Son of Amaziah James and Martha L. Griffitts
Married Lola Montez Cannon, 27 Sep 1893, Denver, Hancock, Illinois
Children - Bessie Salome James, Amaziah Walter James, Mary Martha James, Harmon Whitney James, Carl Fredrick James, Helen Mae James, Blanche Myrtle James, Frank Henery James
History - Harmon's grandparents were William Griffitts and Mary Cain, early settlers in Hancock County. Harmon was the third child in a family of 5 children.
Harmon married Lola Montez Cannon, the daughter of Abraham Wilson and Nancy Jane Barnett Cannon. Lola and Harmon were married at Denver, Hancock, Illinois, 27 Sep 1893, making their home in Bowen, Illinois.
Their first two children Bessie Salome and Amaziah Walter were born in Bowen in 1895 and 1897.
Grandpa James left Bowen Illinois, when Grammie was expecting her third child, Mary Martha, in a covered wagon heading for Chandler, Oklahoma where Mary first saw the light of day.
Grandpa continued to travel to where he could make a living for his family, his eight children being born in four different states.
He farmed, worked on the railroad and even sat up nights with the dead. One night rigamortus sat in and the corpse sat up nearly scaring him to death.
Two of his children were born in Illinois, two in Kansas and two in Arkansas.
Prior to their move to Maine he was farming in Arkansas. They lived in Bentonville and in the years when it would flood five rivers would converge together and cover everything in 6 feet of mud. And then there flooded they decided to move and so they got a magazine that listed farms for sale. Grammie spotted a farm in Maine that was for sale and the thing that caught her eye was that the ad said there were no poisenious snakes So Grandpa went ahead to check out the situation and Grammie and the kids came later.
They lived on a farm just out of Skowhegan Maine, called Cornville. Aunt Bessie and Amaziah Walter (called Jess by the family) had adjoining farms. The road that ran in front of those farms is now called James road. Grandpa James not only farmed but he and his sons became expert painters and paper hangers. Harmon James would go into a house, and cut every piece of paper he perfectly in no time at all.
Harmon James was an avid reader and was known for his Irish wit which I would suspect that he got from his father.
Grandpa moved to Skowhegan when his health became bad. Grandpa suffered a stroke which was the cause of his death and he is buried in Southside cemetery in Skowhegan.
- Recorded by James & Utanah Mills
Married Lola Montez Cannon, 27 Sep 1893, Denver, Hancock, Illinois
Children - Bessie Salome James, Amaziah Walter James, Mary Martha James, Harmon Whitney James, Carl Fredrick James, Helen Mae James, Blanche Myrtle James, Frank Henery James
History - Harmon's grandparents were William Griffitts and Mary Cain, early settlers in Hancock County. Harmon was the third child in a family of 5 children.
Harmon married Lola Montez Cannon, the daughter of Abraham Wilson and Nancy Jane Barnett Cannon. Lola and Harmon were married at Denver, Hancock, Illinois, 27 Sep 1893, making their home in Bowen, Illinois.
Their first two children Bessie Salome and Amaziah Walter were born in Bowen in 1895 and 1897.
Grandpa James left Bowen Illinois, when Grammie was expecting her third child, Mary Martha, in a covered wagon heading for Chandler, Oklahoma where Mary first saw the light of day.
Grandpa continued to travel to where he could make a living for his family, his eight children being born in four different states.
He farmed, worked on the railroad and even sat up nights with the dead. One night rigamortus sat in and the corpse sat up nearly scaring him to death.
Two of his children were born in Illinois, two in Kansas and two in Arkansas.
Prior to their move to Maine he was farming in Arkansas. They lived in Bentonville and in the years when it would flood five rivers would converge together and cover everything in 6 feet of mud. And then there flooded they decided to move and so they got a magazine that listed farms for sale. Grammie spotted a farm in Maine that was for sale and the thing that caught her eye was that the ad said there were no poisenious snakes So Grandpa went ahead to check out the situation and Grammie and the kids came later.
They lived on a farm just out of Skowhegan Maine, called Cornville. Aunt Bessie and Amaziah Walter (called Jess by the family) had adjoining farms. The road that ran in front of those farms is now called James road. Grandpa James not only farmed but he and his sons became expert painters and paper hangers. Harmon James would go into a house, and cut every piece of paper he perfectly in no time at all.
Harmon James was an avid reader and was known for his Irish wit which I would suspect that he got from his father.
Grandpa moved to Skowhegan when his health became bad. Grandpa suffered a stroke which was the cause of his death and he is buried in Southside cemetery in Skowhegan.
