Son of Robert Hume and Cathrine Rose
Known Siblings:
Robert Wilson Hume
Isabel Jane Hume Williams
Mary Hume
Lydia Ann Hume Williams
Charles R Hume
Allison Hume
John Hume,
Catherine Hume Halsey
James B.Hume left home in 1850 headed for the gold fields of California with his brother John. he panned gold and mined for a number of years in addition to operating a trade store off and on.
James B. Hume was one of the American West's premier lawmen.
In 1860 he began his career serving as deputy tax collector for El Dorado County, California.
James B. Hume began his career as a lawman in Placerville, California (hangtown) in 1862 when he was appointed City Marshal. Later in 1864 he was appointed Undersheriff of El Dorado County, a position he held for five years. In 1869 he was elected Sheriff after having won the election in 1868.
Sheriff Hume left his position in Placerville in 1873 to became the Chief Special Officer of Wells, Fargo & Company where his reputation as a relentless pursuer of lawbreakers was soon bolstered by his arrest of the famous stage robber Charles E. Boles, AKA, Black Bart.
He married Lida Munson on April 28, 1884, and had a son, Samuel James Hume. He died at his home in Berkeley, California.
Known Siblings:
Robert Wilson Hume
Isabel Jane Hume Williams
Mary Hume
Lydia Ann Hume Williams
Charles R Hume
Allison Hume
John Hume,
Catherine Hume Halsey
James B.Hume left home in 1850 headed for the gold fields of California with his brother John. he panned gold and mined for a number of years in addition to operating a trade store off and on.
James B. Hume was one of the American West's premier lawmen.
In 1860 he began his career serving as deputy tax collector for El Dorado County, California.
James B. Hume began his career as a lawman in Placerville, California (hangtown) in 1862 when he was appointed City Marshal. Later in 1864 he was appointed Undersheriff of El Dorado County, a position he held for five years. In 1869 he was elected Sheriff after having won the election in 1868.
Sheriff Hume left his position in Placerville in 1873 to became the Chief Special Officer of Wells, Fargo & Company where his reputation as a relentless pursuer of lawbreakers was soon bolstered by his arrest of the famous stage robber Charles E. Boles, AKA, Black Bart.
He married Lida Munson on April 28, 1884, and had a son, Samuel James Hume. He died at his home in Berkeley, California.
Son of Robert Hume and Cathrine Rose
Known Siblings:
Robert Wilson Hume
Isabel Jane Hume Williams
Mary Hume
Lydia Ann Hume Williams
Charles R Hume
Allison Hume
John Hume,
Catherine Hume Halsey
James B.Hume left home in 1850 headed for the gold fields of California with his brother John. he panned gold and mined for a number of years in addition to operating a trade store off and on.
James B. Hume was one of the American West's premier lawmen.
In 1860 he began his career serving as deputy tax collector for El Dorado County, California.
James B. Hume began his career as a lawman in Placerville, California (hangtown) in 1862 when he was appointed City Marshal. Later in 1864 he was appointed Undersheriff of El Dorado County, a position he held for five years. In 1869 he was elected Sheriff after having won the election in 1868.
Sheriff Hume left his position in Placerville in 1873 to became the Chief Special Officer of Wells, Fargo & Company where his reputation as a relentless pursuer of lawbreakers was soon bolstered by his arrest of the famous stage robber Charles E. Boles, AKA, Black Bart.
He married Lida Munson on April 28, 1884, and had a son, Samuel James Hume. He died at his home in Berkeley, California.
Known Siblings:
Robert Wilson Hume
Isabel Jane Hume Williams
Mary Hume
Lydia Ann Hume Williams
Charles R Hume
Allison Hume
John Hume,
Catherine Hume Halsey
James B.Hume left home in 1850 headed for the gold fields of California with his brother John. he panned gold and mined for a number of years in addition to operating a trade store off and on.
James B. Hume was one of the American West's premier lawmen.
In 1860 he began his career serving as deputy tax collector for El Dorado County, California.
James B. Hume began his career as a lawman in Placerville, California (hangtown) in 1862 when he was appointed City Marshal. Later in 1864 he was appointed Undersheriff of El Dorado County, a position he held for five years. In 1869 he was elected Sheriff after having won the election in 1868.
Sheriff Hume left his position in Placerville in 1873 to became the Chief Special Officer of Wells, Fargo & Company where his reputation as a relentless pursuer of lawbreakers was soon bolstered by his arrest of the famous stage robber Charles E. Boles, AKA, Black Bart.
He married Lida Munson on April 28, 1884, and had a son, Samuel James Hume. He died at his home in Berkeley, California.
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