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: Jacob Colston James
   Born: 7 JUN 1852       at: Saline CO, AR  
Married: 24 JUN 1894      at: Saline CO, AR  
   Died: 8 FEB 1916       at: McCurtain CO, OK  
 Father:William Mayfield James
 Mother:Charity Jane Muse
        Other Spouses: Mary Emline Anderson  
   Wife: Jeanette Ballard
   Born: 19 OCT 1870      at:   
   Died: 27 APR 1957      at:   
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CHILDREN
   Name: Jacob Colston James, Jr.
   Born: 19 OCT 1896      at: IT, OK  
Married: ABT 1920         at:   
   Died: OCT 1980         at: McCurtain CO, OK  
Spouses: Irene Finley  
   Name: Rachel James
   Born: 11 JUL 1901      at: McCurtain CO, OK  
Married: 16 FEB 1920      at: McCurtain CO, OK  
   Died: 13 JUN 1988      at:   
Spouses: Emmit Tatum  
   Name: Nettie Irene James
   Born: 15 SEP 1904      at: McCurtain CO, OK  
Married: JUN 1921         at: McCurtain CO, OK  
   Died: 2 MAY 1965       at: Lamar CO, TX  
Spouses: Oscar White Grabeel  
   Name: Virgil James
   Born: 29 JAN 1907      at: McCurtain CO, OK  
Married: 8 MAY 1925       at: McCurtain CO, OK  
   Died: JAN 1972         at: McCurtain CO, OK  
Spouses: Carmel Barnes  
   Name: Clifton Jewell James
   Born: 23 SEP 1912      at: McCurtain CO, OK  
Married: 10 FEB 1933      at:   
   Died: 12 NOV 1956      at: McCurtain CO, OK  
Spouses: Clara Mae Blount