It’s Family Time~The James Deese Family

James Deese, son of Stephen Deese and his wife Sarah, was born about 1795; the oldest of five children borne to this union. [NOTE: There are researchers who claimed that Sarah, wife of Stephen Deese, was Sarah Alice Huneycutt. No one in the past 40+ years has provided a single document that supports this statement.]

At age 29, James married Alice Bethea. No record of this marriage has been found. James and Alice had three children and based on the birth of their first born were together as a married couple for over 56 years. The NC death certificate of Robert Clinton Deese named Alice Bethea as his Mother.

James was a farmer. He and Alice can be found in the 1850-1880 Census for Anson (1850) and Union (1860-1880) counties in North Carolina.

James Deese and Alice Bethea had the following children:

i. Mary Elizabeth Deese, born 1825; alive in 1880, date and place of death unknown.
ii. Malinda Belinda Deese, born 1828; married Wilson Henry; died aft 25 June 1900. Melinda, age 74, is with her son, Thomas F. Deese in the 1900 Census for Anson County, North Carolina.
iii. Robert Clinton Deese, born 4 Jul 1832; married Julia Best, 22 Jul 1859; died 25 Jun 1916 in Lumberton, Robeson, North Carolina.

James Deese and Alice Deese are both enumerated with their grandson John D. Deese in the 1880 Union County census. This is the last record found for this couple. No Death Certificate, Obituary or tombstone has been found for either James or Alice Deese.

1880 U. S. Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lanes Creek, Union, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 213, Page: 406A(stamped); Line 46, Dwelling 175, Family 197, Household of John D. DEES; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 June 2017); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0983.


James Deese is my 2^nd Great Grand Uncle.












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1. 1850 Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Sandy Point, Anson, North Carolina, Page: 186B(stamped); Line 12, Dwelling 412, Family 412, Household of James DEAS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 12 March 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 619.
2. 1860 Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Union, North Carolina, Page: 349(stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 56, Family 56, Household of James DEES; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 13 June 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 915.
3. 1870 Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lanes Creek, Union, North Carolina, Page: 567B(stamped); Line 33, Dwelling 183, Family 178, Household of James DEES; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 June 2017); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1161.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lanes Creek, Union, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 213, Page: 406A(stamped); Line 46, Dwelling 175, Family 197, Household of John D. DEES; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 June 2017); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0983.

Anson County Military Veteran~James Deese

James Deese, born 5 March 1920, was the oldest and first born son of John Lucian Deese and Lela Aileen Purvis. ¹

The attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 resulted in the United States declaring War on Japan and entering the war on both fronts – the Pacific and European theaters.
On 1 October 1943, James Deese, age 23 1/2 joined the US Army and trained at Camp Wheeler, before shipping out in March 1944 to the European Theater. During the Normandy Campaign he was wounded and received the Purple Heart. ^{2 3}














James Deese is one of 39 men from Anson County who sacrificed everything  to support and defend the United States. James was Killed in Action (KIA), in France, on 27 August 1944. His body was returned home and he was buried in the Morven cemetery. ⁴

Anson County Honor Roll Entry ⁵




James Deese is my 1st cousin once removed. 


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[1] Complied by A. Haynes Dunlap & Steve Bailey, Cemeteries of Anson County, Volume II; Anson County Historical Society, 2000, page 87. Tombstone of James DEESE; 5 March 1920–27 August 1944, Morven Cemetery, Anson County, North Carolina.
[2] http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/ww2/army-casualties/north-carolina.html
[3] Obituary for Pvt. James Deese
[4] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 June 2012); Memorial page for Pvt James Deese; (Mar. 5, 1920-Aug. 27, 1944, France); Find a Grave memorial # 77406796, Citing Morven Cemetery; Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.
[5] https://nara-media-001.s3.amazonaws.com/arcmedia/media/images/29/15/29-1429a.gif
[6] Purple Heart courtesy of https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Purpleheart.jpg