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Biographies
Source:
Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and
Cleveland, Ohio
ILLUSTRATED
Publ. Chicago:
The Lewis Publishing Company
1894
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JOHN G. JAMES,
assistant freight agent of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Railroad Company, is a gentleman who has come into prominence
rapidly as a railroad man, rising from a minor clerkship in the
freight office of this road to the position he now occupies in
less than one decade from the date of his entering the service
of the company, and his being an official of the great Lake
Shore system in his present capacity speaks more for the
character of his service than any article written for the
express purpose of describing that service in detail. It
was in 1876 that Mr. James name was entered on the pay
roll as an employe of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Railroad Company. Two years' service as a freight clerk
sufficed to warrant his promotion to the position of chief clerk
in the general freight office, and in this capacity he exhibited
those characteristics which prompted the management of the road
to make him assistant general freight agent seven years later.
Mr. James is an active and influential member of
the following committees of the Central Traffic Association,
viz.: Rules and Regulations, Iron and Iron Manufactures, Oil
Traffic, Uniform Bill of Lading, Relation with Western Roads,
Relation with Trunk Lines, Eastbound Percentage Basis and
Official Classification.
Mr. James was born in Belmont county,
Ohio, Dec. 24, 1846. His father, William James,
was a farmer, born in the same State, but removed to Bureau
county, Illinois, in 1852. There he spent the remainder of
his life, dying in 1884, at seventy-six years of age.
Maryland was the original American home of the
Jameses. A remote ancestor of our subject emigrated to
Pennsylvania and settled at Uniontown, and from that point
Charles James, the paternal grandfather of our
subject, emigrated to Ohio, settling in Tuscarawas county, where
he died. William James married, in 1833,
Miss Eliza A. Maginnis, a daughter of Daniel
Maginnis, formerly of Loudoun county, Virginia.
Seven of the eleven children born of this union are yet living,
namely: Jacob, at Wyanet; Charles, at Princeton;
Albert, at Ohio; Hiram, at Maiden, and Mrs.
Samuel Conner, of Ohio,— all in the State of Illinois; and
Mrs. Orrin W. Zibble, of Olathe, Kansas, and the of
subject this sketch. Two of the deceased are: Harrison W.,
who died at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in 1890; and Wesley
W., who died at Mendota, Illinois, from injuries received
while an employe of the Chicago, Burlington &. Quincy Railroad
Company. The two others died in infancy.
John C. James grew up in the country, employed
on his father's farm, until the age of seventeen. The
breaking out of the war offered a novel experience, and at the
same time an opportunity of going beyond the confines of home,
and he took advantage of the opportunity. He enlisted in
the Fifty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company B,
commanded by Captain Van Steenberg, and was attached fur
service to the Army of the Tennessee, participating in tile
battles of the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta. After
the fall of Atlanta he was engaged at the battle of Allatoona,
Georgia, where he received three wounds, one of which caused the
amputation of his right foot and ended his military service.
His position was on the right flank of the skirmish line, which
was driven by a charge of French's Confederate division, the
flower of Johnston's army, and fell wounded among the
tents of the camp of the ninety-third Illinois Infantry, where
he lay for three hours between two lines of battle, receiving
three wounds and four additional balls through his clothes, and
231 bullet holes were found in the officers' tent into which he
had crawled! He was confined in hospitals in Rome,
Georgia, Chattanooga, and Nashville, Tennessee, and Chicago,
Illinois, being discharged from service at the last named place
in July, 1865.
Mr. James next turned his attention to getting
an education. He passed through the junior year in Western
Union College at Fulton, Illinois, teaching in the meantime to
secure funds to defray his necessary expenses. He gave up
pedagogical work in a short time and turned his attention to
abstract work and the examination of land titles, assisting in
writing up a set of abstracts for Cuyahoga county, Ohio, having
returned to this State in 1870. He was interested also in
the preparation of an abstract of titles for Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania, and conducted the business about five years when
he took up railroad work, as before stated.
