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• Polly married James Tinsley, and they had two daughters.  It is thought they divorced but later remarried.
  
  "They lived in St Charles when I knew them.  They may have met in the service.  They divorced, I think.  They had two girls.  The oldest was Anna Ruth, but I don't remember the other one's name,"
  --  Edith McSwain Jenkins, personal communication to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 2 November 2018
  
  Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945
  James Frederick Tinsley
  Residence 817 W Capitol, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
  Age 24, Birth 18 August 1921 Ft Smith, Arkansas
  Contact A F Tinsley, same address
  (back)
  6' 140 lbs, Hazel Eyes, Brown Hair, Ruddy Eyes
  Registered 5 June 1946 Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States
  Signed with full name
  FamilySearch.org
  
  A later marriage record in 1952 supports their divorce and indicates a remarriage.  The record reports both having the last name of Tinsley when they married.
  
  Marriage License Notices
  James F Tinsley, 30, North Little Rock, and Pollye Ann Tinsley, 28, Ethel
  --  Arkansas Democrat, 6 May 1952, p 11A
  
  But there is one anomaly.  Polly and James appear in three Little Rock city directories, but the first one is in 1951.  So it appears they were still married in 1951, but divorced then remarried before the 1954 directory, in which they also appear, then again in 1957, the year they divorced.  A later divorce in about April 1957 (after the 1957 city directory had been prepared) is found however, posted on Ancestry by the same genealogist who posted the 1952 marriage record, "gilmonts."  I have other couples in my genealogy who were divorced and remarried more than once.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1951, p 200
  Tinsley Jas F (Polly) hlpr Vets Admn (FtR) h 130 Silver City cts
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1953, p 165
  Tinsley Jas F (Polly) atndt Fort Roots VA Hosp h 900 W 20th
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1957, p 203
  Tinsley Jas F (Pollye) nurses aide Maumelle ordnance Wks h 209 W 51st
  
  Divorce Notice 107024
  Pollye Tinsley v James Tinsley
  The Arkansas Democrat legal notices announced that the divorce was filed on March 5, and announced on 5 April 1957 that it had been granted.
  --  Arkansas Democrat, 5 Apr 1957 p 34
  
  Some time after the divorce in 1957, he remarried he moved to Louisiana.
  
  U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
  James F Tinsley
  613 S McDonald St, Haynesville, Louisiana, USA 71038-3828
  Phone Number 318-624-2407
  Residence Years 1993-1997
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
  James F Tinsley
  Birth Date 18 Aug 1921
  S McDonald St, Haynesville, LA, 71038
  
  A Social Security record appears to be for James, reporting the same birth date.  But this record reports his birth place as Missouri, while in 1946, he reported Fort Smith Arkansas on his draft registration.
  
  United States Social Security Death Index
  James Tinsley, Age 62
  Birth 18 Aug 1921 Missouri
  Last Place of Residence Claiborne, Louisiana 71038
  Death Dec 1983
  
  U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
  James Tinsley
  Birth Date 18 Aug 1921
  Death Date 25 Dec 1983
  SSN 497164102
  ARMY Enlistment 4 Jun 1940
  Release 3 Jun 1946
  
  His Find a Grave memorial reports the expected birth place, Ft Smith, Arkansas.
  
  Find A Grave Index
  James Fredrick Tinsley
  Birth Date 18 Aug 1921 Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
  Death Date 25 Dec 1983 Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
  Burial Shady Grove Cemetery, Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
  Parents:
  Amos Fredrick Tinsley 1886-1967
  Ada Newlon Tinsley 1887-1933
  Gravesite Details U.S. Navy WWII
  Spouse Pauline Bailey Tinsley 1914-1999
  Siblings:
  Helen Lucile Tinsley Freeman 1916-2012
  Dora Jeanette Tinsley 1919-1919
  --  Find a Grave Memorial 19082820, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19082820

Sources

• 1. Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 4. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
• 5. Social Security Death Index
• 6. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• 7. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1957, p 203
• 8. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1951, p 200
• 9. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1953, p 165
• 10. Edith Marie McSwain Jenkins, Personal Knowledge
• 11. U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
• 12. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2018