Jesse Bryant Ipock1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 18892, (1889 - 1981)
FatherJoseph B. Ipock4,5,6 (8 Mar 1864 - 22 Oct 1929)
MotherNancy Jane Copley7,6,8 (Apr 1867 - 24 Mar 1904)

Key Events:

Birth: 19 Feb 1889, Seymour, Webster Co., Missouri9,10,11,12
Marriage: 8 Jul 1912, Wister, LeFlore Co., Oklahoma, Alice Matilda Reigle (7 Nov 1891 - 15 Jun 1973)13,14,15
Death: 17 Jan 1981, San Marcos, Hays Co., Texas8
Burial: 19 Jan 1981, San Marcos City Cemetery, San Marcos, Hays Co., Texas8
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Jesse Bryant Ipock was born on 19 Feb 1889 in Seymour, Webster Co., Missouri.9,10,11,12
     He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Hazelwood Twp., Webster Co., Missouri, in the household of his parents, Joseph B. Ipock and Nancy Jane Copley.4
     His mother died on 24 Mar 1904, when Jesse was 15 years old.16
     He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Hazelwood Twp., Webster Co., Missouri, in the household of his father and stepmother, Saphrona Denney.17 He also appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Pleasant Valley Twp., Wright Co., Missouri, enumerated 20 Apr 1910, in the household of Jason and Julia Matney and their three sons, some 14 miles away. He was listed there as a hired man.18
     Jesse married Alice Matilda Reigle, daughter of William David Riegel and Mary J. Quakenbush, on 8 Jul 1912 in Wister, LeFlore Co., Oklahoma, with Rev. J. D. Craftree, Baptist minister, officiating.13,14,15
     Where Jesse and Alice were living after their marriage is unclear. Each was living in Missouri in 1910, but they both reported they were living in Wister, Oklahoma, when they married. How they came to be living there is a mystery, though it seems possible she was anxious to escape the disruption caused by her father's incarceration six months before. Where they lived afterwards is equally unclear. Various records show their four earliest children as born in Missouri, Texas, and in Oklahoma.19,20,21 One of the more credible record shows their second son, born in Jan 1917, as born in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, some 50 miles west of Wister. However Jesse, at least was clearly back in Missouri by June of that year.22,23
     Jesse registered for the draft for World War I on 5 Jun 1917, while living in Seymour, Missouri, reporting he was employed as a farmer in Seymour.24
     Jesse and Alice appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Mountain Grove, Wright Co., Missouri, enumerated 7 Jan 1920, reporting that they owned their home, which was mortgaged. Their children Everett, Lester and Opal were listed as living with them.25
     Sometime between 1920 and 1930 Jesse dropped his surname and adopted his middle name as a surname, being known after that as Jessie B. Bryant. He, his wife, and their children then used the surname Bryant in all contexts, including curiously, even ascribing it to his parents on his death certificate. This seems to have been based on hard feelings about his father, according to some accounts at least in part because his father left his property to his second wife.26,27,28,29,30
     Jesse and Alice moved with their children to Texas by 1929. They appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Comal Co., Texas, on a pasture road to Blener Highway No. 46, enumerated 17 Apr 1930, reporting that they rented their home, and did not own a radio. Their children Everett, Lester, Opal and Ruby were listed as living with them.26
     Jesse and Alice appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Wimberley, Hays Co., Texas, at Dripping Springs & Glin Rd, enumerated 27 Apr 1940, reporting that they rented their home for $10 per month, and had lived in the same county in 1935. Their children Lester, Opal, Ruby and Nellie were listed as living with them.31
     He was a farmer all his life, selling produce in local markets. He also operated a cedar post business, making fence posts and selling them from his farm.32,33,34,35,36,37 He reported in 1940 that he had worked 56 hours the last week of March, and had worked 52 weeks the prior year, earning $400, and reporting in the 1950 census he had worked 54 hours the prior week.38,27
     Jesse and Alice appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Hays Co., Texas, on San Antonio Highway, enumerated 20 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm.27
     His wife died on 15 Jun 1973 in San Marcos, Hays Co., Texas.39
     Jesse died on 17 Jan 1981 in San Marcos, Hays Co., Texas, at age 91.8 He was buried on 19 Jan 1981 in San Marcos City Cemetery, San Marcos, Hays Co., Texas.8

Children:
     Children with Alice Matilda Reigle:

  • Everett Joseph Ipock6,25,26 (10 Jul 1913 - 20 Mar 1991)
  • Lester Jesse Ipock6,25,40 (13 Jan 1917 - 1 Oct 1972)
  • Opal Irene Ipock6,25,26 (28 May 1919 - 7 Nov 1989)
  • Ruby Marie Ipock6,26,31 (17 Nov 1923 - 27 Nov 2004)
  • Nellie Elaine Bryant6,31 (24 May 1929 - 18 Oct 2016)

