James Samuel Hennessee

Male 1915 - 1981  (66 years)


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  • Name James Samuel Hennessee 
    Birth 19 Feb 1915  Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Birth 21 Apr 1915  (Dunlap, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 28 Feb 1981  Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 28 Jul 1981  (Dunlap, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Rankin Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I930  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2014 

    Father Alexander Jonathon "Jot" Hennessee,   b. 8 May 1882, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1932, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Faitha Melinda "Pink" Hobbs,   b. 30 Dec 1875, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1932, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 18 Oct 1903  Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence (Family) 1920  Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lila Heard,   b. 5 Feb 1910, (Dunlap) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1994, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 25 Sep 1938  (Dunlap, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1940  Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Helen Hennessee
     2. Susan "Sue" Hennessee
    Family ID F360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Feb 1915 - Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Apr 1915 - (Dunlap, Tennessee) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Sep 1938 - (Dunlap, Tennessee) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - 0___ 1940 - Sequatchie County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Feb 1981 - Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Jul 1981 - (Dunlap, Tennessee) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Rankin Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Newspaper unknown and date approximately February 28th, 1981:

      "Dunlap,Tenn. - James S. Hennessee, 66, of Dunlap, died Tuesday night in a local hospital.

      Mr. Hennessee has retired from TVA after 30 years service and recently retired as superintendent of Dunlap Waterworks.

      He was a member and deacon of First Baptist Church. He was a member of Dunlap Lodge 693, F&AM, and was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite of the Chattanooga Consistory.

      Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lila Heard Hennessee, Dunlap; two daughters,

      Helen Richards, Chattanooga, and
      Mrs. Sue Billingsly, Nashville, Tenn;

      four grandsons, one great-grandson.

      Two brothers, Alex Hennessee, Dunlap, and Walter Hennessee, Cincinnati, Ohio.

      Graveside services will be held a 1 p.m. (CDT) Thursday in Rankin Cememtery."

  • Sources 
    1. [S154] Ancestry.Com - Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S50590] "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNP1-3CC : accessed.

    3. [S50694] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Hennessee&GSiman=1&GScid=2284547&GRid=78711249&.

    4. [S120] "The Jackson Family Tree", by John H. Jackson, MD, 800 Bertsch Avenue, Crescent City, CA 95531 | 23 Feb 1994 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S49869] "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4ZP-549 : accessed.