Jesse Lee Davidson (b. December 04, 1884, d. May 21, 1940)
Jesse Lee Davidson was born December 04, 1884 in Springfield, Illinois, and died May 21, 1940 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Notes for Jesse Lee Davidson: During the depression, Jesse made donuts and Golden Spikes in honor of the railroad and he sold them on the street. They initially lived in Parsons Kansas and he worked in a music store with his son Harold.
Jesse had worked for the Central Coal and Coke Company in Yale, Kansas. Yale no longer exists. Jesse worked as a fireman for the railroad also.He was at his job making sure the coal went in the right cars, when he had hold of the brake , a rod fell and hit him and he fell to the tracks. The train dragged him and his leg was almost completely severed.
He and his wife Bessie used a settlement from the railroad to buy a restraunt in Colorado.There was a day called " Mugs and Jiggs Day " Jesse was famous for his corned beefand cabbage.
Jesse came to Omaha to study at a radio school in how to repair radios. His son Harold came with him. Ruby ( Grandma ) and Velva hitchhiked from Parsons Kansas to be near them.Grandma Ruby and her sister Velva both got jobs at a restraunt called " Red Rose Restraunt " Thats where they both met their husbands.
More About Jesse Lee Davidson: Fact 1: May 23, 1940, Buried Forest Lawn cemetary Omaha,NE. Fact 2: Occupation:Fireman. Fact 3: May 1940, Hoffman Mortuary Did service. Fact 4: June 1995, Now Heaffy-Heaffy Hoffman Mortuary. Fact 5: May 1940, Lot number 1233 Forest Lawn Mortuary.
More About Jesse Lee Davidson and <Unnamed>: Marriage: May 28, 1903, Yale,Kansas.
Children of Jesse Lee Davidson are:
Ernest Harold Davidson, b. July 02, 1909, Yale, Kansas (Crawford County), d. November 13, 1996, Omaha, Nebraska.
+Ruby Claudine Davidson, b. April 16, 1912, Yale, Kansas (Crawford County), d. July 30, 1991, Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County).
Velva O. Davidson, b. January 27, 1914, Parsons,Kansas, d. November 13, 1996, Omaha, Nebraska.
Jesse Lee Davidson (b. December 04, 1884, d. May 21, 1940)
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