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Thanks to Brother Wendell Butte for providing this rare image of a grandson of the “talented, but erratic” Joseph Martin James.
Rev. Joseph Martin Shadowen served as pastor of Bethlehem, Mount Lebanon, Pleasant Hill, and Pitman Creek Baptist Churches. He is buried in the cemetery at Bethlehem Baptist Church. He is the son of Sally James (1817-1898) and Samuel Chaudoin Sr. (1813-1893). His twin sister, Martha Ann Shadowen, is the spouse of Rev. William Madison “Matt” Roy, who also served Bethlehem Church.
Descendants of Joseph Martin Shadowen and Mary Ann West:
1 Joseph Martin (Twin) (Rev.) Shadowen 1848 – b: Jul 11, 1848 in Pulaski Co Ky Burial: Bethlehem Baptist Church cemetery + Mary Ann West 1849 – b: 1849 in Northern KY
2 Mary Cassie (Chaudoin) Shadowen 1868 – b: 1868 in Pulaski Co KY + Shannon Butte 1878 – b: May 1878 in Pulaski Co KY
… 3 James Butte
2 Tabetha F. (Chaudoin) Shadowen 1871 – b: 1871 in Pulaski Co KY + Ezekiel H. (Twin) Meade 1868 – b: May 25, 1868
2 Emphrium (Chaudoin) Shadowen 1873 – 1874 b: 1873 in Pulaski Co KY d: Aug 03, 1874 in Pulaski Co KY
*2nd Wife of Joseph Martin (Twin) (Rev.) Shadowen: + Eunice Ellen S. “Nicy/Sarah” Doss 1853 – b: 1853 in Pulaski Co Ky
2 Louella E. Shadowen 1876 – 1962 b: Nov 1876 in Pulaski Co KY d: Feb 1962 + Charles F. “Charley” Warren 1873 – 1943 b: 1873 in Pulaski Co KY d: 1943
… 3 Marris Warren 1902 – b: 1902 in Pulaski Co KY
… 3 Marie Warren 1904 – b: 1904 in Pulaski Co KY
… 3 Joe Warren 1905 – b: 1905 in Pulaski Co KY
… 3 Edna Warren 1911 – b: 1911 in Pulaski Co KY
2 Lucinda Shadowen 1879 – b: 1879 in Pulaski Co KY + Robert T. Mercer 1871 – 1936 b: Jan 07, 1871 in Pulaski Co KY d: Feb 27, 1936 in Pulaski Co KY (Bur West Somerset Cem) Burial: West Somerset Cemetery; Somerset, Pulaski Co KY
… 3 Vester Mercer – 2003 d: Bef. May 26, 2003
… 3 Harold Mercer – 2003 d: Bef. May 26, 2003
… 3 Lena Mercer – 2003 d: Bef. May 26, 2003 + Unknown Winchester
… 3 May Mercer – 2003 d: Bef. May 26, 2003
… 3 Nannie Mercer 1902 – 1932 b: Jun 1902 in Pulaski Co KY d: Jun 28, 1932 in Pulaski Co, KY Burial: West Somerset Cemetery, Pulaski Co KY
… 3 Ben I. Mercer 1905 – 1969 b: Dec 31, 1905 in Pulaski Co KY d: Mar 05, 1969 in Pulaski Co, KY Burial: West Somerset Cemetery, Pulaski Co KY + Nannie Winchester
… 3 Joseph “Joe” Mercer 1916 – 2003 b: Sep 03, 1916 in Pulaski Co KY d: May 26, 2003 in Wesley Hall Nursing Home, Cincinatti, OH Burial: May 31, 2003 West Somerset Cemetery; Somerset, Pulaski Co KY + Josie Tarter – 2003 d: Bef. May 26, 2003
2 John J. Shadowen 1880 – 1958 b: Sep 07, 1880 in Pulaski Co KY d: Dec 30, 1958 Burial: Beech Grove Cemetery, Pulaski Co KY + Angie Taylor 1884 – b: Jul 19, 1884 in Pulaski Co KY
