He worked as a farmhand. He met my grandma Jesse Ruth saving her from her runaway horse somewhere in Colorado. He then came with her family west to California and married her there.
| 8. Erasmus Leggitt (unconfirmed) | 16. | >end | |||
| 4. James Thomas Leggitt | |b abt 1798 | 17. | >end | ||
| |b abt 1814 | 9. Jane (unconfirmed) | 18. | >end | ||
| 2. William Thomas Leggitt | | Madison Co., MS | |b about 1797 | 19. | >end | |
| |b 12 Feb 1844 | |d abt 1895 | 10. | 20. | >end | |
| | Yalobusha Co., MS | 5. Matilda McCoy | |b | 21. | >end | |
| |d 2 Sept 1925 | |b abt 1824 | 11. | 22. | >end | |
| 1. James Parley Leggitt | | | |b | 23. | >end | |
| |+ b 9 Oct 1884 | |d abt 1873 | 12. | 24. | >more | | Yalobusha Co., MS | 6. | |b | 25. | >end |
| |d abt 1895 | |b | 13. | 26. | >end | |
| 3. Mary "Molly" Elizabeth Howell | | | |b | 27. | >end | |
| |b 22 July 1850 | | | 14. | 28. | >end | |
| | Chickasaw, Co., MS | 7. | |b | 29. | >end | |
| |d 10 Jan 1893 | |b | 15. | 30. | >end | |
| |d | |b | 31. | >end | ||
Jesse Ruth Cress
| 1. Ray Leggitt | 2. Guy Leggitt | 3. Glenn Leggitt | 4. Mary Leggitt | 5. Betty Ruth Leggitt |
Source:This information is primarily from Linda Swystun and other family sources.