In Georgia? My goodness! I thought perhaps it was my Patrick Moss who is listed in 1870 in Cook Co., IL, 8 W Chicago, page 400 and in 1880 in Cook Co., IL., Chicago E. D. 59, pg 561. This is where some of the other James' daughters & sons lived during about that period before they followed the railroad on out to Utah. My ancestor, Cynthia Ann James, married and moved to Kansas where I was born and raised. She was a half sister to your Mary Ann James. Mary's brother, John, served in the Civil War as did her father, Joel, and her brother, Joel. Johnita Norman H. Ricker, Jr. wrote: > > We have had her in Georgia for the past 120 years; she has been asking about > her folks :-) . She will be pleased to learn they are OK! > > BIOGRAPHY: 1870 Federal Census of Carnesville, Franklin County GA; Nancy Moss > age 66 is head of HH; Patrick J. Moss and wife Mary, and Patrick's daughters > Jane and Mary E or A reside with Nancy Moss. > > BIOGRAPHY: 1880 Federal Census of Wolfpit District, Franklin County GA taken > 21 and 22 Jun 1880 (year of birth is age subtracted from 1880; Jackson P Moss > with wife Mary A; Nancy L Moss, his mother, age 77, resided with the family): > P Jackson Moss, age 35 GA; Mary A, age 35, IN; Sarah E, age 12 MI; Mary A, age > 11 MI; John W, age 8 GA; Martha J, age 7 GA; Columbus C, age 4, GA; Pede L, > age > 3, GA; Richard J, age 1, GA; Nancy L, age 77, SC. NHR read,Lea Dowd, read, > verified again by NHR. > > Glad to share our findings, but first I have to pass on the news about her > folks to a few fellow researchers that are interested. Get back with me soon. > > Norm > [email protected] > > At 09:56 PM 6/23/99 -0700, you wrote: > >Oh my gosh, will miracles never cease! This is my Mary Ann James who > >married Patrick J. Moss. She was 6 years old on the 1850 Census. Where > >have you had her hidden all this time? I have been unable to find her on > >a census anywhere after her marriage on 10 Nov 1866 to Patrick J. Moss in > >LaPortee Co., IN. > > > >I have have her father's name and other info concerning and a good guess > >for her mother. Her father was Joel James, b. VA. Probably her mother > >was the Martha Hannon who married a Joel James in 1832 in Warren Co., IN. > > Joel appeared in Marshall Co., IN., about 1838 as a squatter on some > >abandoned land there. By 1850 his second wife has died and he is married > >a third time and living in Starke Co., IN. By 1860, he is in St. Joseph > >Co., IN., and by 1870 both he and his third wife has died leaving several > >minor children. After this I lose several of the children and can't seem > >to find them. Mary had an older sister, probably a daughter of the first > >wife, named Jane who married a Beagles and some divorced after 2 > >children. She is lost also. > > > >Family tradition has it that Joel James married three times and had 21 > >children. I have names of only 11 or 12 of them. Perhaps some of them > >died young. I don't know. > > > >Johnita > > > > > >Norman H. Ricker, Jr. wrote: > >> > >> Mary James, born about 1845 IN, married about 1866 P. J. Moss. Mary Jane > >> would have been about 5 years old at the time of the 1850 Indiana Census. > >> Can any one help me find her? I do not know when or where her marriage to > >> Moss took place. her first two children were born in MI 1867 and 1868; sure > >> would appreciate some help on this. > >> > >> Norm Ricker > >> [email protected] > >> > >> ==== JAMES Mailing List ==== > >> List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > >> when you subscribed to this list. Feel free to contact > >> Yvonne James-Henderson,list administrator > <mailto:[email protected]>mailto:[email protected] > >> with questions concerning this list! > >> Visit the JAMES Surname homepage! > >> > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/jameskin.htm>http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/ > jameskin.htm > >