Mary Ada (Woods) James (1904 - 2002)

Born 9 Apr 1904 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of James William Woods and Alberta Virginia (Neff) Woods

Wife of Jessie Tillmon James — married 1 Apr 1923 in Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 2002 at age 97 in Clay, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Mary (Woods) James was a Kentuckian.

Mary (Woods) James was a Missourian.

Mary (Woods) James was an Arkansan.

Mary Ada Woods was the daughter of James Woods and Alberta Neff. ^[1][2]. The Woods family moved often, living in Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, and various places in Arkansas. Grandpa Woods followed the building trade as a painter and was out of work at times, so they lived with various relatives. ^[3]

Mary Ada Woods and Jesse James married 1 Apr 1923 in Blytheville, Arkansas. ^[4]

Ada and Jesse James lived in Caruthersville, Missouri after their marriage and moved to Weona, Poinsett County in 1927, when their daughter, Mary Frances, was two weeks of age. They are enumerated there in 1930^[5]and 1940. ^[6]

James is more than occasionally typed or incorrectly transcribed as Jones and the obituary of her father was no exception as she is typed as Mrs. Ada Jones rather than James. ^[7]

Mary Ada Woods James enjoyed cooking for the Marked Tree Rotary Club, crocheting, making crafts, and spending time with her family. She was a fantastic Cook!!

My favorite dishes were her chocolate cake, Chicken and Dumplings, and Floating Island.

Sources

1. ↑ Name: Ada Woods Event Type: Census Event Date: 1910 Event Place: Metropolis, Massac, Illinois, United States Event Place (Original): Metropolis Ward 1, 77, Massac, Illinois Gender: Female Age: 6 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): White Birth Year (Estimated): 1904 Birthplace: Kentucky Father's Birthplace: Arkansas Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 9 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace James W Woods Head M 38 Arkansas Bertie Woods Wife F 38 Tennessee Lena M Woods Daughter F 15 Tennessee Cathrine Woods Daughter F 8 Kentucky Ada Woods Daughter F 6 Kentucky District: ED 77 Sheet Number and Letter: 9A Household ID: 215 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T624 Affiliate Film Number: 312 GS Film Number: 1374325 Digital Folder Number: 004971170 Image Number: 00256 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N03351-5 Record Number: 11965 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK6P-GWH : accessed 23 January 2021), Ada Woods in household of James W Woods, Metropolis, Massac, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 77, sheet 9A, family 215, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 312; FHL microfilm 1,374,325.
2. ↑ Name: Ada Woods Event Type: Census Event Date: 1920 Event Place: Mississippi, Arkansas, United States Event Place (Original): ED 150, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States Sex: Female Age: 15 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): White Birth Year (Estimated): 1905 Birthplace: Kentucky Father's Birthplace: Arkansas Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 8 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace James W Woods Head M 48 Arkansas Birtie Woods Wife F 47 Tennessee Catherine Woods Daughter F 17 Kentucky Ada Woods Daughter F 15 Kentucky Virgil Woods Son M 9 Illinois District: ED 150 Sheet Number and Letter: 8A Household ID: 156 Line Number: 10 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T625 Affiliate Film Number: 72 GS Film Number: 1820072 Digital Folder Number: 004964254 Image Number: 01024 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01907-3 Record Number: 49474 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDXT-GCV : 23 December 2020), Ada Woods in entry for James W Woods, 1920.
3. ↑ Oral History from Mary Ada Woods James
4. ↑ Name: Miss Ada Woods Race: White Marriage License Age: 19 Record Type: MarriageLicense Birth Date: abt 1904 Marriage License Date: 21 Mar 1923 Marriage License Place: Arkansas, USA Marriage Place: Mississippi, Arkansas, USA Spouse: Jesse J James Save Cancel Source Citation Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Marriage Certificates; Year: 1923; Film: #6 Source Information Ancestry.com. Arkansas, Marriage Certificates, 1917-1969 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019. Original data: Arkansas Department of Vital Records. Marriage Certificates. Little Rock, AR, USA.
5. ↑ Name: Mary A James Event Type: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: Lunsford Township, Poinsett, Arkansas, United States Event Place (Original): Lunsford, 10, Poinsett Gender: Female Age: 26 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Birth Year (Estimated): 1904 Birthplace: Kentucky Father's Birthplace: United States Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 5 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Jessie T James Head M 30 Alabama Mary A James Wife F 26 Kentucky Lara M James Daughter F 6 Missouri Mary F James Daughter F 2 Missouri Edward L James Son M 0 Arkansas District: ED 10 Sheet Number and Letter: 5A Household ID: 99 Line Number: 50 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T626 Affiliate Film Number: 88 GS Film Number: 2339823 Digital Folder Number: 004950042 Image Number: 00860 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N03773-6 Record Number: 41613 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMGS-MT3 : accessed 23 January 2021), Mary A James in household of Jessie T James, Lunsford Township, Poinsett, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 5A, line 50, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 88; FHL microfilm 2,339,823.
6. ↑ Name: Ada James Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Lunsford Township, Poinsett, Arkansas, United States Event Place (Original): Arkansas, Poinsett, Lunsford Township Last Place of Residence: Same Place Gender: Female Age: 36 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Birth Year (Estimated): 1904 Birthplace: Kentucky Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Jesse James Head M 40 Alabama Ada James Wife F 36 Kentucky Laura Mae James Daughter F 16 Missouri Mary Francis James Daughter F 13 Missouri Edward T James Son M 10 Arkansas Virginia James Daughter F 4 Arkansas District: 56-12A Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 35 Sheet Number and Letter: 35A Household ID: 565 Line Number: 25 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 162 Digital Folder Number: 005461536 Digital Folder Number: 005461536 Image Number: 00559 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQKR-H3J : 8 January 2021), Ada James in household of Jesse James, Lunsford Township, Poinsett, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56-12A, sheet 35A, line 25, family 565, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 162.
7. ↑ Name: Mrs. Ada Jones Sex: Female Newspaper: Arkansas Gazette Affiliate Image Identifier: 15AA4FFAF251A5B4 Other information in the record of J W Woods Name: J W Woods Event Type: Obituary Event Date: 15 Apr 1930 Event Place: Little Rock, Arkansas Event Place (Original): Little Rock, Arkansas Sex: Male Newspaper: Arkansas Gazette Affiliate Image Identifier: 15AA4FFAF251A5B4 Parents and Siblings J W Woods Father Male Mrs Bertha Woods Mother Female Mrs Lena Nichols Sister Female Miss Katherine Woods Sister Female Virgil Woods Brother Male Affiliate Name: GenealogyBank, Inc. Digital Folder Number: 105118946 Image Number: 00415 System Origin: Dexter Citing this Record "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q533-9FRK : 17 July 2020), Mrs Ada Jones in entry for J W Woods, 1930.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Mary James and JNM, her 1st cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are James Woods and Alberta Neff, the grandparents of Mary James and grandparents of JNM. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st-2nd cousins, based on sharing 1081 cM (14.491%) across 39 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Mary James and JNM, her 1st cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are James Woods and Alberta Neff, the grandparents of Mary James and grandparents of JNM. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st-2nd cousins, based on sharing 1081 cM (14.491%) across 39 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Mary James and VJNS, her 1st cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are James Woods and Alberta Neff, the grandparents of Mary James and grandparents of VJNS. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st-2nd cousins, based on sharing 846 cM (11.34%) across 35 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Mary James and VJNS, her 1st cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are James Woods and Alberta Neff, the grandparents of Mary James and grandparents of VJNS. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st-2nd cousins, based on sharing 846 cM (11.34%) across 35 segm