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Francis Boykin James 1829 – 1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Oct 1829

Birth Location: Clarke County, Alabama

Death Date: 19 May 1889

Death Location: Salt Works, Clarke, Alabama

Father: Robert James

Mother: Maria Cowles

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Francis Boykin James was born in 1829 in Clarke County, Alabama, the child of Robert Darrington James and Maria Louisa JAMES Cowles. Francis Boykin James passed away in 1889 in Salt Works, Clarke, Alabama.

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Biography

  • Francis Boykin James was born in 1829 in Clarke County, Alabama, the child of Robert Darrington James and Maria Louisa JAMES Cowles.
  • Francis Boykin James passed away in 1889 in Salt Works, Clarke, Alabama.

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Francis James's Ancestors

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Francis James
1829 – 1889
Birth Place: Clarke County, Alabama
Parents
Robert Darrington James
1797 – 1860
Sumter, South Carolina
Maria (Louisa JAMES) Cowles
1793 – 1884
Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
Grandparents
Samuel James
1769 – 1821
Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States
Mary ("Polly" JAMES) Darrington
1777 – 1848
Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
John James
1720 – 1778
Sarah Moore
1747 – 1802
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sherwood James
1702 – 1784
Anna Taliaferro-King
1702 – 1760

Francis James's Timeline

2 Records

1829
31 Oct 1829
Birth of Francis Boykin James in Clarke County, Alabama
Clarke County, Alabama
1889
19 May 1889
Age 60
Death of Francis Boykin James in Salt Works, Clarke, Alabama
Salt Works, Clarke, Alabama

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Oct 1829
    Event Place: Clarke County, Alabama

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 May 1889
    Event Place: Salt Works, Clarke, Alabama

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