Looking for any info on Benjamin F. James b ca 1815 MO. wife Matilda Summers d/o Jeremiah Summers of Wayne County, KY. The Summers came from Wayne county 1815-19 to Randolph County, MO. A wagon train of 125 came about that same time from KY. MO was not a state at that time. Was Benjamin born on the way or after they arrived. Any one have any info about this wagon train. Benjamin and Matilda had 3 sons Charles Baker, David, and Benjamin Jr. who died young. Charles Baker James b 17 Nov 1841, married Phebe Catherine Wisdom David James b 1844, m 1st Jane C. Gunter, 2nd Elizabeth Henrietta <Wisdom> Redding, my Grandmother. David James and 1st wife had one son Charles H. James who was age 21 in 1887 in Randolph Co., MO. Nothing has been found since then. Benjamin lived in Macon Co., MO 1840 census and 1850 1870 in Randolph he died about 1876 Randolph Co. His wife is buried in Fort Henry cemetery near Huntsville, MO on her brother's , Joseph Madison Summers, family plot. Where is Benjamin, his son Charles H. James? What happened to them? A.R. James