Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Jessup, James August 5, 1935 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 24, 2010, 6:44 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel, Wednesday, August 7, 1935 James Jessup, 63, of Matherton, formerly of Ionia township, died Monday night at the New Borgess hospital in Kalamazoo following a long illness. He had been in failing health for several years and was taken seriously ill several months ago. He was born in Ohio and spent much of his life in Ionia township and vicinity. He bought a farm in Ionia township in 1910 and lived there for 20 years. Mrs. Jessup died from injuries sustained in an auto accident in 1919 and the following year he sold the farm and went to Matherton where he operated an oil station for several years. Surviving are three children, Star Jessup, Detroit; Russell of Kalamazoo, and a daughter, Mrs. Robert Conver, also of Kalamazoo. Funeral services will be held from the Matherton church Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/j/jessup4560nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb