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• The Birth Index has only the middle initial A for Jessie.  She was named after her father.
  
  Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
  Jessie A Martin
  Birth 12 Feb 1926 Parker County
  Gender Female
  Father's Name Jessie A Martin
  Mother's name Lena Morgan
  
  1930 Federal Census, Palo Pinto County, Texas, 17 April, Precinct 2, District 3, page 6A, Hse/Fam #105
  Martin, Jesse A Head Rents $3 No Radio M W 35 Married at age 25 TX TX OK Laborer, Rock Gang
  Martin, Arlena Wife F W 32 Married at age 22 TX AL KY
  Martin, Jessie A Dau F W 4yrs1mo TX TX TX
  
  Family genealogies report two marriages and divorces from John Russell Jones.
  
  I found two divorce records dated about 2 years apart that appear to be for the same couple, but with two different marriage dates, the same day one year apart, 1943 and 1944.  Both marriages have two children.  Both the divorce records are in Tarrant County.  I do not find a divorce record to match the marriage record in Hood County.  The Hood County marriage record is dated 10 November 1970. Is this a third marriage to John Jones?  Or is one of the two in 1943-1944 erroneous?
  
  The following index records have details of the same persons for two different marriage dates, 11 November 1943 and 11 November 1944, with two different respective divorce dates, 20 November 1969 and 8 July 1971.  But the marriage periods overlap.  An additional marriage record dated 10 November 1970 is also found .
  
  Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2002
  Jessie A [Jones]
  Age 43. Estimated Birth Year 1926
  Spouse's Name John R Jones
  Spouse's Age 44, Spouse's Estimated Birth Year 1925
  Divorce 20 Nov 1969 Tarrant County
  Marriage Date 11 Nov 1944
  2 Children
  
  There is a marriage record for Jessie and John Jones in Hood County, Texas, dated 10 November 1970.  This is a marriage after the reported divorce record in the same two names dated 20 November 1969.
  
  Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002
  Jessie A Martin
  Gender Female
  Marriage 10 Nov 1970 Hood County, Texas
  Age 44, Est Birth Year abt 1926
  Spouse John R Jones
  Spouse Gender Male
  Spouse Age 45, Est Spouse Birth Year abt 1925
  
  The marriage date in Hood County matches the marriage day reported in the first divorce record, but the year is one year earlier.  The day's date is one day later than the date of marriage, but the year of marriage is  1970.
  
  Another divorce is reported dated 8 July 1971, but it references a marriage date of 11 November 1943.
  
  Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2002
  Jessie A [Jones]
  Age 45, Estimated Birth Year abt 1926
  Spouse's Name John R Jones
  Spouse's Age 45, Spouse's Estimated Birth Year abt 1926
  Divorce 8 Jul 1971 Tarrant County
  Marriage Date 11 Nov 1943
  2 Children
  
  There was another marriage for Jessie the day after the second divorce from John Jones on 8 July 1971.  On 9 July 1971, Jessie married Richard Dowling.  But they were also divorced in November 1971.
  
  Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2011
  Jessie A Dowling
  Age 45, Estimated birth year 1926
  Spouse's Name Richard M Dowling
  Spouse's Age 45
  Marriage Date 9 Jul 1971
  No Children
  Divorce 11 Nov 1971 Tarrant, Texas
  
  She and Richard Dowling married again in February 1973, but were also divorced again in August 1973.
  
  Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
  Richard M Dowling
  Age 46, Birth Year abt 1927
  Marriage 6 Feb 1973 Parker, Texas
  Spouse Jessie A Martin
  Spouse Age 46
  Source Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002
  
  Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2011
  Jessie A Dowling
  Age 47, Estimated birth year 1926
  Spouse's Name Richard M Dowling
  Spouse's Age 47
  Marriage Date 6 Feb 1973
  No Children
  Divorce 21 Aug 1973 Bosque, Texas
  
  Then in October 1973, Jessie again married Richard Dowling in Bosque County, Texas.
  
  Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002
  Jessie A Martin
  Gender Female
  Marriage 11 Oct 1973 Bosque County, Texas
  Age 47, Est Birth Year 1926
  Spouse Richard M Dowling
  Spouse Gender Male
  Spouse Age 47, Spouse Birth Year abt 1926
  Source Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002
  
  Another divorce followed in March 1975
  
  Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2011
  Jessie A Dowling
  Age 48, Estimated birth year 1927
  Spouse's Name Richard M Dowling
  Spouse's Age 48
  Marriage Date 11 Oct 1973
  No Children
  Divorce 13 Mar 1975 Bosque, Texas
  
  Her name was again Jones at the time of death.
  
  Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
  Jessie A Jones
  Death 24 Jan 2000 Bosque County
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Jessie A Jones
  Born 12 Feb 1926
  Died 24 Jan 2000
  Last Residence Iredell, Bosque, Texas 76649
  SSN 459-30-9116 issued Texas (Before 1951)
  
  Her full Social Security record reflects a nmae indicating another marriage to a Walmer in about February 1944.
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Jessie A Martin [Jessie Amartin Walmer] [Jessie Jones] [Jessie Dowling]
  Birth 12 Feb 1926 Weatherford, Texas
  Death Date 24 Jan 2000
  Father Jesse A Martin
  Mother Arlena J Morgan
  SSN 459309116
  Sep 1942 Name listed as JESSIE A MARTIN; Feb 1944 Name listed as JESSIE AMARTIN WALMER; Oct 1946 Name listed as JESSIE A JONES; Jan 1974: Name listed as JESSIE A DOWLING
  
  Jessie A Martin Jones
  Birth 1926
  Death 2000
  Parents:
  Jesse Albert Martin (1896 - 1954)
  Arlena Jane Morgan Martin (1899 - 1986)
  Spouse John R Jones (1925 - 1974)
  Daughter  Donna Louise Jones Garner (1945 - 1990)
  Siblings:
  Erma Fay Chamberlain (1920 - 1994)
  James H Martin (1929 - 1980)
  Burial Mitchell Cemetery, Iredell, Bosque County, Texas
  Maintained by Louis Svach, Originally Created by Trisha Jan 13, 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #23941926, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23941926

Sources

• 1. Social Security Death Index
• 2. 1930 Federal Census, Palo Pinto County, Texas
  • 17 April, Precinct 2, District 3, page 6A, Hse/Fam #105
• 3. Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2014
• 6. Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002
• 7. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 8. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
• 9. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982