Twelfth Generation15715. J. C. "Jake" FOLSOM455 was born on 29 October 1921 in Oklahoma.455 He appeared on the Kansas State census on 1 March 1925 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas Age 3, born Oklahoma, living with parents. Name on census: J. C. Folsom. He appeared in the census on 10 April 1930 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas. Age 8, born Oklahoma, father born Kansas, mother Missouri, living with widowed father. Name on census: J. C. Folsom. Jake appeared in the census on 16 April 1940 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas. Age 18, born Oklahoma. He was single, working as a farm hand, and living with his uncle Jess and aunt Naomi. Name on census: Jay C. Folsom. He enlisted in the US Army on 14 January 1942 at Fort Leavenworth in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas. He was single, without dependents. He died on 24 February 1982 at the age of 60 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas.455 J. C. "Jake" FOLSOM and Betty Jean KENNEDY were married.455 Betty Jean KENNEDY455, daughter of Harry KENNEDY and Carrie , was born on 21 March 1924 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas.455 She appeared in the census on 14 April 1930 in Shawnee, Wyandotte, Kansas. Age 6, born Kansas, father born Missouri, mother Kansas, living with parents. Name on census: Betty Jean Kennedy. She appeared in the census on 12 April 1940 in Shawnee, Wyandotte, Kansas. Age 16, born Missouri, living with parents. Name on census: Betty Jean Kennedy. Betty died on 31 October 2004 at the age of 80 in Winter Haven, Polk, Florida.455 Her obituary was published on 4 November 2004 in the Ledger in Lakeland, Polk, Florida. WINTER HAVEN -- Mrs. Betty Folsom of Winter Haven died of pneumonia Sunday (Oct. 31, 2004) at home. She was 80. Born in Kansas City, Kan., on March 21, 1924, she came to Winter Haven from there 16 years ago. She was a homemaker. She also worked in the bookkeeping department of Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., and as a riveter of aircraft during World War II. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Winter Haven. Mrs. Folsom was preceded in death by her husband, J.C. Folsom. She is survived by her son, Larry Folsom, Kansas City, Gregory Folsom, Lake Wales; daughter, Patricia Jacobs, Winter Haven; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at Maple Hill Funeral Home, Kansas City, Kan. Services will follow at 2 p.m. at the funeral home in Kansas City. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Bishop Gray Inn, 206 W. Orange St., Davenport. J. C. "Jake" FOLSOM-67392 and Betty Jean KENNEDY-67393 had the following children:
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