Census find the families living at:
Wiley M. C. James
1850 ~~ District 6, Blount County, Tennessee
Wyley James 29 years (This is Wiley)
Elizah 25 years (wife) (This is Elizabeth)
Robert 6 years (son)
Orpha 6 years (daughter)
John E 2 years (son)
Elizah Stone 24 years (female ~ sister to the wife of Wiley's brother Jesse Howard James)
1860 ~~ Beat 5, Fannin County, Texas
Wiley James 37 years
E 35 years (wife)
Robert N 15 years (son)
Orphy 13 years (daughter)
John E 11 years (son)
Mary D 9 years (daughter)
Albertus B 7 years (son)
Wiley H 5 years (son) THIS IS TYLEE
Wiley stayed in Fannin County (Dodd City), Texas as part of the local home guard unit to defend the town (Civil War)
1870 ~~ Horsehead, Johnson County, Arkansas
Wylie James 49 years (Justice of the Peace)
Elizabeth 45 years (wife)
John E 21 years (son)
Allertice 17 years (son)
Tally H 15 years (son) THIS IS TYLEE
Samuel M 13 years (son)
1880 ~~ Canyon City, Grant County, Oregon
W. M. C. James 60 years listed as married but no mention of his wife.
His son-in-law obituary from 1918 refers to him as W.M.C. James and also on his daughter's Mary Dialtha tombstone as W.M.C. James
Robert Newton James
1850 ~~ District 6, Blount County, Tennessee w/his family
Robert James 6 years
1860 ~~ Beat 5, Fannin County, Texas w/his family
Robert N James 15 years
Robert enlisted in the 30th Texas Cavalry Regiment, also known as 1st Texas Partisan Rangers, at the age of 18 in Denton County, Texas.
In a newspaper article in the Quanah paper Robert recalled that he and his family camped out near a Texas Ranger Camp, near where the railroad tracks run today. He also recalled that he hauled freight in wagons from Quanah to Mobeetie in the panhandle (where Bat Materson killed a man in defense of a woman) and to Clairmont (east of Lubbock on Highway 380). All that remain of these two towns are the jails. The one in Mobeetie is operated as a museum.
He married Frances Ann Eakins (sister to James "Jim" Montgomery Eakins who married Robert's sister Mary Dialtha) on July 27, 1865
Robert and Frances Ann were among the first settlers of Quanah, Texas. Robert, as a teemster, brought in the first printing press used for publishing a newspaper in Quanah...
1870 ~~ White Oak, Franklin, Arkansas
Robert James 25 years
Fanny 27 years (wife)
Austin 8 years (son)
Elzinia 4 years (daughter)
Susan 1 year (daughter)
John E James 21 years (brother to Robert)
1880 ~~ Precinct 4, Denton County, Texas
R. N. James 35 years
Fanny A 37 years (wife)
A. O. 17 years (son)
Ebzina J. 13 years (son) (this is Elzina Elizabeth who later married George Washington Green)
Albert 9 years (son)
Fanny 6 years (daughter) (believe this to be who they later called Myra)
Tylee 3 years (son)
Reuben Hoover 25 years (laborer, other then a direct relative)
1900 ~~ Justice Precint 1, Hardeman County, Texas
Robert James 55 years
Myra 25 years (daughter)
Paul A 18 (son)
Cosmo 16 (son)
Not sure when Robert married a second time ~~ we know he had more children, including a son named Todd M who was 6 years younger then Myra. Todd married and had children including a daughter named Francis N born appox 1891 and a son named Todd M born appox 1896
1910 ~~ Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas
R. N. James 64 years
Lizzie A 52 years
Willie Bailey 14 years (daughter of Lizzie)
1920 ~~ Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas
Robert N James 74 years
Lizzie A 71 (wife)
Myra 45 (daughter)
Robert died on Oct 2, 1924 in Quanah, Texas
Orphy or Orpha James
she also went by her middle name of Alzena
1850 ~~ District 6, Blount County, Tennessee w/her family
Orpha James 6 years
1860 ~~ Beat 5, Fannin County, Texas w/her family
Orphy James 13 years
1870 ~~ married William L. Hopkins in Franklin, Arkansas
1900 ~~ White Oak, Franklin, Arkansas
Orpha is listed as being widowed
Orpha is also listed as having had 12 children
having 10 children still alive
Orpha 53 years
Wiley 29 years (son)
Maggie M 19 years (daugher)
Andrew J 17 years (son)
Alonzo Robert 15 years (son)
Laura H 12 years (daughter)
1910 ~~ Alix, Franklin, Arkansas
Orpah is listed as mother-in-law 64 years
Geroge Morris 25 years
Laura Morris 22 years
The Draft Registration Card for Tylee Wil (1917-1918) list his mother as being alive and has her name spelled as Allizinna
John E James
1850 ~~ District 6, Blount County, Tennessee w/his family
John E James 2 years
