Jack County, TX - Obituaries - James L. Ham ************************************************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************************* The Jacksboro Gazette Thursday, March 23, 1911 James L. Ham died 17 March 1911. Funeral held at Oakwood cemetery. In the death of Mr. Ham a representative and a son of one of the very oldest families passes away. This family came to Jack county before the civil war and had a splendid home on the head of Keechi, which land still belongs to members of the family, but the home owas broken up by the Indians, in the days following the way when they were depredating on the frontier of Texas, stealing and killing everything on the border.