Sixth Generation

490. Jasper Sevier (Jap) Prosise^198,199.
Birth: June 1881, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Parents: Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Prosise and Jemima Jane (Jane) Peters.
Census: 1900, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Jasper 18 son, male, single, white, Jun 1881, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Census: 1910, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Jasper D. 25 bro male single white, machinist, coal mine TN VA TN.
Census: 1920, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Briceville Town, Enumeration District 14, Anderson County, Tennessee, 20 Jan 1920; page 177b, dwelling number 113, family number 113; Prosise Jap D. 37 head male married white, miner, coal mine, born in TN, father and mother born in TN; Dora 36 wife female married white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN; Hatmaker Katie 12 boarder female single white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Census: 1930, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Dist. 13, Anderson County, Briceville Town, Tennessee, 2 Apr 1930; page 177a, dwelling number 28, family number 28; Prosise Jasper D. 46 head male m@27 w coal miner, born in TN, father and mother born in TN; Dora 36 wife female m@17 w, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Death: 22 November 1936, age 55, Briceville, Anderson County, Tennessee. ANDERSON CO TN DEATH RECORDS - January 10 to April 20, 1937; Anderson County Courthouse (records), Clinton, TN; J.D. Prosise, age 54, white male, born in TN, 6th District, Place of Death: Briceville, TN, 13th District
22 November 1936, Gunshot/Suicide.
Burial: about 24 November 1936, Miner's Circle Cemetery Briceville, Anderson County, Tennessee. Cemetery Records Laurel Baptist Church Cemetery FHL Film # 979357 says birth and death records are 1882-1936. Jasper killed himself.

Jasper Sevier (Jap) Prosise and Dora Hill.
Marriage: 7 June 1911, Anderson County, Tennessee, Jasper Sevier (Jap) Prosise, to Dora Hill.³⁷³ The transcription of the marriage book says that Joseph Prosise married Dora Hill. However, I think there must be an error in the transcription or in the marriage book. All other available data suggests that Jasper Prosise married Dora Hill. (RGB)

Dora Hill¹⁹⁸, daughter of Asbin Hill and Bettie Irvin,.
Birth: January 1894, Tennessee.
Parents: Asbin Hill and Bettie Irvin.
Census: 1920, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Dora 36 wife female married white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.
Census: 1930, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Dora 36 wife female m@17 w, born in TN, father and mother born in TN.