James De Priest (1846 - aft. 1940)

Born 1846 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States

Husband of Mabel (Finch) De Priest — married 27 Jun 1901 in Salina, Saline County, Kansas, United States of America

Descendants

Died after 1940 after age 94 in Kansas, United States [uncertain]

Biography

James De Priest is a part of US Black heritage.

James De Priest was born in 1845 in Alabama. He was the son of Sidney De Priest and Narcissa De Priest. In 1870 he was living with his parents and siblings in Rogersville, Alabama.^[1]

He married Alice Wilson on 4 October 1887 in Eskridge, Kansas.^[2]

In 1900 he was living alone with his mother in Salina.^[3]

He married Mabel Boswell (nee Finch) on 27 June 1901 in Salina, Kansas.^[4]

In 1905 James and Mabel were living with their young son James Crawford, James's mother Fannie, and Mabel's 10-year-old daughter.^[5] Between 1915 and 1920 Fannie De Priest is no longer in their household^[6] but she is again with them in 1925.^[7]

In 1940 James and Mabel De Priest were still living in Salina.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKX-M5Q : 10 March 2021), James D 'Priest in entry for Syd D 'Priest, 1870.
2. ↑ "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-TP9W-6F?cc=1851040&wc=QZPV-RHQ%3A166158201%2C166189101 : 16 February 2016), Wabaunsee > Marriage licenses, 1887-1896, v. B > image 33 of 249; citing district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYK-1QS : accessed 26 March 2021), James De Priest, Salina city Ward 3, Saline, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 122, sheet 19A, family 403, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,498.
4. ↑ "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-T5Q9-S2?cc=1851040&wc=QZPV-RH5%3A166161301%2C167051401 : 2 April 2020), Saline > Marriage affadavits, 1901-1902 > image 310 of 1544; citing district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties.
5. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1905," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7W-V1GD?cc=2659394 : 23 September 2019), > image 1 of 1; Kansas Historical Society, Topeka.
6. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTK-23X2 : 13 October 2019), James de Priest, Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States; citing Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States, 104, 3, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka.
7. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1925", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLFV-CNTD : 14 October 2019), James Depriest,.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR24-NM1 : 26 July 2019), James Priest, Ward 3, Salina, Salina City, Saline, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85-22, sheet 15A, line 14, family 356, 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 1257.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2ZZ-Y3C : accessed 26 March 2021), James De Priest, Salina Ward 3, Saline, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 136, sheet 10A, family 226, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 455; FHL microfilm 1,374,468.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6T-DNJ : 1 February 2021), James Depriest, 1920.