Bio by Shanna Nicole:
1st wife - Mary M. Finley Eversole. Married 19 Jan 1870 in Clay Co., Ky. The couple was married by Calvin Collins.
Mary died on 1 Jan 1890 & is buried in Bowing Cemetery (Red Bird).
Children:
Lucy, Lorenzo (Rans), Nancy Ann, Jestin, Melvina, Green, Martha, Sylvania, Sarah Bel, & Caroline.

2nd wife - Louisa Henson Eversole. Married 29 Mar 1892 in Clay Co., Ky.
Louisa died on 12 Dec 1894 & is buried in Bowing Cemetery (Red Bird).

3rd Wife - Jamima Wombles Eversole. Married 5 Nov 1896 in Clay Co., Ky. Previously married to Thomas Smith & Dillion Wombles. Jamima's burial is unknown.

Jessie was a farmer, a minister, & a tombstone maker. He owned 100 acres that lied on the land of Big Creek, waters of the Red Bird, & the waters of South Fork of the Kentucky River in Clay Co., Ky. On 20 Oct. 1880, Jessie sold his land to Levi Bowing for $200.00. By 1900 Jessie had sold all of his land & at that time according to the census was renting a farm.

The story of Jessie's burial & Mary's Death (as told to Dora Eversole, daughter of Bertha Eversole):

"In 1890 Mary was pregnant with their 20th child. Rans, (Bertha's father) was 18 at the time. Jessie was a mean & stern man. He often disciplined the children with extreme force. One day he was about to hit one of the sons & the son ducked. Mary standing behind the boy took the full force of Jessie's first. Mary being pregnant was unable to recover from the injury. She suffered painfully for several days before her & the child both died.

None of Jessie's children ever forgave him for killing their mother even though it was an accident. In his old age, he became an unkept & unclean man & Rans did not want him around his children. He would run Jessie off anytime he came to the house.
When Jessie died he was put into a pine box as the buried people then. Rans & his brothers were taking him to be buried at Bowling Cemetery at Red Bird where their mother was buried. On the way to the cemetery, they went through the woods carrying Jessie when they all got into an argument about Jessie's grave. According to legend, they set the box down & Rans came home without burying his father.
According to the book written by James E. Welch, Sr. Jessie was buried in the Marcum Cemetery on Upper Elk Creek.

Jessie also fathered the following children, born during the years 1880-1890 (Mother is Mary) (Census for these years are missing): Clarence, John D., Frank, Susanna D., Henry, Zipponah, Logan, Alabama (died 24 Apr. 1894), & Cornellah.

Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: Jesse Eversole
Gender: Male
Spouse: Mary Finley
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 19 Jan 1870
County: Clay
State: Kentucky