When Jesse Dawson Davenport was born on 29 September 1899, in Texas, United States, his father, George Washington Davenport, was 50 and his mother, Mary Georgie Holbert, was 40. He married Theresa Lorene Thomas on 8 December 1928, in Rockwall, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Hunt, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 1, Comanche, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 24 February 1989, in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States, at the age of 89.