1860 ~~ Beat 5, Fannin County, Texas w/his family
John E James 11 years
1870 ~~ Horsehead, Johnson County, Arkansas w/his family
John E James 21 years
1880 ~~ Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon
John James 32 years
Sarah L 28 years
Martha A 3 years (daughter)
Albert 7 months (son)
Not sure when he married a second time
1900 ~~ South Wichita, Lincoln County, Oklahoma
John E James 51 years
Winifred J 49 years (wife)
Martha A 23 years (daughter)
Albert L 20 years (son)
1910 ~~ South Wichita, Lincoln County, Oklahoma
John E James 62 years
Winifred J 60 years (wife)
Anna M 12 years (niece) (Sam's daughter)
1920 ~~ South Wichita, Lincoln County, Oklahoma
John E James 71 years
Winniford J 69 years (wife)
Malissa C Taylor 58 years (boarder)
1930 ~~ South Wichita, Lincoln County, Oklahoma
John E James 81 years
Winefred J 79 years (wife)
John died September 28, 1937 in Oklahoma
Mary Dialtha James
1860 ~~ Beat 5, Fannin County, Texas w/her family
Mary D 9 years
married James "Jim" Montgomery Eakins (brother to the wife of Robert Newton James) in December 1868 or 1869 in Arkansas
1880 ~~ Canyon City, Grant County, Oregon
J.M. Eakins 34 years (husband)
M.D. 29 years (this is Mary)
E.A. 10 years (daughter)
N.W. 9 years (son)
C.B. 7 years (son)
S.I. 5 years (daughter) THIS IS SUSIE ANN
R.A. 3 years (son) THIS IS JAMES ROBERT
J.O. 1 year (son)
"Lola Grace" aka Grace was born March 15, 1887 in Quanah, Texas. She recalls that prior to her birth her parents had lived in and traveled by covered wagon for many years. She was the 9th of 12 children and said that her mother said the most tragic thing that ever happened to her was having to bury one child along the Oregon trail. The child was buried in a feed box from off the wagon. During the time her parents lived in Oregon there was a long stretch of time when they and other white families lived in a rough stockade, driven there by Indians (see previous page about the Indian Attack at Long Creek, Oregon). When Grace was about 5 years old (appox 1892) they moved to Oklahoma Territory. They located between what is now Hammon and Cheyenne. At that time Hammon was an Indian camp. There were 3 different times that her father had her mother take the children and go back to Texas (to her brother R.N. James) because of the restlessness of the Indians.
I also heard from a descendant of Mary who stated the story passed down in their family was: family lore is that the James gang had stopped at the Eakins ranch, stayed way in the back, killed a cow and ate on it for several days, bringing the rest of the cow up to the house just prior to departing, talking with the parents for a short time. From what I understand, nobody had any issue with what happen and seemed to know one another. Another bit of lore is that Joseph Eakins had a cave on his land in Kentucky that the James gang and rebel soldiers had stayed in at different times.
Jim & Mary Eakins filed for homestead in February 1898 in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
Grace (daughter of Jim & Mary) married Sam George Bruce in Cheyenne, Oklahoma in 1908. Mr Bruce died in 1915 and she married Herman Gerbes in 1918.
1910 ~~ Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
James M Eakins 65 years (husband)
Mary D 60 years
George C 20 years (son)
Nellie J 19 years (daughter)
Hattie F 16 years (daughter)
1918, Beckham County, Oklahoma obituary: James Montgomery Eakins and his brother Noah Jones Eakins were born in Kentucky and had lived in Arkansas and Texas before coming to Oklahoma. James Montgomery "Jim" Eakins was born 4 September 1845. He married Mary Dialtha James about 1869. She was the daughter of W. M. C. and Elizabeth James. To this union were born twelve children: Elizabeth Algenia, Noah Wiley, Charles Blount, Susie Ann, James Robert, Jessie Oliver, Sam Houston, Mildred Dialtha, Lola Grace, George Calvin, Nellie Jane and Hattie F.
1937 obituary: Mrs. Mary D. Eakins, 86-year old Hammon woman, died at 7:30 this morning September 6, 1937 at Hammon. Funeral arrangements had not been made this afternoon, pending word from her children. Survivors include four daughters and three sons. The daughters are Mrs. Susie Crockett, Altus; Mrs. Mildred Lacey, Phoenix, Arizona; Mrs. Hattie Compton, Liban, Texas; and Mrs. Grace Gurces, Rogers, Arkansas. The sons are Noah Eakins, Mount PLeasant; Jess Eakins, Elida, New Mexico; and George Eakins of Hammon.
