Jasper McFall
and Bertha McCray
Jasper McFall b 14 Feb 1907 Wise Co VA d 31 Jan 1987 Knott Co KY; s/o Jessee Franklin McFall and Effie Vanover. Jasper McFall m. Bertha McCray b 1906 KY; d/o Enoch McCray and Sarah Unknown. Children of Jasper McFall and Bertha McCray;
1. James McFall b 1929 KY
2. Bobby Earl McFall b 1931 Millstone, Letcher Co KY; m. 30 Apr 1956 Wise Co VA to Sarah Johnson b 1940 Dorton VA; d/o George Johnson and Roxie Kelly. Bobby Earl McFall was divorced at the time of this marriage. This was the first marriage for Sarah Johnson.
3. Lloyd McFall b 1932 KY; m. 27 Dec 1958 Clintwood, VA to Mary Jane Barron Johnson b 1937 Hayti, Mo.; d/o Jessie M Barron and Edith Mary Horrall.
4. Harold McFall b 1933 KY
5. Jesse McFall b 15 Dec 1934 d 17 Jun 2021 Hazard, Perry Co KY; m. 25 Feb 1959 Clintwood, Dickenson Co VA to Bonnie Wewoka Stewart b 14 Jul 1943 d 30 May 2012 UK Hospital, Lexington, Fayette Co KY; buried Whitaker Cemetery, Seco, Letcher Co KY; d/o Charles Stewart and Delphia Adkins Mobley.
6. Jimmy McFall b 1937 KY
7. William Alfred McFall b 1939 KY
Jasper McFall
and Sue Boggs
Jasper McFall b 14 Feb 1907 Wise Co VA d 31 Jan 1987 Knott Co KY; s/o Jessee Franklin McFall and Effie Vanover. Jasper McFall m. 12 Sept 1964 Clintwood, Dickenson Co VA to Sue Boggs Maggard; d/o Lee Boggs and Eliza Hodge.
1910 Wise Co KY Census Robinson District 0152
268 268 McFall Jessee F Head M W 29 M1 9 VA NC VA Farmer General Farm
268 268 McFall Effa A Wife F W 26 M1 7 5 3 VA NC Farm Laborer Home Farm
268 268 McFall Mattie S Daughter F W 7 S VA VA VA
268 268 McFall Isa D Daughter F W 6 S VA VA VA
268 268 McFall Jasper Son M W 3 S VA VA VA
1920 Letcher Co KY Census Millstone
56 56 McFall Jessie F Head M W 44 VA NC VA Farmer General Farm
56 56 McFall Effie Wife F W 35 M VA NC VA
56 56 McFall Mattie Daughter F W 17 S VA VA VA
56 56 McFall Liza Daughter F W 14 S VA VA VA
56 56 McFall Jasper Son M W 12 S VA VA VA
56 56 McFall Cosby Daughter F W 9 S VA VA VA
56 56 McFall Cora Daughter F W 5 S VA VA VA
56 56 McFall Clarinda Daughter F W 7/12 S VA VA VA
56 56 McFall Nancy Mother F W 82 Wd VA VA VA
1930 Letcher Co KY Census District 8 Millstone
45 49 Proffitt Elijah H Head M W 37 M 19 KY KY KY Carpenter Construction Work
45 49 Proffitt Lydia Wife H F W 42 M 25 KY VA KY Housekeeper
45 49 Proffitt Earl Son M W 14 S KY KY KY
45 49 Proffitt Lina Daughter F W 12 S KY KY KY
45 49 Proffitt Pearlie Daughter F W 10 S KY KY KY
45 49 Proffitt Mary M Daughter F W 2 10/12 KY KY KY
45 49 McFall Jasper Boarder M W 24 S VA VA KY Coal Miner Coal Mines
1940 Letcher Co KY Census Right Fork of Millstone Creek
184 McFall Jasper Head M W 33 M KY Farmer Farm
184 McFall Bertha Wife F W 34 M KY
184 McFall James Son M W 11 S KY
184 McFall Bobbie Son M W 9 S KY
184 McFall Harold Son M W 7 S KY
184 McFall Jesse Son M W 5 S KY
184 McFall Jimmy Son M W 3 S VA
184 McFall William Son M W 1 S KY
Jasper McFall
WWII Draft Registration
Whitesburg, KY - 16 Oct 1940
Name: Jasper McFall; Address: Millstone, Letcher KY; Age: 33; Place of Birth: Wise Co VA; Date of Birth: Feb 14, 1907; Name of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address: Mrs. Jasper McFall; Relationship of That Person: Wife; Address of That Person: Millstone, Letcher Co KY; Employer's Name: W.P.A. project; Place of Employment or Business: Kona, Letcher Co KY; Race: White; Height: 5'9"; Weight: 160; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Complexion: Ruddy; Signature of registrar: Sherman Meade; Registrar for: 8 Letcher, Ky.; Date of registration: Oct. 16, 1940; Local Board No. 101, Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky.
Jasper McFall Gets Life
Mt. Eagle, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY
Thursday Evening, April 28, 1948
Mountain Eagle, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY, April 28, 1948: McFall Gets Life Without Pardon For Wife's Murder. Jasper McFall, 45, plead guilty to the charge that he murdered his wife and was sentenced Wednesday of this week in Letcher Circuit Court to life imprisonment. The jury recommended that he never be paroled or pardoned. McFall was charged with killing his wife at their home on Dryfork Feb. 15, 1949. He was accused of beating her to death with a broken shotgun. He was arrested in Wise, Va., a few hours after the incident and brought back to Letcher Co.
In the county jail, McFall did not deny slaying his wife, but said he didn't remember clearly what happened. "I guess I just went crazy," he said. "My wife was always good to me." Commonwealth Attorney Augustus (Gus) Cornett recommended to the jury that they return a verdict of guilty and fix punishment at life without parole or pardon. Cornett said that, had McFall fought the case through, it would have been necessary to use his own sons' testimony to secure a conviction.
The jury was out about fifteen minutes the first time and came back and reported that they could not agree because they did not understand the instructions. Judge Sam Ward explained that the court did not want to use the McFall sons' testimony to secure a death sentence because they might in later years regret having been instrumental in sending their father to his death. The judge explained that a verdict of life imprisonment without hope of pardon was not binding by law but would carry great weight with state prison authorities. The jury went out again and returned in about fifteen minutes with a verdict of guilty and fixed punishment at life imprisonment without parole or pardon.
Judge Ward passed sentence on McFall immediately following. He instructed Circuit Court Clerk W L Stallard Jr.. to send a certified copy of the verdict to La Grange with McFall. Mrs. McFall was 44. There were eight children in the family, ranging in age from five to 20. At the time of McFall's arrest Sheriff Herman Combs said that McFall was tried about a year ago on a charge of shooting his wife in the arm, but was freed in that trial.
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