Joseph Lee Jarvis

  General Notes:

J. L. Jarvis is named as the husband of Addie Smother in the 1910 census and Joseph Lee Jarvis is the father's name in NC Birth Records ...

The WWI Draft Registration Card for Joseph Lee Jarvis dated Sept 12, 1918 records his date of birth as August 23, 1875. He is living 515 N Dawson, Raleigh, Wake Co., NC and his nearest relative is Flossie Gray Jarvis of the same address.

Joseph has remarried in that 1920 census record: The 1920 Federal Census for Raleigh, Ward 1, Wake Co., N.C., District 129, page 41A/B, dated January 15, 1920 records Joseph (44 - NC/NC/NC) and Flossie (23 - NC/NC/NC) Jarvis with children Joseph L. Jr. (3 8/12) and Louise (10/12) living at 515 North Dawson Street. Joseph is employed as a "Second Hand" at a Cotton Mill.

The 1930 Federal Census for Raleigh, Ward 1, Wake Co., N.C., District 32, page 41A/B, dated April 7, 1930 records Joseph (54 - NC/NC/NC) and Flossie (33 - NC/NC/NC) Jarvis with children Joseph L. Jr. (14), Earl W. (3), Mary L. (11), and Lillian M. (3/12) living at 515 North Dawson Street. Joseph is employed as a Watchman at a Cotton Mill and Joseph Jr. is an Agent for a Newspaper [paper delivery boy]. Joseph indicates he was first married at age 36 [for 18 years] while Flossie indicates she was first married at age 19 [for 14 years]. They are renting their place for $5 / month.

  Research Notes:

North Carolina Birth Indexes record:
Clyde Decater Jarvis
Birth: 1 May 1899 in Rockingham Co.
Parnets: Joseph Lee Jarvis & Addie Walton Smothers
Pryde Thomas Jarvis
Birth: 27 Jul 1901 in Rockingham Co.
Parents: Joseph Lee Jarvis & Addie Walton Smothers

North Carolina Death Collection records:
Joseph L Jarvis
Race: White
Age: 78 Years 7 Months 5 Days
Date of Birth: 1878
Date of Death: 28 Mar 1956
Death County: Lincoln
Death State: North Carolina
Source Vendor: NC State Archives. North Carolina Deaths, 1908-67

Flossie dies in 1958 ...
The North Carolina Death Certificate for:
Flossie Eddins Jarvis of Boger City, Lincoln Co., NC
Race: White
Age: 63Y 5M (sic) [actually 62Y 5M]
Occupation: Textile Worker & Housewife
Birth Date: 26 Dec 1895
Birth Place: Wake, North Carolina
Death Date: 26 May 1958
Death Location: Morganton, Burke Co.
Cause of Death: Brain Tumor with Cerebral Hemorrhage / from either carcinoma of cervix or colon
Burial: May 27, 1958 at Hollybrook Cemetery, Lincoln, N. C.
Spouse's Name: Joseph Lee Jarvis
Father's Name: Joseph Williams
Mother's Name: Annie Horton
Residence: Boger City, Lincoln Co., North Carolina

Joseph married Addie Walton Smothers, daughter of Thomas Madison Smothers and Emma Coil Garrett, circa 1898 in North Carolina. (Addie Walton Smothers was born on 14 Jun 1884 in Rockingham Co., N.C, died on 22 Mar 1914 in Durham, Durham Co., N.C. and was buried on 24 Mar 1914 in Reidsville, Rockingham Co., N.C..) The cause of her death was Pulmonary Tuberculosis.