1870 US Census
Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN
Rewben Mabe M 77 Tennessee
Mary Mabe F 45 Tennessee
Sophroma Mabe F 11 Tennessee
Jesse Mabe M 8 Tennessee
Reuben Mabe M 6 Tennessee
Cornelia Mabe F 4 Tennessee
Tennessee Marriages
Name: Jesse Mayab
Spouse: Fanny Ferrell
Marriage Date: 8 Sep 1880
County: Hawkins
State: Tennessee
The Journal and Tribune - April 23, 1886
Lee Valley
Lee Valley, Tenn., April 22. - An article in the tribune relating to Mat. Franklin's ducks, calls to mind a hunting trip we were on at Warm Springs, N.C., in the winter of 1870, when Col. Jake Thornburg shot some of Mrs. Freshour's ducks. I suppose you remember it.
on Sunday, the 18th inst., Mr. Jesse Mabe, of the 19th district of this county, had the misfortune to lose his house and contents by fire. The parents had gone to meeting, leaving their three children, the oldest about six years, at home. How the fire originated is not known. Mr. Mabe returned after meeting was over to find his home in ruins, the children having barely escaped alive. Mrs. M. is a poor man and industrious. A short while back he lost his only cow, through being run over by a saw log which some mill hands were manipulation near by.
Our people have been greatly retarded in preparing for putting in crops. We hardly think the weather sufficiently settled, but a great many are engaged in planting corn. Others will not attempt to plant till after the 1st, prox. Waiting for Easter to pass.
Wheat looks well, so far. I don't know that oats will amount to much. Peach trees in this vicinity are "deader'n whiz." I haven't seen a half dozen alive and I do not think there will be a half apple crop in this vicinity. All kinds of stock very low, and not much demand for labor. Tell Charlton to quit impressing laborers that they can get $18 or $20 per month on farms. Why, bless you, they can't get over half of that. Don't delude people into coming here.
Ess Eph.
The Morristown Gazette - Wednesday, November 01, 1893
Mr. Jesse Mabe, of Hawkins county was arested and arraigned before Esquire L. C. Jarvis on a charge of having robbed Prof. H. J. Bostick on the night of October 10. He proved an alibi and was acquitted. Charley Carroll, who was with Mabe at the time the crime was perpetrated, reported that Mabe did the robbery and forced him to assist in accomplishing the deed. It is thought that Carroll made the report to share in the reward offered for the arrest of the perpetrators of the crime.
Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA.) - 29 November 1897
Two Counterfeiters Caught Desperate Characters Are Now in Jail in Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. November 28 - John Farrell and Jesse Mabe were brought to this city today from Rogersville, where they were yesterday convicted of counterfeiting and bound over to court without bond. These men have for years been regarded as desperate characters in Hawkins county. Farrell is the murderer of nine men, and he confesses to five of these crimes. His family, however, implicate him in the four additional. He has served six years in the state penitentiary for larceny, and was pardoned out of the Kentucky penitentiary where he was sent for murder. When the federal governments get through with Farrell he will be turned over to the state authorities, who will attempt to punish him for his numerous violations of the state laws. The men were arrested for passing counterfeit money last August, about the time of the constitutional convention election. They had made a quantity of spurious dollars and five-cent pieces, and the likeness was so near perfect that it was difficult to detect the imitation.
Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA) - November 29, 1897
Confess to His Crimes.
Counterfeiters Arrested and Bound Over in Tennessee
One of them is Charged With the Murder of Nine Men and Admits Killing Five of Them - Served Six Years in the Penitentiary.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov 28. - John Farrell and Jesse Mabe were brought to this city from Rogersville, where they were yesterday convicted of counterfeiting and bound over to court without bond. These men have for years been regarded as desperate characters in Hawkins county. Farrell is the murderer of nine men, and he confesses to five of these crimes. His family, however, implicate him in the f our additional murders. He has served six years in the state penitentiary for larceny, and was pardoned out of the Kentucky penitentiary where he was sent for murder. When the federal government gets through with Farrell he will be turned over to the state authorities, who will attempt to punish him for his numerous violations of the state laws. The men were arrested for passing counterfeit money last August, about the time of the constitutional convention election. They had made a quantity of spurious dollars and five-cent pieces, and the likeness was so near perfect that it was difficult to detect the imitation. United States Deputy Collector Alton learned of the passing of this money and began an effort to capture the men. They then fled for the West but returned to Hawkins county about two weeks ago. Alton located them and perfected the arrest yesterday. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner Jarvis at Rogersville, and at the trail Mabe told the whole story of how he and Farrell had made the money and subsequently passed it. He stated that they had destroyed the moulds.
