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Jesse Bundy Cypert was born October 13, 1845, in Wayne County, Tennessee, the son of Robert Jasper "Jap" Cypert and Mary Bundy. (Note: Both the 1870 and the 1880 census show Jesse Bunday Cypert was born in Mississippi.)
Jesse married Margaret Frances Porter on June 18, 1867, in Wayne County. Margaret Porter was born about 1846, in Williamson County, Tennessee, the daughter of the Hon. John J. Porter and Mary (last name unknown).
The 1870 Wayne County census, 8th Civil District, shows J. B. Cypert, 24, a farmer with $1200 real property and $1280 personal property; Margret F., 24; Martha, 1; and Mary J., 2 months old.
The 1880 Wayne County census, 8th Civil District, shows Jessee B. Cypert, 35, a farmer; Margaret F., 35; Martha I., 11; Mary Jessie, 10; John J., 8; Margaret I., 7; and Callie S. A., 9 months old. Living with the family was Samuel C. Porter, an uncle to Margaret, 56, a farmer, born in Tennessee.
An article from the March 1995 issue of "The Wayne County Historian", concerning the Houston post office states: "Houston remained without a post office until 14 Aug 1873, when an attorney, Jesse Bundy Cypert, son of Robert J. and Mary Bundy Cypert was appointed. He had married Margaret Frances Porter and only served until September of 1873."
I have been told that Jesse was a medical doctor and a surgeon in Tennessee and that he moved to Texas in 1893, where he continued in the medical profession. I have not found records to indicate he was a doctor, however.
I was told that Jesse died November 25, 1927, in Frost, Texas.
Children of Jesse Cypert and Margaret Porter
1. Martha Isaphine Cypert, b. 1868, TN; m. George Payne, then John T. Price
2. Mary Jessie Cypert, b. 1869, TN; m. Zachariah Thompson
3. John Jasper Cypert, b. abt 1871, TN; m. Kate Orr (John Jasper Cypert was a lawyer)
4. Margaret Ione Cypert, b. abt 1873, TN; m. Thomas S. Johnson
5. Callie Sara Ann Cypert, b. 1879, TN; m. Dudley McCray
6. Robert Porter Cypert, b. aft 1800