James H. Rayborn (1854 - 1940)

Born 2 Mar 1854 in Butler, Missouri, United States

Died 18 Apr 1940 at age 86 in Pickering, Vernon, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

James was born in 1854. He passed away in 1940. He was the son of Louis Rayborn and Millie Grier. ^[1]

He and Cornelia Martha Jordan married 20 Jun 1915.

Research Notes

There is conflicting information about James Hardy Rayborn. In his early years, he seems to have been known as Hardy Monroe Rayborn, born in Arkansas. Later census records have him as James H Rayborn after his marriage to Martha. His death certificate says he was born in Butler, Missouri. Both are listed as sons of Louis Rayborn and Millie Grier. There is a James H. Rayburn on the 1860 census, born in Missouri, son of Henry and Elizabeth Rayburn. I think the two individuals may have been confused.

Sources

1. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F391-CBX : 4 March 2021), James H Rayborn, 18 Apr 1940; citing Pickening, Vernon, Louisiana, certificate number 6534, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,358,777.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPX-BJN : 18 February 2021), H M Rabon in entry for Louis Rabon, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMT8-XGC : accessed 5 October 2022), James H Rayborn, Police Jury Ward 4, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 8B, line 61, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 824; FHL microfilm 2,340,559.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #14868011, citing Cooper Cemetery, Pickering, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA