Biographical Sketch of Thomas R. James, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Thomas R. James, deceased, was born in Mason county, Kentucky, November
6, 1818.  He was a son of Berryman and Mary James.  His parents moved to
Clay county, Indiana, when he was about five years old, where he remain-
ed until 1838, he then, with his brother, J. M., emigrated to the 
territory of Iowa.  From there he came to Missouri in 1840, and first
settled in Lexington, where he lived four years, being married October
3, 1843, to Miss M. H. Wallace.  In 1844 he moved to Henry county, where
he resided six years.  He then returned to Waverly, this county, where 
he lived until his death, April 17, 1880.  In early life he learned the
carpenter trade, which he followed a number of years.  During the war he
had charge of the warehousees in Waverly.  In 1844 he joined the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church, and was a devout Christian and an active 
temperance worker, having signed the pledge in 1839, and kept it faith-
fully.  He was the father of eight children, four sons and four daughters
six of whom are now living: Frank, now in Colorado; Rovelah, now Mrs. 
Ledford, living in Waverly; Mary Wallae, George W., Elizabeth C., and
Susie A.  The oldest child, Russell, was killed on a scout, near Mt.
Vernon, Missouri, October 2, 1862.  W. C., the third child, was killed 
at Fayettesville, Arkansas, June 2, 1866.  He was generally known as 
Babe Anderson during the war, as he was a mere boy, and always by the
side of Bill Anderson.

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