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Robert Lee James

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Robert Lee James

Birth
Lamar County, Texas, USA
Death
17 Dec 1946 (aged 72)
Ralls, Crosby County, Texas, USA
Burial
Ralls, Crosby County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Robert Lee James was born September 11, 1874 in Lamar County, Texas, son of Robert Kirkland James and Julia Pittman. Robert had a twin brother, Samuel Jackson James. Samuel Jackson James died May 8, 1933 in Bryan County, Oklahoma and was buried in Durant, Oklahoma (Bryan County) in the Highland Cemetery where his mother was also buried. Robert and Samuel also had four other siblings: Martha Ann 'Mattie' James born October 17, 1876 in Texas; Nellie Kate James born June 1890 in Texas; Effie Irene James born September 1892 in Texas; and Edna James born May 1894 in Texas.

The 1880 Federal Census for Precinct 1, Texas (Lamar County) shows Robert Lee James, age 5, born in Texas; living with his father, Robert K. James, a farmer, age 29, born in Alabama; and his mother, Julia A. James, age 25, born in Texas. Also living in the household was Robert's twin brother, Samuel, age 5, born in Texas; and his younger sister, Mattie, age 3, born in Texas. The family was living next door to Julia Ann Pittman James' parents, and Julia's younger siblings.

Robert's father died on August 9, 1895 in Lamar County, Texas and was buried there in Tigertown Cemetery. On January 12, 1898 in Lamar County, Texas, Robert's mother married her second husband, Thomas L. James. No children were born to this second marriage.

Robert died December 17, 1946, in Ralls, Texas (Crosby County) and was buried there in the Ralls Cemetery where his father also was buried.
Robert Lee James was born September 11, 1874 in Lamar County, Texas, son of Robert Kirkland James and Julia Pittman. Robert had a twin brother, Samuel Jackson James. Samuel Jackson James died May 8, 1933 in Bryan County, Oklahoma and was buried in Durant, Oklahoma (Bryan County) in the Highland Cemetery where his mother was also buried. Robert and Samuel also had four other siblings: Martha Ann 'Mattie' James born October 17, 1876 in Texas; Nellie Kate James born June 1890 in Texas; Effie Irene James born September 1892 in Texas; and Edna James born May 1894 in Texas.

The 1880 Federal Census for Precinct 1, Texas (Lamar County) shows Robert Lee James, age 5, born in Texas; living with his father, Robert K. James, a farmer, age 29, born in Alabama; and his mother, Julia A. James, age 25, born in Texas. Also living in the household was Robert's twin brother, Samuel, age 5, born in Texas; and his younger sister, Mattie, age 3, born in Texas. The family was living next door to Julia Ann Pittman James' parents, and Julia's younger siblings.

Robert's father died on August 9, 1895 in Lamar County, Texas and was buried there in Tigertown Cemetery. On January 12, 1898 in Lamar County, Texas, Robert's mother married her second husband, Thomas L. James. No children were born to this second marriage.

Robert died December 17, 1946, in Ralls, Texas (Crosby County) and was buried there in the Ralls Cemetery where his father also was buried.


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