Knoxville Sentinel - Saturday, March 12, 1898
Criminal Docket Nearly Completed
In the United States Court At Noon Today
Civil Docket to be Taken Up on Monday
Large Number of Cases of Violation of Revenue Laws Disposed of
…The following cases have been disposed of since the last report of The Sentinel…
Jesse Mabe, counterfeiting; submits $500 and two months.
John Ferrell, counterfeiting, acquitted.
Knoxville Sentinel - March 21, 1898
OFF FOR RALEIGH
Federal Prisoners Taken From Knoxville Today
A.G. Matthews, of the United States Marshal's office, accompanied by Deputies D. W. Payne, J. B. Kirby, Wm. A. Colter and A.H. Johnston, left this morning on the 1:15 o'clock train for Raleigh, N.C. They had the following prisoners, recently sentenced here for violating the revenue laws:
….Jesse Mabe, of Hawkins county, two years….
The Tennessean - Tuesday, August 02, 1898
Uncle Sam's Courts
Eleven Violations of Revenue Laws in Penitentiary
Record From April Last Shows Many Convictions, but Sentences Were Very Light
Washington, Aug. 1. – An examination of the records of the Attorney General's office discloses an interesting condition of affairs existing with relation to the criminal convictions in Tennessee since the first of April last. Fifteen criminals have been convicted by the United States authorities in Tennessee, and eleven of that number are now serving terms in the penitentiary for violations of the internal revenue laws. One man, A.W. Dorsey by name, and a resident of Western Tennessee, was convicted of withholding pension money from old soldiers, their widows and orphans, and on May 31, last, was sentenced to a term of one year and one day in the Raleigh, N.C., federal penitentiary.
The three convicted of counterfeiting were residents of Eastern Tennessee. Jesse Mabe was sentenced to a term of two years in the penitentiary on March 2 last, for violation of section 5457 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. P.B. Matthews, the second counterfeiter, was convicted three days later before the same court for violating section 5414 of the Revised Statutes and was given a term of fifteen months in the Raleigh, N.C. penitentiary. Joe H. Day, the third counterfeiter, was convicted March 12 last, and given a term of fifteen months…..(article continues)
1900 US Census
Civil District 11, Chaptack, Hawkins, Tennessee
Head Jessie Ruben M 45 Tennessee
Wife Mary Ruben F 41 Tennessee
Daughter Ollie Ruben F 10 Tennessee
Daughter Lou Ruben F 9 Tennessee
Note of Divorce From D. Jones
Fanny and Jesse divorced in 1902 and Fanny was awarded custody of the children. The original 1880 marriage record shows her name as Tamsey.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Penitentiary, Prisoner Index
Name: Jesse Mabe
Age: 54
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1854
Incarcerated Date: 03 Feb 1908
Release Date: 23 Nov 1908
Crime: Violating Internal Revenue Act
Penitentiary Number: 1902
Court: Big Stone Gap, Virginia
1910 US Census
Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Head Jesse Mabe M 49 Tennessee
Wife Minnie Mabe F 26 Tennessee
Daughter Leocie Mabe F 6 Tennessee
Daughter Allie Mabe F 4 Tennessee
Son Holston Mabe M 0 Tennessee
1920 US Census
Civil District 4, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Head Jessie M Mabe M 67 Tennessee
Daughter Leotha Mabe F 16 Tennessee
Daughter Allie Mabe F 12 Tennessee
Son Holston Mabe M 10 Tennessee
Son Grant Mabe M 7 Tennessee
Virginia, Death Records
Name: Jess Mabe
Gender: Male
Age at Death: 92
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1851
Death Date: 15 Mar 1944
Death Place: Norton, Wise, Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 18 Mar 1944
Mother: Pollie Reuben
Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN
Rewben Mabe M 77 Tennessee
Mary Mabe F 45 Tennessee
Sophroma Mabe F 11 Tennessee
Jesse Mabe M 8 Tennessee
Reuben Mabe M 6 Tennessee
Cornelia Mabe F 4 Tennessee
Tennessee Marriages
Name: Jesse Mayab
Spouse: Fanny Ferrell
Marriage Date: 8 Sep 1880
County: Hawkins
State: Tennessee
The Journal and Tribune - April 23, 1886
Lee Valley
Lee Valley, Tenn., April 22. - An article in the tribune relating to Mat. Franklin's ducks, calls to mind a hunting trip we were on at Warm Springs, N.C., in the winter of 1870, when Col. Jake Thornburg shot some of Mrs. Freshour's ducks. I suppose you remember it.
