Jessie Pancake
Jessie Pancake was born in Virginia in 1801. He emigrated to Ohio and settled in Ross County in 1812; thence, about 1820 or soon after, located in this county, in Stokes Township, where he married Martha Cooper, who was born in this county in 1814, of a true pioneer family. Mr. Pancake spent his life here, and became one of the honored and well-known citizens of this township, and held many of its offices, and was a most worthy citizen. His wife died in 1839, just in the bloom of womanhood. He died in 1877. He made farming his business through life, and became owner of 1,200 acres of good land. His son John resides in Stokes Township, and is a large and respected farmer, owning 700 acres of land.
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]