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James Estes

Birth: 31 Aug 1821
Orange County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 8 Mar 1863 (aged 41)
Alton, Oregon County, Missouri, USA
Burial: Burial Details Unknown Add to Map
Memorial ID: 33661963 View Source

James was a Union sympathizer and forced to escape Confederates who were out to hang him. He fled north, where he was shot and killed in Missouri on his way to Iowa. Grave site is unknown. Source Lena Bell Tarter, daughter of Susan A. Estes Tarter, James' sister.
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Son of Thomas Estes and Emelia "Milly" Cates. In 1850 Jim was in California hunting for gold with his cousins, Archie & Tom Estes. James served in the Arkansas Legislature in 1857. In 1860 he was living in Fulton Co, Ark, Pleasant Ridge Township.

He was killed in Alton, Oregon Co, Mo., also a southern sympathizing town.

Submitted by Mary Jo Freeman.

James was a Union sympathizer and forced to escape Confederates who were out to hang him. He fled north, where he was shot and killed in Missouri on his way to Iowa. Grave site is unknown. Source Lena Bell Tarter, daughter of Susan A. Estes Tarter, James' sister.
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Son of Thomas Estes and Emelia "Milly" Cates. In 1850 Jim was in California hunting for gold with his cousins, Archie & Tom Estes. James served in the Arkansas Legislature in 1857. In 1860 he was living in Fulton Co, Ark, Pleasant Ridge Township.

He was killed in Alton, Oregon Co, Mo., also a southern sympathizing town.

Submitted by Mary Jo Freeman.

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Thomas Estes

1799–1886

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Rebecca Mouler Nolan Estes

1824–1895 (m. 1842)

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Created by: Jim Estes
Added: Feb 8, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33661963/james-estes: accessed ), memorial page for James Estes (31 Aug 1821–8 Mar 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33661963; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Jim Estes (contributor 47016115).

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