I believe his parents are Reuben Allen [Justice] Justus & Mary (Stokely) Justus. I believe Jacob is the child listed in the 1840 Tennessee census as the male between 10 and 15 years of age.
1st wife is Mary Ann Easterly
(Married 9-18-1849, Greene Co., Tennessee)
Children are;
Roton Franklin Justus, m. Elizabeth Ophelia Bledsoe
Alexander Winiford Justus, m. Mary Frances "Mollie" Ryman
Lynden Tennessee Justus, (daughter)
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2nd wife is Sarah Ann (?) Justus
(Marriage ended in divorce in 1866. Jacob divorced Sarah two years after Sarah deserted Jacob without a reasonable cause.)
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3rd wife is Mildred A Bledsoe
(Married: Aug. 31, 1875, Laffayette Co., MO.)
(Mildred's younger sister, Elizabeth Ophelia Bledsoe was married to Jacobs son, Roton)
*"Sep 10, 1875: On Tuesday, 9 o'clock A.M., Aug. 31, 1875, at the residence of the bride's father, Thos. Bledsoe, near Chappell Hill, Lafayette county, Mo., Mr. J.F. Justus, a prominent teacher of Platte county, to Miss Mildred Bledsoe.
[Plattsburg Register]."
Known children are;
Maude T Justus, m. Emanuel M Tennant
Mahala Mary Justus, m. William B. Nice
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*Occupation: School teacher
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On stone with 3rd wife, Mildred A. (Bledsoe) Justus
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A very special Thank you to Judy Mayfield.
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I believe his parents are Reuben Allen [Justice] Justus & Mary (Stokely) Justus. I believe Jacob is the child listed in the 1840 Tennessee census as the male between 10 and 15 years of age.
1st wife is Mary Ann Easterly
(Married 9-18-1849, Greene Co., Tennessee)
Children are;
Roton Franklin Justus, m. Elizabeth Ophelia Bledsoe
Alexander Winiford Justus, m. Mary Frances "Mollie" Ryman
Lynden Tennessee Justus, (daughter)
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2nd wife is Sarah Ann (?) Justus
(Marriage ended in divorce in 1866. Jacob divorced Sarah two years after Sarah deserted Jacob without a reasonable cause.)
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3rd wife is Mildred A Bledsoe
(Married: Aug. 31, 1875, Laffayette Co., MO.)
(Mildred's younger sister, Elizabeth Ophelia Bledsoe was married to Jacobs son, Roton)
*"Sep 10, 1875: On Tuesday, 9 o'clock A.M., Aug. 31, 1875, at the residence of the bride's father, Thos. Bledsoe, near Chappell Hill, Lafayette county, Mo., Mr. J.F. Justus, a prominent teacher of Platte county, to Miss Mildred Bledsoe.
[Plattsburg Register]."
Known children are;
Maude T Justus, m. Emanuel M Tennant
Mahala Mary Justus, m. William B. Nice
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*Occupation: School teacher
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On stone with 3rd wife, Mildred A. (Bledsoe) Justus
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A very special Thank you to Judy Mayfield.
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