Jesse Thresher Foreman

Born in Saint Jo, Texas. He moved with his family to the Harrell Chapel community in Childress country, Texas. His family always called him Thresher. He married Della Mae Cary of Waterview (west of Burkesville), Cumberland county, Kentucky in 1947. They lived and farmed in Kentucky for a couple of years, they moved to Illinois. He farmed until his health didn't allow him to any more.

- facts from his obituary

Buried in Embarass cemetery on November 23, 1970.

Thresher and Della didn't have children.

1900 Census - Age 2; Montague County, Texas
1910 Census - Age 12; Memphis, Hall County, Texas
WWI Draft Registration Card 1917-18 - Memphis, Hall County, Texas. Age 20.
1920 Census - Age 22; Childress County, Texas
1930 Census - Age 32; Yates, Harding County, New Mexico.
He was boarding with the in-laws of his sister Loyd Foreman Hillis.
1940 Census - Age 42; Childress County, Texas
U.S. Social Security Death Index:
Last Residence:
61949 Redmon, Edgar, Illinois, USA
BORN: 19 Jan 1898
Died: Nov 1970
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951)

His first cousin Opal Lee Cloyd Eads and her husband Gurstle lived in Redmon. It is family lore that Thresher and Della Foreman moved to Redmon because they had family there.
His first cousin, Opal: Memorial ID 183807283
Her husband Gurstle Eads: Memorial ID 183807302* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 1 2024, 3:56:06 UTC