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'''Robert Sallee James''' ([[17 July]], [[1818]] - [[18 August]], [[1850]]) was a |
'''Robert Sallee James''' ([[17 July]], [[1818]] - [[18 August]], [[1850]]) was a big gay boy |
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Born in [[Logan County, Kentucky]], [[USA]] he met [[Zeralda James|Zeralda Cole]] they married on [[28 December]], [[1841]]. |
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He was the son of John M. James and Mary G. Poor James. His ancester John James Came to America from Pembrokeshire, Wales in the mid 1600s. |
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*[[Frank James|Alexander Franklin James]] - ([[January 10]], [[1843]] – [[February 18]], [[1915]]). |
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*Robert James - ([[July 19]], [[1845]] – [[August 21]], [[1845]]). |
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*[[Jesse Woodson James]] - ([[September 5]], [[1847]] – [[April 3]], [[1882]]). |
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*Susan Lavenia James - ([[November 25]], [[1849]] – [[March 3]], [[1889]]). |
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The [[Reverend]] Robert James was a noted [[revival]]ist. Probate records show that at his death he owned six slaves, and was a commercial [[hemp]] farmer. In April [[1850]], the Reverend James left his family behind, put his [[farm]] in the care of a neighbor, Garland Gentry, and departed for [[California]] with the intent of preaching to the crowds of goldminers who had recently gathered there, during the [[California gold rush]]. But shortly after arriving in California, in August [[1850]], he contracted a fever. It has been suggested that as a result of drinking contaminated water he fell prey to [[cholera]]. Tradition has it that the Reverend James died on [[August 18]], [[1850]], in the Hangtown Gold Camp, later known as [[Placerville]]. He was buried there in an unmarked grave. |
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Reverend James's death left his family saddled with debts, and many of his possessions, including one of the slaves, were auctioned off to pay them. His widow Zerelda married [[Benjamin Simms]], a wealthy farmer, on [[September 30]], [[1852]]. |
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[[Category:The Dalton-James-Younger-Ringo Clan|James, Robert]] |
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[[Category:Hemp and American History|James, Robert]] |
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[[Category:Baptists from the United States|James, Robert]] |
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[[Category:People from Kentucky|James, Robert]] |
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[[Category:1818 births|James, Robert]] |
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[[Category:1850 deaths|James, Robert]] |
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