Arney Beaulah James1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 10349, (1884 - 1940)
FatherBarclay Arney James6,2,5 (1 Oct 1842 - 9 Mar 1909)
MotherBobella Cobb4,2,5 (3 Sep 1848 - 20 Oct 1922)

Key Events:

Birth: 5 Apr 1884, Paducah, Kentucky7,8,9
Marriage: 7 Feb 1906, St. Paul's Church, Evansville, Indiana, Charles Viele (26 Sep 1876 - 29 Jan 1946)10,11,12
Death: 10 Nov 1940, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana5
Burial: 12 Nov 1940, Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Indiana5
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

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Narrative:

     Arney Beaulah James was born on 5 Apr 1884 in Paducah, Kentucky.7,8,9
     She moved to Clarksville with her parents in 1891.13,14,15
     She moved to 1448 Upper 2nd, Evansville, Indiana, with her parents in 1893.16,17 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, in the household of her parents.6
     Arney married Charles Viele, son of George Bement Viele and America Morgan, on 7 Feb 1906 in St. Paul's Church, Evansville, Indiana, with Rev. William Reid Cross officating.10,11,12 They traveled by train to Chicago for their honeymoon.18 On their return they made their home at the Morgan residence on Riverside Ave. in Evansville, the home of his mother's family.18
     Arney and Charles appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, in the household of his mother, America Morgan.19
     On 4 Jan 1918 Arney was entertaining some friends when she noticed a light under the door of her room, which she had left dark. Entering, she found a man in a black overcoat bending over some jewelry boxes on her dresser. When she called out to him he ran downstairs and he and another man left the house. Several other rooms were found ransacked but nothing was missing. She had been unable to get a good description because his hat had been pulled low over his face.20
     Arney and Charles appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, in the household of his mother.21
     Arney and Charles took a trip to Cuba in 1930. They returned aboard the S.S. Evangeline, arriving in Miami, Florida, on 10 Mar 1930, having departed Havna the day before.22
     Arney and Charles appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, at 605 S. E. Riverside, enumerated 18 Apr 1930, reporting he owned a home valued at $10,000, but did not own a radio. His mother was listed as living with them, as was her sister, Margaret. They were in the same house his mother had inherited from her parents, and where they had lived since their marriage, but now Charles was shown as head of household. The house number is different because street had been re-numbered (click on the map icon to see the house, which still stands).23
     Arney and Charles appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, at 605 S. E. Riverside, enumerated 8 Apr 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $15,750. His mother, and her mother, were listed as living with them, all reporting having lived in the same house in 1935. Also listed as living with them were four lodgers, William J. Rogers, age 73, a chemist, an engineer and an attorney, and two servants.24
     Arney died on 10 Nov 1940 in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, at age 56.5 She was buried on 12 Nov 1940 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Indiana.5

Children:
     There were no children with Charles Viele

Citations

  1. [S2312] Bracley A. James household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows name as Arney B. James.
  2. [S8335] Marriages Record, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, 10:109, Charles Viele and Beaulah Arney James.
  3. [S8276] Arney James Viele, Certificate of Death, shows father's surname as James.
  4. [S2312] Bracley A. James household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows the girl as the daughter of Bobbie's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  5. [S8276] Arney James Viele, Certificate of Death.
  6. [S2312] Bracley A. James household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.
  7. [S8335] Marriages Record, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, 10:109, Charles Viele and Beaulah Arney James, shows date, city, and state.
  8. [S2312] Bracley A. James household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows month, year, as 1883, age 17 and state.
  9. [S8276] Arney James Viele, Certificate of Death, shows date, with year as 1884, town, and state.
  10. [S8335] Marriages Record, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, 10:109, Charles Viele and Beaulah Arney James, shows date and officant.
  11. [S8421] "Viele-James," Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, 10 Feb 1906, shows Wednesday, church, and cites Evansville Courier for story.
  12. [S8418] Amy Viele household, 1910 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows married 4 years.
  13. [S8357] "Leaflets," Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle, 28 Jul 1891, shows Bart James, of Evansville, was visiting his family at Mrs. Allen Johnson's.
  14. [S8355] "With Our Neighbors," The Daily American, 7 Jun 1891, in section dateline Clarksville, 5 Jun, shows Nell Saunders had returned home after visiting friends in Paducah, and Laura returned home from Anchorage, Ky.
  15. [S8310] Bennett & Co.'s Evansville City Directory, 1892, pg 315, shows residence as Clarksville.
  16. [S8310] Bennett & Co.'s Evansville City Directory, 1893, pg 318, shows residence as e s Upper 2d no of Madison; 1894, pg 327 shows address.
  17. [S8331] Bart A. James obituary, Owensboro Daily Messenger, shows he moved to Evansville with his family 17 years before.
  18. [S8421] "Viele-James," Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, 10 Feb 1906.
  19. [S8418] Amy Viele household, 1910 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.
  20. [S8429] "Mrs. C. Viele Find Bugular in Room," The Evansville Press, 5 Jan 1918.
  21. [S8419] Amy M. Viele household, 1920 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.
  22. [S8423] Evangelline arrival 10 Mar 1930, U.S. Citizen Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Miami, Florida.
  23. [S8420] Charles Viele household, 1930 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.
  24. [S8304] Chas Viele household, 1940 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.