on Sunday, the 18th inst., Mr. Jesse Mabe, of the 19th district of this county, had the misfortune to lose his house and contents by fire. The parents had gone to meeting, leaving their three children, the oldest about six years, at home. How the fire originated is not known. Mr. Mabe returned after meeting was over to find his home in ruins, the children having barely escaped alive. Mrs. M. is a poor man and industrious. A short while back he lost his only cow, through being run over by a saw log which some mill hands were manipulation near by.
Our people have been greatly retarded in preparing for putting in crops. We hardly think the weather sufficiently settled, but a great many are engaged in planting corn. Others will not attempt to plant till after the 1st, prox. Waiting for Easter to pass.
Wheat looks well, so far. I don't know that oats will amount to much. Peach trees in this vicinity are "deader'n whiz." I haven't seen a half dozen alive and I do not think there will be a half apple crop in this vicinity. All kinds of stock very low, and not much demand for labor. Tell Charlton to quit impressing laborers that they can get $18 or $20 per month on farms. Why, bless you, they can't get over half of that. Don't delude people into coming here.
Ess Eph.
The Morristown Gazette - Wednesday, November 01, 1893
Mr. Jesse Mabe, of Hawkins county was arested and arraigned before Esquire L. C. Jarvis on a charge of having robbed Prof. H. J. Bostick on the night of October 10. He proved an alibi and was acquitted. Charley Carroll, who was with Mabe at the time the crime was perpetrated, reported that Mabe did the robbery and forced him to assist in accomplishing the deed. It is thought that Carroll made the report to share in the reward offered for the arrest of the perpetrators of the crime.
Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA.) - 29 November 1897
Two Counterfeiters Caught Desperate Characters Are Now in Jail in Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. November 28 - John Farrell and Jesse Mabe were brought to this city today from Rogersville, where they were yesterday convicted of counterfeiting and bound over to court without bond. These men have for years been regarded as desperate characters in Hawkins county. Farrell is the murderer of nine men, and he confesses to five of these crimes. His family, however, implicate him in the four additional. He has served six years in the state penitentiary for larceny, and was pardoned out of the Kentucky penitentiary where he was sent for murder. When the federal governments get through with Farrell he will be turned over to the state authorities, who will attempt to punish him for his numerous violations of the state laws. The men were arrested for passing counterfeit money last August, about the time of the constitutional convention election. They had made a quantity of spurious dollars and five-cent pieces, and the likeness was so near perfect that it was difficult to detect the imitation.
Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA) - November 29, 1897
Confess to His Crimes.
Counterfeiters Arrested and Bound Over in Tennessee
One of them is Charged With the Murder of Nine Men and Admits Killing Five of Them - Served Six Years in the Penitentiary.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov 28. - John Farrell and Jesse Mabe were brought to this city from Rogersville, where they were yesterday convicted of counterfeiting and bound over to court without bond. These men have for years been regarded as desperate characters in Hawkins county. Farrell is the murderer of nine men, and he confesses to five of these crimes. His family, however, implicate him in the f our additional murders. He has served six years in the state penitentiary for larceny, and was pardoned out of the Kentucky penitentiary where he was sent for murder. When the federal government gets through with Farrell he will be turned over to the state authorities, who will attempt to punish him for his numerous violations of the state laws. The men were arrested for passing counterfeit money last August, about the time of the constitutional convention election. They had made a quantity of spurious dollars and five-cent pieces, and the likeness was so near perfect that it was difficult to detect the imitation. United States Deputy Collector Alton learned of the passing of this money and began an effort to capture the men. They then fled for the West but returned to Hawkins county about two weeks ago. Alton located them and perfected the arrest yesterday. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner Jarvis at Rogersville, and at the trail Mabe told the whole story of how he and Farrell had made the money and subsequently passed it. He stated that they had destroyed the moulds.
