackson County Memorial Park Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA MEMORIAL ID 63201984

  
  

  Histories		Flack Family History Flack family history, as told by James M Flack to James M Flack II, 1980
  		Ann Heard's family history

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] US Social Security Administration, SS Deaths - Jesse James Flack (Reliability: 3). Social Security Death Index Name FLACK, JESSE Issue State MS  Birth 25 Mar 1886  Death Dec 1969 Death State MS Last Known Residence Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567  Last Payment Location [S9] 1920 Census, Lamar MS (Reliability: 3).