Jessie Jackson Bostic

b. 1907
  • Jessie Jackson Bostic was born in 1907 in South Carolina.
  • Elliott Bostic and Alice Coit appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina, at Rockingham & Cheraw. Other members of the household included Jessie Jackson Bostic. Also in the household were nephew and niece Charley (age 13) and Polly (11) Coit.
  • Alice Coit and Elliott Bostic appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Jessie Jackson Bostic. Also in the household was adopted daughter Polly Coit (age 19.)
  • He was working on the farm, according to the 1920 census.
  • He married Lula Kollock Douglas, daughter of Hilliard Evans Pegues and Marsha Kollock.
  • He officially witnessed the death of Infant Son Bostic on 28 November 1929 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
  • Jessie Jackson Bostic and Lula Kollock Douglas appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in New Hope, Marlboro County, South Carolina, at Pegues Estate Plantation Road enumerated next to the household of widow Jennie Pegues. Other members of the household included James Edward Bostic and Alice Coit. Also in the household were children Dewey (age 3) and Helen (1), brother John J. Bostic (23) and niece Thelma Bostic (5.)
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1930 census.
  • Jessie Jackson Bostic and Lula Kollock Douglas appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in New Hope, Marlboro County, South Carolina, enumerated next to Lula's mother Marsha Douglas. Other members of the household included James Edward Bostic and Alice Coit. Also in the household were children Dewey (age 13), Helen (11), Hilliard (3) June (5) and Carolyn (3 months.)
  • He was a farm laborer, according to the 1940 census.
  • Jessie Jackson Bostic died in 1951 in Washington, DC.
  • His wife Lula Kollock Douglas became a widow at his death.
  • Last Edited: 22 Apr 2015

Family: Lula Kollock Douglas b. 10 October 1908, d. 5 May 1985