Chesterfield County Military Veterans~PFC Jimmy E. Boan

Vietnam Service Medal

PFC Jimmy E. Boan was a Vietnam Veteran; he is honored on Panel 5E, Row 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington.

http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/4477/JIMMY-E-BOAN

PFC Jimmy E. Boan was born 26 December 1945, a son of William McCoy Boan and Doris Burr Boan. His Father died in December 1952 just before young Jimmie’s seventh birthday. 

JIMMY E. BOAN, age 20, was killed by hostile fire while serving in Vietnam on 24 February 1966. He had been serving in country since 16 Oct 1965. His body was returned home to Chesterfield. Jimmy’s funeral and burial took place on 7 March 1966 at Hopewell Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery.

JIMMY E. BOAN was the 2nd casualty of the Vietnam war from Chesterfield County, SC.
 

Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

Purple Heart

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Service_Medal
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Purpleheart.jpg

Treasure Chest Thursday~First Cousins Jane and Isabella Honeycutt

While searching for the marriage of Nellie Isabella Huneycutt, the sister of my 2nd Great Grandmother Louvena Huneycutt Deese I was rewarded with a double entry find of two of my Huneycutt cousins. Not only did I find Isabella Huneycutt marriage to Henry Harrison Deese but I also found Jane Hunicut marriage to Abel Deese.   

Nellie Isabella Huneycutt was born 27 October 1858 to James W. Huneycutt and Sarah Elizabeth Page. She married Henry Harrison Deese, born 4 August 1845, son of Samuel Deese and Sarah ‘Sallie’ Hill on 1 February 1875.¹

The entry in the Marriage Index Book just above the listing of Nellie marriage is the marriage of her 1st cousin,  Rowena Jane “Roaney Jane” Huneycutt to Abel Deese.

While Nellie Isabella Huneycutt the daughter of James W. Huneycuut and Sarah Elizabeth Page; “Roaney Jane” Huneycutt was the daughter of James’ brother David M. Huneycutt and  Edith Underwood. “Roaney Jane” Honeycutt was born 15 March 1853. She and Abel Deese were married 27 March 1873. Abel was the son of Charles Deese and his wife, Frances.²
 
Nellie Isabella and “Roaney Jane” Huneycutt are my 1st cousin 3 times removed. Nellie Isabella Huneycutt Deese is also my Great Grand Aunt.


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[1] Anson County, North Carolina, Anson County Marriages, GS FILM #296689, page 47, LDS FHL, Salt Lake City, Utah, Harrison Deese and Isabella Huneycutt, 1 February 1875; Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, North Carolina.
[2] "North Carolina, Marriages Index, 1741-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 5 January 2016), Abel Deese, age 25 and Jane Hunicut, age 29, Marriage, 27 March 1873.