James enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War. He served in the Seventh Tennessee Mounted Infantry. It's commanders were Col. James T. Shelley, Lt Col. James J. Dail and Major Oliver M. Dodson. The unit was organized at Athens, Tennessee in the spring of 1865, with members being recruited from Anderson, Knox, Campbell, McMinn, Meigs and Monroe counties in the later part of 1864.
For the greater portion of it's service the unit was stationed at Athens, Tennessee. Its primary activity was in hunting guerrillas, with whom it had frequent engagements. It was mustered out July 27, 1865, in accordance with orders from the war department.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 389
James and his brother, Moses, were the founders of Woodland Park, Teller County, Colorado. There they had located their freighting business, settling on a site situated between the mining towns of Canon City, Criple Creek, Leadville and Colorado Springs. Out of their mercantile store and post office the town of Woodland Park emerged. After his son, Robbie, died from a "brain trouble" in 1891, he donated the land for the Woodland Park Cemetery. At one time he was also the sheriff of Teller County. In 1896 he sold out. The altitude in Colorado was too much for his heart condition and a doctor suggested he move to a lower elevation. He and the family settled in Polk County, Missouri, buying a farm in 1897. There he and his family lived for a time and farmed. He saw that area had a need for mail delivery and like in Colorado, he established a post office and town. Naming it Erna after his daughter Ernestine. He was elected as the Polk County Judge in 1904 and served for several terms. He immediately saw the need for a new courthouse and encouraged it's building. In 1905 bonds were passed for it's construction. He presided over the new courthouse ceremonies in 1907. By 1910 his little town of Erna was giving way to progress and the construction of Flemington situated on the railroad, three miles to the west. His heart ailment was again giving him troubles and a lower elevation was again suggested. So. in 1912, they would again move to a lower elevation settling in De Soto Parish, Louisiana where he farmed and would spend the remainder of his life. He died there in 1922.
Inscription on tombstone: " I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith".
For the greater portion of it's service the unit was stationed at Athens, Tennessee. Its primary activity was in hunting guerrillas, with whom it had frequent engagements. It was mustered out July 27, 1865, in accordance with orders from the war department.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 389
James and his brother, Moses, were the founders of Woodland Park, Teller County, Colorado. There they had located their freighting business, settling on a site situated between the mining towns of Canon City, Criple Creek, Leadville and Colorado Springs. Out of their mercantile store and post office the town of Woodland Park emerged. After his son, Robbie, died from a "brain trouble" in 1891, he donated the land for the Woodland Park Cemetery. At one time he was also the sheriff of Teller County. In 1896 he sold out. The altitude in Colorado was too much for his heart condition and a doctor suggested he move to a lower elevation. He and the family settled in Polk County, Missouri, buying a farm in 1897. There he and his family lived for a time and farmed. He saw that area had a need for mail delivery and like in Colorado, he established a post office and town. Naming it Erna after his daughter Ernestine. He was elected as the Polk County Judge in 1904 and served for several terms. He immediately saw the need for a new courthouse and encouraged it's building. In 1905 bonds were passed for it's construction. He presided over the new courthouse ceremonies in 1907. By 1910 his little town of Erna was giving way to progress and the construction of Flemington situated on the railroad, three miles to the west. His heart ailment was again giving him troubles and a lower elevation was again suggested. So. in 1912, they would again move to a lower elevation settling in De Soto Parish, Louisiana where he farmed and would spend the remainder of his life. He died there in 1922.
Inscription on tombstone: " I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith".
James enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War. He served in the Seventh Tennessee Mounted Infantry. It's commanders were Col. James T. Shelley, Lt Col. James J. Dail and Major Oliver M. Dodson. The unit was organized at Athens, Tennessee in the spring of 1865, with members being recruited from Anderson, Knox, Campbell, McMinn, Meigs and Monroe counties in the later part of 1864.
For the greater portion of it's service the unit was stationed at Athens, Tennessee. Its primary activity was in hunting guerrillas, with whom it had frequent engagements. It was mustered out July 27, 1865, in accordance with orders from the war department.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 389
James and his brother, Moses, were the founders of Woodland Park, Teller County, Colorado. There they had located their freighting business, settling on a site situated between the mining towns of Canon City, Criple Creek, Leadville and Colorado Springs. Out of their mercantile store and post office the town of Woodland Park emerged. After his son, Robbie, died from a "brain trouble" in 1891, he donated the land for the Woodland Park Cemetery. At one time he was also the sheriff of Teller County. In 1896 he sold out. The altitude in Colorado was too much for his heart condition and a doctor suggested he move to a lower elevation. He and the family settled in Polk County, Missouri, buying a farm in 1897. There he and his family lived for a time and farmed. He saw that area had a need for mail delivery and like in Colorado, he established a post office and town. Naming it Erna after his daughter Ernestine. He was elected as the Polk County Judge in 1904 and served for several terms. He immediately saw the need for a new courthouse and encouraged it's building. In 1905 bonds were passed for it's construction. He presided over the new courthouse ceremonies in 1907. By 1910 his little town of Erna was giving way to progress and the construction of Flemington situated on the railroad, three miles to the west. His heart ailment was again giving him troubles and a lower elevation was again suggested. So. in 1912, they would again move to a lower elevation settling in De Soto Parish, Louisiana where he farmed and would spend the remainder of his life. He died there in 1922.
Inscription on tombstone: " I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith".
For the greater portion of it's service the unit was stationed at Athens, Tennessee. Its primary activity was in hunting guerrillas, with whom it had frequent engagements. It was mustered out July 27, 1865, in accordance with orders from the war department.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 389
James and his brother, Moses, were the founders of Woodland Park, Teller County, Colorado. There they had located their freighting business, settling on a site situated between the mining towns of Canon City, Criple Creek, Leadville and Colorado Springs. Out of their mercantile store and post office the town of Woodland Park emerged. After his son, Robbie, died from a "brain trouble" in 1891, he donated the land for the Woodland Park Cemetery. At one time he was also the sheriff of Teller County. In 1896 he sold out. The altitude in Colorado was too much for his heart condition and a doctor suggested he move to a lower elevation. He and the family settled in Polk County, Missouri, buying a farm in 1897. There he and his family lived for a time and farmed. He saw that area had a need for mail delivery and like in Colorado, he established a post office and town. Naming it Erna after his daughter Ernestine. He was elected as the Polk County Judge in 1904 and served for several terms. He immediately saw the need for a new courthouse and encouraged it's building. In 1905 bonds were passed for it's construction. He presided over the new courthouse ceremonies in 1907. By 1910 his little town of Erna was giving way to progress and the construction of Flemington situated on the railroad, three miles to the west. His heart ailment was again giving him troubles and a lower elevation was again suggested. So. in 1912, they would again move to a lower elevation settling in De Soto Parish, Louisiana where he farmed and would spend the remainder of his life. He died there in 1922.
Inscription on tombstone: " I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith".
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