Jesse James Starrett
Dowagiac – Jesse James Starrett, 69, of 206 Grand Blvd., died Monday afternoon in Lee Memorial Hospital after years' illness. He was born May 25, 1899 in Bourbon, Ind.
On May 25, 1943 he was married in Cassopolis to Edith Fellner, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ernest Carpenter of Dowagiac, a son, Kenneth of Coldwater; six stepsons, James Diamond of Hobart, Ind., Robert Diamond, of Lodi, N.J., Albert, Richard and Glen Diamond, all of Dowagiac, and Gene Alexis of Dowagiac; 25 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Lyon Funeral Home. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. He was a retired truck driver for the Round Oak Furnace Co.
Published in the South Bend Tribune; Tuesday8, Sept. 17, 1968.
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Name: Jesse James Starrett
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1899
Birth Place: Indiana
Marriage Date: 4 Aug 1924
Marriage Place: Cassopolis, Michigan, USA
Residence Place: Detroit, Michigan
Father: Samuel Starrett
Mother: Mary Flowers
Spouse: Verna Celia Weesaw
Record Number: 131
SOURCE- Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
NOTE- This was a double wedding; Jesse's cousin Lawrence Starrett married Jesse's wife's younger sister Delia Weesaw. Weesaw also may be spelled Wesaw; it is a surname from the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. Both sisters were enumerated "I" for race in the marriage record.
Thanks,
Kent Gebhard
Contributor: Kent Gebhard (47001358)
Dowagiac – Jesse James Starrett, 69, of 206 Grand Blvd., died Monday afternoon in Lee Memorial Hospital after years' illness. He was born May 25, 1899 in Bourbon, Ind.
On May 25, 1943 he was married in Cassopolis to Edith Fellner, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ernest Carpenter of Dowagiac, a son, Kenneth of Coldwater; six stepsons, James Diamond of Hobart, Ind., Robert Diamond, of Lodi, N.J., Albert, Richard and Glen Diamond, all of Dowagiac, and Gene Alexis of Dowagiac; 25 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Lyon Funeral Home. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. He was a retired truck driver for the Round Oak Furnace Co.
Published in the South Bend Tribune; Tuesday8, Sept. 17, 1968.
Suggested edit:
First wedding-
Name: Jesse James Starrett
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1899
Birth Place: Indiana
Marriage Date: 4 Aug 1924
Marriage Place: Cassopolis, Michigan, USA
Residence Place: Detroit, Michigan
Father: Samuel Starrett
Mother: Mary Flowers
Spouse: Verna Celia Weesaw
Record Number: 131
SOURCE- Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
NOTE- This was a double wedding; Jesse's cousin Lawrence Starrett married Jesse's wife's younger sister Delia Weesaw. Weesaw also may be spelled Wesaw; it is a surname from the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. Both sisters were enumerated "I" for race in the marriage record.
Thanks,
Kent Gebhard
Contributor: Kent Gebhard (47001358)
Jesse James Starrett
Dowagiac – Jesse James Starrett, 69, of 206 Grand Blvd., died Monday afternoon in Lee Memorial Hospital after years' illness. He was born May 25, 1899 in Bourbon, Ind.
On May 25, 1943 he was married in Cassopolis to Edith Fellner, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ernest Carpenter of Dowagiac, a son, Kenneth of Coldwater; six stepsons, James Diamond of Hobart, Ind., Robert Diamond, of Lodi, N.J., Albert, Richard and Glen Diamond, all of Dowagiac, and Gene Alexis of Dowagiac; 25 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Lyon Funeral Home. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. He was a retired truck driver for the Round Oak Furnace Co.
Published in the South Bend Tribune; Tuesday8, Sept. 17, 1968.
Suggested edit:
First wedding-
Name: Jesse James Starrett
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1899
Birth Place: Indiana
Marriage Date: 4 Aug 1924
Marriage Place: Cassopolis, Michigan, USA
Residence Place: Detroit, Michigan
Father: Samuel Starrett
Mother: Mary Flowers
Spouse: Verna Celia Weesaw
Record Number: 131
SOURCE- Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
NOTE- This was a double wedding; Jesse's cousin Lawrence Starrett married Jesse's wife's younger sister Delia Weesaw. Weesaw also may be spelled Wesaw; it is a surname from the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. Both sisters were enumerated "I" for race in the marriage record.
Thanks,
Kent Gebhard
Contributor: Kent Gebhard (47001358)
Dowagiac – Jesse James Starrett, 69, of 206 Grand Blvd., died Monday afternoon in Lee Memorial Hospital after years' illness. He was born May 25, 1899 in Bourbon, Ind.
On May 25, 1943 he was married in Cassopolis to Edith Fellner, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ernest Carpenter of Dowagiac, a son, Kenneth of Coldwater; six stepsons, James Diamond of Hobart, Ind., Robert Diamond, of Lodi, N.J., Albert, Richard and Glen Diamond, all of Dowagiac, and Gene Alexis of Dowagiac; 25 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Lyon Funeral Home. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. He was a retired truck driver for the Round Oak Furnace Co.
Published in the South Bend Tribune; Tuesday8, Sept. 17, 1968.
Suggested edit:
First wedding-
Name: Jesse James Starrett
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1899
Birth Place: Indiana
Marriage Date: 4 Aug 1924
Marriage Place: Cassopolis, Michigan, USA
Residence Place: Detroit, Michigan
Father: Samuel Starrett
Mother: Mary Flowers
Spouse: Verna Celia Weesaw
Record Number: 131
SOURCE- Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
NOTE- This was a double wedding; Jesse's cousin Lawrence Starrett married Jesse's wife's younger sister Delia Weesaw. Weesaw also may be spelled Wesaw; it is a surname from the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. Both sisters were enumerated "I" for race in the marriage record.
Thanks,
Kent Gebhard
Contributor: Kent Gebhard (47001358)
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