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Jesse Perry Shore and Anna Agnes (Gaffney) Shore
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![]() Iowa 5c Confederate $5 Wildcat Note: Front Back |
It is not known how or where he got these. Perhaps the Confederate note came from his father William T. Shore or his uncle Marshall Winn, both of whom were in action in the South during the Civil War. No one knows the story of who originally held these notes or how they came into the family.
Jesse Shore served for 30 years in the U. S. Army. He enlisted during the Philippines Insurrection, on 11 June 1898. His date of separation from the service is 30 April 1932.
Here is his summary of his military service:
Service summary.
His official service records, along with photographs taken during his career, are in the collection near the bottom of this page.
From 1906, Jesse and Anna's family lived in San Antonio, Texas. By 1920, Jesse remained stationed in San Antonio, serving in the Quartermaster Corps at Fort Sam Houston.
Jesse and Anna's daughter Margaret Ann (Shore) Roberts often mentioned that the family did not travel with their father, but stayed at home with their mother. They were not with him during his assignment in Arizona (1916) during the Mexican border conflict, nor on his reassignment to Fort Jay in New York (1917) preparatory to shipment to Europe during World War I.
The 1908 city directory shows the family living at 1210 Mason Street. San Antonio. The 1910 city directory and US Federal Census show them living at 230 Sandmeyer Street.
The 1918 and 1919 city directories show the family has moved to 130 Sandmeyer Street, one block closer to Fort Sam Houston where Jesse was stationed. Jesse's occupation is shown as "U S Army".
In the 1918 directory, their son Ernest (age 14) is shown as an usher at the "Happy Hour Theatre". In 1919, their daughter Mary L (Louise, age 12) is working there.
The 1920 US Federal Census shows the family still living at 130 Sandmeyer Street. A 1920 letter from Jesse Shore's aunt Louisa (Shore) Winn is addressed to the family there.
By December 1921 their home was at 716 Denver Boulevard, San Antonio. Jesse and Anna lived there the rest of their lives, rearing their family there. It was 'home' to their children and grandchildren.
Many photographs show the family -- grandparents, parents, children, and grandchildren -- at Jesse and Anna Shore's home at 716 Denver Boulevard. They show the family around the home and in the park that occupies the entire city block in front of the home. Children could play and families gather. Theirs was the place where one always felt 'at home' -- the central point for a family of three generations whose military career travels took them to many destinations across the United States, Central and South America, and Asia. Every journey's return was to their home.
Anna Shore died 7 Feb 1946, in San Antonio, Texas. She is buried at San Fernando Cemetery, San Antonio.
Jesse Shore died 19 Aug 1950, in San Antonio, Texas. He is buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio.
Census records:
The 1880 US Federal Census for Stark County, Illinois shows Jesse Shore (age 3) living with his uncle and aunt, Marshall and Louisa (Shore) Winn. His mother Ianthe (Talbott) Shore had died in February of that year. The census is shown below.
The 1880 US Federal Census for San Patricio County, Texas shows Anna Gaffney (age 8) living with her parents. It also is shown below.
The 1900 US Federal Census for San Patricio County, Texas shows Anna Gaffney as a young woman of 28 years. She is one of ten siblings, living with their father. Their mother Margaret (O'Reilly) Gaffney had died in 1896. This census also is shown below.
The 1900 US Federal Census for Military Service personnel shows Jesse Shore as a young man of 23 years. He is stationed at Nueva Caceras in The Philippines. This coincides with a postcard he sent in 1900 listing his military engagements. The census and the postcard are shown below.
In 1910, Jesse was counted in both the civilian and military census. Both of these are shown below.
The 1910 civilian census shows Jesse and Anna Shore with two children, Ernest (age 7) and Louise (age 3), living at 230 Sandmeyer Street, San Antonio.
The 1910 military census shows Jesse Shore in Barracks 6, Fort Sam Houston.
In 1920, again two kinds of census were taken -- civilian and military. This time, Jesse was counted only in the military census. Both of these are shown below.
