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Jesse Hilton Stuart (1907 - 1984)

Jesse Hilton Stuart
Born in Greenup, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Died at age 76 in Ironton, Upper Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Jesse was an Appalachian author and poet.

Jesse Stuart was a school teacher and administrator, author, and a poet laureate of Kentucky.[1]

In addition to being one of Appalachia’s best known and most anthologized authors, Stuart’s works have been translated into many foreign languages.[2]

Jesse Hilton Stuart was born August 8, 1907 in W-Hollow near Riverton, Greenup County, Kentucky. He was the first son and second child of Mitchell Stewart and Martha Hylton.[3]

He married Naomi Deane Norris on October 14, 1939 in Greenup County, Kentucky.

Jesse was the author of more than 55 books and 500 short stories, first gaining recognition for "Man with a Bull-Tongue Plow". He won an Academy of Arts and Sciences Award in 1941 for "Men of Mountains". His best known work, the 1943 novel "Taps for Private Tussie," won the Thomas Jefferson Award.[4]

After reading his love letter to Kentucky, the title poem from his collection "Kentucky Is My Land" to the Kentucky State Legislature, Stuart was appointed the Commonwealth’s poet laureate in 1954. He later acted as a literary ambassador outside of Kentucky, spending the 1960s lecturing around the globe for the U.S. State Department.[5]

In 1984 he suffered a series of strokes that left him comatose. He died in the Jo-Lin Nursing Home in Ironton, Ohio on February 17, 1984 (aged 77).[6] He was interred in the Plum Grove Cemetery in Greenup, Greenup County, Kentucky.[7]

Sources

  1. ↑ Jesse Hilton Stuart, Wikipedia
  2. ↑ Jesse Stuart Foundation
  3. ↑ Register of Jesse Stuart Papers, 1986, Special Collections Department James E. Morrow Library Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
  4. ↑ Jesse Hilton Stuart, Wikipedia
  5. ↑ "Jesse Stuart", Kentucky for Kentucky, August 5, 2014
  6. ↑ Olson, Ted, "James Still and Jesse Stuart" in "James Still in Interviews, Oral Histories, and Memoirs", McFarland & Company, 2009, page 219
  7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8362320
  • U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947: "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947"
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    Jesse Hilton Stuart.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2D7-QBX : accessed 23 June 2023), Mitchell Stewart, Magisterial District 8, Greenup, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 77, sheet 10B, family 187, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 476; FHL microfilm 1,374,489.
  • 1910 United States Federal Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
    Kentucky > Greenup > Magisterial District 8 > District 0077 > image 20 of 27
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 24 June 2023)
    Jesse Stewart.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM65-D9L : accessed 23 June 2023), Mitchell Stewart, Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 2A, line 48, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 748; FHL microfilm 2,340,483.
  • 1930 United States Federal Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
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    Jesse H Stewart.
  • Year: 1940; Census Place: Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01311; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 45-1. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
  • "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6F74-PD38 : Mon Jan 30 07:32:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Jesse Stuart and Deane Stuart, 10 April 1950.
  • 1950 United States Federal Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
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    Jesse Stuart.
  • Death: "Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018"
    Ohio Department of Health; Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
    Ancestry Record 5763 #3967470 (accessed 24 June 2023)
    Jesse H Stuart death 17 Feb 1984 (born Est 1907) in Ironton, Lawrence, USA.
  • Death: "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014"
    Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
    Ancestry Record 3693 #60640116 (accessed 24 June 2023)
    Jesse Stuart death Feb 1984 (born 8 Aug 1907) residing at 41144, Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, USA.




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