2 Martha Shadowen 1882 – b: 1882 in Pulaski Co KY d: in Pulaski Co KY when a child.
2 Elizabeth J. “Lizzie” Shadowen 1884 – b: Nov 27, 1884 in Pulaski Co KY d: in Pulaski Co, KY Burial: Science Hill Cemetery, Pulaski Co KY + John Hendrick 1872 – 1961 b: Mar 10, 1872 in Pulaski Co KY d: Feb 09, 1961 Burial: Science Hill Cemetery, Pulaski Co KY
2 Nancy Mae “Nannie Mae” Shadowen 1887 – b: Apr 1887 in Pulaski Co KY
2 Mitchell Shadowen 1901 – b: 1901 in Pulaski Co KY
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VIDEO of the Clay County Board of Commissioners bestowing honor upon our James colleague & friend Charlies Broomfield. Recognition begins at 2:00 min. mark.
Congratulations Charlie!!
We have hints from the Clay County Archives in charge of James Farm in Kearney, Missouri, that a road leading to the farm will be renamed Charles Broomfield Rd. Charlie was a Clay County Commissioner who took an active role in arranging the sale and transfer of James Farm from the James family to Clay County.
Cant say that I understand the significance of this.
Do you have the address of Jesse & Frank James Cabin in Paseo Robles, California?
SLAVE TRADERS AMONG OUR JAMES FAMILY . . . For a decade Stray Leaves has been researching this most distressing discovery. Finally, it’s time to bring this story to light. There’s much to report. The entire story will take time to tell. As we begin, we are also compelled to reconcile what this history means for us. More specifically for those who are now known to descend from these slave traders, whom it can be assumed never knew of this element of their ancestry, but also for the James family as a whole. The resolution will not come easy.
Forks of the Road Slave Market – Violence In Silence
ericjames.org
“Just at the Forks, where the Washington and Kingston, or Palatine roads converge, stood a low squatty frame building used during the winter monthsI ran a DNA test on all the James names I could find in these stories and didn't get 1 DNA match. My DNA is closer to Jesse than that James line is. I am looking into it being through Robert Thomason (step grandfather of Jesse Woodson James) and Julia Ann Singleton (Aunt to Jesse Woodson James).
I am a descendant of Betty G Woodson.
Waterproof, La in Tensas Parish to be more exact.
Tensas Parish. J. G. James and M. Kerrigan.
The King family. Descendants of Viking slayers. archive.org/stream/Kingswood/Kingswood%20reduced_djvu.txt
"In the middle of 1864, Captain Jason W. James was on scouting duty in the southern part of Madison Parish. About eight o'clock one morning he and his company arrived at the Plantation home of Hr. Joshua James on Roundaway Bayou, who also owned the Ione Plantation in Tensas Parish." You will have to read the rest. I am not posting it here. 😲 😲 😲 sites.rootsweb.com/~lamadiso/articles/ward/chap05.htm
And I do believe this James line is connected to Lucille Ball.
And speaking of slave traders. Nicholas Trammell is mixed in with the Carrigans somehow. www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/trammell-nicholas
And I am a descendant of Elizabeth Woodson Thomas. Wife of Captain Edmund King.
I am also showing DNA matches to the James grandparents of Jesse Woodson James and all 8 of his great grandparents. This is what I need help figuring out. All of my James DNA matches will be in the replies to this comment. In this screenshot they are all the white ones
The sons of Colonial Edmund King.
I am a descendant of Mary Joicy who was widow Woodson, mother of Elizabeth Woodson Thomas.
By the way I am not a Kerrigan by DNA. I am a Carrigan. Civil War name change. Descendant of William Michael Carrigan and Nancy Holt. Nancy Holt was the daughter of Michael Holt III and Rachel Rainey. youtu.be/IsK2eSTVW8A
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When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it’s been deleted.Where does Lucille Ball fit?
FIND-A-GRAVE BLUNDERS LEAVE JAMES FAMILY HOWLING . . . Can you spot the errata in this Find a Grave post for the grandfather of Frank & Jesse James? The most glaring deception is the photograph!
History tells us the photograph was invented about the time John M. James was dying. Neither history, nor the administrator of this posting, Charlotte Raley McConaha, can tell us is how photographic technology made its way from France to the distant American frontier to take a photo of John M. James, months before his demise.
Another imprecise miscalculation in this post is the attribution of the middle name “Martin” to John M. James. The name never has been proved by evidence. To guess the name is unreliable and wrong.