Knoxville Sentinel - Saturday, March 12, 1898
Criminal Docket Nearly Completed
In the United States Court At Noon Today
Civil Docket to be Taken Up on Monday
Large Number of Cases of Violation of Revenue Laws Disposed of
…The following cases have been disposed of since the last report of The Sentinel…
Jesse Mabe, counterfeiting; submits $500 and two months.
John Ferrell, counterfeiting, acquitted.
Knoxville Sentinel - March 21, 1898
OFF FOR RALEIGH
Federal Prisoners Taken From Knoxville Today
A.G. Matthews, of the United States Marshal's office, accompanied by Deputies D. W. Payne, J. B. Kirby, Wm. A. Colter and A.H. Johnston, left this morning on the 1:15 o'clock train for Raleigh, N.C. They had the following prisoners, recently sentenced here for violating the revenue laws:
….Jesse Mabe, of Hawkins county, two years….
The Tennessean - Tuesday, August 02, 1898
Uncle Sam's Courts
Eleven Violations of Revenue Laws in Penitentiary
Record From April Last Shows Many Convictions, but Sentences Were Very Light
Washington, Aug. 1. – An examination of the records of the Attorney General's office discloses an interesting condition of affairs existing with relation to the criminal convictions in Tennessee since the first of April last. Fifteen criminals have been convicted by the United States authorities in Tennessee, and eleven of that number are now serving terms in the penitentiary for violations of the internal revenue laws. One man, A.W. Dorsey by name, and a resident of Western Tennessee, was convicted of withholding pension money from old soldiers, their widows and orphans, and on May 31, last, was sentenced to a term of one year and one day in the Raleigh, N.C., federal penitentiary.
The three convicted of counterfeiting were residents of Eastern Tennessee. Jesse Mabe was sentenced to a term of two years in the penitentiary on March 2 last, for violation of section 5457 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. P.B. Matthews, the second counterfeiter, was convicted three days later before the same court for violating section 5414 of the Revised Statutes and was given a term of fifteen months in the Raleigh, N.C. penitentiary. Joe H. Day, the third counterfeiter, was convicted March 12 last, and given a term of fifteen months…..(article continues)
1900 US Census
Civil District 11, Chaptack, Hawkins, Tennessee
Head Jessie Ruben M 45 Tennessee
Wife Mary Ruben F 41 Tennessee
Daughter Ollie Ruben F 10 Tennessee
Daughter Lou Ruben F 9 Tennessee
Note of Divorce From D. Jones
Fanny and Jesse divorced in 1902 and Fanny was awarded custody of the children. The original 1880 marriage record shows her name as Tamsey.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Penitentiary, Prisoner Index
Name: Jesse Mabe
Age: 54
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1854
Incarcerated Date: 03 Feb 1908
Release Date: 23 Nov 1908
Crime: Violating Internal Revenue Act
Penitentiary Number: 1902
Court: Big Stone Gap, Virginia
1910 US Census
Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Head Jesse Mabe M 49 Tennessee
Wife Minnie Mabe F 26 Tennessee
Daughter Leocie Mabe F 6 Tennessee
Daughter Allie Mabe F 4 Tennessee
Son Holston Mabe M 0 Tennessee
1920 US Census
Civil District 4, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Head Jessie M Mabe M 67 Tennessee
Daughter Leotha Mabe F 16 Tennessee
Daughter Allie Mabe F 12 Tennessee
Son Holston Mabe M 10 Tennessee
Son Grant Mabe M 7 Tennessee
Virginia, Death Records
Name: Jess Mabe
Gender: Male
Age at Death: 92
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1851
Death Date: 15 Mar 1944
Death Place: Norton, Wise, Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 18 Mar 1944
Mother: Pollie Reuben
1870 US Census
Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN
Rewben Mabe M 77 Tennessee
Mary Mabe F 45 Tennessee
Sophroma Mabe F 11 Tennessee
Jesse Mabe M 8 Tennessee
Reuben Mabe M 6 Tennessee
Cornelia Mabe F 4 Tennessee
Tennessee Marriages
Name: Jesse Mayab
Spouse: Fanny Ferrell
Marriage Date: 8 Sep 1880
County: Hawkins
State: Tennessee
The Journal and Tribune - April 23, 1886
Lee Valley
Lee Valley, Tenn., April 22. - An article in the tribune relating to Mat. Franklin's ducks, calls to mind a hunting trip we were on at Warm Springs, N.C., in the winter of 1870, when Col. Jake Thornburg shot some of Mrs. Freshour's ducks. I suppose you remember it.
