Mother's Name: Malinda Carolina Hutson (James D's wife either changed her name to Martha E when she came to idaho....or he has 2 wives born in same year in North Carolina.
Sources
"North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VC74-WZD : accessed 20 Oct 2014), Walter Scott French, 03 Mar 1882; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," index, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 4, p. 107, Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM5R-K58 : accessed 20 Oct 2014), Walter S French in household of James D French, South Moscow Precinct Moscow city Ward 3, Latah, Idaho, United States; citing sheet 2B, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240233.
"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLHP-MDR : accessed 20 Oct 2014), Walter S French in household of James D French, Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 195, sheet 6B, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374238.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/29J8-3HV : accessed 20 Oct 2014), Walter Scott French, 1917-1918.
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