Third Generation

16. Jesse James (Wild Jess) BRALEY was born on Mar 13, 1890 in Springhill, Webster Parish, LA. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Webster Parish, LA. Enumerated with parents He registered for the WW1 draft on Jun 5, 1917 in Webster Parish, LA⁵⁴ He died on Mar 31, 1957. He was buried in Apr 1957 in Old Sarepta Cemetery, Sarepta, Webster Parish, LA. A conveyance record at Minden, Webster Parish shows that J. J. Braley sold mineral rights to Sunray Oil, book 253, page 291, dated 1954.

Jesse James (Wild Jess) BRALEY and May ALLEN were married on Jan 25, 1915 in Sarepta, Webster Parish, LA.⁵⁵ Jesse and May were married at the home of Rayford Houston They appeared in the census on Apr 4, 1930 in Webster Parish, LA.⁵⁶ Jesse and May were married at the home of Rayford Houston May ALLEN (daughter of Joseph J. ALLEN and Emma Louisiana MAYNOR) was born on Sep 1, 1898 in Sarepta, Webster Parish, LA. She died on Apr 17, 1991 in Springhill, Webster Parish, LA.⁵⁷

In an April 11, 1990 interview at her nursing home room in Springhill, La., May was found to be quite knowledgeable of her family history. Although extremely sharp of mind, she was nearly blind. I did not inquire about the families of her sisters or brothers. She told me that after her father, Joe Allen, passed away, her mother married Mr. Porter Green and that she had a (at least one) half-brother, Neal Green from that marriage. She also told me that Mittie Maynor, wife of Rayford Houston, was her mother's sister. May related that after her mother married Mr. Green her oldest sister and youngest brother went to Fred Dean's house (a Maynor aunt had married Mr. Dean) and the other boys went to Hortman where they had originally come from. May said that she had a pretty good home with Mr. Green and that he was one of the best men that she ever knew. She stayed at home for about 6 years or until she became a teenager. Her oldest brother, Joe, Jr., married Lilly and May lived with them for the first year of their marriage. She met "Wild Jesse" Braley and fell in love. They married on Jan. 24, 1915 at the home of Rayford Houston. That home was located across the road from the Dawson 'Doss' Pratt home in Webster Parish. Jesse James (Wild Jess) BRALEY and May ALLEN had the following children:

+55	i.	Eunice Eudell BRALEY.
+56	ii.	Ruby Estylle BRALEY.
+57	iii.	Hazel Ora BRALEY.
58	iv.	Morris Allen BRALEY was born on Feb 25, 1924 in Sarepta, Webster Parish, LA. He died on Jul 30, 1929 in Sarepta, Webster Parish, LA.
+59	v.	Billie Kathryn BRALEY.