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Descendants of William Jesse Messer

Generation No. 2

2. JAMES WILLIAM² MESSER (WILLIAM JESSE¹) was born 1843 in Jackson Co. Alabama, and died Unknown. He married NANCY SHELLHOUSE. She died Unknown.

Child of JAMES MESSER and NANCY SHELLHOUSE is:

JAMES HENRY FLETCHER³ MESSER, b. November 17, 1877; d. February 22, 1965, Tampa , FL.

3. JESSE² MESSER (WILLIAM JESSE¹)³ was born October 1848 in Alabama, and died Unknown. He married (1) CORA ?. She died Unknown. He married (2) ANGENNA SMALLEY July 23, 1868. She died Unknown. He married (3) LYDIA JOHNSON January 2, 1881. She died Unknown.

Notes for JESSE MESSER:
Notes : Information from Gerri Beaver

Annabelle Messer remembers her grandfather Messer. He was of Scotch and German Descent
Description: dark brown hair, red whiskers, blue eyes.

Fought in Civil War in Yankee Army with father William Jesse Messer.

Annabelle states that he was married three times. First wife had three children: Jim, Jack and Molly.
Second wife (her grandma Lydia) John, Monroe, Jim, and Janie, then third wife after her grandma died, and had one sone Jesse.

Warren Debs Messer states that :
Jesse fought in Battle of Bull Run as a cavalry man. He was shot in ankle with a menny ball one time.
Jesse and Jack went up and down country after the Civil War telling the slaves they were free.
Jesse was a teacher.
Related story that one time on furlough to Alabama, he took horse into blacksmith to have shoes fixed and the Rebs came by and caught him without his papers. They took him prisoner. (He had left papers in his coat at home as it was a hot day). The Rebs had a canon they were going to use against the Yankees. While escorting their prisoner, one of the Rebs wanted a drink, Jesse knew of a spring, and while they were drinking, escaped. Later the Union soldiers captured the canon and melted it down , and all the men had a brass button made from it. When the Union Army crossed the Tennessee River, Jesse thought to rejoin his company there. Jesse rejoined him company and went to fight in the Battle of Bull Run. Another time, Jesse asked his commander to pick plums and almost got bushwacked. He got his company back to the area, and found the Rebs hiding under the water, by seeing a Rebs nose!

More About JESSE MESSER:
Medical Information: Had a rupture, suffered from all his life

Notes for LYDIA JOHNSON:
Lydia California Johnson

Gerri Beaver reports states that Lydia California Johnson was a bond servant.

She relates that Annabelle Messer recalls that her Grandma's name was California Johnson. That California was an orphan. A short, blonde haired woman with blue eyes. Very independant and blunt of speech. However she was extremely kind. Annabel remembers that she was a good cook. She also believes that her parents may have been killed during the Civil War.

Gerri Beaver also reports in her genealogy "Descendants of William Jesse Messer" that Warren Debs Messer that he recalled that Lydia was called "Callie" a nickname of California.

Children of JESSE MESSER and ANGENNA SMALLEY are:

	i.		JIM W³ MESSER³, d. Unknown.
	ii.		JACK MESSER³, d. Unknown.

Notes for JACK MESSER:
Notes for Jack Messer

Gerri Beaver genealogy notes.
Warren Debs Messer remembers that : " Uncle Jack left Scottsboro, AL through a court room window and caught a train just pulling out. He picked up the name Pecos Jack down around the Texas Border while he was working outside the law. The Texas Rangers caught up with him and gave him a choice, he could join the Rangers or be exterminated. He was a Texas Ranger and then a Law Marshall in Shamrock, TX plum till he died. Uncle Jack talked with a German accent, he was a woodsman. Any time you turned your head and then looked back you couldn't find him, it was like the earth swallowed him up. He knew where gold and silver was in the Cumberland Mountains and when he got in need he'd go up in the mountains for a spell. Uncle Jack and Grandpa Messer ( Jesse G.) went up and down the country telling the slaves they were free."

iii.

MOLLY MESSER³, d. Unknown.

Children of JESSE MESSER and LYDIA JOHNSON are:

iv.

MONROE JASPER³ MESSER, b. Bet. November 26, 1882 - 1884, Jackson Co. Alabama; d. March 8, 1943, Elk City, Oklahoma.

More About MONROE JASPER MESSER:
Burial: Unknown, Fairlawn Cemetery

	v.		JOHN H MESSER, b. June 1877, Jackson Co. Alabama; d. Unknown.
	vi.		JAMES MESSER, b. 1874, Jackson Co. Alabama; d. Unknown.
	vii.		MARTHA MESSER, b. 1871, Jackson Co. Alabama; d. Unknown.
	viii.		MILES MESSER, b. 1878, Jackson Co. Alabama; d. Unknown.
	ix.		MARY MESSER, b. 1869, Jackson Co. Alabama; d. Unknown.

4. MARY A² MESSER (WILLIAM JESSE¹) was born 1847 in Jackson Co. Alabama, and died Unknown. She married JOHN W. ADKINS September 28, 1866. He died Unknown.

Child of MARY MESSER and JOHN ADKINS is:

LYDIA CALIFORNIA³ ADKINS, d. Unknown.

5. ALLAN J² MESSER (WILLIAM JESSE¹) was born 1850 in Jackson Co. Alabama, and died Unknown. He married LOUISA J. BRAZIER January 4, 1871. She died Unknown.

Children of ALLAN MESSER and LOUISA BRAZIER are:

	i.		WILLIE³ MESSER, b. 1875, Jackson Co. Alabama; d. Unknown.
	ii.		GEORGE MESSER, b. 1879, Jackson Co. Alabama; d. Unknown.

6. SUSANNAH² MESSER (WILLIAM JESSE¹) was born April 28, 1855 in Jackson Co. Alabama, and died February 16, 1929. She married MILES SMITH November 16, 1873 in Jackson County , Alabama. He died Unknown.

Children of SUSANNAH MESSER and MILES SMITH are:

	i.		JOHN³ SMITH, b. 1875, Jackson Co. Alabama; d. Unknown.
	ii.		ANNA SMITH, b. 1877, Jackson Co. Alabama; d. Unknown.
	iii.		JANE SMITH, b. 1879, Jackson Co. Alabama; d. Unknown.
	iv.		CATHERINE LOUISE SMITH, b. July 17, 1881, Jackson Co. Alabama; d. Unknown.

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