Individual Details

Jacob "Jake" Milton McCleskey

(March 11, 1858 - June 12, 1951)

" Jacob McCleskey was a twin to Isabelle." (DESCENDANTS OF JAMES AND JOSEPH McCLESKEY, THE TEXAS GROUP, 1978 compiled by Charles S. McCleskey, page 231.)

"Jacob Milton McCleskey came to Texas at age 16 from Alabama. Lillie Bell McNabb came from Illinois in 1876 in a wagon. Neither like Texas. Jacob Milton McCleskey died at Lubbock, Texas." (Lisa Garrett.)

Additional information about the descendants of Jacob Milton McCleskey is from Lisa Garrett, wife of Joseph Michael "Mike, who compiled the information from the knowledge of Ruth Garrett Ford, Loni Bell (Leona Martin), and from the descendants of Vivian McCleskey Garrett, at a family reunion several years ago.

Events

BirthMarch 11, 1858Marshall County, Alabama
DeathJune 12, 1951Red River County, Texas
MarriageLillie Belle McNabb

Families

SpouseLillie Belle McNabb ( - )
ChildWillie McCleskey ( - )
ChildJacob Magnus (or Magnes) Eberhardt McCleskey (1882 - 1967)
ChildGeorge Arthur McCleskey (1885 - 1956)
ChildJohn Claudius McCleskey (1888 - 1969)
ChildThaddius "Thad" Wood McCleskey (1890 - 1977)
ChildMary Belle McCleskey (1893 - 1954)
ChildDavid Andy McCleskey (1895 - 1905)
ChildHattie Grant McCleskey (1898 - )
ChildJulia Lillie McCleskey (1900 - )
ChildVivian Osteen McCleskey (1903 - 1985)
FatherThomas Adams McCleskey (1822 - 1895)
MotherEliza W. Eberhart (1821 - 1891)
SiblingThadius Obediah McCleskey (1844 - 1934)
SiblingDavid H. McCleskey (1848 - )
SiblingThomas Wood McCleskey (1850 - )
SiblingMartha Margaret McCleskey (1853 - 1860)
SiblingMary Jane McCleskey (1854 - )
SiblingIsabelle McCleskey (1858 - 1858)
SiblingZemily Kansas McCleskey (1860 - )