The 1920 civilian census shows Anna Shore with five children, Ernest (age 16), Louise (age 12), Annie (age 9), Jessie (age 7), and Frances (age 3 years and 2 months). The family now lives at 130 Sandmeyer Street, San Antonio.
The 1920 military census shows Jesse Shore at Camp Travis, part of Fort Sam Houston.
The 1930 US Federal Census shows Jesse and Anna Shore living at 716 Denver Boulevard, San Antonio. In that year, two daughters are in the home: Margaret (age 19) and Kathryn (age 17).
The 1940 US Federal Census shows Jesse and Anna Shore at 716 Denver Boulevard, San Antonio. Living with them are their son Ernest James Shore and Anna's brother Charles Gaffney.
Military records and photographs:
Jesse's postcard of 15 Aug 1900 to his aunt Louisa Cedelia (Shore) Winn is shown below.
It shows the date of his enlistment in the U.S. Army on 24 Sep 1899, and the dates of his training in Minnesota (for service in The Philippines). It shows his arrival and early action in The Philippines during 1899-1900.The Philippines photos were brought back by Jesse.
In the first photo, Jesse is the third soldier from the left (with the rank stripes on his sleeves, at the fence). The photo is marked "Just starting for a scout" in his handwriting.In the second photo, Jesse is at the left. With his rank, he is probably leading this patrol. Note the fixed bayonets. The photo is marked "Scouting party from Co. I" in his handwriting.
The San Francisco photo was probably made either before Jesse's departure to The Philippines (1899) or on his return (1901).
The round photo of Jesse is on a small lapel button, found in the leather pouch kept by Anna. Its date is not known.
Jesse Shore saved many records and photographs from his military career, and they are collected near the bottom of this page.
Other documents:
A copy of Anna Gaffney's Baptism Certificate is shown below. It mentions that:
"The Gaffney family was an old family of Refugio, and it is certain that Annie Gaffney was born at Refugio, or nearby."The Valentine Card to Jesse is in Anna's handwriting, and reads:
"To my dear Sweetheart
With love and lots of kisses
as ever yours
Annie".... Its date is unknown.
The Christmas Card to Anna's father is in her handwriting, and reads:
"Dear Daddy
Wishing you a Merry
Xmas & happy New Year
with love and kisses
Annie".... Its date is unknown.
The 'Heartsease' box was given in 1948 from Jesse to his grandson Joseph Roberts Jr, then living with his family at Kelly Field, San Antonio. It contains letters, photos, envelopes and some records. It also contains the small leather pouch which Anna carried. The box's contents are shown below as found when opened.
Anna's leather pouch contains a religious card and medal, photos of her father James Owen Gaffney and her husband Jesse Shore, a lock of her grandson's (Joseph Roberts Jr) hair, and a newspaper clipping of his birth notice. Its contents are shown below.
A Mortgage Deed dated 1899 shows Jesse Shore selling property in Wyoming, Stark County, Illinois to two persons. The deed is payable in one year to Jesse, in the amount of four hundred dollars.
How he had acquired the land is presently not known. Possibly he inherited it from his Shore family, as his father William Thomas Shore had died in 1898. He had been reared in Wyoming, Illinois by his aunt Louisa Cedelia (Shore) Winn and Marshall Winn. The deed was executed 16 Aug 1899. One month later, on 23 Sept 1899 he enlisted into the U.S. Army and was headed to The Philippines as a soldier in the Philippine-American War.Two envelopes dated 1906 and 1909 show correspondence between Jesse and persons in Illinois. On one, Jesse has written on the back:
"Release on brick house not recorded yet"
Jesse and Anna Shore were then living in San Antonio, Texas. The correspondence these envelopes contained might show Jesse's interest in determining titles to his grandparents' (John Shore and Mary Ann (Brandenburg) Shore-Baker) home and land in Stark County, Illinois. Now with a growing family, Jesse and Anna might have looked into the titles of those properties.
