John Baptiste James (1810-1895) and Mary Ann Musick (1821-1853)

John Baptiste James Parents Second Marriage

Born: 14 December 1810 in Missouri.^1,2

Christened: 8 January 1811.¹

Married: Mary Ann Musick, 2 April 1835 in St. Louis County [exact locale unknown], Missouri.³

Died: 29 December 1895.⁴

Buried: ? in Glenn County, California.⁴

Mary Ann Musick

Born: about 1821 in Missouri.²

Died: 1853 in Paskenta, Tehama, California.⁵

Children

1. Zeallor P. James (born 3 February 1836 in Missouri;^2,4 died 29 April 1865;⁴ buried in Glenn County, California).⁴

2. Ann E. James (born about 1837 in Missouri).²

3. Josephine James (born about 1842 in Missouri;2 died 14 August 1937)⁵

4. Jenny James (born about 1844 in Missouri;⁶ married James Alexander Shelton 28 June 1860 in Tehama County, California).⁵

5. Virginia James (born about 1846 in Missouri).²

6. George M. James (born 3 May 1847 in Missouri;^2,7 died 24 July 1881).⁴

7. William M. James (born about 1849 in Missouri;² maried Cynthia J. Shelton;⁵ died 13 July 1929).⁵

Notes on John Baptiste James

• He was a trader in 1850.²
• He was a stock raiser in 1860.⁷
• In 1870 he was a farmer.⁸
• Was a hotel keeper in the 1880 census.⁹
• Cousin Annie in California sent me a photo of his grave in Glenn County, California. If you would like this photo, please email me at russwarne (at) gmail (dot) com.
• Has a entry about his life in Guinn's History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Tehama County, 1902, 1906, p. 1711. If anyone can email me this page, I'd appreciate it.

Notes on Mary Ann Musick

• I am uncertain about her death date. The 1853 date⁵ above seems most likely, but her husband seems to have a wife named "Mary A. James" in the 1870 census.⁸ Yet, he was with his second wife in the 1860 census.⁶

Sources

1. Register of St. Ferdinand parish, Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri (christening record 8 January 1811). His christening record calls him "Jean Baptiste James."

2. 1850 Federal Census of District 82, St. Louis, Missouri.

3. St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-1876, available at ancestry.com.

4. Newville Cemetery Census.

5. Lingenfelter Archives, housed by California State University at Chico.

6. 1860 Federal Census of Monroeville, Colusa, California.

7. The Newville Cemetery Census states that he was born 3 May 1845.

8. 1870 Federal Census of Stoney Creek, Tehama, California.

9. 1880 Federal Census of Paskenta, Tehama, California.

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