This page documents multiple families (Bryant, Matthews, Welch, Dillard, Sparks, Gossett, Harvey, McBee, Cannon, Kirby, etc) that are so interlinked that the reader is best served by the data being resident in a single data base. Please see the references in the photo galleries for background on these families. The first item in the individual family photo galleries provides some brief family history. These pages contain some erroneous data, it's just the best we happen to have right now. Use it at your own risk.

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Husband: William Mayfield James
   Born: MAY 1829         at: Ripley CO, MO  
Married: 24 APR 1851      at:   
   Died: 7 MAY 1909       at: McCurtain CO, OK  
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   Wife: Charity Jane Muse
   Born: 26 NOV 1832      at: TN  
   Died: 7 NOV 1874       at: Saline CO, AR  
 Father:Jacob C. Muse
 Mother:Ruth Cain
        Other Spouses: 
CHILDREN
   Name: Jacob Colston James
   Born: 7 JUN 1852       at: Saline CO, AR  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 8 FEB 1916       at: McCurtain CO, OK  
Spouses: Mary Emline Anderson  Jeanette Ballard  
   Name: Charles Franklin James
   Born: 30 JUN 1855      at: TX  
Married: 10 AUG 1876      at: Saline CO, AR  
   Died: 6 NOV 1928       at: McCurtain CO, OK  
Spouses: Mary Lydia Glenn  F. E. Luster  
   Name: Jessie Y. James
   Born: ABT 1859         at: Saline CO, AR  
Married: 1 NOV 1885       at: Garland CO, AR  
   Died: ABT 1924         at: McCurtain CO, OK  
Spouses: Mattie Edgins  
   Name: Laura M James
   Born: 30 MAR 1867      at: Saline CO, AR  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 23 AUG 1873      at: Saline CO, AR  
Spouses: 
   Name: Billy M. James
   Born: ABT 1871         at: Saline CO, AR  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 20 AUG 1873      at: Saline CO, AR  
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