Photographs show Jesse Shore playing at the Left End position on the 'Princeville Stars' football team in 1903. Princeville is a suburb of Peoria, Illinois. A newspaper article reproduces one of the photos and describes the team's 1903 season.
Eight family items show Jesse's addresses from 1905 to 1921 as a military man.
1905: Jesse received a Health Certificate dated 29 Sept 1905 for travel from St. Louis, Missouri to Laredo, Texas. To receive the certificate, he solemnly swears that he has "not been in the States of Louisiana or Mississipi or Florida, or in any of the yellow fever districts within the past ten days."
15 Feb 1908: Jesse saved a dinner napkin from an assembly of Company M, 9th Infantry. It was held on 15 Feb 1908 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and shows the Company roster.
1912: The label for a "22" malt brew "calculated to be both nourishing and stimulating" is marked on the back "El Paso 1912" in Jesse's handwriting.
June-September 1916: Jesse was assigned to Camp Harry J. Jones and Camp Warren, Arizona in 1916 during the raids by Pancho Villa across the border into the southwestern US. If you look closely at the fourth row of tents from the right side of the photo, you'll see "SHORE" written above one tent.
25 December 1917: Christmas card to Jesse at Camp Dix, New Jersey. It is from Dean and Marie Winn. The postmark is barely legible but appears to be from Wyoming, Illinois. (Dean is the son of Edgar Winn, Jesse Shore's cousin. Edgar and Jesse were reared together in the same home.) It mentions a song that Jesse had written and sent to them. The card is shown below.
15 June 1920: Letter to Jesse at 130 Sandmeyer Street, San Antonio, Texas. It is from Jesse's aunt Louisa Cedelia (Shore) Winn, Wyoming, Illinois.
19 December 1921: Letter to Jesse at 716 Denver Boulevard, San Antoniio, Texas. This letter also is from Jesse's aunt Louisa Winn, then living in Peoria, Illinois.
19 December 1921: Christmas card to Jesse at 716 Denver Boulevard. It's from Jesse's cousin Edgar Winn and his wife 'Minnie' (Wilhelmina), in Peoria, Illinois. They wish Jesse's family a merry Christmas and happy New Year "in your new home. Rejoice in your good luck, hope it keeps coming."
All of these family items are shown below. The envelopes are illustrated to show Jesse Shore's addresses. Contents of the letters are in the Family Gallery for Louisa (Shore) Winn, who wrote the letters.
A photo from about 1918 shows the Shore children with two cousins. The children are identified in Margaret Ann's handwriting. 'Sister' is the children's nickname for Mary Louise Shore. The cousins Thelma and 'Sammy' are children of John Bernard and Lee Gaffney.
A photo shows two daughters, Jessie Kathryn Shore and Margaret Ann Shore. It is marked "1918" in Margaret Ann's handwriting.
Some pages from Margaret Ann's book, "The Communion Prayer Book" are shown below. Printed in 1918, the book records her First Holy Communion on 15 May 1920 at St. Patrick's Church, and her Confirmation on 18 February 1923 at St. Gerard's Church, both in San Antonio, Texas.
More photos show Jesse and Anna Shore with their daughters Mary Louise, Margaret Ann, Jessie Kathryn, and Frances Shore. More photos show Jesse and Anna with their grandchildren. The photos were taken around the Shore home at 716 Denver Boulevard, San Antonio, and in the Denver Heights park across the street from their home.
Two photos show Jesse and Anna with their daughters, Mary Louise Shore, Margaret Ann Shore, and Jessie Kathryn Shore. One photo is marked "1923" in Margaret Ann's handwriting. The photos were taken in the driveway of their home at 716 Denver Boulevard, San Antonio.
A photo shows Jesse and Anna's home at 716 Denver Boulevard, San Antonio as it was about 1930. The photo shows Jesse and Anna's daughter Margaret Ann Shore sitting on the front porch railing.
Another photo shows the house at 716 Denver Boulevard as it appeared in 2004, no longer in the family.
