Jesse Roy Medaris 
Jesse was born on September 19th, 1888 in Owen County, Indiana. Jesse's father was William Hastings Medaris and his mother was Ruth Temperance Jeanette Melick. His paternal grandparents were Stephen Cyrus Medaris and Millie Coble. He had six brothers and four sisters, named Charles, Ora, Stephen, Martin, Thomas, William, Minnie, Lessie, Martha and Kathie.General Notes
Jesse left home when he was 16 in a "disatisfactory manner" according to his father. Jesse was the subject of an FBI investigation in March 1921, on suspicion of Draft Evasion. It appears the charges were never founded but the report does give us some information on Jesse. Loretta may be Jesse's second wife, as in the report, his father states in March 1861, that "during the last year he had recieved several letters from subject's (Jesse's) wife, one of which was an inquiry relative to Subject's whereabouts, and informing Mr. Medaris that subject left her and ran away with another woman." Later in the report, his father states that "subject served three years in the United States Army, but did not know what Company Subject was in". They later recieved a copy of teh draft record from the"Local board for San Matao County, California".
Jesse was a conductor on the street railway in San Francisco, California.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.21 Feb 1704 in Middlesex County, Virginia d.1799
- b.~ 1759 in Dragon Swamp, Middlesex County, Virginia d.1829 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.20 Nov 1715 in Essex County, Virginia d.1795 in Tennessee
- b.13 Feb 1788 in Guilford County, North Carolina d.08 Feb 1878 in Owen County, Indiana
- b.~ 1762 in Chatham County, North Carolina d.19 May 1842 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.23 Mar 1823 in Guilford County, North Carolina d.19 Jan 1900 in Owen County, Indiana
- b.07 Jan 1790 d.10 Apr 1838 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.06 Jun 1848 in Wayne County, Indiana d.1933 in Lawrence, Indiana
- b.1762 in Orange County, North Carolina d.27 Jul 1815 in Orange County, North Carolina
- b.01 Feb 1794 in Orange County, North Carolina d.11 Mar 1831 in Morgan County, Indiana
- b.~ 1721 in Germany
- b.20 Mar 1764 d.06 Dec 1842
- b.23 May 1825 in North Carolina d.29 Jul 1879 in Owen County, Indiana
- b.24 Jun 1798 in Orange County, North Carolina d.05 Aug 1899 in Owen County, Indiana
- b.19 Sep 1888 in Owen County, Indiana
- b.16 Jan 1848 in Owen County, Indiana d.10 May 1897 in Spencer, Owen County, Indiana
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