Essex Suggs

Essex Suggs

Lifespan: 1881 - 1969

Birth: 18 Sep 1881 in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA

Occupation: Farmer

Marriage: Jewell King

Children: Cecelia Suggs, Eva Suggs, Allen Suggs, Golden Suggs, Tony Suggs, Bessie Suggs, Jewel Suggs, Essie May Suggs

Parents: Unknown & Unknown

Death: 20 Nov 1969 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Burial: Byhalia, Marshall, Mississippi, USA

Essex Suggs (1881–1969)

Essex Suggs was born September 18, 1881, in the Holly Springs/Marshall County area of Mississippi. He married Jewell “Missy” King around 1902 and spent most of his working life in agriculture. The strongest documentary evidence now shows that he was more than a farm laborer: the 1920 federal census identifies the Suggs residence as a farm Essex owned free of mortgage and records him as a general farmer working on his own account. A 1941 newspaper clipping records a payment of $1,021.54 connected with the federal Agricultural Adjustment Administration program for the 1939 farm year, further indicating a substantial commercial farming operation.

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