Biographical Sketch of Dr. William H. James, Webster County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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Dr. William H. James was born in Blount county, Tenn., April 17, 1827,
and is the eldest of nine chidren born to John and Elizabeth H. (Kelly)
James, and of Scotch-Irish descent.  The paternal grandfather, John
James, Sr., was a native Virginian.  John and Elizabeth (Kelly) James 
were both natives of Blount county, Tenn., the former born in 1805, and
died in Webster county, Mo., in 1872, and the latter born in 1808, and
died in Johnson county, Mo.  The father was a farmer by occupation, and
in 1837 he and his family immigrated to Missouri, settling in Johnson
county, where Dr. William H. James attained his growth.  He obtained a
good practical education, and in 1844 began the study of medicine in 
the office Dr. William Huff, a native of old Kentucky.  Later he began 
the practice of his profession in Johnson county, in 1847, and contin-
ued there about two years, when he went to California.  He remained on
the Pacific slope for twenty years, and during that time was engaged in
merchandising, mining and in the practice of his profession.  He re-
turned to Missouri in 1869, and settled in Webster county.  In 1877 he
came to Marshfield, where in addition to the practice of his profession
he has carried on the drug business, which he still continues, doing a
good trade and business.  He was married in California, in 1856 to Miss
Lucy A. Wade, who was born in Virginia in 1837, and seven children were 
the result of this union, six of whom are living: John T., a druggist 
living in Hamilton, Texas; Dr. W. C., a graduate of Vanderbilt Univer-
sity at Nashville, Tenn., and of Bellevue Hospital Medical College, in
New York City (is now located at Springfield, Mo.); Jefferson B., a
jeweler at Marshfield; Virginia Lee, Edward and Mary.  Dr. James is a
Democrat in his political opinions, and cast his first presidential
vote for Franklin Pierce.  He is one of the leading citizens of Webster
county, and is an intellectual, clever gentleman.  Mrs. James is a 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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