James was an officer in WWI. He was living at a national soldiers home in Virginia in 1930. He was listed as a mental patient. It was also listed that he was a veteran of the Spanish American War.7 8
Sources: 1900 United States Federal Census Tennessee Carter Civil District 2 District 127 1910 United States Federal Census Tennessee Carter Civil District 2 District 2 1910 United States Federal Census District of Columbia Washington Precinct 10 District 0206 Department of Veterans Affairs, Nationwide Gravesite Locator, http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1 Ancestry.com. Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Tennessee State Library and Archives-Tennessee World War I Veterans 1930 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Elizabeth City > Chesapeake > District 10
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