Landon, Jesse, 1770-1815

Jesse Landon was born in 1770, in Pokomoke, Somerset County, Maryland, to Joseph Landon and his wife from the Walston Family. He married Margaret “Peggy” Mitchell and together they had at least four children. Jesse Landon seems to have worked as the overseer for Littleton and Elizabeth Upshur Teackle at their home in Princess Anne, Maryland. He died on November 19, 1815, of a “violent cold” which was likely pneumonia.

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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, November 20, 1815]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, while she was attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. She thanks Elizabeth Ann for praising her work and asks for her to send frocks that need altering to her. She also mentions the deaths of W. Harris and Jesse Landon.