Pension papers said he had a dark complexion, brown hair, and hazeleye s.
Residences & events:
3/1/1865 Moultrie Co, IL. He mustered to serve in the Civil War.
7/1865 Pine Bluff, AR. His pension application said he was treatedat t he hospital from that date until discharge for an unnamed wholesystem p roblem which more particularly affected his legs, knees andshoulders.
12/16/1865 Pine Bluff, AR. He received an honorable discharge fromdu ty.
1870 Moultrie Co, IL was where the census taker found him and Elizawi th 3 year old son, Lewis. James was a farm hand with property =$300. H e could not read or wrtie.
1880 Liberty Twp, White Co, AR. Having moved by the next census time,J ames was a laborer. He and Eliza had 5 children at the time.
4/16/1890 Fort Smith, Sebastian Co, AR was his address when heapplied f or an invalid pension based on his Civil War service statinghe was tot ally disabled and could not perform his duties as a farmer.Apparently h e had learned to read and write as he signed his name.
1900 Ozark Twp, Polk Co, AR. By census time that year he wasremarrie d with a whole new family of 3 children plus astep-daughter.
