Person Page 903

William Addie Waggoner was born on 7 Apr 1861 in Martinsburg, Pike Co., IllinoisG.^4,5,6
     He appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Martinsburg Twp., Pike Co., IllinoisG, in the household of his parents, Jesse M. Waggoner and Harriet Adeline Foster.²² He appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Spring Creek Twp., Pike Co., Illinois, G in the household of his parents.²³
     William married first Martha B. Kessinger, daughter of Ransom A. Kessinger and Sarah J. Peacock, on 21 Nov 1886 in Pike Co., IllinoisG, with W. D. Hanks, justice of the peace, officating.^7,8,9
     William and Martha appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Pearl Twp., Pike Co., Illinois G, enumerated 20 Jun 1900, reporting they rented their farm. Their children Obird and Ocie were listed as living with them, as were two laborers, Henry Wagner, age 26 (relationship, if any, not stated), and James Creek, age 66.²⁴
     He was working on a farm, presumably his father's, at age 19, and a farmer by 1900.^25,24,26,27
     His wife died in 1907.²⁰
     William married second Nettie Kessinger, daughter of Catherine Christinna Kessinger, who was the older sister of his first wife, on 20 Nov 1909 in Pittsfield, Pike Co., IllinoisG, with S. P. Rupert, Justice of the Peace, officiating.^10,11
     William and Nettie appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Pearl Twp., Pike Co., Illinois G, enumerated 15 Apr 1910, reporting they rented their farm. His children by his prior marriage, Obird and Ocie, and her daughter by her prior marriage, Verna, were listed as living with them.²⁸
     William and Nettie's marriage was apparently dissolved in 1910. No record of a divorce is found in Pike Co.G, so either they divorced elsewhere, or perhaps their marriage was declared invalid when it became apparent that her prior marriage had never been dissolved when her first husband attempted to divorce her.^12,13,14
     William married third Mary Emma Brogart, daughter of Moses Brogart and Melvina Buchanan, and widow of his first wife's older brother on 18 Jan 1911 in Bowling Green, MissouriG, with R. L. Motley, judge of probate court, officiating.^15,16,17
     William and Mary appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Pearl Twp., Pike Co., Illinois G, enumerated 8 Jan 1920, reporting they owned their farm, which was mortgaged. His son Obird and his family apparently were living close by, as they are listed as the second household following.²⁷
     William died on 13 Dec 1926 in Pearl Twp., Pike Co., IllinoisG, at age 65.^18,19,20 He was buried on 15 Dec 1926 in Old Miller Cemetery, Pearl, Pike Co., IllinoisG, next to his first wife.^3,21

Jeanette P. Kessinger was born on 26 Jul 1875 in Pearl, IllinoisG.^4,5,6
     She seems to have generally used the shortened version of given name Nettie, even in legal documents, for most of her life.^2,21,22 In her later years she seems to have used the name Janet.^23,24
     She appeared with her mother on the 1880 Federal Census of Pearl Twp., Pike Co., Illinois G, in the household of Ransom A. Kessinger and Sarah J. Peacock, her mother's parents.²⁵
     Nettie may have married Mr. Brown, father of her daughter Verna, before she married Robert Cobb, but the record is conflicting. In her application for her marriage to Cobb she used the surname Brown, but the honorific Miss, while in the application for her marriage to Waggoner she said her maiden surname was Brown, and that this would be her third marriage.^2,7,8
     Nettie moved to Indian TerritoryG by 1901 when her daughter was born. How or why ended up there is unknown.
     Nettie married next Robert Cobb Jr., son of Maj. Robert H. Cobb and Sarah Virginia Walker, on 7 Sep 1901 in Lawton, Comanche Co., Oklahoma TerritoryG, with probate judge Warren H. Brown officiating.^11,12
      After their marriage Nettie and Robert moved over 200 miles northeast to Claremore, Cherokee Nation, Indian TerritoryG. While living there, "on or about" 27 Oct 1906, Nettie left Robert, according to his divorce filing.²⁶ She returned to Pike Co., IllinoisG, with her young daughter.
     She was named an heir in the will of Ransom A. Kessinger, her grandfather, dated 29 May 1907, in which she was left $100.²⁷
     Nettie married next William Addie Waggoner, son of Jesse M. Waggoner and Harriet Adeline Foster and widower of her mother's older sister, on 20 Nov 1909 in Pittsfield, Pike Co., IllinoisG, with S. P. Rupert, Justice of the Peace, officiating.^13,14
     Nettie and William appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Pearl Twp., Pike Co., Illinois G, enumerated 15 Apr 1910, reporting they rented their farm. His children by his prior marriage, Obird and Ocie, and her daughter by her prior marriage, Verna, were listed as living with them.²⁸
     Nettie and William's marriage was apparently dissolved in 1910, as he remarried in Jan 1911. No record of a divorce is found in Pike Co.G, so either they divorced elsewhere, or perhaps their marriage was declared invalid since her prior marriage had apparently never been dissolved. She then took back the surname Cobb.^15,16,17
     Robert filed for divorce from Jeanette on 27 Mar 1911 before the Wichita Co., TexasG, district court, stating that he believed she was living in Pike Co. or Calhoun Co., Illinois, or St. Louis Co., Missouri. Unknown to him, she had already remarried.^29,30 The case was called on 5 Dec 1911 but no order was passed.³¹ The case was again on the court's docket the following December, but was apparently not finalized then either, as the case was dismissed 3 Jun 1913 because of Robert's death.^32,33
     Jeanette was listed as living in East St. Louis, IllinoisG, when her grandfather's estate was probated 11 Nov 1912.³⁴ She received the $100 left to her by her grandfather 1 Jun 1914.³⁵
     Nettie apparently married next a Mr. Hutchens. No record of the marriage, nor of him, has been found. In 1930 she was shown with surname Hutchens, as widowed, and she continued to use that surname thereafter.^9,10
     Neither Nettie nor her daughter has been found in 1920. By 1930 both were living in Los Angeles, though not particularity close to each other. Nettie, now using the name Janet, appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at 125 S. Manhattan Place G, enumerated 11 Apr 1930, in the household of Mabel Hayes, a vocal teacher, listed as a maid.³⁶
     She returned to Illinois before 1935. She appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Carlin, Calhoun Co., Illinois G, enumerated 12 Apr 1940, in the household of Henry L. Webb, listed as his cousin. They reported they had lived in the same house in 1935.³⁷
     Jeanette died on 14 Nov 1943 in Kampsville, Calhoun Co., IllinoisG, at age 68.¹⁸ She was buried on 17 Nov 1943 in Hess (Old Pearl) Cemetery, Pearl Twp., Pike Co., IllinoisG, sharing a headstone with her mother.^19,20