Mr. James married, in May, 1874, Annie E.
Black, a daughter of John C. Black, an early settler
in Cleveland, and by occupation a builder and contractor.
The children born to Mr. and Mrs. James are: Lawrence
W., in the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Railroad Company at Kansas City, Missouri; Frank T.;
Walter M.; and William C.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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RALPH A. JAMES.
The early history of the New England States develops the fact
that the James family was one of much prominence, its
representative members having been conspicuous for their high
attainments, their social position and their high attainments,
their social position and their power as factors in various
governmental functions. Of the New York branch of this
family the subject of this review is evidently a descendant, and
as a representative resident of Parma township, where his entire
life has been passed, it is most congruous that he be accorded
particular attention in this connection. He is a son of
the late Matthew James, who, with his family, emigrated to Ohio
from Staten Island, New York, in the spring of 1841. The
maiden name of our subject's mother was Mary Moles.
After reaching Ohio the parents settled in Parma township,
Cuyahoga county, where they passed the remainder of their lives,
developing
a fine farm and gaining the highest measure of respect and
esteem in the community in which they were permitted to attain
to venerable age, the demise of the father occurring Apr. 28,
1875, and that of the mother, Nov. 13, 1877. They had a
family of ten children, six sons and four daughters, of whom the
subject of this sketch was the youngest.
Ralph A. James was born on Staten Island, New
York, Apr. 12, 1841, and was but three months of age when his
parents started on their long and weary journey to Ohio.
He grew to manhood on the old farm in Parma township, and to
farming operations his time has been devoted from his youth up.
During the progress of the late civil war be was for several
months in the employ of the Government as a mechanic.
Mr. James was married Dec. 13, 1877, to Miss
Carrie Biddulph, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 3,
1856. They have four children, Addie C., Ralph A., Neva
L., and Oliver J. James.
The fine farm owned by Mr. James
comprises 100 acres of most fertile and desirable land, the same
being under a high state of cultivation and supplied with
convenient and substantial buildings. The present handsome
residence was built to replace the one which was destroyed by
fire Mar. 31, 1890, entailing a loss of several thousand
dollars.
In his political proclivities Mr. James
is a staunch Republican, and in local affairs of a political and
general public nature he has been closely identified with the
progressive element, having been called upon to serve as Trustee
and to hold other township offices of importance.
Possessed of excellent executive ability and manifesting the
closest fidelity to all trusts imposed, it is needless to say
that he has proved a popular official in such capacities as he
has acted.
A member of the Protestant Episcopal Church by baptism,
he has not neglected the fulfillment of the vows made for him,
having been duly confirmed and being a member of the parish of
All Saints' Church on Scranton avenue, Cleveland. He has
been a member of the vestry of this church for several years,
being devoted to its cause and to that of the church at large.
A man of much discernment and ability, strong in his
rectitude of character, genial and courteous in his intercourse
with his fellowmen, it is but natural that he enjoys a
distinctive respect and popularity in the community where he
lives.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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THOMAS JAMES, M. D.,
of Parma township, Ohio, was born on Staten island, New York,
Jan. 26, 1831, a son of the late Matthew and Mary (Moles)
James, who emigrated from Staten island in the spring of
1841, and settled in the township of Parma, where they lived
till their death. The father died Apr. 28, 1876, and the
mother died Nov. 13 1877. They had ten children, six sons
and four daughters, of whom Thomas was the third.
He was ten years old when he came with his parents to
Ohio. After remaining at home until 1854, he went to
California for the purpose of mining, remaining in the mines
till 1858, when he returned to Ohio and purchased the farm where
he now lives, on York street, in Parma township. Since
that time he had been engaged in agricultural pursuits. His
farm, consisting of 100 acres, is in a fine state of cultivation
and well furnished with the required equipments. As to
public station, Mr. James has served as School
Director.
