James Barney "Jim Peck" Hennessee

Male 1876 - 1945  (68 years)


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  • Name James Barney "Jim Peck" Hennessee 
    Birth 28 Jun 1876  Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Mar 1945  Pittsburg County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • at Central State Hospital Annex Cemetery...
    Person ID I1375  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2014 

    Father Joseph Thomas "Pid" Hennessee,   b. 4 May 1857, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1939, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Oregon Ira Jarrett,   b. 19 Mar 1855, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1882, (Warren County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage 26 Dec 1872  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    • ,by W.W.Ware,J.P.
    Residence (Family) 1880  Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F530  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lavada S. Miller,   b. 13 Mar 1886, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1959, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jun 1903  Faxon, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 8
    • ,by J.W.Farris,JP
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1910  Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Divorce 0___ 1916  (Oklahoma) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Irene Hennessee,   b. 0___ 1902, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Elbert T. Hennessee,   b. 20 Aug 1904, (Oklahoma) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1905, (Oklahoma) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     3. Irene Hennessee,   b. 0___ 1906, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1988, (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years)
     4. Martha Gertrude "Gertrude" Hennessee,   b. 0___ 1907, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1997, (Lucas County, Ohio) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 90 years)
     5. Joseph Harvey Hennessee,   b. 15 Mar 1910, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1994, Riverside, Riverside County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F612  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 2 Faye Maye Barbe,   b. 15 May 1902, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1934, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage 9 Dec 1923  Jefferson County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Divorce 24 Nov 1928  (Lawton, Oklahoma) Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Children 
     1. Helen Hennessee,   b. 0___ 1920, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 2000 (Age ~ 80 years)
     2. Ellsworth E. "Bud" Hennessee,   b. 8 Oct 1923, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 2002, Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     3. Cora Maxine Hennessee,   b. 12 Dec 1925, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1926, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. James Hennessee,   b. 0___ 1926, (Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1984, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years)
     5. Geraldine Hennessee,   b. (CIRCA 1927), Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Devon Hennessee,   b. 26 May 1933, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1934, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     7. Levon Hennessee
    Family ID F11074  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Jun 1876 - Kaufman County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Jun 1903 - Faxon, Comanche County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - 0___ 1910 - Comanche County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorce - 0___ 1916 - (Oklahoma) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Dec 1923 - Jefferson County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorce - 24 Nov 1928 - (Lawton, Oklahoma) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Mar 1945 - Pittsburg County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Went to prison for killing Howard Reynolds. "Jim Peck" came home and found him in bed with wife, Faye. Proceeded to shoot them both. Was sent to prison and died in the McAlister State Penatitiary.

      Ruth Harrison Hennessee Interview | 5 Mar 2011 | 580.353.0934. She is amazing - still "sharp as a tack" and remembers so much of her Hennessee & Harrison families. What a wealth of information...will continue my interviews with her.

      Ruth was friends with Helen, daughter of his 2nd marriage, and tells me that Jim Peck was mean and abusive - understatement as he later murdered Faye and Howard Reynolds in the Lee Street residence.

      Faye's children were adopted - still searching for any of these descendants...DAH

      19 Jan 2013

      Laura Lee Piccolotto found and has provided the trial syllabus for "Jim Peck" and is a very interesting and revealing read... <http://law.justia.com/cases/oklahoma/court-of-appeals-criminal/1936/52102.html>

      Hennessee v State
      1936 OK CR 11
      54 P.2d 217
      58 Okl.Cr. 407
      Decided: 01/17/1936
      Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals [12]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1627] "Comanche County Marriage Records",compiled & indexed by Polly Lewis Murphy, (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S44394] United States Census, 1880 for James B. Hennessee in Precinct 1,Kaufman Co.,TX.

    3. [S50604] "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https.

    4. [S167] findagrave.com.

    5. [S1655] "Warren County,Tennessee Marriage Records:1852-1900", compiled & printed by Fred Clark,RR 1 Box 9-B, Ridge Road, Quebeck, p. 81 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S12739] "Joseph Thomas “Pid” Hennessee", Cemetery Profile, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hennessee&GSfn=.

    7. [S47447] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VXLJ-2CT.

    8. [S50428] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VPSK-3XN.

    9. [S50429] "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/ML74-T21 : accessed.

    10. [S47446] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XVL6-MMB.

    11. [S47434] Jim Hennessee's Trial Record | 18 Jan 2013 | abstracted by Laura Piccolotto | evesparadox@yahoo.com.

    12. [S50495] http://law.justia.com/cases/oklahoma/court-of-appeals-criminal/1936/52102.html.