James Lee Heflin

Brief Life History of James Lee

When James Lee Heflin was born in June 1865, in Tennessee, United States, his father, John Heflin, was 28 and his mother, Margarett Francis Patty, was 28. He married Alice Muse on 29 August 1885, in Oregon, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Eminence Township, Shannon, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Sacramento Judicial Township, Sacramento, California, United States in 1940. He died on 26 April 1943, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Lee Heflin
1865–1943
Alice Muse
1869–1954
Marriage: 29 August 1885
Irvin Elgin Heflin
1887–1952
Claud Elgin Heflin
1892–1953
Mattie V Hefflin
1897–1957
Jumings B Heflin
1897–
Jenny L. Heflin
1898–1936
Willie Heflin
1902–

Sources (14)

  • James Lee Heflin, "United States Census, 1940"
  • James L. Heflin, "Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920"
  • James Lee Heflin, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

Probably an Americanized form of Swiss German Häfelin, a variant of Haefeli .

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

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