Extracted from Vol. 3 of the History of Benton Co. MO., page 272: Clarence Alvadore James was born in Tyler County, West Virginia April 13, 1879, the son of Calvin and Anna E. James and the second child in a family of seven children. Three sisters and one brother preceded him in death. His parents came to Missouri when he was four and located in St. Clair County and moved to Benton in 1887, locating on a farm near Shiloh Church. On September 18, 1895, he married Bertha Handlen and they had one daughter, Dimple. Besides wife and daughter, he leaves one brother, J. W. James of Oronville, Washington and one sister, Mrs. Etta Wardip, Lewis, Iowa. He died January 29, 1946 after a lingering illness of almost four years. He was a member of the Hogles Creek Lodge no. 279 AF and AM, of Wheatland. He was buried at Shiloh. Note: the above was apparently taken from a newspaper with his obituary. The place "Oronville" is likely miss-spelling for "Oroville" as there is no Oronville in Washington that, as a native, I am aware of......