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Back Row left to right: Daniel James holding rifle, Joe Gardner James, Nancy Catherine "Kate" Grissom (nee James), Neoma Samantha "Dobe" George (nee James), Marthie Melisey "Mattie" James (nee Culligan), "Lula" James (nee Thomas), Jennie Burton James (Enoch James's daughter), Lula James (nee Grissom).
Front Row left to right: Modena Alice "Dena" James (nee James), Elias holding unidentified grandson, Cynthia Richardson, Cynthia (behind), Nannie, Amos James holding Elmer, Letha James (back), Mollie James (front), Elias "Shug" James, Tom (Thomas Enoch) James holding Floy James, Edna James, John James holding Myrtle James, Lillie James and Bertha James.
Above identifications made by Joe Clark James (1896-1985), son of "Ab" Alfred Clark James (son of Elias and Cynthia, not pictured in above photo)
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Elias was the son of Thomas A. James and Polly Bonds. Thomas A. James was the son of Elias James, sr. (b. abt 1775). Family tradition states Elias was a distant cousin of Jesse and Frank James. When the Federal payroll was robbed in nearby Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Jesse and Frank, hid out on Elias' farm in Pogo.
She was the daughter of John Richardson and Nancy Hester. Nancy Hester was daughter of William "Buck" Hester (b. 27 Jan 1780, NC) and Amy Malone (born 17, 1789), who married Oct 18th 1805, Person Co., NC. The Hester's came to Alabama in 1818.
This site owned by Scott K. Williams, gg grandson of Elias James.
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