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Ruby Lee Hunt-Whitney has died. Distantly related to the James through her ancestry among the Ironmonger family and the royal families of England, Ruby bore the unique distinction of also being related to the family of Sheriff Wyatt Earp, and his Earp relatives in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
Ruby is more closely related to the James through her ancestry in the Randall family, an in-law family of the James, many of whom still reside upon the original settlement lands of John M. James in Shopville, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
Her obituary follows:
From Commonwealth News Journal, Somerset, Pulaski Co KY
January 14, 2011
Ruby Whitney
Somerset — Ruby Lee Hunt Bowling Whitney, passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at Fountain Circle of Winchester, Ky. She was 80.
Ruby Lee was born on November 17, 1930 in Somerset, Ky., beloved daughter of the late Charles and Buleah Coyler Hunt. She was a long time member of the Beacon Hill Baptist Church in Somerset, Ky.
For many years, Ruby Lee and her late husband Howard enjoyed outings in their boat on Lake Cumberland. Ruby Lee loved the water. She also loved playing card games with her children and grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Whitney was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Whitney, in 2005; six brothers; Lester Hunt, Marshall Hunt, Robert Hunt, Roy Hunt, Curtis Hunt, Everett Hunt; three sisters; Bessie Hunt, Grace Hunt and Edna Hunt Correll. She is survived by three sisters; Ella Bee Hunt Turner (and Bob) Hedge, Elva Hunt (and Arlee) Smith, Margaret Lou Hunt (and Gerald) Wilson; four daughters, Barbara Bowling (and Tom) Campbell of Winchester, Ky., Constance Bowling (and David) Boepple of Wesley Chapel, North Carolina, Debbie Whitney Turner of Batavia, Ohio and Sandie Whitney Long of Dolthan, Alabama; seven grandchildren; Patrick (and Kara) Abele, Shannon (and Heidi) Boepple, Tiffany (and Duane) Gorman, Sierra Boepple, Jerry (and Delphia) Turner III, Brandi Turner McGlone, Christopher (and Jessica) Turner; and nine great-grandchildren, Taylor Abele, Hannah Hacker Boepple, Hunter Elmore, Liam Boepple, Keauna Gorman, Caleb Gorman, Keyley Gorman, Brayden McGlone, and Kelton McGlone.
Ruby Lee’s family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to the staffs of Fountain Circle and Hospice East for the special care and kindness she received while she was a resident.
Memorial Service will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church (204 South Main Street, Winchester, Ky. 40391). The family request no flowers. In lieu of flowers the family has requested memorial contributions to First United Methodist Church, 204 South Main Street Winchester, Ky., 40391, Hospice East, 407 Shoppers Drive, Winchester, KY 40391 or Rose Mary C. Brooks Place, 200 Rose Mary Drive, Winchester, Ky. 40391.
Sign the guestbook at ScobeeFuneralHome.com.
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Daily updates from the family of Frank & Jesse James with stories, photos, & two searchable genealog
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.