Descendants of Joseph James I have just a smidgeon of James information in my database due to the Ross connection. We don't know Nancy's maiden name. However, Nancy James is buried in the same plot as my husband's gg grandparents James Madison Ross and Elizabeth Fry along with two of her grandchildren. She is buried in the Spring Run Cemetery at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialcgs/srpici_k.htm Generation No. 1 1. JOSEPH1 JAMES He married NANCY (Maiden Unknown) JAMES. Child of JOSEPH JAMES and NANCY JAMES is: 2. i. THOMAS2 JAMES, b. 1838; d. 1919. Generation No. 2 2. THOMAS2 JAMES (JOSEPH1) was born 1838, and died 1919. He married MELISSA A. ROSS August 20, 1867 in Louisa Co, Iowa, daughter of JAMES MADISON ROSS and ELIZABETH FRY. She was born Abt. 1843 in Iowa, and died 1930 in Louisa Co., Iowa. Child of THOMAS JAMES and MELISSA ROSS is: i. MARY AUGUSTA3 JAMES, m. L. B. SMITH, March 04, 1889, Cairo, Iowa; b. Atalissa. ii. James, Clarence W., b. 1875, d. 1879 ae 4y, son of T.A. & M.A. James iii. James, Elizabeth, b. 2 Jan 1872 ae 14 da, infant dau of T.A. & M. A. James Norma Jennings