on Sunday, the 18th inst., Mr. Jesse Mabe, of the 19th district of this county, had the misfortune to lose his house and contents by fire. The parents had gone to meeting, leaving their three children, the oldest about six years, at home. How the fire originated is not known. Mr. Mabe returned after meeting was over to find his home in ruins, the children having barely escaped alive. Mrs. M. is a poor man and industrious. A short while back he lost his only cow, through being run over by a saw log which some mill hands were manipulation near by.
Our people have been greatly retarded in preparing for putting in crops. We hardly think the weather sufficiently settled, but a great many are engaged in planting corn. Others will not attempt to plant till after the 1st, prox. Waiting for Easter to pass.
Wheat looks well, so far. I don't know that oats will amount to much. Peach trees in this vicinity are "deader'n whiz." I haven't seen a half dozen alive and I do not think there will be a half apple crop in this vicinity. All kinds of stock very low, and not much demand for labor. Tell Charlton to quit impressing laborers that they can get $18 or $20 per month on farms. Why, bless you, they can't get over half of that. Don't delude people into coming here.
Ess Eph.
The Morristown Gazette - Wednesday, November 01, 1893
Mr. Jesse Mabe, of Hawkins county was arested and arraigned before Esquire L. C. Jarvis on a charge of having robbed Prof. H. J. Bostick on the night of October 10. He proved an alibi and was acquitted. Charley Carroll, who was with Mabe at the time the crime was perpetrated, reported that Mabe did the robbery and forced him to assist in accomplishing the deed. It is thought that Carroll made the report to share in the reward offered for the arrest of the perpetrators of the crime.
Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA.) - 29 November 1897
Two Counterfeiters Caught Desperate Characters Are Now in Jail in Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. November 28 - John Farrell and Jesse Mabe were brought to this city today from Rogersville, where they were yesterday convicted of counterfeiting and bound over to court without bond. These men have for years been regarded as desperate characters in Hawkins county. Farrell is the murderer of nine men, and he confesses to five of these crimes. His family, however, implicate him in the four additional. He has served six years in the state penitentiary for larceny, and was pardoned out of the Kentucky penitentiary where he was sent for murder. When the federal governments get through with Farrell he will be turned over to the state authorities, who will attempt to punish him for his numerous violations of the state laws. The men were arrested for passing counterfeit money last August, about the time of the constitutional convention election. They had made a quantity of spurious dollars and five-cent pieces, and the likeness was so near perfect that it was difficult to detect the imitation.
Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA) - November 29, 1897
Confess to His Crimes.
Counterfeiters Arrested and Bound Over in Tennessee
One of them is Charged With the Murder of Nine Men and Admits Killing Five of Them - Served Six Years in the Penitentiary.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov 28. - John Farrell and Jesse Mabe were brought to this city from Rogersville, where they were yesterday convicted of counterfeiting and bound over to court without bond. These men have for years been regarded as desperate characters in Hawkins county. Farrell is the murderer of nine men, and he confesses to five of these crimes. His family, however, implicate him in the f our additional murders. He has served six years in the state penitentiary for larceny, and was pardoned out of the Kentucky penitentiary where he was sent for murder. When the federal government gets through with Farrell he will be turned over to the state authorities, who will attempt to punish him for his numerous violations of the state laws. The men were arrested for passing counterfeit money last August, about the time of the constitutional convention election. They had made a quantity of spurious dollars and five-cent pieces, and the likeness was so near perfect that it was difficult to detect the imitation. United States Deputy Collector Alton learned of the passing of this money and began an effort to capture the men. They then fled for the West but returned to Hawkins county about two weeks ago. Alton located them and perfected the arrest yesterday. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner Jarvis at Rogersville, and at the trail Mabe told the whole story of how he and Farrell had made the money and subsequently passed it. He stated that they had destroyed the moulds.
