Birth: 4 AUG 1882 in Mississippi

Death: 7 FEB 1960 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi

Burial: Elam Cemetery, Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, Mississippi

Noted on 1917 Pontotoc County WWI Draft List

Father: Phillip Andrew Jackson JACO

Mother: Martha "Lizzie" WALDO b: 18 APR 1859 in Mississippi

Marriage #1

Spouse: Carrie Lee WALDO

Birth: 23 MAR 1887 in Mississippi

Death: 19 JUL 1970 in Mississippi

Burial: Antioch Cemetery, near Toccopola, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

*Noted on 1930 Federal Census Pontotoc County, MS, Beat 3, page 104a; Is living in home of Andrew and Sallie Waldo, is listed as 44 years of age, widowed (?) with three of her children (Viola age 18, Mary E. age 13, Mae O. age 10) in the home

Father: Andrew Jackson WALDO b: FEB 1866 in Mississippi

Mother: Sallie BOOTH b: FEB 1857 in Mississippi

Married: Johnny Gilbert JACO

Married: 14 DEC 1903 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi (later divorced)

Married: Arthur B. ALEXANDER (date of this marriage has not been found as yet)

Birth: 7 MAY 1882

Death: 17 AUG 1961 in Mississippi

Burial: Antioch Cemetery, near Toccopola, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

Children:

1. Vardaman Andrew JACO b: 23 MAR 1906, MS; Death: DEC 1980 in Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, Mississippi; Burial: Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, Mississippi

2. Varliss JACO; Birth: 5 May 1907, Mississippi; Death: 25 May 1908 in Mississippi; Burial: Springville Cemetery, near Randolph, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

3. Virgie Leona JACO b: 27 FEB 1909, MS; Death: 18 JUL 2000 in Joplin, Missouri; Burial: 21 JUL 2000 Asbury Cemetery, Winfield, Missouri; Marriage- Albert Henry SHIRLEY (Son of Leonard and Oma Hughes Shirley); Married: 30 NOV 1924 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi

4. Viola Daisy JACO b: 7 OCT 1912, MS; Marriage- S.T. WILSON (Son of George and Nora Hall Wilson); Married: 13 AUG 1933, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

5. Vada Belle JACO b: 4 JUL 1914, MS; Death: 30 DEC 1996 in Van Buren, Arkansas; Burial: Gill Cemetery, Van Buren, Arkansas; Marriage- Ottie Eugene HENDERSON b: 11 DEC 1909 in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Death: NOV 1981 in Van Buren, Arkansas, Burial: Gill Cemetery, Van Buren, Arkansas (Son of Alford R. M. and Mader Aline Coleman Henderson); Married: 28 OCT 1927 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi

6. Virginia Maryetta JACO b: 7 MAY 1917, MS; Death: NOV 1991 in Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi; Marriage- James WALLS

7. Vertie Oner Mae JACO b: 16 MAR 1920, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; Marriage-Virgil BLACK b: 19 DEC 1919 in Mississippi, died:  26 December 1989; Buried Buckhorn Cemetery, Pontotoc County, Mississippi (Parents: Elbert Elzie Black and Dovie Estelle Holloway) Children: Francis Black Staten, Esma Black Hanley, Wayne Black, Gary Black, Nellie Jean Black Clair, Larry Black

Noted on 1930 Federal Census Calhoun County, MS, page 276a, Beat 3

Marriage 2- Martha Jane SANDERS

b. 6 Aug 1890, MS

D. Sept 1985, Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois

Note: Was living with her son, John Gilbert Jaco at the time of her death.

