Linah C. James1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 10350, (1878 - 1915)
FatherBarclay Arney James6,3,7 (1 Oct 1842 - 9 Mar 1909)
MotherBobella Cobb4,5,3 (3 Sep 1848 - 20 Oct 1922)

Key Events:

Birth: 9 May 1878, Kentucky8,9,10
Death: 18 Jul 1915, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana3
Burial: 21 Jul 1915, Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee11,12
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

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Narrative:

     Linah C. James was born on 9 May 1878 in Kentucky.8,9,10
     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, in the household of her parents, Barclay Arney James and Bobella Cobb.6
     She moved to Paducah with her parents about 1882.13
     She moved to Clarksville with her parents in 1891.14,15,16
     She moved to Indiana with her parents in 1893.17,18 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, in the household of her parents.19
     She moved back to Clarksville with her parents in 1906.20,21
     Linah returned to Evansville after the death of her father.22 She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, in the household of her sister Linda and her husband, Francis Byrnes Jr.23
     She never married, and apparently never worked.24,25,26
     Linah died on 18 Jul 1915 in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, at age 37.3 She was buried on 21 Jul 1915 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee.11,12

Citations

  1. [S2321] Barclay James household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows name as Lind James.
  2. [S2312] Bracley A. James household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows name as Linah C. James.
  3. [S8389] James, Linah C. James, Certificate of Death.
  4. [S2321] Barclay James household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows the girl as daughter of Bobbie's husband.
  5. [S8293] Mrs. B. A. James obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle.
  6. [S2321] Barclay James household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  7. [S8358] B. A. James obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle.
  8. [S2321] Barclay James household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows age 2 and state.
  9. [S2312] Bracley A. James household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows month, year, age 22 and state.
  10. [S8389] James, Linah C. James, Certificate of Death, shows date and state.
  11. [S8390] Miss Linah James obituary, Daily Leaf-Chronicle, shows date and cemetery.
  12. [S8389] James, Linah C. James, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and state.
  13. [S8310] Bennett & Co.'s Evansville City Directory, 1883 pg 203, shows residence as Paducah.
  14. [S8357] "Leaflets," Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle, 28 Jul 1891, shows Bart James, of Evansville, was visiting his family at Mrs. Allen Johnson's.
  15. [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.
  16. [S8310] Bennett & Co.'s Evansville City Directory, 1892, pg 315, shows residence as Clarksville.
  17. [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.
  18. [S8331] Bart A. James obituary, Owensboro Daily Messenger, shows he moved to Evansville with his family 17 years before.
  19. [S2312] Bracley A. James household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.
  20. [S8358] B. A. James obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, shows he returned to Clarksville in 1906 and resided there with his family since.
  21. [S8310] Bennett & Co.'s Evansville City Directory, 1906, pg 362, shows res in Evansville with Mrs. Bobbie; 1908, pg 345, shows residence as Clarksville.
  22. [S8358] B. A. James obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, shows her as living in Clarksville.
  23. [S2325] Frank Burns household, 1910 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.
  24. [S8389] James, Linah C. James, Certificate of Death, shows single and occupation as none.
  25. [S8310] Bennett & Co.'s Evansville City Directory, 1897, pg 345; 1898, pg 356; 1901, pg 371; 1902, pg 358; 1903, pg 359; 1904, pg 389; and 1905, pg 361, all show her at same address as her father, and with no occupation listed.
  26. [S2325] Frank Burns household, 1910 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows occupation as none.