James married Sarah Bentley on 21 December 1889. [1]Either he had died or they had separated by 1894, when Sarah married George Pogue.
Sources
↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29N9-VDD : 19 February 2021), James Bentley and Sarah Jane Fielder, 21 Dec 1889; citing Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,258,493.
Possibly him: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VJ-9LP : 19 February 2021), James Bentley in household of Hilard Bentley, Red Ridge, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 145, sheet 396A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,033.
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