Concerning Jesse Royce Chambliss: Since he is the father of my mother's
second cousin we are searching for his daughters and her children if she
has any at this time. Here is what we know about this man at this time.
On 28 November 1912 Jesse Royce Chambliss was born to
David and Clara (Peas) Chambliss in California. His father is a Medical
Doctor.
In the 1920 census conducted on 8 January Jesse's mother Clara (Peas)
Chambliss has died. and he is living with his grandparents A.J. and
Dorcas Chambliss in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The census for
that year shows his grandfather is retired.
In the 1930 census taken on 4 April of that year Jesse's father working
as a real estate agent has remarried to Elsie. Jesse is now living with
his father and step-mother in San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California.
On 9 January 1937 Jesse Royce Chambliss married Cathrine Davis daughter
of William Berrian and Agnes E. (Wood) Davis. William is a medical
doctor practicing in Alambra and Long Beach, California.
On 11 February 1938 a daughter Martha Ann was born to the couple in
Solano County, California.
On 23 December 1941 Jesse Royce Chambliss has enlisted in the United
States Navy as a Pharmacist's Mate. He is serving on the Island of Guam
in the Pacific.
Between 1941 and 1945 Jesse Royce Chambliss and others were taken
Prisoner of War and they are taken to the Shanghai War Prisoners Camp -
Kiawgwan Shanghai, China.
On 16 September 1945 the Prisoners who survived are liberated.
On 16 December 1946 a son was born to Jesse Royce and his wife
Catherine. He was born in Riverside CA. They named their son David
Royce Chambliss. This infant died on 18 December 1946.
Records to not indicate that the couple had other children.
In June 1968 Jesse Royce Chambliss died in Salem, Marion County,
Oregon. I have sent for his Obituary printed in the Salem Statesman -
Journal. It has been archived at the Salem Public Library.
As far as Martha Ann is concerned we only know that she married a Mr.
Sherwood son of L.C. Sherwood. The location is unknown. At this time
she may be a grandmother of 68 years.