- Recorded by James & Utanah Mills
Son of Amaziah James and Martha L. Griffitts
Married Lola Montez Cannon, 27 Sep 1893, Denver, Hancock, Illinois
Children - Bessie Salome James, Amaziah Walter James, Mary Martha James, Harmon Whitney James, Carl Fredrick James, Helen Mae James, Blanche Myrtle James, Frank Henery James
History - Harmon's grandparents were William Griffitts and Mary Cain, early settlers in Hancock County. Harmon was the third child in a family of 5 children.
Harmon married Lola Montez Cannon, the daughter of Abraham Wilson and Nancy Jane Barnett Cannon. Lola and Harmon were married at Denver, Hancock, Illinois, 27 Sep 1893, making their home in Bowen, Illinois.
Their first two children Bessie Salome and Amaziah Walter were born in Bowen in 1895 and 1897.
Grandpa James left Bowen Illinois, when Grammie was expecting her third child, Mary Martha, in a covered wagon heading for Chandler, Oklahoma where Mary first saw the light of day.
Grandpa continued to travel to where he could make a living for his family, his eight children being born in four different states.
He farmed, worked on the railroad and even sat up nights with the dead. One night rigamortus sat in and the corpse sat up nearly scaring him to death.
Two of his children were born in Illinois, two in Kansas and two in Arkansas.
Prior to their move to Maine he was farming in Arkansas. They lived in Bentonville and in the years when it would flood five rivers would converge together and cover everything in 6 feet of mud. And then there flooded they decided to move and so they got a magazine that listed farms for sale. Grammie spotted a farm in Maine that was for sale and the thing that caught her eye was that the ad said there were no poisenious snakes So Grandpa went ahead to check out the situation and Grammie and the kids came later.
They lived on a farm just out of Skowhegan Maine, called Cornville. Aunt Bessie and Amaziah Walter (called Jess by the family) had adjoining farms. The road that ran in front of those farms is now called James road. Grandpa James not only farmed but he and his sons became expert painters and paper hangers. Harmon James would go into a house, and cut every piece of paper he perfectly in no time at all.
Harmon James was an avid reader and was known for his Irish wit which I would suspect that he got from his father.
Grandpa moved to Skowhegan when his health became bad. Grandpa suffered a stroke which was the cause of his death and he is buried in Southside cemetery in Skowhegan.
- Recorded by James & Utanah Mills
Married Lola Montez Cannon, 27 Sep 1893, Denver, Hancock, Illinois
Children - Bessie Salome James, Amaziah Walter James, Mary Martha James, Harmon Whitney James, Carl Fredrick James, Helen Mae James, Blanche Myrtle James, Frank Henery James
History - Harmon's grandparents were William Griffitts and Mary Cain, early settlers in Hancock County. Harmon was the third child in a family of 5 children.
Harmon married Lola Montez Cannon, the daughter of Abraham Wilson and Nancy Jane Barnett Cannon. Lola and Harmon were married at Denver, Hancock, Illinois, 27 Sep 1893, making their home in Bowen, Illinois.
Their first two children Bessie Salome and Amaziah Walter were born in Bowen in 1895 and 1897.
Grandpa James left Bowen Illinois, when Grammie was expecting her third child, Mary Martha, in a covered wagon heading for Chandler, Oklahoma where Mary first saw the light of day.
Grandpa continued to travel to where he could make a living for his family, his eight children being born in four different states.
He farmed, worked on the railroad and even sat up nights with the dead. One night rigamortus sat in and the corpse sat up nearly scaring him to death.
Two of his children were born in Illinois, two in Kansas and two in Arkansas.
Prior to their move to Maine he was farming in Arkansas. They lived in Bentonville and in the years when it would flood five rivers would converge together and cover everything in 6 feet of mud. And then there flooded they decided to move and so they got a magazine that listed farms for sale. Grammie spotted a farm in Maine that was for sale and the thing that caught her eye was that the ad said there were no poisenious snakes So Grandpa went ahead to check out the situation and Grammie and the kids came later.
They lived on a farm just out of Skowhegan Maine, called Cornville. Aunt Bessie and Amaziah Walter (called Jess by the family) had adjoining farms. The road that ran in front of those farms is now called James road. Grandpa James not only farmed but he and his sons became expert painters and paper hangers. Harmon James would go into a house, and cut every piece of paper he perfectly in no time at all.
Harmon James was an avid reader and was known for his Irish wit which I would suspect that he got from his father.
Grandpa moved to Skowhegan when his health became bad. Grandpa suffered a stroke which was the cause of his death and he is buried in Southside cemetery in Skowhegan.
- Recorded by James & Utanah Mills
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