Fifth Generation

234. James Ernest (Ernest) Messamore was born in Nov 1889 in Tennessee. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Anderson County, Tennessee. James E. 10 son m s w Nov 1889 TN TN TN He appeared in the census in 1910 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Ernest 20 son m s w retail merchant TN TN TN He appeared in the census in 1920 in Knox County, Tennessee. Dist. 12, Knox County, Tennessee, 9 Jan 1920; p.23a, 1911 Yale Ave., dwelling number 99, family number 104; Messamore Earnest 30 head m m w brakeman, railroad TN TN TN; Exie 29 wife f m w TN TN TN; Mildred 7 dau f s w TN TN TN attended school He was missing from the census in 1930. He was living on 28 Mar 1949 in Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky.¹³¹ The obituary of his daughter Mildred lists his name as Pete Messamore.

James Ernest (Ernest) Messamore and Elizabeth Exetta (Exie) Peters were married on 30 Jul 1911 in Anderson County, Tennessee.¹³³ Elizabeth Exetta (Exie) Peters^37,72,88 (daughter of James Harvey (Jim) Peters and Sarah Ellen (Sallie) Messamore) was born on 28 Dec 1890 in Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Lizzie E. 9 dau f s w Dec 1890 TN TN TN She appeared in the census in 1910 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Essie 19 dau f s w TN TN TN She appeared in the census in 1920 in Knox County, Tennessee. Exie 29 wife f m w TN TN TN She was missing from the census in 1930. She died on 27 Aug 1979 in [Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee ]. She was buried about 29 Aug 1979 in Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee. There are also records for her name as Lizzie Exie. James Ernest (Ernest) Messamore and Elizabeth Exetta (Exie) Peters had the following children:

+375	i.	Mildred Messamore was born on 31 Oct 1912 in Knox County, Tennessee. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Knox County, Tennessee. Mildred 7 dau f s w TN TN TN attended school She was missing from the census in 1930. She died on 4 Jun 1999 in Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee.134 Obituary from The Oak Ridger Mildred Smiley Attended Zion Baptist Church Mildred Messamore Smiley, 86, of W. Wolf Valley Road, Clinton, died Friday morning, June 4, 1999, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Mrs. Smiley was a homemaker. She had attended Zion Baptist Church in Claxton. Born Oct. 31, 1912, in Knox County, she was the daughter of Pete Messamore and Exie Peters Messamore. She was the widow of Roger H. Smiley. Mrs. Smiley is survived by her daughter, Betty Harkleroad and her husband, Roy, of Clinton; her son, George Smiley and his wife, Alma, of Clinton; two daughters-in-law, Dorothy Smiley of Knoxville and Betty Smiley of Norris; her brother, James G. Messamore and his wife, Betty, of Knoxville; and by three grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and parents, another daughter, Carolyn J. Smiley, two sons, James Smiley and Hollis Smiley, and a grandson, Dean Smiley, died earlier. The funeral was held Sunday, June 6, in the chapel of Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton. Burial followed at Zion Cemetery in Claxton. She was buried on 6 Jun 1999 in Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
+376	ii.	James G. Messamore.