James was born in 1871 in Alabama to James R and Sarah E Gaines. He married Winona McLaney. By 1900, they were boarders with the Garrett family in Coffee County, Alabama.[1] By 1920, they were living in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia.[2] After he passed away in 1922 in Atlanta, he was buried in the Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Georgia, next to his wife. [3]
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"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JD-FYR : accessed 23 January 2016), James R Gaines in household of James R Gaines, Echo, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 64, sheet 638C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0010; FHL microfilm 1,254,010.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M987-BW2 : accessed 23 January 2016), James Gaines in household of Lila Garrett, Precinct 9 Clintonville, Coffee, Alabama, United States; citing sheet , family 203, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,009.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJD7-CBT : accessed 23 January 2016), J R Gaines, Bainbridge, Decatur, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 7B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,248.
"Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDXW-WB1 : accessed 23 January 2016), James Roland Gaines, 10 May 1922, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing reference 12149, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2297338.
Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from Grave site, Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Georgia
"Georgia Deaths, 1928-1939", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJWM-T42 : accessed 23 January 2016), James R Gaines in entry for Mclauly Gaines, Winona Mclaney, Mrs., 1929.