John Jackson Ledbetter Sr.

John Jackson Ledbetter Sr. was the father of Col. John Jackson Ledbetter Jr., Alvin Ledbetter, and Margaret Ledbetter Dewey. He married Lucy A. Ledbetter (born October 15, 1879, died June 28, 1948, in Blytheville, Arkansas).¹

Ledbetter Ancestry

The JJLHIST genealogy traces seven generations of Ledbetters in America. John Jackson Ledbetter Sr. (sixth generation) was the son of John Thomas Ledbetter (fifth generation). The line extends back through Doctor Jackson Ledbetter (fourth), Henry Ledbetter (third), Drury Ledbetter (second), and Henry Ledbetter (first generation in America).¹

Children

John Jackson and Lucy had at least three children:¹

• John Jackson Ledbetter Jr. (1901–1963) — born in Holcomb, Missouri. Engineer, attorney, and Army Colonel.
• Alvin Ledbetter — details unknown.
• Margaret Ledbetter Dewey (d. 1936) — married Rico Dewey. Died in Live Oak, Florida.

JJL Jr. graduated from Blytheville High School in Arkansas in 1919, suggesting the family was living in Blytheville by that time. Lucy suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in December 1947 and died the following June.¹