James Family Bible
Contributed by Sloan Spence Mason
Bible-JAMES Family Bible
Transcript of Entries in the Old JAMES Family Bible
By Geneva Armstrong Thompson
Copied by Sloan S. Mason
New Hanover Co., and Pender Co.,N.C.
FAMILY RECORD
MARRIAGES
Eli H. SHIVAR and Hester A. JAMES were married July 27, 1868.
Isaac Thomas MORTON and Sarah A.P.G. JAMES were married February 17, in the
year 1870.
Jacob K. JAMES and Hester J.L. ROCHELLE were married March 1862, at the
residence of Isaac ROCHELLE.
John W. JAMES and Nancy C. ROCHELLE were married -----------------------.
Gibson JAMES and Anabelle MURRAY were married Thursday, April 16, 1885 at
Jonathan MURRAY'S in Duplin Co. by Rev. A.L. PHILLIPS.
Murray G. JAMES and Elizabeth MCGRAW were married at the residence of Mrs.
J.T. WIGGINS in Wilson, North Carolina on June 1, 1926.
Dr. Horatio P. BELT and Rosa A. JAMES were married in Rio de Janiero,
Brazil, S.A.; on October 25, 1923.
J.H. WOOTEN and Martha M. JAMES were married at Newport News, Virginia, May
5, 1920.
Ernest K. JAMES and Mary SUMMERS were married in Charleston, West Virginia,
on July 6, 1929.
BIRTHS
John JAMES was born on January 26, 1792.
Gibson JAMES was born on Dec. 17, 1854.
Ida T. SHIVAR was born on December 17, 1868.
Margarett Civil SHIVAR was born on December 28, 1870.
Jacob MARSH was born on January 15, 1853.
Dorothy O. SHIVAR, daughter of E.H. SHIVAR, was born on October 14, 1872.
Hester J. SHIVAR, daughter of Eli SHIVAR, was born on December 22, 1874.
Jacob ROCHELLE, the son of Benjamin ROCHELLE, was born on October 29, 1848.
Sarah A.P. JAMES was born on February 18, 1852.
Lenora Civil JAMES was born on February 6, 1886.
John JAMES was born on February 3, 1888.
Mattie Mabelle JAMES was born on January 12, 1890.
Murray Gibson JAMES was born on November 5, 1892.
Earnest Stearns JAMES was born on June 29, 1895.
Rose Augusta JAMES was born on August 28, 1897.
Joshua Stewart JAMES was born on October 26, 1907.
Mary Anna JAMES was born on August 9, 1912.
John Yoeman JAMES was born on May 6, 1914.
John Holcombe WOODSON, Jr., the son of Mattie Mabelle James WOODSON was born
on Nov. 2, 1923.
Minnie MORTON was born on July 20, 1875.
Civil Senora MORTON was born on July 20, 1875.
Nicagah Biddle MORTON was born on Sept. 21, 1877.
John Gibson MORTON was born on June 19, 1881.
Thomas J. MORTON was born on April 13, 1883.
Jacob K. JAMES was born on March 2, 1840.
Murray G. JAMES, Jr., was born on May 17, 1927.
DEATHS
Susan N. JAMES, departed this life on May 28, 1874.
John JAMES departed this life on February 24, 1875.
Civil JAMES died on June 6, 1883.
Infant son of Gibson and Anebelle JAMES died on February 13, 1906, age 6
days.
Anebelle M. JAMES died on May 18, 1934.
Margarett Civil SHIVAR departed this life on October 29, 1874, age 3 years,
10 months, 2 days.
Sarah A. P. MORTON, wife of I.T. MORTON, died October 3, 1909.
I.T. MORTON died June 12, 1912.
Hester A. SHIVAR died April 24, 1927.
Jacob K. JAMES died on April 3, 1907.
John W. JAMES died on December 24, 1917.
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