| LC control no. | no 96052410 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jaxon, Frankie Half Pint, 1895-1953 |
| Variant(s) | Cotton Thomas, 1895-1953 Jaxon, Frankie Half Pint, b. 1895 Jaxon, Half Pint, 1895-1953 Jaxson, Frankie, 1895-1953 Jackson, Frank Devera, 1895-1953 |
| Located | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Birth date | 1895-02-03 |
| Death date | 1953-05-15 |
| Place of birth | Montgomery (Ala.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Blues musicians |
| Special note | While inconclusive, 1895 retained as birth date; February 3 seems most likely day, based on draft registration card and information from son's birth certificate cited below. |
| Found in | Tampa Red. Tampa Red and his bottleneck guitar, 1928-1937 [SR] 19--: label (Frankie Jaxon) container (Frankie Jaxon; vocals) Blues who's who (Jaxon, Frankie "Half-Pint"; aka Cotton Thomas; b. Feb. 3, 1895, Montgomery, AL; whereabouts unknown after 1944; some sources spell this singer's surname 'Jaxson') LC in OCLC, July 1, 1996 (MLC hdgs.: Jaxon, Frankie Half Pint, 1895-; Jaxon, Frankie) The rough guide to hokum blues, ℗2018: container (Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon; composer credit: Frankie Jaxon) Wikipedia, October 23, 2018 (Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon; born Frank Devera Jackson, March 3, 1896 or 1897, Montgomery, Alabama, died May 15, 1953; according to most sources, he died in the veterans hospital, Los Angeles, in 1944; however, an application for a headstone as a military veteran, in the name of Frank Devera Jackson, has been suggested by writer Brian Berger as referring to him; it indicates that he died on May 15, 1953) hilobrow.com, October 23, 2018 (facsimile of headstone application cited above: Jackson, Frank Devera; born March 3, 1897, died May 15, 1953; buried in Veterans Administration Cemetery, Los Angeles, California) <http://hilobrow.com/2013/02/03/frankie-jaxon> Find a Grave, October 23, 2018 (facsimile of headstone, Los Angeles National Cemetery: Frank Devera Jackson; born March 3, 1897, Alabama, died May 15, 1953) FamilySearch.org, October 23, 2018: World War II draft registration cards, 1942 (Frankie Devera (Jaxon) [Jackson typed above handwritten surname]; born February 3, 1895, Montgomery, Alabama; resident of Chicago, Illinois) California death index, 1940-1997 (Frank Devere [sic] Jackson; born March 3, 1897, Alabama, died May 15, 1953, Los Angeles, California) Illinois, Cook County, birth certificates, 1871-1940 (Ernest Jackson, born February 4, 1920; father's name: Frank D. Jackson, born Montgomery, Alabama; age 25; estimated birth year 1895) |
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