Person:James Prickett (6)

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James McChesney Prickett
b.23 Nov 1882 Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., Virginia, United States
d.7 Jan 1968 Chilhowie, Smyth Co., Virginia, United States
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m. 12 Jul 1879
  1. Laura Elizabeth 'Gladese' Prickett1880 - 1968
  2. Pauline Prickett1881 - 1963
  3. James McChesney Prickett1882 - 1968
  4. Thomas Nello Prickett1884 - 1885
  5. Robert William 'Robbie' Prickett1887 - 1959
  6. Nellie Prickett1889 - 1889
  7. Nancy Belle Prickett1890 - 1980
  8. Lulu Guilford Prickett1892 - 1977
  9. Mary Prickett1893 - 1893
  10. Minter Jackson Prickett, Jr.1895 - 1975
  11. Abram McConnell Prickett1895 - 1895
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Name James McChesney Prickett
Gender Male
Birth? 23 Nov 1882 Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., Virginia, United States
Residence? 1901 Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, United States
Death? 7 Jan 1968 Chilhowie, Smyth Co., Virginia, United States
Burial? Mountain View Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., Virginia, United States

Notes from Patricia Prickett Hickin: "By 1901 James had left home and was residing near or with McConnell relatives in Nashville, TN. He moved to Washington, DC, prior to WW I. A manufacturer’s representative/traveling salesman for hardware and jewelry firms, he later made his headquarters in Roanoke, VA.

"The Jackson Ledger gives his middle name as Minter, but he and his family members know his middle name as McChesney. He was unmarried.

"He was named James Minter and called "Jamie". Twelve years later a younger brother, (my father) arrived and was named Minter Jackson Prickett and called "Minter". Uncle Jamie didn't like sharing the name and at some point had his middle name officially changed to McChesney. I imagine that he would have used "McConnell" but the twin that died had been given that name, so he chose the name 'McChesney' so he could keep the same middle initial. His grandfather Thomas Guilford McConnell was the son of Susan Berry McChesney, who had married Abram McConnell, Jr.

"Uncle Jamie loved to write–both poems and essays. So far as I know in all his published work he used the middle name McChesney. It was always my understanding that he had his name changed legally – I imagine that he did so as soon as he was of age.

"In addition to almost daily poems which appeared in one or more Tennessee newspapers for some years before WW II, he self-published one book of poems (A Bit O’ Sunshine [1928]) and several booklets including Travelgrams . . . . [1943] and I Review My Yesteryears.... [1960]). Sometimes his poems – and prose– drip with sentimentality and at times he is quite moving, especially when describing his childhood experiences.

"From Library of Virginia on-line catalog 20060310 http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us 1 Prickett, James McChesney, A bit o’ sunshine; 1928 Book 2 Prickett, James McChesney, Christmas poems. 1953 Book 3 Prickett, James McChesney, The Christmas that lingered. 1940 Book 4 Prickett, James McChesney, I review my yesteryears; 1960 Book 5 Prickett, James McChesney, Travelgrams; 1943 Book"

References
  1.   Jackson, P. A. Jackson Ledger. (1887)
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  2.   Research family notes of Patricia Prickett Hickin rrj add the at ntelos add the dot net.

    Her source: "Travelgrams: Experiences and Expressions of a Traveling Salesman" by James M. Prickett, published 1943 in Roanoke, VA.

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