Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Woodford Co.

HON. JOHN JESSE was born in Woodford County in 1842, and is the son of
Reuben and Jane (Steele) Jesse, both natives of Woodford County and both
now deceased.  John H. Jesse was reared on the farm and was educated in
the common and high schools of his neighborhood and Versailles.  He
continued the life of a farmer on his place a few miles east of Versailles
up to the time of his death, in July, 1885.  He was married, in 1866, to
Miss Sallie E. Stevenson, daughter of James R. and Caroline (Elliott)
Stevenson, both natives of Woodford County.  The Stevenson family were
among the earliest settlers in the Pisgah neighborhood, having settled
in the county as soon as the Indian depredations permitted life outside
a fort.  James Elliott, the grandfather of Mrs. Jesse, was also a native
of Woodford County, and one of the older citizens.  In 1883 Mr. Jesse
was elected a representative in the Lower House of the Kentucky State
Legislature, and after serving two years was again nominated for the same
position for the election of August, 1885, but before the election
occurred Mr. Jesse died.  He was a most genial companion, a free dispenser
of hospitalities and a man of many popular characteristics.  Had he not
died so young he might have served his State and county in a more enlarged
capacity.  He left four children: Carrie, Henry, Joseph and William.

Jesse Steele Stevenson Elliott
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