Jesse Russell Youree traveled from Oak Grove, Missouri with a number of young men from Jackson County to Bonham Texas where he joined the 34 Texas Cavalry (Alexander's Regiment, 2nd Parisan Rangers) as a Second and later First Lieutenant on March 1, 1862.
Jesse was stationed and fought outside of Shreveport, Louisiana and was captured by Union Forces on May 18, 1864. He was held by the Union until July 31, 1864 when he was transported to Red River Landing where he was exchanged for a prisoner of similar rank.
He returned to his unit where he fought until the end of the war. Jesse returned to Oak Grove. He never fully recovered from his war experience and died at the age of 40 leaving a wife, Frances Wallen Youree and five children.
The Youree Family had a long history of being horsemen and raised and raced horses back in Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Tennessee where Jesse was born. Jesse was the youngest of 15 children born to William Hart Youree and Mary Carnahan of Murfreesboro Tennessee and later Jackson County Missouri.
According to the Youree Family Bible, registered on May 19, 1870 with the Jackson County Missouri Clerk, Jesse's Family are as follows:
Parents:
William H. Youree b. July 26, 1789
Mary Carnahan Youree b. January 3, 1795
Jesse married Frances in 1862 in Jackson County Missouri. He left almost immediately for Texas. His wife Frances Wallen Youree, was listed in the 1880 census and being a milliner. It was by making hats that Frances held her family together during Jesse's frequent bouts with ill health and later after his death. Five children were born to Jesse and Frances:
Source; Joyce Ann Chiles Hines
http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/youreej.htm
Jesse was stationed and fought outside of Shreveport, Louisiana and was captured by Union Forces on May 18, 1864. He was held by the Union until July 31, 1864 when he was transported to Red River Landing where he was exchanged for a prisoner of similar rank.
He returned to his unit where he fought until the end of the war. Jesse returned to Oak Grove. He never fully recovered from his war experience and died at the age of 40 leaving a wife, Frances Wallen Youree and five children.
The Youree Family had a long history of being horsemen and raised and raced horses back in Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Tennessee where Jesse was born. Jesse was the youngest of 15 children born to William Hart Youree and Mary Carnahan of Murfreesboro Tennessee and later Jackson County Missouri.
According to the Youree Family Bible, registered on May 19, 1870 with the Jackson County Missouri Clerk, Jesse's Family are as follows:
Parents:
William H. Youree b. July 26, 1789
Mary Carnahan Youree b. January 3, 1795
Jesse married Frances in 1862 in Jackson County Missouri. He left almost immediately for Texas. His wife Frances Wallen Youree, was listed in the 1880 census and being a milliner. It was by making hats that Frances held her family together during Jesse's frequent bouts with ill health and later after his death. Five children were born to Jesse and Frances:
Source; Joyce Ann Chiles Hines
http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/youreej.htm
Jesse Russell Youree traveled from Oak Grove, Missouri with a number of young men from Jackson County to Bonham Texas where he joined the 34 Texas Cavalry (Alexander's Regiment, 2nd Parisan Rangers) as a Second and later First Lieutenant on March 1, 1862.
Jesse was stationed and fought outside of Shreveport, Louisiana and was captured by Union Forces on May 18, 1864. He was held by the Union until July 31, 1864 when he was transported to Red River Landing where he was exchanged for a prisoner of similar rank.
He returned to his unit where he fought until the end of the war. Jesse returned to Oak Grove. He never fully recovered from his war experience and died at the age of 40 leaving a wife, Frances Wallen Youree and five children.
The Youree Family had a long history of being horsemen and raised and raced horses back in Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Tennessee where Jesse was born. Jesse was the youngest of 15 children born to William Hart Youree and Mary Carnahan of Murfreesboro Tennessee and later Jackson County Missouri.
According to the Youree Family Bible, registered on May 19, 1870 with the Jackson County Missouri Clerk, Jesse's Family are as follows:
Parents:
William H. Youree b. July 26, 1789
Mary Carnahan Youree b. January 3, 1795
Jesse married Frances in 1862 in Jackson County Missouri. He left almost immediately for Texas. His wife Frances Wallen Youree, was listed in the 1880 census and being a milliner. It was by making hats that Frances held her family together during Jesse's frequent bouts with ill health and later after his death. Five children were born to Jesse and Frances:
Source; Joyce Ann Chiles Hines
http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/youreej.htm
Jesse was stationed and fought outside of Shreveport, Louisiana and was captured by Union Forces on May 18, 1864. He was held by the Union until July 31, 1864 when he was transported to Red River Landing where he was exchanged for a prisoner of similar rank.
He returned to his unit where he fought until the end of the war. Jesse returned to Oak Grove. He never fully recovered from his war experience and died at the age of 40 leaving a wife, Frances Wallen Youree and five children.
The Youree Family had a long history of being horsemen and raised and raced horses back in Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Tennessee where Jesse was born. Jesse was the youngest of 15 children born to William Hart Youree and Mary Carnahan of Murfreesboro Tennessee and later Jackson County Missouri.
According to the Youree Family Bible, registered on May 19, 1870 with the Jackson County Missouri Clerk, Jesse's Family are as follows:
Parents:
William H. Youree b. July 26, 1789
Mary Carnahan Youree b. January 3, 1795
Jesse married Frances in 1862 in Jackson County Missouri. He left almost immediately for Texas. His wife Frances Wallen Youree, was listed in the 1880 census and being a milliner. It was by making hats that Frances held her family together during Jesse's frequent bouts with ill health and later after his death. Five children were born to Jesse and Frances:
Source; Joyce Ann Chiles Hines
http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/youreej.htm
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