Obituary of James C. H. Christian.

Source: Rock Port Atchison County Journal. 30 March 1900, p. 5., col. 4.

James C. H. Christian was born at Newport, Tennesee, March 30, 1833; died at his home near Tarkio, Missouri, March 17, 1900. He came to this county in 1852 and lived here for forty-eight years. In 1857, he was married to Miss Mary Tate. Six children were born to them, four sons and two daughters. The sons are all still living and are well known to Tarkio people. One daughter, Sophia, departed this life Dec 2, 1891. The other daughter, Maggie, with her mother, still lives to mourn his loss.

Mr. Christian had never formally united with any church but he loved God as his father and distinctly confessed his faith in Jesus Christ as his Savior. He was a kind and loving father and was greatly loved and respected by all who knew him as a neighbor or friend. He will be greatly missed by a large circle of relatives and friends, and in the community generally, as a man in whom all who knew him had the fullest confidence.

The funeral service was held at the family residence, conducted by Rev. Duncan Brown, assisted by Rev. Pearson and Dr. J. A. Thompson. A very large congregation of friends and neighbors were present and a long line of carriages followed the body to its last resting place in the beautiful Tarkio Home Cemetary.

The passing of such men as J. C. H. Christian thins the ranks of a class of men of sterling character who formed the rank and file of the pioneers of Atchison County, few of whom remain, but they have left their impression for good upon the rising generation. Their early lives were filled with the cares, toils and hardships of frontier life, but they were helpful, honest, law-abiding, and true to their conviction of right, and withall their lines were cast in pleasant places.

Their memory will be cherished by all who knew them. May their good qualities of heart and mind be emulated.

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Biography of James C. H. Christian.

Source: The History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri. St. Joseph, MO: National Historical Co., 1882, p. 798.

J. C. H. Christian, farmer, section 34, a native of Newport Courthouse, Cocke County, Tennessee, was born March 30, 1838, being a son of T. E. and Mary A. (Doughty) Christian, who were natives of the same county. The father was born in 1801, and the mother in 1804. After their marriage they settled in that county, remaining there til March 1852, when by wagon they moved to Atchison County, Missouri and located some seven miles south of Rock Port. There they continued to reside until death. The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood days in Tennessee, and with his parents came to Missouri, and since then has devoted his time to farming. He was married February 5, 1857 to Miss. Mary A. Tate, a native of Wayne County, Kentucky, born in 1842. Her parents were Samuel B. and Minerva (Sloane) Tate, who were natives of Cocke County, Tennessee. They moved to Atchison County, Missouri, in 1851, where Mr. Tate was county judge for one term. After their marriage, Mr. Christian and wife settled on a farm in the Missouri bottoms and remained until 1864, when they moved to where they now reside. Their family consisted of six children: Columbus A., C. F., Maggie M., Thomas J. T., S. L., and Jessie.