Margaret A (Barnes) James (1830 - 1886)

Born 6 Sep 1830 in Quinby, Accomack, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George William James — married 8 Dec 1852 in Accomack, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1886 at age 56 in Quinby, Accomack, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Margaret (Barnes) James was a Virginian from Accomack County

Margaret was born in 1830. She was the daughter of William Barnes and Elizabeth Garrison. She married George W James in 1852. She passed away in 1886.

From "Miles Files V22.1"

Margaret was born on 6 September 1830 at Accomack Co, VA.^[1]

Margaret was listed with her mother in the census of in 1850 at St. George Parish, Acc Co, VA. She was shown as Marg't Barnes, age 19 in HH#540 headed by Jno. W. Barnes, a 21 year old farmer with real estate valued at $1,000. Also listed was Eliz. Barnes, age 40, who was evidently her mother.^[2]

She married George William James on 5 December 1852 at Accomack Co, VA. They were shown only as George W. James and Margaret A. Barnes of Elizabeth.^[3]

Margaret died on 22 October 1886 at age 56.^[4]

Her body was interred at James Bur Gr, Quinby, Acc Co, VA. Her tombstone shows her as Margaret A. James, the wife of George W. James..^[4]

End "Miles Files"

Sources

• 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1850; Census Place: St Georges Parish, Accomack, Virginia; Roll: 932; Page: 111b; Line Number: 38
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #14783797 (accessed 16 July 2022)
  Margt Bames (19) in St Georges Parish, Accomack, Virginia, USA. Born in Virginia.
• Marriage: "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
  citing FHL microfilm: 30107; Record number: 46;
  FamilySearch Record: XRZ1-SQP (accessed 16 July 2022)
  Margaret A Barnes marriage to George W. James on 8 Dec 1852 in Accomack, Virginia, United States.
• 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1860; Census Place: St Georges Parish, Accomack, Virginia; Roll: M653_1330; Page: 288; Family History Library Film: 805330
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #33646345 (accessed 16 July 2022)
  Margaret James (28) in St Georges Parish, Accomack, Virginia. Born in Accomack County, Virginia.
• 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
  citing Page: 192; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 18; FHL microfilm: 000553129; Record number: 19432;
  FamilySearch Record: MFL8-4CS (accessed 16 July 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6S73-C6D Image number 00493
  Mar'gt E James (38) in Accomack, Virginia, United States.
• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
  citing enumeration district ED 8, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
  FamilySearch Record: MCPD-G52 (accessed 16 July 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBP-D28 Image number 00454
  Margaret E James (49), wife, in household of George W. James (53) in Pungoteague District, Accomack, Virginia, United States. Born in Virginia, United States.
• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #175205350 (accessed 16 July 2022)
  Memorial page for Margaret A. Barnes James (6 Sep 1836-22 Oct 1886), citing James and Barnes Cemetery, Quinby, Accomack County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Pierce Eichelberger (contributor 48071424).
• MilesFiles: Margaret A. Barnes

^{[2] [1] [3] [4]}

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Barry W. Miles & Moody K. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Marriage Records, 1854-1895 (Recorded in Licenses and Ministers' Returns).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, 1850 Virginia Census Microfilm Records, CD#309.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Nora Miller Turman, Accomack Co, VA, Marriage Records, 1776-1854 (Recorded in Bonds, Licenses and Ministers' Returns).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Jean Merritt Mihalyka & Faye Downing Wilson, Graven Stones of Lower Accomack County, Virginia.