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Ida James

Birth
Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
7 May 1885 (aged 13)
Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
#339
Memorial ID
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Ida JAMES died in May 1885, at age 13. She was one of 15 children.

Ida died at her home on Slocum Street, Kingston, on Thursday night of the Plymouth epidemic (typhoid fever). She contracted it while visiting relatives in Plymouth. The immediate cause of her death was intestinal hemorrhage.

Ida lost several siblings to disasters:
___David died in the 1869 Avondale Mine disaster;
___John died following a 1876 accident at the Boston Mine;
___William died July 1880 in mine accident in Colorado;
___Mattie was one of the children killed at the October 1883 squib factory in Kingston.
Ida JAMES died in May 1885, at age 13. She was one of 15 children.

Ida died at her home on Slocum Street, Kingston, on Thursday night of the Plymouth epidemic (typhoid fever). She contracted it while visiting relatives in Plymouth. The immediate cause of her death was intestinal hemorrhage.

Ida lost several siblings to disasters:
___David died in the 1869 Avondale Mine disaster;
___John died following a 1876 accident at the Boston Mine;
___William died July 1880 in mine accident in Colorado;
___Mattie was one of the children killed at the October 1883 squib factory in Kingston.


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  • Created by: Ruth Ann Bagley
  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95370635/ida-james: accessed ), memorial page for Ida James (Jan 1872–7 May 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95370635, citing Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Ruth Ann Bagley (contributor 47907377).