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James Bingham Sr was born in Chester County.
James Leonard Bingham was born on January 24, 1909, in Jacks Creek, Tennessee, to Martha Alice Thomas, age 31, and Eugene "E.G." Bingham, age 33. (note: "E.G" was Eugene's nickname, it did not refer to a middle initial; He did not have a middle name, as told by James L Bingham to Scott F Bingham.) [1] In the 1910 census, James (age 1) was the son of Eugene Bingham living on Purdy Road in Civil District 5, Chester, Tennessee, United States.[2]
He married Erlene Mae Jameson on September 4, 1948, in La Fayette, Georgia. They had two children during their marriage.
He was a Master Sergeant, US Army Air Corps/US Air Force 1929-1959.
He died on November 19, 1992, in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 83, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery there. [3]
Sources
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Birth:
"Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909"
Original data: Tennessee Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2282 #1233203 (accessed 19 April 2026)
James Leonard Bingham born on 24 Jan 1909, son of Eugene Bingham & Martha Alice Thomas, in Chester. - ↑
1910 Census:
"1910 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 5, Chester, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1493; Page: 3b; Enumeration District: 0046; FHL microfilm: 1375506
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #129094175 (accessed 19 April 2026)
Name Sex Race Age Status Relation Occupation Birth Place Eugene Bingham M White 34 Married Head Farmer Tennessee Alice T Bingham F White 33 Married Wife Tennessee Myrtle Bingham F White 4 Single Daughter Tennessee Ray C Bingham M White 2 Single Son Tennessee James Bingham M White 1 Single Son Tennessee Jethro H Bingham M White 25 Single Brother Farm Laborer Tennessee Claude C Wright M White 29 Single Boarder Retail Merchant Tennessee - ↑
Burial:
"U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
Find A Grave: Memorial #237057197
James Leonard Bingham Sr burial (died on 19 Nov 1992) in Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States of America. Born on 24 Jan 1909.
- "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HP-56BY : 17 March 2018), James Leonard Bingham, 1909.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGX4-T3C : accessed 19 September 2021), James* Bingham in household of Eugene Bingham, Civil District 5, Chester, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 46, sheet 3B, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1493; FHL microfilm 1,375,506.
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN5J-TG2 : 3 February 2021), Leonard Bingham in entry for E G Bingham, 1920.
- "United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZNB2-DYZM : 17 May 2021), James L Bingham, 1929.
- "United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HPYD-F8N2 : 14 May 2021), James L Bingham, 1930.
- "United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C4WQ-JD2M : 18 May 2021), James L Bingham, 1932.
- "United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CCGH-BBT2 : 18 May 2021), James L Bingham, 1933.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWZ6-DYR : 8 January 2021), James L Bingham, Shiloh Valley Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82-122, sheet 12A, line 27, family 42, 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 882.
- "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMX9-FMP : 5 December 2014), James L Bingham, enlisted 11 Jan 1946, Smyrna Aaf, Tennessee, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
- "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FD5-K5FY : 8 March 2024), James Leonard Bingham, ; Burial, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States of America, Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum; citing record ID 237057197, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
