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From: "Derick S. Hartshorn" <>
Subject: JAMES Family/Fwd msg
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 09:06:52 -0400

Eric & Kathy Olson wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> I am very new to this list and very glad I found you'll. Does anyone
> know of someone who is researching the James Surname in area.
>
> Specifically, I am looking for my gggrandfather's past and family. I
> believe the family was fractured by the Civil War.
>
> What I Know:
>
> JAMES, William M was born in Catawba, North Carolina in 1834/35 or maybe
> June 21, 1836. I do not know whether the Catawba is the city or the
> county. I know that he "left home on April 21, 1858 and :went to
> Morganton, N.C. today - went byond Morganton five miles in the direction
> of Lenoir," He went to Cinncinati to become a teacher. William enlisted
> in the Ohio 83rd (Union) and ultimately settled after the war in the
> Dearborn, Indiana area.
>
> I know his brother wrote to him regarding his father's death on April
> 26, 1860.
>
> I believe his mother may have been a CARPENTER because of a note in his
> Civil War diary about the death of his cousin Silas. A. Carpenter in
> Texas. In the 1870's, William and his family moved to Texas, where he
> died in 1880. I guess that it was to be near his mother's side of the
> family.
>
> William enlisted in the Ohio 83rd (Union) and ultimately settled in the
> Dearborn, Indiana area.
>
> I have spent a fair amount of time searching the databases of all the
> surrounding counties and his military records. Haven't found anything
> of import.
>
> If anyone knows about his family or could possibly give me a lead to a
> published source I would be so appreciative. Thank you.
>
> Kathy Olson
>

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