 1818 - 1850 (32 years)
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| Name |
Robert Sallee James [1] |
| Birth |
17 Jul 1818 |
Logan County, KY  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
18 Aug 1850 |
Gold fields near Placerville, El Dorado County, CA [3] |
| Residence |
28 Sep 1850 |
Platte, Clay, Missouri [1] |
| Census |
| Person ID |
I18397 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
John M. James, b. 1775, Virginia, USA d. 1827, Logan County, KY (Age 52 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Mary Poor, b. 1790, Goochland County, Virginia, USA d. Feb 1827, Logan County, KY (Age 37 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
26 Mar 1807 |
Goochland County, Virginia, USA [4] |
| Family ID |
F6972 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Zerelda Elizabeth Cole, b. 29 Jan 1825, Black Horse Tavern, Woodford County, KY d. 10 Feb 1911, Oklahoma City, Cleveland County, OK (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
28 Dec 1841 |
Stamping Ground, Scott County, KY [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Jesse Woodson James, b. 5 Sep 1847, Kearney, Clay County, MO d. 3 Apr 1882, St Joseph, Buchanan County, MO (Age 34 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Alexander Franklin James, b. 10 Jan 1843, Kearney, Clay County, MO d. 15 Feb 1915, Fletcher, OK (Age 72 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Susan Lavinia James, b. 25 Nov 1849, Kearney, Clay County, MO d. 3 Mar 1889, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, TX (Age 39 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Robert R. James, b. 19 Jul 1845, Kearney, Clay County, MO d. 21 Aug 1845, Kearney, Clay County, MO (Age 0 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F6973 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #1589]
After Robert and Mary married they moved to Kentucky and settled near Adairville, Logan County. They bought a 275-acre farm and this is where Jesse was born as well as Susan. Robert graduated from Georgetown College in Kentucky in June 1843 and received a Master of Arts Degree in 1847. He was an ordained Baptist minister in 1839. Two years before he graduated, he met and married Zerelda Cole, who was a student in a Catholic convent in Lexington, Kentucky. Robert worked his farm during the week with seven faithful Negro servants and served God on Sunday as a preacher, but was never paid for preaching. Two of the churches he founded are still inexistence today. They are the Providence Baptist Church in Clay Co. and the Pisgah Baptist Church near Excelsior Springs, Mo. Robert was also one of the founders of the William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. His wife, Zerelda, told she saw her husband baptize as many as 65 people on one occasion. Jesse was baptized near the same place years later after returning from the Civil War. It was said by Zerelda, that had not Robert gone to the gold fields of California in 1850 to preach to the miners for a year that Frank and Jesse would not have had their violent history. Jesse pleaded with his father not to go. It took four months to get there and just three weeks later Robert died.
BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #2180]
Graduated from Georgetown College, Kentucky, and became a Baptist preacher. Moved to Clay Co., MO, and became pastor of New Hope Baptist Church there. Was a co-founder and trustee of William Jewell College. Went to California to look for gold in 1850 and died shortly thereafter. Was buried in an unmarked grave in California. (K. G. Lindsay)
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| Sources |
- [S156] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, ;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Platte, Clay, Missouri; Roll: M432_396; Page: 351; Image: 225.
Birth date: abt 1819
Birth place: Kentucky
Residence date: 1850
Residence place: Platte, Clay, Missouri
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=3719002&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
- [S893] The James Family by Phillip W. Steele.
- [S869] Broderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 19, Ed. 1, (Name: Release date: March 13, 1998;), Tree #1417.
- [S226] Broderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1, (Name: Release date: August 23, 1996;), Tree #1649.
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