Essie Laura Eubanks

Brief Life History of Essie Laura

When Essie Laura Eubanks was born on 12 November 1904, in Arkansas, United States, her father, James Posey Eubanks, was 41 and her mother, Margaret Ann Morrow, was 24. She married James Robert Jetton in 1920, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Sugar Creek Township, Greene, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years and Beech Grove, Greene, Arkansas, United States in 1983. She died on 20 October 1983, in Greene, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Morrow Cemetery, Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Robert Jetton
1895–1982
Essie Laura Eubanks
1904–1983
Marriage: 1920
Vera Juanita Jetton
1921–2007
James Noel Jetton
1923–2018
Marie Louise Jetton
1926–2010
Clara Ann Jetton
1930–

Sources (13)

  • Essie Jetton, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Essie L. Eubanks - Published information: birth-name: Essie L. Eubanks
  • Essie Eubanks, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"

World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1906 · Diamonds Found Near Murfreesboro

In a 37- acre plowed field in  a state park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas visitors are able to go looking for diamonds. This was the site for the first diamond discovery in 1906. Through the years more than 33,100 diamonds have been found at the Crater of Diamonds. 

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English (East Yorkshire): variant of Eubank , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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