He was married in Trumbull county, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1864,
to Miss Ann Bratten, who was born in Chester county,
Pennsylvania, Sept. 11, 1836, a daughter of James and Jane
(Hamilton) Bratten. Her parents, who died in Warren,
Trumbull county, Ohio, had eleven children, of whom Mrs.
James was the sixth. She came with her brother John
to Warren, Ohio, in 1854. Mr. and Mrs. James are
the parents of four children, three of whom are living:
Loa E., Lettie E. and Eva. The deceased
child, Maggie, died in infancy.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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W. S. JAMES,
has an office at No. 1519½
Lorain street, Cleveland (West Side). He is one of the
young practitioners of the city, being born Oct. 16, 1858, at
Warren, Ohio. His parents, Seely and Catharine James,
were long time residents of Warren, and the father, who is of
Welsh descent, resides there at present; and the mother, who is
of German lineage, died in1885.
At Nelson Academy Dr. James acquired a
preliminary education, which was supplemented by a course at the
Western Reserve Seminary, and he also took a course at Oberlin
College; meanwhile he was also engaged in teaching school.
He attended the Wooster Medical College, graduated at the
Columbus Medical College, and is also an alumnus of the Starling
Medical College. He has had considerable hospital
practice, and when he entered upon the practice of his
profession in this city he was equipped for his work. He
is a member of the Cuyahoga County, Cleveland and Ohio Medical
Societies, and fraternally is a member of the I. O. F., and of
other fraternal and beneficiary associations.
Dr. James is a Republican in politics, and he is
a religious man, being a member of the Gorgon Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church. Dec. 16, 1882, he wedded Miss Sarah
Thomson, of Middlefield, Geauga county, Ohio.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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THOMAS W. JAMES,
of Parma township, Ohio, was born May 21, 1845, in Dunsmore
Park, Ireland, a son of the late William and Rebecca
(Simmons) James. They emigrated from Ireland, in 1847,
to Canada, and lived there until 1859, when they came to
Cleveland. He was a gardener by occupation, both in his
native country and also in Cleveland. He laid out a
portion of the grounds at the Newburgh Insane Asylum. He
also laid out the garden there in 1860. In the fall of
1860 he removed to Louisville, Kentucky, and remained there till
the fall 1861, when he returned to Cleveland, and the following
spring removed to Brooklyn township, Cuyahoga county, where he
pursued his calling till 1872. He then returned again to
Cleveland and located on Detroit street, where he was engaged as
a florist till his death, which occurred in May, 1876. His
wife died in Brooklyn township, on Clark avenue, in May, 1872.
They had a family of seven children, of whom Thomas was
the sixth.
He continued to live with his father till the fall of
1870, and from him learned the business of gardening. He
was married in Cleveland, Ohio, Apr. 21, 1868, to Miss
Stewart Young, who was born in Scotland, Jan/ 7, 1848.
Her parents were William and Elizabeth (Campbell) Young.
They came from Scotland in 1851 and .settled in Cleveland, on
the West Side. The mother died in the spring of 1884 and
the father Sept. 8, 1889. Of a family of nine children
Mrs. James was the youngest.
Mr. James continued to live in Brooklyn township
for four years after his marriage, when he removed to Cleveland,
where he followed his occupation of gardening for three years
and then then to West Cleveland, where he remained eleven years,
after which he spent four years in Independence, Cuyahoga
county, finally, in the fall of 1890, settling in Parma
township, where he has built a fine greenhouse and continues to
pursue his chosen calling. He cultivates about thirty
acres of land.
Mr. and Mrs. James are the parents of ten living
children, namely: William T., Edward Y., George,
Cora, Clinton D., James W.,
Bessie, John S., Stewart and Mary G.
One child, Lewis, died in infancy.
Mr. James served as a member of the West
Cleveland Council two terms. In the spring of 1893 he was
elected School Director in his district. He is a member of
the Masonic order.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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Wm. G. Jones
pg. 507 |
CAPTAIN WILLIAM G. JONES
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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