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1920 Census, Hot Spring County, Arkansas


Malvern, west of Main Street, Enumeration District 101, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, 2 Jan 1920
p.197b, 631 Oak Lawn Street, dwelling number 20, family number 22
Letsinger  Joe            38 head  m m w  foreman, saw mill      TN TN TN
           Lizzie         23 wife  f m w                         AR AR AR
           Ula            18 dau   f s w                         AR TN AR
           Lonnie         13 son   m s w                         AR TN AR
           Hellen         11 dau   f s w                         AR TN AR
           May Belle       5 dau   f s w                         AR TN AR
Johnson    Harry          25 broL  m m w  night watch, saw mill  AR AR AR
           Georgia        26 wife  f m w                         AR AR AR
           Christine  4 1/12 dau   f s w                         AR AR AR

Joseph Elcaney (Joe) Letsinger was the son of Jesse S. Letsinger and Sarah A. Mary Cross.  See dwelling number 21 next door (below) for more information about the family.

Joe was almost certainly named for his granduncle Elkanah Cross.

Joe's second wife was Elizabeth May (Lizzie) Johnson.  This census entry lists her age as 23, but she was almost certainly 33 years old in 1920.


Malvern, west of Main Street, Enumeration District 101, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, 2 Jan 1920
p.197b, 621 Oak Lawn Street, dwelling number 21, family number 24
Letsinger  Jessie S.  73 head  m m w  wood haller, lumber mill  TN TN TN
           Sarah      75 wife  f m w                            TN TN TN

Sarah A. Mary Cross age 75 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) EnglandTitus 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.


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