Citations

  1. [S4663] Bryant Family Bible, shows name as Jessy Bryant.
  2. [S4637] Joseph B. Ipock household, 1900 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri, shows name as Jessee B. Ipock.
  3. [S4633] Joseph B. Ipock household, 1910 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri, shows name as Jesse B. Ipock.
  4. [S4637] Joseph B. Ipock household, 1900 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri.
  5. [S4627] Jessie B. Bryant, Certificate of Death, shows his father as Joseph Bryant.
  6. [S4663] Bryant Family Bible.
  7. [S4637] Joseph B. Ipock household, 1900 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S4627] Jessie B. Bryant, Certificate of Death.
  9. [S4632] Jessie Bryant Ipock, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date, with year as 1889, age 28, town, and state.
  10. [S4637] Joseph B. Ipock household, 1900 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri, shows month, year, as 1889, age 11 and state.
  11. [S4663] Bryant Family Bible, shows date, with year as 1887, county, and state.
  12. [S4627] Jessie B. Bryant, Certificate of Death, shows date, with year as 1887, and state.
  13. [S7323] Marriage Record, LeFlore Co., Oaklahoma, Oklahoma, vol 3 pg 417, Jessie I. Pock and Matilda Reiglel, 8 Jul 1912, shows date, town, county, state, and officiant.
  14. [S4663] Bryant Family Bible, shows date, as 8 Jul 19__, with third digit a 1 overwritten with 2 or reverse, and last digit obscured, place with detail unreadable except for state, and officiant.
  15. [S4630] Jessie Bryant household, 1930 U.S. Census, Comal Co., Texas, shows married, with his first marriage at age 21 and hers at 15, while showing his age as 31 and hers as 35.
  16. [S12622] Bettsgang, "Ipock /Betts Family Tree" family tree, Ancestry.com, shows date, city, county, and state, without any source citations.
  17. [S4633] Joseph B. Ipock household, 1910 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri.
  18. [S4635] Jasen E. Matney household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wright Co., Missouri.
  19. [S4629] Jessie Ipock household, 1920 U.S. Census, Wright Co., Missouri, shows Evertt born in Oklahoma, Lester in Missouri, and Opal in Seymour, Missouri.
  20. [S4630] Jessie Bryant household, 1930 U.S. Census, Comal Co., Texas, shows Evertt, Lester, Opal, and Ruby born in Texas.
  21. [S4628] Betts, "RE: William David Riegel," e-mail to author, 15 Aug 2014, shows Evertt, Lester, Opal, and Ruby born in Seymour, Missouri.
  22. [S7326] Lester Bryant, Application for Account, shows him as born in Hartshorne.
  23. [S4632] Jessie Bryant Ipock, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows him engaged in farming in Seymour, Missouri.
  24. [S4632] Jessie Bryant Ipock, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  25. [S4629] Jessie Ipock household, 1920 U.S. Census, Wright Co., Missouri.
  26. [S4630] Jessie Bryant household, 1930 U.S. Census, Comal Co., Texas.
  27. [S12621] Jessie B. Bryant household, 1950 U.S. Census, Hays Co., Texas.
  28. [S4627] Jessie B. Bryant, Certificate of Death, also shows his parents with surname Bryant.
  29. [S4626] Alice Matilda Bryant, Certificate of Death, shows her husband's name as J. B. Bryant.
  30. [S4640] Interview, Betts, 15 Aug 2014, described hard feelings between Jesse and his father.
  31. [S4631] Jessie Bryant household, 1940 U.S. Census, Hays Co., Texas.
  32. [S4640] Interview, Betts, 15 Aug 2014, described his grandfather's farm and post business.
  33. [S4637] Joseph B. Ipock household, 1900 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri, shows occupation as farm laborer.
  34. [S4635] Jasen E. Matney household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wright Co., Missouri, shows occupation as farm laborer, industry as home farm.
  35. [S4629] Jessie Ipock household, 1920 U.S. Census, Wright Co., Missouri, shows occupation as wood sawyer.
  36. [S4630] Jessie Bryant household, 1930 U.S. Census, Comal Co., Texas, shows occupation as wood cutter, industry as general farm.
  37. [S12621] Jessie B. Bryant household, 1950 U.S. Census, Hays Co., Texas, shows occupation as manager and industry as retail cedar yard.
  38. [S4631] Jessie Bryant household, 1940 U.S. Census, Hays Co., Texas, occupation omitted, shows industry as cutting cedar.
  39. [S4626] Alice Matilda Bryant, Certificate of Death.
  40. [S7326] Lester Bryant, Application for Account.