Knoxville Sentinel - Saturday, March 12, 1898
Criminal Docket Nearly Completed
In the United States Court At Noon Today
Civil Docket to be Taken Up on Monday
Large Number of Cases of Violation of Revenue Laws Disposed of
…The following cases have been disposed of since the last report of The Sentinel…
Jesse Mabe, counterfeiting; submits $500 and two months.
John Ferrell, counterfeiting, acquitted.
Knoxville Sentinel - March 21, 1898
OFF FOR RALEIGH
Federal Prisoners Taken From Knoxville Today
A.G. Matthews, of the United States Marshal's office, accompanied by Deputies D. W. Payne, J. B. Kirby, Wm. A. Colter and A.H. Johnston, left this morning on the 1:15 o'clock train for Raleigh, N.C. They had the following prisoners, recently sentenced here for violating the revenue laws:
….Jesse Mabe, of Hawkins county, two years….
The Tennessean - Tuesday, August 02, 1898
Uncle Sam's Courts
Eleven Violations of Revenue Laws in Penitentiary
Record From April Last Shows Many Convictions, but Sentences Were Very Light
Washington, Aug. 1. – An examination of the records of the Attorney General's office discloses an interesting condition of affairs existing with relation to the criminal convictions in Tennessee since the first of April last. Fifteen criminals have been convicted by the United States authorities in Tennessee, and eleven of that number are now serving terms in the penitentiary for violations of the internal revenue laws. One man, A.W. Dorsey by name, and a resident of Western Tennessee, was convicted of withholding pension money from old soldiers, their widows and orphans, and on May 31, last, was sentenced to a term of one year and one day in the Raleigh, N.C., federal penitentiary.
The three convicted of counterfeiting were residents of Eastern Tennessee. Jesse Mabe was sentenced to a term of two years in the penitentiary on March 2 last, for violation of section 5457 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. P.B. Matthews, the second counterfeiter, was convicted three days later before the same court for violating section 5414 of the Revised Statutes and was given a term of fifteen months in the Raleigh, N.C. penitentiary. Joe H. Day, the third counterfeiter, was convicted March 12 last, and given a term of fifteen months…..(article continues)
1900 US Census
Civil District 11, Chaptack, Hawkins, Tennessee
Head Jessie Ruben M 45 Tennessee
Wife Mary Ruben F 41 Tennessee
Daughter Ollie Ruben F 10 Tennessee
Daughter Lou Ruben F 9 Tennessee
Note of Divorce From D. Jones
Fanny and Jesse divorced in 1902 and Fanny was awarded custody of the children. The original 1880 marriage record shows her name as Tamsey.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Penitentiary, Prisoner Index
Name: Jesse Mabe
Age: 54
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1854
Incarcerated Date: 03 Feb 1908
Release Date: 23 Nov 1908
Crime: Violating Internal Revenue Act
Penitentiary Number: 1902
Court: Big Stone Gap, Virginia
1910 US Census
Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Head Jesse Mabe M 49 Tennessee
Wife Minnie Mabe F 26 Tennessee
Daughter Leocie Mabe F 6 Tennessee
Daughter Allie Mabe F 4 Tennessee
Son Holston Mabe M 0 Tennessee
1920 US Census
Civil District 4, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Head Jessie M Mabe M 67 Tennessee
Daughter Leotha Mabe F 16 Tennessee
Daughter Allie Mabe F 12 Tennessee
Son Holston Mabe M 10 Tennessee
Son Grant Mabe M 7 Tennessee
Virginia, Death Records
Name: Jess Mabe
Gender: Male
Age at Death: 92
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1851
Death Date: 15 Mar 1944
Death Place: Norton, Wise, Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 18 Mar 1944
Mother: Pollie Reuben
Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN
Rewben Mabe M 77 Tennessee
Mary Mabe F 45 Tennessee
Sophroma Mabe F 11 Tennessee
Jesse Mabe M 8 Tennessee
Reuben Mabe M 6 Tennessee
Cornelia Mabe F 4 Tennessee
Tennessee Marriages
Name: Jesse Mayab
Spouse: Fanny Ferrell
Marriage Date: 8 Sep 1880
County: Hawkins
State: Tennessee
The Journal and Tribune - April 23, 1886
Lee Valley
Lee Valley, Tenn., April 22. - An article in the tribune relating to Mat. Franklin's ducks, calls to mind a hunting trip we were on at Warm Springs, N.C., in the winter of 1870, when Col. Jake Thornburg shot some of Mrs. Freshour's ducks. I suppose you remember it.