Tombstone from the Kiowa Cemetry in Roger Mills, Oklahoma
| EAKINS, Mary Dialtha | Father: W. M. C. James
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| b. 13 October 1850 | Mother: Elizabeth ________ |
| d. 6 September 1937 | Spouse: James Montgomery EAKINS
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| EAKINS, James Montgomery “Jim” |
Born in Kentucky, brother to Noah Jones EAKINS |
| b. 4 September 1845 | . |
| d. 1918 | Spouse: Mary Dialtha James |
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Albertus (?) B James
1860 ~~ Beat 5, Fannin County, Texas w/her family
Albertus B 7 years (son)
1870 ~~ Horsehead, Johnson County, Arkansas
Allertice 17 years (son)
Tylee Houston James
1860 ~~ Beat 5, Fannin County, Texas w/his family
Wiley H 5 years (son) THIS IS TYLEE
1870 ~~ Horsehead, Johnson County, Arkansas w/his family
Tally H 15 years (son) THIS IS TYLEE
1880 ~~ Summerville, Union County, Oregon
T Houston James 25 years
Francis N 20 years (wife)
Martha E 10 months (daughter)
Ervin Whiteman 20 years (not related, listed as Laborer)
1890 ~~ Cleveland, Oklahoma December 24, 1890
Tylee married Susan Ida Crossland
on the marriage certificate his mother's maiden name is listed as Bowen
1900 ~~ South Wichita, Lincoln County, Oklahoma Territory
Tylee James 45 years
Susan I 33 years (wife)
Sydey I 18 years (son)
Mary A 16 years (daughter)
John N 7 years (son)
William W 4 years (son)
Tylee H 1 year (son)
1910 ~~ Rohnerville, Humboldt County, California
Lylon (Tyler) H James 55 years (THIS IS TYLEE)
Ida 44 years (wife) (THIS IS SUSAN)
John W 17 years (son) (THIS IS JOHN N)
William W 14 years (son)
Aliora D 10 years (daughter) (THIS IS ALZENA)
Sarah I 7 years (daughter)
Walterla 4 years (daughter) (THIS IS WILLZETTA)
Hallie 1 year (son) (THIS IS HOLLIS, we called him Uncle Hod)
1920 ~~ Table Bluff, Humboldt County, California
Tylie H 64 years (THIS IS TYLEE)
Susan I 53 years (wife)
John N 27 years (son)
Willzetta 13 years (daughter)
Theordore H 10 years (son) (THIS IS HOLLIS)
Jesse 7years
1930 ~~ Table Bluff, Humboldt County, California
Tyler 75 years
Susana 63 years (wife) (THIS IS SUSAN)
Hollis 21 years (son)
Jessie 16 years (son) (THIS IS JESSE)
Sarah Crossland 93 years (mother-in-law)
Warren Davis 25 years (cousin-in-law)(IS A SON-IN-LAW)
Sarah Davis 26 years (daughter to TYLEE)
Jannie Davis 6 years (granddaughter to TYLEE)
Richard Davis 3 years (grandson to TYLEE)
Lois Davis 1 year (granddaughter to TYLEE)
Tylee died December 5, 1935 in Loleta, California
obituary from the Times Standard in Humboldt County: Tylee H. James ~ Pioneer of Co. is buried Dec 7 ... LOLETA ~ Tylee H. James, of Loleta, died at his home Thursday night, December 5th. He was born in 1855 in Tennessee. He came to Humboldt county twenty-five years ago and has lived in Loleta the pass twenty years. He was widely known for the strawberries which he sold on the old Loleta road a few years ago. He is survived by his wife, Susan James, of Loleta, the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Martha Worthington of Loleta, Mrs. Mary Ellis of Oklahoma, Mrs. Sarah Monson of Ferndale, Mrs. Willzetta Miranda of Maple Creek, and Newton, Hollis, Jesse and Sidney of Loleta; also a brother and sister in Oklahoma.
obituary January 23, 1957: Susan Ida James, 90, died Monday evening at a Eureka Hospital. She was born November 18, 1866 at Glen Rose, Texas coming to Fortuna in 1920, where she lived before moving to Loleta, where she had lived the rest of her life. She was a Gold Star Mother, and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary., Fortuna Post. She was the widow of the late Tylee Houston James, who died in 1935. She is survived by two sons: Hollis James and Jesse James, both of Loleta; four daughters: Wilzetta Moranda, Orland; Sara Monson, Ferndale; Martha Worthington, Sebastopol, Mary Ellis, Reedley; 37 grandchildren and over 50 great grandchildren: a sister, Alla Upson, Kingsburg; a brother, Will Crossland, Shattuck, Oklahoma; nieces, Frances Franks, Clear Lake Highlands; nephews: Charles and Alfred Crossland, both of Alton. George Crossland, La Mesa, Texas.
Samuel Mastin James
1870 ~~ Horsehead, Johnson County, Arkansas w/his family
Samuel M 13 years (son)
1880 ~~ John Day, Grant County, Oregon
Saml James 25 years
He married Cressie and had 6 children. She died before 1910.
1910 ~~ South Wichita, Lincoln County, Oklahoma
Samuel M James 53 years
Carl C 14 years (son)
Sam's daughter was living with his brother, John E, for this census
1920 ~~ South Wichita, Lincoln County, Oklahoma
Jessie C James 29 years (THIS IS SAM'S SON JESSE)
Mattie M 26 years (wife to Jesse)
Velva M 8 years (granddaughter to Sam)
Lora 4 years (granddaughter to Sam)
Samuel M James 62 years