Two photos show the grandparents, Jesse and Anna Shore, and Henry and Mary Kollenberg. They were taken in 1945 at the home of Carl and Jessie (Shore) Kollenberg.
First photo: In back: Jesse Shore, Henry Kollenberg, Mary Kollenberg, Anna Shore. In front: Jessie (Shore) Kollenberg and her son Carl Kollenberg Jr.
Second photo: In back: Louise (Shore) Green, Margaret Ann (Shore) Roberts (holding Cheryl Sue Roberts), Henry Kollenberg, Mary Kollenberg, Anna Shore. In front: Jesse Shore (holding Thomas Green), James Roberts, Carl Kollenberg Jr, Carole Ann Roberts, Joseph Roberts Jr.
More photos of Jesse and Anna Shore, taken during their life together, are shown below.
Birth, Death and Burial records:
Jessie Shore, born 17 Oct 1912, is listed simply as "Inf. of J. P. Shore" in the Texas Birth Records.
Frances Shore, died 1 Jan 1923, is listed as "Francis Shores" in the Texas Death Records.
Anna Shore died 7 Feb 1946, in San Antonio, Texas. She is buried at San Fernando Cemetery, San Antonio.
Jesse Shore died 19 Aug 1950, in San Antonio, Texas. He is buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio.
Anna's and Jesse's gravesites are shown below.
Jesse Shore (born 31 March 1877)
was reared in the home of his uncle and aunt
Marshall and Louisa (Shore) Winn, with their son Edgar A. Winn (born 1871).
The family lived in Wyoming, Illinois.
For Christmas 1888, In it are messages from his Along with this book he also saved calling cards from his friends. He also saved an invitation to the Every one of the class's nine graduating students |
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In 1942 Jesse Shore built a concrete channel across his back yard at 716 Denver Boulevard,
to drain rainwater.
Before the concrete set hard, the family wrote their names in it using sticks and twigs.
Three generations are marked there.
Sixty-six years later in 2008, the home is no longer in the family,
but the 'names in concrete' are still there.
The channel is filled with silt, but the names can still be read.
These photographs were taken in October 2008.
The names are: Mama (Anna Agnes (Gaffney) Shore); Daddy (Jesse Shore);
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Jesse Shore's military service career spanned thirty years.
Here are pages from a San Antonio newspaper of 14 April 1932
with an article announcing his retirement.
Newspaper excerpts
Front Page Local News
Article
The newspaper article mentions his retirement on April 30.
His own summary shows him eligible as of April 1 (shown below).
Fortunately for our family heritage, Jesse Shore saved many of the family's records and photographs.
Here are his military records showing his orders, assignments, promotions,
discharges, reenlistments, and more.
Here also are photographs from his military career.
Here is a summary of his military service, in his own handwriting.
Jesse Shore's Military Service
written abt. 1932
Front Back
More
His service summary shows:
Company L, 20th Infantry ...... June 11, 1898 - November 26, 1898
Company F, 45th US Volunteers ...... September 23, 1899 - June 3, 1901
Company M, 9th Infantry ...... September 29, 1905 - September 8, 1908
Company L, 22nd Infantry ...... September 29, 1908 - September 5, 1917
14th Company, 4th Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade (Camp Dix, New Jersey) ...... September 6, 1917 - December 9, 1918
36th Company, 165th Depot Brigade (Camp Travis, Texas) ...... December 10, 1918 - October 5, 1919
Quartermaster Corps ...... October 6, 1919 - "Present Date" (1932)
Retire ...... April 1, 1932
Foreign Service, Philippines ...... December 22, 1899 - April 22, 1901
His military records are shown below,
with his "engagements and skirmishes" in The Philippines
during the Philippine-American War.
Here also are Jesse's applications for his Veterans pension.
He attained both "Sharpshooter" and "Marksman" status,
and his military service is recorded as "Honest and Faithful".
More records show his attention to his family's
growing children and their home.
14 October 2019
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