Jesse Howard James

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When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was a farmer in Houston County, Texas. His nearest relative was his mother, Docia James. Jesse was described as being of medium heighth and build, with blue eyes and brown hari.

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Census Listings:

Texas, Sabine County, JP #4
Enumerated April 19, 1930
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 6B
123-138
James, Jesse H Head M W 32 M 28 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
James, Arlie Wf F W 28 m 24 Tx Tx Tx
James, Dorothy Dtr F W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
James, Bennie L Dtr F W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
James, Cole H Son M W 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 8
Enumerated April 25, 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-12 Sheet 11A
Rock Springs Road
24
Row 25
James, J H Head M W 42 M Tx R Sabine Texas Farmer
James, Arlie Wf F W 38 m Tx R Sabine
James, Dorothy Juan/Jeean Dtr F W 15 S Tx R Sabine
James, Bennie Dtr F W 12 S Tx R Sabine
James, Betty Louise F W 7 S Tx R Sabine

Jesse married Arletha "Arlie" J. Cooper on 1 May 1926, and was divorced on 16 May 1975 in Tarrant County, Texas. Arletha (daughter of Alexander Randle Cooper and Lula Elizabeth Fullen) was born on 23 Aug 1901 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Oct 1992 in Burleson, Johnson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Divorced:
O children (0 minor children at the time of their 1975 divorce)

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5. Francis Linda James was born on 30 Dec 1943 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 3 Feb 2023 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.