on Sunday, the 18th inst., Mr. Jesse Mabe, of the 19th district of this county, had the misfortune to lose his house and contents by fire. The parents had gone to meeting, leaving their three children, the oldest about six years, at home. How the fire originated is not known. Mr. Mabe returned after meeting was over to find his home in ruins, the children having barely escaped alive. Mrs. M. is a poor man and industrious. A short while back he lost his only cow, through being run over by a saw log which some mill hands were manipulation near by.
Our people have been greatly retarded in preparing for putting in crops. We hardly think the weather sufficiently settled, but a great many are engaged in planting corn. Others will not attempt to plant till after the 1st, prox. Waiting for Easter to pass.
Wheat looks well, so far. I don't know that oats will amount to much. Peach trees in this vicinity are "deader'n whiz." I haven't seen a half dozen alive and I do not think there will be a half apple crop in this vicinity. All kinds of stock very low, and not much demand for labor. Tell Charlton to quit impressing laborers that they can get $18 or $20 per month on farms. Why, bless you, they can't get over half of that. Don't delude people into coming here.
Ess Eph.
The Morristown Gazette - Wednesday, November 01, 1893
Mr. Jesse Mabe, of Hawkins county was arested and arraigned before Esquire L. C. Jarvis on a charge of having robbed Prof. H. J. Bostick on the night of October 10. He proved an alibi and was acquitted. Charley Carroll, who was with Mabe at the time the crime was perpetrated, reported that Mabe did the robbery and forced him to assist in accomplishing the deed. It is thought that Carroll made the report to share in the reward offered for the arrest of the perpetrators of the crime.
Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA.) - 29 November 1897
Two Counterfeiters Caught Desperate Characters Are Now in Jail in Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. November 28 - John Farrell and Jesse Mabe were brought to this city today from Rogersville, where they were yesterday convicted of counterfeiting and bound over to court without bond. These men have for years been regarded as desperate characters in Hawkins county. Farrell is the murderer of nine men, and he confesses to five of these crimes. His family, however, implicate him in the four additional. He has served six years in the state penitentiary for larceny, and was pardoned out of the Kentucky penitentiary where he was sent for murder. When the federal governments get through with Farrell he will be turned over to the state authorities, who will attempt to punish him for his numerous violations of the state laws. The men were arrested for passing counterfeit money last August, about the time of the constitutional convention election. They had made a quantity of spurious dollars and five-cent pieces, and the likeness was so near perfect that it was difficult to detect the imitation.
Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA) - November 29, 1897
Confess to His Crimes.
Counterfeiters Arrested and Bound Over in Tennessee
One of them is Charged With the Murder of Nine Men and Admits Killing Five of Them - Served Six Years in the Penitentiary.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov 28. - John Farrell and Jesse Mabe were brought to this city from Rogersville, where they were yesterday convicted of counterfeiting and bound over to court without bond. These men have for years been regarded as desperate characters in Hawkins county. Farrell is the murderer of nine men, and he confesses to five of these crimes. His family, however, implicate him in the f our additional murders. He has served six years in the state penitentiary for larceny, and was pardoned out of the Kentucky penitentiary where he was sent for murder. When the federal government gets through with Farrell he will be turned over to the state authorities, who will attempt to punish him for his numerous violations of the state laws. The men were arrested for passing counterfeit money last August, about the time of the constitutional convention election. They had made a quantity of spurious dollars and five-cent pieces, and the likeness was so near perfect that it was difficult to detect the imitation. United States Deputy Collector Alton learned of the passing of this money and began an effort to capture the men. They then fled for the West but returned to Hawkins county about two weeks ago. Alton located them and perfected the arrest yesterday. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner Jarvis at Rogersville, and at the trail Mabe told the whole story of how he and Farrell had made the money and subsequently passed it. He stated that they had destroyed the moulds.
