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Children of Thomas James (1812-1889) and Sarah Ann Cochran (1815-1888) of Coshocton County, Ohio:

 

1.   Elias William James:  born February 11, 1837 in East Union, Coshocton County, Ohio; married May 26, 1870 or May 16, 1871 to Cornelia A. Denver (1841-1911), daughter of Patrick Denver and Mary Murphy; died May 3, 1904 (aged 67) in Coshocton County, Ohio; buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Coshocton County, Ohio; known children include: Mary D. James and Rosalie Telfair James.

 

2.   Melvina Victoria James:  born 1840 in Ohio; married Crispen Tredway, Jr. (1834-1895); died May 27, 1876 in Warsaw, Coshocton County, Ohio; buried at Blooming Grove Cemetery, Randle, Coshocton County, Ohio; known children include: Thomas F. Tredway, Clara Victoria Tredway, William Thomas Tredway, Joseph Fleming Tredway, Sadie Olive Tredway,  Sarah Olive Tredway, Garret Emmet Tredway and Cora Iva Tredway.

 

3.   James F. James:  born circa 1840 in Ohio; married Martha F. Mcvey; died on January 27, 1888 in Ohio; known children include:  Nancy C. James.

 

4.   Rebecca J. James:  born circa 1842; died circa 1888.

 

5.   Rachel Victoria James:  born circa 1845; died circa 1888.

 

6.   Ruth Victoria James:  born circa 1847; died circa 1888.

 

7.   Nancy E. James:  born circa 1850; died circa 1888.

 

8.   Sarah K. James:  born circa 1850; died circa 1888.

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Notes:

 

Thomas James (1812-1889) was the son of Elias James, Jr. (1785-1860) and Nancy Fry (1785-1863) of Loudoun County, Virginia.

 

The inscription of the tombstone of Elias William James reads, “Capt. 32 Reg. CO K O.V.I./Born in Coshocton co. Feb 11, 1837/ Died in Coshocton May 3, 1904/ For More Than Three Years A Soldier In The War Of The Rebellion/ For More Than Six Years A Lawyer At the Coshocton Bar/ A Brave Soldier And Honorable Lawyer/ He Bowed Alone T Death/ At the Messengers of the Most High/ In Whose Mercy He Trusted/ Through the Means of the Great Advocate Jesus Christ.

 

Sources:

 

Dates of birth of children come from MyTrees.com in subfile Sarah Cochran Born 1815 in Ohio at www.mytrees.com.

 

Capt. Elias William James (1837-1904), Find A Grave Memorial, ID No. 96695955, by Debe Clark, added Sept. 7, 2012.

 

Melvina (James) Tredway (1840-1876), Id., Memorial ID No. 49494275, by Linda Randles, added March 9, 2010.

 

Updated:  January 2, 2021