California Family Groupsheet for Jesse DeWitt HIGHTOWER #2 Family

 

***********************************************

Copyright.  All rights reserved.

http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html

***********************************************

 

Submitted by: Sonia Hetherington

Email address: sonia1@airmail.net

 

 

Husband: Jesse DeWitt HIGHTOWER #2

Birthdate: 30 Jan 1829

Birthplace: Macon Co, NC

Death date: 5 Jan 1899

Place of death: Orland, Calif

Father: Jrad S. HIGHTOWER

Mother: Nancy Ann MURRAY

 

Marriage date: 23 Dec 1875-#2

Marriage place: Tehama Co, Calif

 

Wife: Caldonia Elizabeth NELSON

Birthdate: 1 Oct 1846

Birthplace: Tenn

Death date: 27 Dec 1926

Place of death: Orland Calif

Father: Wm Washington NELSON

Mother: Annie E. McLAREN

 

CHILDREN

 

Child No. 1: Roy Dewitt HIGHTOWER

Sex: m

Birthdate: 16 Jan 1877

Birthplace: Calif

Death date: 22 Mar 1915

Place of death: Orland, Calif

Marriage date:

Marriage place:

Spouse's name:

 

Child No. 2: Wade Hampton HIGHTOWER

Sex: m

Birthdate: 18 Sep 1878

Birthplace: Calif

Death date: 22 Sep 1944

Place of death: Orland, Butte Co, Calif

Marriage date: 2 June 1903

Marriage place: Calif

Spouse's name: Laura Moten CHRISTIAN

 

Child No. 3: Annie Maud HIGHTOWER

Sex: f

Birthdate: 5 Oct 1880

Birthplace: Calif

Death date: 12 Aug 1972

Place of death: Glenn Co, Calif

Marriage date:

Marriage place:

Spouse's name: James Guy MONLUX

 

Child No. 4: Jessie Dorma HIGHTOWER

Sex: f

Birthdate: 4 Sep 1883

Birthplace: Calif

Death date: 5 May 1954

Place of death: Alameda Co, Calif

Marriage date:

Marriage place:

Spouse's name: never married

 

Child No. 5: Nelson V. HIGHTOWER

Sex:

Birthdate: 13 Sep 1885

Birthplace: Calif

Death date: 10 June 1887

Place of death: Orland, Calif

Marriage date:

Marriage place:

Spouse's name:

 

Child No. 6: Lloyd Murray HIGHTOWER

Sex: m

Birthdate: 17 Aug 1888

Birthplace: Orland, Calif

Death date: 10 May 1953

Place of death: Alameda Co, Calif

Marriage date: 23 July 1917

Marriage place: Virginia City, Nev

Spouse's name: Eva GREEN

 

Documentation: Census Records

Marriage BK C Pg 127 Tehama Co, Calif

Old family letters & pictures

Tombstones, Orland Cemetery

Jessie Dorma's High School Diploma signed by her father J. D. HIGHTOWER

president of the school board.

Info from descendants of Jesse DeWitt HIGHTOWER.