Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameRev. Reuben Henry James 
Birth10 Aug 1846
Death23 Mar 1940
BurialPleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Union County, NC
FatherJames Lemuel James (1821-)
MotherAnna Marie Poole (1820-1890)
Spouses
Birth23 Nov 1841, Union County, NC
Death1 Mar 1936, Union County, NC
BurialPleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Union County, NC
Marriage30 Dec 1866, Union County, NC
ChildrenGeorge Washington (1867-1955)
Jonathan Syvester (1869-1953)
Martelia Elizabeth (1872-1965)
Cornelia Lenora (1876-1965)
Isadora Evelyn (1878-1967)
Reuben Fulton (1881-1981)
Martin Lafayette (1884-1950)
Notes for Rev. Reuben Henry James
Last Civil War Veteran Not to Leave Union County
Reuben Henry James was born Aug 10, 1846 and died Mar 23, 1940, just short of his 94th birthday. He married Malinda Evelyn Austin Fowler (1841-1936) Dec 30, 1866. Malinda's husband Moses Fowler was killed in 1864 during the Civil War)
Old James family home - R.F.D 2 (New Salem), Marshville, NC
Burial: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, New Salem Township, Union County, NC
Named for his grandfather Reuben Henry James (1784-1862), R.H., was the son of James Lemuel James (1821-1858) and Anna Marie Poole of Anson County.
James enlisted as a private in Union County April 15, 1864 at age 18 - Company I, North Carolina 53rd Infantry Regiment. Captured at Orange Court House, Va., abt. June 11, 1864 and confined at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC. Transferred to Elmira, NY, July 23, 1864. Transferred to Point Lookout, Md., Oct. 11, 1864 and paroled Oct. 29, 1864. Received at Venus Point, Savannah River, Ga., Oct. 29, 1864 for exchange and returned to duty. Deserted to enemy on unspecified date. Released at Washington, DC abt. Apr. 4, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance.
Rev. James was baptized in Rocky River in 1868 and became a licensed minister in 1870. He then lived in New Salem, then Monroe (1900-1910 census), Big Lick (Stanley County), Goose Creek and back to Monroe where he died.
In October of 1895 the Union County Baptist District Association held their annual meeting. One item of concern was the lask of educational opportunities for the youth in the area. The idea had been brought up before as far back as 1887 but no action had been taken. This time the ministers of the association decided it was time for a school. This was the beginning of Wingate College. R.H. James was one of those ministers instrumental in establishing this school. (Wingate College Story by Hubert Inman Hester)
Article and pictures from -
http://monroenc.blogspot.com/2012/07/last-civil-war-veteran-not-to-leave.html
Reuben Henry James was born Aug 10, 1846 and died Mar 23, 1940, just short of his 94th birthday. He married Malinda Evelyn Austin Fowler (1841-1936) Dec 30, 1866. Malinda's husband Moses Fowler was killed in 1864 during the Civil War)
Old James family home - R.F.D 2 (New Salem), Marshville, NC
Burial: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, New Salem Township, Union County, NC
Named for his grandfather Reuben Henry James (1784-1862), R.H., was the son of James Lemuel James (1821-1858) and Anna Marie Poole of Anson County.
James enlisted as a private in Union County April 15, 1864 at age 18 - Company I, North Carolina 53rd Infantry Regiment. Captured at Orange Court House, Va., abt. June 11, 1864 and confined at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC. Transferred to Elmira, NY, July 23, 1864. Transferred to Point Lookout, Md., Oct. 11, 1864 and paroled Oct. 29, 1864. Received at Venus Point, Savannah River, Ga., Oct. 29, 1864 for exchange and returned to duty. Deserted to enemy on unspecified date. Released at Washington, DC abt. Apr. 4, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance.
Rev. James was baptized in Rocky River in 1868 and became a licensed minister in 1870. He then lived in New Salem, then Monroe (1900-1910 census), Big Lick (Stanley County), Goose Creek and back to Monroe where he died.
In October of 1895 the Union County Baptist District Association held their annual meeting. One item of concern was the lask of educational opportunities for the youth in the area. The idea had been brought up before as far back as 1887 but no action had been taken. This time the ministers of the association decided it was time for a school. This was the beginning of Wingate College. R.H. James was one of those ministers instrumental in establishing this school. (Wingate College Story by Hubert Inman Hester)
Article and pictures from -
http://monroenc.blogspot.com/2012/07/last-civil-war-veteran-not-to-leave.html