CHAVERS, Jesse

Other Events and Attributes:

• _COLOR: 8
• Military: 1864

Notes:

He was a Confederate soldier and served with First Mississippi Battalion for 30 days in 1864. He and Mary were living in Pine Ridge, MS in 1880.

"He had been fishing on the (Mississippi) river in GA i think because that was where he was born and a paddlewheeler kidnapped him. He was an actor and gambler on the boats. They landed in Natchez thats when he met Eliza. When Eliza died he put the children in orphanage. I think it was a protestant childrens home," from the GGGD of Eliza Puffer Chavers

Jesse married CAROTHERS, Mary on 20 Nov 1872 in Jefferson County, MS. Mary (daughter of CAROTHERS, William Patterson and SHARBERT, Ellender Ellen) was born about 1832 in Jefferson County, MS; died before 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CHANDLER, Eliza. Eliza was born in 1826 in GA; died on 9 Jul 1858 in Adams County, MS; was buried in Natchez, MS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]