Ellsworth Eugene James
1873 - 1947 (74 years)
Person ID: I2223 | Tree: Imported from RootsMagic | Last Modified: 20 Oct 2022
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Name Ellsworth Eugene James Birth 31 Mar 1873 Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States 
Gender Male Died 6 Apr 1947 Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States -
Parents
Father John Thornton James (ID:I2219), b. 27 Nov 1836, Hampshire, Virginia, United States d. 27 Nov 1906, Union, Osage, Kansas, United States (Age 70 years) Mother Lydia Martha Lyons (ID:I2220), b. 7 Aug 1846, Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia, United States d. 2 Jun 1925, Union, Shawnee, Kansas, United States (Age 78 years) Marriage 6 Feb 1866 Wirt County, West Virginia, United States [3] - Date: 06 Feb 1968
Town or County: Wirt County
Husband: John T. James, age 31, Hampshire County VA
Wife: Lydia M. Lyons, age 21, Wirt County VA
Children 1. 
Mary Magdeline James (ID:I2221), b. 29 May 1868, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States d. 28 Oct 1949, Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, United States (Age 81 years)2. Ida Isabella James (ID:I2222), b. 5 Jul 1870, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States d. 3 Mar 1910, Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia, United States (Age 39 years)3. George Grant James (ID:I2170), b. 28 Jul 1871, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States d. 6 Dec 1951, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States (Age 80 years)4. Ellsworth Eugene James (ID:I2223)
(current person)
, b. 31 Mar 1873, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States d. 6 Apr 1947, Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States (Age 74 years)5. Alma Elmyra James (ID:I2224), b. 7 Mar 1875, Union, Shawnee, Kansas, United States d. 9 Apr 1945, Clinton, Douglas, Kansas, United States (Age 70 years)6. William James (ID:I2225), b. 23 Oct 1876, Union, Shawnee, Kansas, United States d. 22 Nov 1948, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States (Age 72 years)7. Lottie Elizabeth James (ID:I2226), b. 20 Dec 1878, Union, Shawnee, Kansas, United States d. 28 Aug 1941, Overbrook, Osage, Kansas, United States (Age 62 years)8. Amos James (ID:I2227), b. 1 Mar 1881, Union, Shawnee, Kansas, United States d. Yes, date unknown9. Ethel James (ID:I2228), b. 29 Jul 1883, Union, Shawnee, Kansas, United States d. 28 Jan 1932, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States (Age 48 years)10. Charles James (ID:I2229), b. 25 Feb 1885, Union, Shawnee, Kansas, United States d. 10 Jan 1938 (Age 52 years)11. John Henry James (ID:I2230), b. 12 Mar 1887, Union, Shawnee, Kansas, United States d. 20 Jul 1934, Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States (Age 47 years) - Date: 06 Feb 1968
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Family
Wife Maud Isbell (ID:I10919), b. Larned, Pawnee, Kansas, United States d. 3 May 1939, Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States Marriage 3 Nov 1908 Lydon, Osage, Kansas, United States - Unsourced transcription of wedding announcement
Miss Maud Isbell of Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas and Mr. Ellsworth E. James of Northeast Overbrook were married at Lyndon Kansas on 11-30-1908. Miss Isbell spent some time in our town about the time of the Street Fair, and the acquantance, which we are told began somewhat accidentally, soon ripened in attachment, in fact, perhaps it would not be too much to say it was love at first sight. Mr. James is well known here, and makes a business of threshing during the season. His friends will extend a cordial welcome to his bride. We wish the young couple a long and happy married life. (copied this piece from Dec. 10-08 Overbrook paper at the Kansas State Historical Society Topeka Kansas)
Ellsworth and Maud took Ellsworth's cousin Gertrude Bryson Voorman's baby girl Laura Voorman into their home and cared for her as their own for several years. Laura's parents Gertrude and Jess Voorman separated. Jess took his older children and went West leaving Gertrude and her two youngest children Laura and Amy with Gertrude's mother Mary Bryson and brother John R. Bryson. Gertrude left and later remarried. Amy staying on with her grandmother and Uncle for several years then left.
Sometime after Ellsworth and Maud and Laura moved to Brainerd, Minnesota, Laura left them to go to her father in one of the Northwestern states.
- Unsourced transcription of wedding announcement
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Other Personal Events
1880 Federal Census 3 Jun 1880 Rigeway, Osage, Kansas, United States [1] - John T. James, white, male, 44, blacksmith
Liddy M. James, white, female, 34, wife
Mary M. James, white, female, 12, daughter
Ida I. James, white, female, 10, daughter
George G. James, white, male, 8, son
Elmer E. James, white, male, 7, son
Alma A. James, white, female, 5, daughter
William W. James, white, male, 3, son
Lottie E. James, white, female, 1 daughter
1900 Federal Census 22 Jun 1900 Elk, Osage, Kansas, USA [2] - John T. James, head, white, male married, 63
Lydia A., white, female, married 53
Ellsworth E., son, white, male, single, 29
Amos, son, white, male, single, 18
Ethel, daughter, white, female, single, 16
Charles, son, white, male, single, 15
John H., son, white, male, single, 13
George C., father, white, male, widowed, 82
- John T. James, white, male, 44, blacksmith
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Source Citations
- [S13] 1880 U.S. Census.
Osage Co., Kansas, population schedule, Ridgeway Township, enumeration district (ED) 39, sheet 188C, family 31, John T. James household, digital image, Ancestry, (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 29 July 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, FHL microfilm 1254392. - [S21] 1900 U.S. Census.
Osage Co., Kansas, population schedule, Elk Township, enumeration district (ED) 116, sheet 12A, (penned), family 252, John T. James household; digital image, Ancestry, (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 29 July 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm: 1240494. - [S240] West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, Register of Marriages, John T. James and Lydia M. Lyons, 6 Feb 1868; digital image, West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History; (http://wvculture.org: accessed 29 Jul 2921), page starting Oct 20 1867.