William James

Other Events:

• Census: 1841, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
• Immigration: 1850, Boston, Massachusetts
• Census: 1851, Hampton, New Brunswick, Canada
• Census: 7 Jul 1860, Richmond, Virginia

Notes:

Biography:
According to Alice Ayer Williams and Clementine Ayer Morse he was the younger son of the Earl of Carmarthen. I have not been able to prove this. He came to America and settled in Richmond, VA. He was in the shipping business between Canada and Liverpool (his wife wrote a poem while sailing from St Johns, New Brunswick and Liverpool). He was also involved in shipping to China and other eastern ports. Most of the beautiful and valuable things that he collected during his travels were lost when Richmond was burned during the Civil War. During the war he and his family moved to Washington because he was a Union man. At the time of his daughter Jennie's wedding they were living at 302 13th St in Washington. His son, Samuel, said (in his 1904 Civil War Pension application) that there were nine children of which four were still alive.

Census:
Head, Corn Street, Mine Merchant.

Immigration:
On the ship Juliet bound from London to Boston, their final destination was New Brunswick, Canada.

Census:
Head, Farmer.

Census:
3rd Ward, Baptist Minister living with "Rev? John Francis".

Died:
Obituary:

Died at Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia,
on Friday, February 28th, 1873, at 4:30 P. M.,

Col William James,

In the 66th year of his age,

The many warm friends of Colonel William James, of Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, in Washington, will hear with deep regret that after a lingering illness of five weeks, he died at this residence in Virginia, of heart disease, in his 66th year.
Colonel James was extensively known in this city and throughout the South. He was a strong Republican, and has filled many offices of trust and responsibility. He was the first collector of internal revenue for the Richmond district, and by his uprightness and strict integrity won the esteem and respect of all the citizens in his district.
He was a gentleman of great refinement of manners, kindness of heart and integrity of character, and was a pure-minded christian, and passed to his reward “like a shock of corn fully ripe.”
He was the father of Samuel R. James, Esq., formerly connected with the Census Bureau, in this city, but more recently of the Petersburg “Index.”
The funeral services were held at the Foundry M. E. Church, in Washington.


Buried:
Lot 58, Section N
William
James.
Died
Feb. 28, 1873
Aged
67 Years

Family/Spouse: Jane Francis. Jane (daughter of William Francis) was born about 1811 in Wales; died on 17 Apr 1883 in 124 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, New York; was buried on 19 Apr 1883 in Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel Reginald James was born on 6 Apr 1836 in Chepstow, Wales; died on 14 Jun 1908 in home at "Coldbrook", Rotterdam, New York; was buried in Viewland Cemetery, Rotterdam, New York.
2. John James was born about 1837 in Wales; died after 14 Feb 1883.
3. Mary Jane 'Jennie' James was born in Aug 1838 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 25 Jan 1907 in 37 Cambridge Place, Brooklyn, New York; was buried on 28 Jan 1907 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
4. Sarah Ann "Annie" James was born about 1841 in Wales; died on 12 Jan 1884 in Maryland; was buried on 14 Jan 1884 in Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia.
5. William James, Jr was born about 1843 in Wales; died between 1851 and 1860.
6. Clemens R. James was born on 1 Sep 1845 in Corn Street, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 20 Sep 1876; was buried on 23 Sep 1876 in Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia.
7. Emma Cropp James was born on 8 Feb 1847 in Corn St., Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 21 May 1913 in Lexden, England; was buried on 17 Sep 1913 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
8. Hannah Fletcher James was born on 13 Mar 1849 in Webbs College, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 14 Nov 1912 in Naples, New York; was buried in Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia.

married Jane Spencer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Jane James