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Descendants of William James

Generation No. 2

2. JANNET VENICE² JAMES (WILLIAM¹) was born April 07, 1825 in Johnstone, Scotland, and died November 23, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois. She married HENRY B. WILLMARTH, son of Homer Willmarth and Mary Wells.

Children of Jannet James and Henry Willmarth are:

8.	i.	WILLIAM³ WILLMARTH, b. Abt 1875.
	ii.	EDWARD WILLMARTH, b. Abt 1875.
	iii.	PHILLIP WILLMARTH, b. Abt 1875, unknown; d. Unknown, unknown; m. AGNES LAIRD, Unknown, unknown.
	iv.	JEANETTE WILLMARTH, b. Abt 1875; m. UNKNOWN CARTER.

3. WILLIAM JAMES² JR. (WILLIAM¹ JAMES) was born March 28, 1827 in Glasgow, Scotland, and died October 17, 1867 in Chicago, Illinois Rosehill Cemetery. He married AURELIA L. WILLIAMS Unknown in unknown.

Children of William Jr. and Aurelia Williams are:

	i.		WILLIAM³ JAMES, b. Abt 1850.
	ii.		GARY JAMES, b. Abt 1850.

4. ALFRED² JAMES (WILLIAM¹) was born May 26, 1831 in Renfrewshire Johnstone, Scotland, and died December 03, 1904 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He married FRANCES ANNA WILLMARTH Abt 1855 in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Homer Willmarth and Mary Wells.

Notes
Copied from an origin unknown, as given to Mark James by Douglas James in January of 1997. (suspect that this was written in a newsletter of the Northwestern National Insurance Company around the time of his death)

"Death of Alfred James"

Alfred James, president of the Northwestern National Insurance Company of MIlwaukee, Wis., died at his home last Sunday morning, December 4. Although his death had been imparied for a year or more, when he left his office last Friday he was feeling as well as he had for some months. On Saturday morning, while at the telephone, he was suddenly seized with violent pains and returned to bed, his death following the next day.

The following story of his, as it appears in the "Cyclopedia of Insurance" is interesting.

Alfred James, president of the Northwester National Insurance Company of MIlwaukee was born at Johnstone, Scotland, but at an early age was brought to America, living at North Adams, Mass.. Mr. James's first experience with the world was unique among men who have become fire insurance managers. He was a sailor min. year from 1846 to 1856 and at the time he retired from that vocation he was first officer of the clipper ship Oxendridge. He was also a clerk in a wholesale New York grocery house two years. His introduction to fire underwriting was as clerk in a Chicago agency in 1856. From 1860 to 1871 he was himself an agent representing many companies, among them the Northwestern National paid in full and another company, the Lorillard, ninety-six cents on the dollar. In 1875, while manager of the Chicago branch office of the Northwestern, he was called to Milwaukee to take charge of the company, with the rank of vice-president. In 1887, on the death of Mr. Alexander Mitchell, he was elected president.
He was seventy-three years of age and until the last was active in business. AS an underwriter he held a unique position refusing to enter into any form of association with other companies and antagonizing such organization in defatigably. He was especially hostile to the Western Union and alwasy ready to criticize its action.
In spite of this Ishmaelitiah trait of character, Mr. James was recognized as an able underwriter, the success and growth of his company being a monument to his genius. It might be said that it grew in strength and stature in spite of this adverse position towards its competitors.
He is survived by a widow and two children, Alfred F. second vice-president of the Northwestern National Insurance Company and Miss Venice. He was a brother of Fred S. James, head fo the firm Fred S. James & Co., Chicago.
The funeral was held at the family residence on Wednesday morning. A number of insurance men of Chicago attended, going to Milwaukee in a special car. A.F. James, the son, who was on his way from Cuba to New York, received the news of the death Monday afternoon and started at once for home.
It is believed that the antagonistile position of the company was more a matter of personal feeling on the part of its president and that it will not continue to maintain such strong opposition. It is expected the Vice-President Patton, who has been with the company for thirty years, will become its president.
(dated December 8, 1904)

Children of Alfred James and Frances Willmarth are:

9.	i.	FLORENCE³ JAMES, b. August 06, 1860, unknown; d. 1904, unknown.
10.	ii.	ALFRED FARRAGUT JAMES, b. October 26, 1870, Chicago, Illinois; d. June 27, 1959, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
	iii.	VENICE B. JAMES, b. 1872, unknown; d. Unknown, unknown; m. W. STAVRUM, Unknown, unknown.
	iv.	CHARLES HUGHES JAMES, b. Abt 1875, Chicago, Illinois; d. 1878, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
	v.	IRVING WILMARTH JAMES, b. Abt 1875, Chicago, Illinois; d. 1876, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
	vi.	MARY JAMES, b. Abt 1875, Chicago, Illinois; d. 1880, unknown.

5. GAVIN² JAMES (WILLIAM¹) was born February 22, 1836 in North Adams, Massachussetts, and died May 05, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri. He married CATHERINE T. MOWERY Unknown in unknown.

Children of Gavin James and Catherine Mowery are:

	i.	HARRY³ JAMES, b. February 11, 1860, Dundee, Illinois; d. October 23, 1927, Buffalo, New York; m. MARCHIA C. ELLSWORTH.
11.	ii.	GUY JAMES, b. November 29, 1864, Chicago, Illinois; d. March 07, 1946, Kansas City, Missouri.
	iii.	KITTIE JAMES, b. March 08, 1866, Wheaton, Illinois; d. Unknown, Blackhawk, Idaho; m. WILLARD IRVIN PARSONS, November 03, 1893, Kansas City, Missouri.
12.	iv.	LILLIAN BLANCHE JAMES, b. December 02, 1874, Middleton, Idaho; d. March 19, 1943, Middleton, Idaho.
13.	v.	RICHARD IRVING JAMES, b. August 09, 1881, Coffeyville, Kansas; d. March 06, 1946, Inglewood, California.

6. FLORA C.² JAMES (WILLIAM¹) was born February 20, 1849 in Dundee, Illinois, and died December 09, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois Rosehill Cemetery. She married WILLIS GAYLORD JACKSON.

Children of Flora James and Willis Jackson are:

	i.	UNKNOWN³ JACKSON, b. June 27, 1869, Chicago, Illinois; d. Stillborn, Chicago, Illinois Rosehill Cemetery.
	ii.	UNKNOWN JACKSON, b. October 12, 1870, Chicago, Illinois; d. Stillborn, Chicago, Illinois Rosehill Cemetery.
14.	iii.	JESSICA JACKSON, b. Abt 1875, Chicago, Illinois; d. Unknown, unknown.
	iv.	IRVINE JACKSON, b. Abt 1875.

7. FREDERIC SINCLAIR² JAMES (WILLIAM¹) was born February 20, 1849 in Barrington, Illinois, and died Unknown in unknown. He married LORETTA B. WHITNEY October 06, 1868 in Chicago, Illinois.

Children of Frederic James and Loretta Whitney are:

	i.		FLORA B.³ JAMES, b. Abt 1870.
	ii.		BERTHA W. JAMES, b. Abt 1870.
	iii.		WHITNEY P. JAMES, b. Abt 1870.
	iv.		ROBERT E. JAMES, b. Abt 1870.
	v.		FRED E JAMES, b. August 1876, Chicago, Illinois; d. March 23, 1879, Chicago, Illinois Rosehill Cemetery.

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