Knoxville Sentinel - Saturday, March 12, 1898
Criminal Docket Nearly Completed
In the United States Court At Noon Today
Civil Docket to be Taken Up on Monday
Large Number of Cases of Violation of Revenue Laws Disposed of
…The following cases have been disposed of since the last report of The Sentinel…
Jesse Mabe, counterfeiting; submits $500 and two months.
John Ferrell, counterfeiting, acquitted.
Knoxville Sentinel - March 21, 1898
OFF FOR RALEIGH
Federal Prisoners Taken From Knoxville Today
A.G. Matthews, of the United States Marshal's office, accompanied by Deputies D. W. Payne, J. B. Kirby, Wm. A. Colter and A.H. Johnston, left this morning on the 1:15 o'clock train for Raleigh, N.C. They had the following prisoners, recently sentenced here for violating the revenue laws:
….Jesse Mabe, of Hawkins county, two years….
The Tennessean - Tuesday, August 02, 1898
Uncle Sam's Courts
Eleven Violations of Revenue Laws in Penitentiary
Record From April Last Shows Many Convictions, but Sentences Were Very Light
Washington, Aug. 1. – An examination of the records of the Attorney General's office discloses an interesting condition of affairs existing with relation to the criminal convictions in Tennessee since the first of April last. Fifteen criminals have been convicted by the United States authorities in Tennessee, and eleven of that number are now serving terms in the penitentiary for violations of the internal revenue laws. One man, A.W. Dorsey by name, and a resident of Western Tennessee, was convicted of withholding pension money from old soldiers, their widows and orphans, and on May 31, last, was sentenced to a term of one year and one day in the Raleigh, N.C., federal penitentiary.
The three convicted of counterfeiting were residents of Eastern Tennessee. Jesse Mabe was sentenced to a term of two years in the penitentiary on March 2 last, for violation of section 5457 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. P.B. Matthews, the second counterfeiter, was convicted three days later before the same court for violating section 5414 of the Revised Statutes and was given a term of fifteen months in the Raleigh, N.C. penitentiary. Joe H. Day, the third counterfeiter, was convicted March 12 last, and given a term of fifteen months…..(article continues)
1900 US Census
Civil District 11, Chaptack, Hawkins, Tennessee
Head Jessie Ruben M 45 Tennessee
Wife Mary Ruben F 41 Tennessee
Daughter Ollie Ruben F 10 Tennessee
Daughter Lou Ruben F 9 Tennessee
Note of Divorce From D. Jones
Fanny and Jesse divorced in 1902 and Fanny was awarded custody of the children. The original 1880 marriage record shows her name as Tamsey.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Penitentiary, Prisoner Index
Name: Jesse Mabe
Age: 54
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1854
Incarcerated Date: 03 Feb 1908
Release Date: 23 Nov 1908
Crime: Violating Internal Revenue Act
Penitentiary Number: 1902
Court: Big Stone Gap, Virginia
1910 US Census
Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Head Jesse Mabe M 49 Tennessee
Wife Minnie Mabe F 26 Tennessee
Daughter Leocie Mabe F 6 Tennessee
Daughter Allie Mabe F 4 Tennessee
Son Holston Mabe M 0 Tennessee
1920 US Census
Civil District 4, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Head Jessie M Mabe M 67 Tennessee
Daughter Leotha Mabe F 16 Tennessee
Daughter Allie Mabe F 12 Tennessee
Son Holston Mabe M 10 Tennessee
Son Grant Mabe M 7 Tennessee
Virginia, Death Records
Name: Jess Mabe
Gender: Male
Age at Death: 92
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1851
Death Date: 15 Mar 1944
Death Place: Norton, Wise, Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 18 Mar 1944
Mother: Pollie Reuben
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