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Jan 19, 2024 · During these years, John provided a home in Bonham, Texas, and financial support, for his common law wife, Jensie, a bi-racial former slave, and their two daughters, Harriet and Almeady.
Oct 25, 1999 · People slide through Paris continually asking about Jessie Chisholm, the founder of the trail from the Norman, Oklahoma, area into Kansas, used by the part Cherokee trader who died in 1868 ...
John Chisum fathered 2 daughters with his slave mistress Jensie. When Chisum moved west, he took Jensie and their two daughters to Bonham, Texas; bought them a house and left money to care for the girls.
May 10, 2024 · Jones’ father was cattle baron John Chisum, who reportedly loved Almeady's mother, Jensie. In the 1870s, cowboys on the frontier had little time for relaxation. They believed the prettiest...
Jun 3, 2021 · Jensie, Almeady’s mother, met cattleman John Chisum when she came through Texas with another family headed west during the “gold rush” days. The travelers needed money and according to the family legend, Jensie was bought by Chisum for $1,400 to cook and clean.
During this time, Chisum purchased a mulatto slave girl named Jensie from some emigrants bound for California. The girl was just 15 years old and beautiful, and Chisum began a love affair with her. The couple had two daughters. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Chisum freed all his slaves, including Jensie
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Jensie Chisum (freed slave, never married) had 3 children. She passed away on After 1870 in Bonham, Fannin Co., TX.