Father: Azariah SANDERS

Mother: Luana RIDGE

Married: About 1919, Mississippi

Children:

1. John Gilbert JACO, Jr., b: 16 MAY 1923, Mississippi; Died: 14 Sep 1990, Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois; Spouse- Louise Whitman

2. Ludell JACO b: 4 SEP 1925 in Lafayette City, Mississippi; Married Carl Lee; Married 11 March 1940

3. J.B. JACO b: 9 JAN 1927, MS; Died Nov 1975; Married: 4 AUG 1944; Spouse: Rosie Lee MELTON

4. Bobby Gene Jaco, b. March 19, 1932, MS; Spouse- Edwina Whitman

5. Martha Ann Jaco; married 1^{st Clifton White (died), married 2nd Harold Vernon}

Note: Obituaries of Bobby Gene Jaco: (from Ancestry.com Obit files)

1. Name of Deceased: Bobby Gene JACO

Age at Death: 74

Birth Date: Mar/19/1931

Death Date: Apr/16/2005

Newspaper Title: Panolian, The

Newspaper Location: Batesville, MS, US

Obituary Publication Date: Apr/20/2005

Locations Mentioned in Obituary: Pontotoc; AR; Sardis; Batesville; Rex, GA; Jackson, TN

Other Persons Mentioned in Obituary: Arlene Jaco Robertson; David Jaco; Terry Jaco; Diane Jaco Wiginton; Wanda Jaco Shields; John; Lila Jaco Darby; Kelly Jaco; Rowena Jaco Robertson; Steve Jaco; Allen Jaco; Ludell Jaco Lee El; Joyce Jaco Gordon; Carlene Jaco Robertson; Edwena Whitman Jaco; Martha Jane Sanders Jaco; Martha Jane Jaco Vernon

2. Name of Deceased: Bobby Gene Jaco

Age at Death: 74

Birth Date: Mar/19/1931

Death Date: Apr/16/2005

Newspaper Title: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

Newspaper Location: Tupelo, MS, US

Obituary Publication Date: Apr/19/2005

Locations Mentioned in Obituary: Pontotoc; Rex, GA; Batesville; Jackson, TN; Sardis; El Dorado, AR Other Persons Mentioned in Obituary: Arlene Jaco Robertson; David Jaco; Terry Jaco; Wanda Jaco Shields; Diane Jaco Wiginton; John; Joyce; Lila Jaco Darby; Rowena Jaco Robertson; Kelly Jaco; Steve Jaco; Ludell Jaco Lee; Allen Jaco; Carlene Jaco Robertson; Edwena Whitman Jaco; Martha Jane Sanders Jaco; Martha Jane Jaco Vernon

b. 1855, Mississippi (Birthplace is based on information from 1900 census given as to children’s parents place of birth)

Researchers Note: Have been unable to find Phillip Jaco on any census from 1860 to 1880 in Mississippi at this point in the search.

Death: 1895 in Pontotoc, Mississippi

Spouse: Martha "Lizzie" WALDO b: 18 APR 1859 in Mississippi

Father: John N. WALDO

Mother: MARTHA ________

Married: 11 AUG 1882 in Mississippi

Children:

1. Johnny Gilbert JACO b: 4 AUG 1882 in Mississippi

2. Nicholas Sylvester JACO b: 2 DEC 1893, MS; Noted on 1917 Pontotoc County Draft List; d. Feb 1980 Sumner, Tallahatchie, Mississippi

3. Etta JACO b: JUN 1888

4. Phillip Andrew Jackson JACO, Jr. b: 14 MAR 1895; d. Sept 1973, Jackson, Hinds County, MS; Marriage 1 Loney BRATTON; Marriage 2 Vera BRATTON; Noted on 1917 Pontotoc County Draft List

Note: After Phillip’s death, Martha remarried, this time to James Bridgeman, b. 1874. They are noted on the 1900 Federal Census for Pontotoc County, MS (living in Beat 3, Toccopola and Mud Creek Precinct), on page 19b. Her mother, Martha Waldo, is living in the household.

Note: Martha and James had one son, Albert Bridgeman, b. 1900, MS. Albert is listed on the 1930 Federal Census living in the household of Johnny and Martha Jaco.