Individual Details

Jesse James Winford

(6 Apr 1884 - 22 Mar 1958)



Jesse married 13 Oct 1912, Crawford Co, AR, to Myra Lorena Blain. He was 27, she was 21 - both of Crawford Co. She was born 26 Jul 1891, Kansas, died 5 Jan 1985, Independence, Montgomery Co, Kansas. Buried Woodland Park Cemetery, Sand Springs, Tulsa Co, OK. She was the daughter of George Edward Blain and Rachel Lucinda Harsin.

12 Sep 1918. World War I Draft Registration.
Jesse James Winford of Whitefield, Haskell, OK was age 34, b. 6 Apr 1884. He was a farmer. Mira Winford of Whitefield was his nearest relative. Had brown eyes and hair.

1920 Census. Porum, Muskogee, OK. Hh 2 (next door to his brother William)
Jesse J. Winford, 34, b. AR, Laborer, Cotton Gin - probably the gin his brother manages
Myra, wife, 26, b. Kansas

1940 Census. Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, Hh 1631
Jess J. Winford, 56, b. AR, Laborer, building construction, lived in same place in 1935
Myra L., wife, 48, b. Kansas, seamstress, retail dress shop
Georgia Snyder, Lodger, age 6, b. OK
Loncer Jones, brother-in-law, 24, widowed, M. MO, Deliveryman, Paper co.

26 Apr 1942 World War II Draft Registration
Jessie James Winfod lived at 1631 E. Marshall, Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK. He was 58, born 6 Apr 1884 in Crawford Co, Ark. J. G. Moore of 1115 So. Elwood, Tulsa, would always know his address. He was self-employed as a farmer.
Description: Listed as Indian, 5'5" tall, 145 lbs, Black eyes, gray hair, dark complexion
Note: his brothers William & Frank were listed as bring "White", not Indian. Was this a determination by the registrar?

1950 Census. Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK, Hh 49
3111 E. Latimer
Jess J. Winford, 66, b. AR
Myra L., wife, 58, b. Kansas, Seamstress, dress making shop in her home

Jesse is buried Woodland Memorial Park Cemetery, Sand Springs, Tulsa Co, OK



Events

Birth6 Apr 1884Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage13 Oct 1912Crawford County, Arkansas - Myra Lorena Blain
Death22 Mar 1958Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Families

SpouseMyra Lorena Blain (1891 - 1985)
ChildJessie Lorena Winford (1913 - 1914)
ChildGeorge Clifford Winford (1920 - 1972)
FatherGeorge Green Winford (1851 - 1929)
MotherDelitha Hays (1854 - )
SiblingJohn S. Winford (1872 - 1916)
SiblingAmanda F. Winford (1875 - )
SiblingAlice Winford (1876 - )
SiblingLillie Mae Winford (1878 - 1952)
SiblingWilliam Lewis "Bud" Winford (1881 - 1977)
SiblingFrank James Winford (1885 - 1948)
SiblingStella Winford (1886 - )
SiblingMaude E. Winford (1888 - 1976)
SiblingBess Winford (1892 - )