Prairie Twp, Enumeration District 86, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, 9 and 10 May 1910 page 181b, Military Road, dwelling number 374, family number 387 Ledsinger Joe 28 m m2-1 w fireman, saw mill TN TN TN Lizzie 22 f m1-1 w AR AR AR 2 children, 2 living Ula 7 f s w AR TN AR Gurdie 5 f s w AR TN AR Lonnie 4 m s w AR TN AR Lillie H. 7/12 f s w AR TN AR |
Joseph Elcaney (Joe) Letsinger was the son of Jesse S. Letsinger and Sarah A. Mary Cross. See dwelling number 248 (below) for more information about the family. Joe was almost certainly named for his granduncle Elkanah Cross. |
Malvern, west of Main Street, Enumeration District 89, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, 25 Apr 1910 page 226a, 623 Oak Lawn Street, dwelling number 248, family number 254 Ledsinger J. S. 64 head m m1-43 w teaming, wood hauling TN TN TN Sarah A. 65 wife f m1-43 w TN TN TN 9 children, 2 living |
Sarah A. Mary Cross age 65 was the daughter of Jesse C. Cross and Amelia (Milly) England. As such, she was the niece of my third great grandfather Alfred Carter Cross. Also, Mary Sarah A. Cross was the niece of my fourth great grandfather Titus England and the niece of my fourth great grandmother Sarah (Sallie) England. Titus and Sallie were brother and sister. Jesse S. Letsinger was the son of Daniel (Dan) Letsinger and Mary W. Shinpaugh. Jesse's sister Nancy A. Letsinger married Sarah's brother John E. Cross. Dan Letsinger was the great grandfather of Samuel Mabry (Sam) Letsinger. Uncle Sam married Elza Cordelia (Elzie) Peters who was the sister of my grandfather Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr. |