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Henry “Jack”
William Driggs Lincoln County, Mississippi
Author of This
biography: Christi
Young The Person This
Biography Is About: Henry “Jack” William Driggs Date This
Biography was Written: July 22, 2005 Christi’s
email: young0278@sbcglobal.net Henry “Jack” William
Driggs Henry William Driggs was the
son of Martha Jane Godbold (or Godbolt)-Roundtree and Gilbert Driggs.
He was born on August 08, 1874 in Caseyville, Lincoln County,
Mississippi. He was known to many as Jack Driggs. His maternal
grandparents were Lucinda Buie and Abram Godbold (or Godbolt).
As far as Henry’s race and nationality he was an African American with
Spanish or Indian background. His nephew, Arthur James “Slim” Carter
told the family that his mother was part Spanish. Slim said that she
was petite with straight, wavy hair and brown skinned. James said that
he remembers the Spanish relatives coming to visit at the family house in
Brookhaven, Mississippi. Other relatives said that Martha was part
Indian. To my knowledge he did not have any
brothers. Jack’s sisters were Patsy Coleman-Hooker, Mary Goodwin (or
Godwin, or Gooden, or Goodin)-Carter Young Howard (She mainly used Mary
Goodwin-Young.), Clara, Mattie, Sendy (or Cindy) Smith, and maybe one named
Cressa. Clara and Mattie’s maiden last name could have been the same as
Mary’s lastname, which was Goodwin (or Godwin, or Goodin, or Gooden). I
don’t know if Smith was Sendy’s maiden last name or not.
By 1884 or 1885 Jack’s family was living in Brookhaven, Lincoln County,
Mississippi. Later Jack grew to be a man and married Betty
Blue-Driggs. To this union Leroy Samuel Driggs was born. As far as Jack’s religion, his
family was Methodist. Besides Brookhaven and
Caseyville, Jack had lived in Canton, Mississippi and Indianapolis, Marion
County, IN. In 1914, Jack was living Canton, Mississippi.
Sometime around 1950, Henry moved to Indianapolis, IN with is sister,
Mary. By this time he was blind, because he had Glaucoma.
Jack was a hard working man. Few of the many jobs he did were being a
farm laborer, brick mason, and hod carrier.
Jack died on September 14, 1962 in Indianapolis, IN at 12:45 p.m. from renal
shut-down and uremia. A fractured right hip contributed to his
death. At the time of Jack’s death he was residing at 3354 N. Capitol
Ave. On September 18, 1962, Jack was buried in Floral Park
Cemetery.
When he died his son and his sister, Mary Goodwin-Young were still
living. He was also survived by a granddaughter and other family
members. Christi
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