A biosketch of Jeptha B. Pickett reports the following, which has some inaccuracies in dates [1]:
Dr. Jeptha B. Pickett, known as Dr. Jack, was born in Webster County in 1860. He graduated in medicine at Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1885. He came to Worth County and located at Sumner, where he built up a large practice. He was elected County School Commissioner of Worth. He married twice in Worth County, first to Miss Maude Cornelia Hill, and after her death was married to her sister, Miss Mattie Hill. They were members of a large and splendid family of the county. By the last marriage he had one daughter, Maude Pickett. He moved in the 90's to Springfield, La., and there he married Miss Nevie [Geneva Varner] Watts, and they had two children by this union, Nevie and Violet. He died in 1906. After his death his wife (Mrs. Nevie Watts Pickett) moved to Ty Ty, Georgia, where she lived until their daughters were grown.
1857 Jeptha B Pickett was born in Webster County, Georgia. [2] [3]
1860 Unnamed male child Peckett (age 3, born in Georgia) lived in Southern District, Webster County, Georgia, in a household with Jept Peckett (age 41), Nancy Peckett (age 26), Nancy Peckett (age 5), Fanny Peckett (age 4), unnamed female Pickett (age 1), and Jim Taylor (age 31). [4]
1870 Jeptha Pickett (age 12, born in Georgia) lived in Webster County, Georgia, in a household with Jeptha Pickett (age 51), Nancy Pickett (age 39), N C Pickett (age 15), Fannie Pickett (age 14), Anna Pickett (age 10), William Pickett (age 8), Mollie Pickett (age 5), and Julia Pickett (age 2). Jeptha Pickett was a at school. [5]
1880 Jeptha B Pickett, Jr (age 22, born in Georgia, single), son, lived in District 978, Webster County, Georgia, in a household with Jeptha B Pickett (age 60), Nancy Pickett (age 48), Katie Pickett (age 24), Fannie Pickett (age 23), Wm Pickett (age 18), Anna Pickett (age 20), Mollie L Pickett (age 15), Julia Pickett (age 12), and Rubin Pickett (age 11). Jeptha B Pickett, Jr's parents were both born in South Carolina. Jeptha B Pickett, Jr was a farmer. [6]
1885 Jeptha B Pickett graduated in medicine at Atlanta College of Physicians and surgeons. [7]
Jeptha B Pickett (known as Dr. Jack) married Maude Cornelia Hill. After she died, he married her sister Mattie B. [8]
1887 Dr J. B. Pickett and M. C. Hill [Maude C. Hill] were married on September 31 in Worth County, Georgia. [9]
1890 Dr. J. B. Pickett and Miss Mattie B. Hill were married on October 9 in Worth County, Georgia. [10] [11] [12] [13]
1900 Gertrude G Watts (born in Louisiana in Mar 1877, single), niece, lived in Police Jury Ward 6, Livingston County, Louisiana, in a household with Louisa Stevens (age 43). Gertrude G Watts's parents were both born in Louisiana. Gertrude G Watts was a capitalist. [14]
1900 J. B. Pickett and Geneva G. Watts were married on June 26 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana. [15]
1907 Dr J B Pickett died on September 16 and was buried at Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery, Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Dr J B Pickett was born on December 24, 1857. [16] [17] [18]
1910 Nevie G Pickett (age 31, born in Mississippi, widowed) lived in Ty Ty, Tift County, Georgia, in a household with Nevie J Pickett (age 8), and Violet K Pickett (age 3). Nevie G Pickett's parents were both born in Louisiana. Nevie G Pickett could not read or write. Nevie G Pickett was a manager. [19]
Widow Geneva Pickett married Charles Varner.
1920 Geneva G Varner (age 38, born in Louisiana, married), wife, lived in Ty Ty, Tift County, Georgia, in a household with Charles D Varner (age 27), James R Varner (age 3), Nevie J Pickett (age 18), Violet K Pickett (age 12), Robert E Lee (age 21), and Clarence Gay (age 16). Geneva G Varner's father was born in Alabama and her mother was born in Louisiana. Geneva G Varner could read and write. Geneva G Varner was a clerk. [20]
1951 Geneva Gertrude Watts Varner died on August 24 and was buried at Hazlehurst City Cemetery, Jeff Davis County, Georgia. Geneva Gertrude Watts Varner was born on March 9, 1877. [21] [22]
1968 Martha Maud Burnett, spouse of Leonard E Burnett, died on June 3, at age 76, in Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina. She was born on February 25, 1892, in Worth, Georgia, United States, daughter of Jeptha Pickett and Mattie Hill. She had lived at Balsam, Haywood, North Carolina. [23] [24]
1908 Jeptha B Pickett, spouse of Martha Hill, died in 1908, at age 47. He was born in 1861. [25]
[1] Lillie Martin Grubbs, History of Worth county, Georgia, for the first eighty years, 1854-1934 (1934), 234, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[2] Find A Grave Memorial 141412511, [FindAGrave].
[3] Lillie Martin Grubbs, History of Worth county, Georgia, for the first eighty years, 1854-1934 (1934), 234, reports birth in 1860, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryRecord].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryRecord].
[6] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryRecord].
[7] Lillie Martin Grubbs, History of Worth county, Georgia, for the first eighty years, 1854-1934 (1934), 234, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[8] Lillie Martin Grubbs, History of Worth county, Georgia, for the first eighty years, 1854-1934 (1934), 234, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[9] Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, [AncestryRecord].
[10] Georgia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, [AncestryRecord].
[11] Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[12] Lillie Martin Grubbs, History of Worth county, Georgia, for the first eighty years, 1854-1934 (1934), 234, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[13] Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[14] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryRecord].
[15] Louisiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925, [AncestryRecord].
[16] Find A Grave Memorial 141412511, [FindAGrave].
[17] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[18] Lillie Martin Grubbs, History of Worth county, Georgia, for the first eighty years, 1854-1934 (1934), 234, reports death in 1906, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[19] United States Federal Census, 1910, [AncestryRecord].
[20] United States Federal Census, 1920, [AncestryRecord].
[21] Find A Grave Memorial 90377345, [FindAGrave].
[22] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[23] North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, [AncestryRecord].
[24] North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, [FamilySearchRecord].
[25] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, [AncestryRecord].