Extracted Biography by Linda M. thank May, 2006. resource material, surname JAMES. F. A. . JAMES and father, Claiborne M. JAMES..*footnote 1 ".....[father of F. A. JAMES] Claiborne M. JAMES. He was born in Bibb county, Ala., in 1824. His father was a native of Kentucky, who came to Alabama in a very early day. C. M. JAMES was reared in Bibb county, and received a liberal education. He married, early in life, Miss Nancy HORTON, who was born in Perry county, in 1834. To this union have been born three sons and seven daughters. Mr. JAMES is a successful planter in Perry county, of which county he is now one of the county commissioners. He is a well known and highly respected citizen." "F. A. JAMES [son of Claiborne M. and Nancy {HORTON} JAMES], a young and successful merchant, of Newbern, Ala., was born in Perry county, Ala., March 11, 1867. F. A. JAMES was reared in Perry county, and received a fair common school education. At the age of fourteen years, he became a clerk in a store at Newbern, and remained in that position till 1887, in which year he and his partners commenced business for themselves, three miles south of Newbern. In January, 1891, a business was established at Newbern, under the style of F. A. James & Co., and this firm is now [ ca 1893] transacting a business of about $15,000 per year. Mr. JAMES was married January 14, 1891, to Miss Ida CLAY, daughter of W. W. CLAY, of Newbern, and by this marriage they had one child, a daughter. He is a member of the Baptist church and of the Knights of Pythias, and, though not a politician, is a democrat." *footnote 1, p1065. resource: Memorial Record of ALABAMA, A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE STATE'S POLITICAL, MILITARY, PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS, TOGETHER WITH THE PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF MAN OF ITS PEOPLE. ILLUSTRATED. Volume I. Madison, Wis., Brant & Fuller, 1893. [indexed].. __________________ Linda M. Thank lthank@turboisp.com __________________