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Mary Ann Eckles (James)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pike County, IN, United States
Death: November 30, 1913 (76)
Porterville, Tulare, CA, United States (senility)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John J James and Mary "Polly" James
Wife of John Graham Eckles and Benjamin Thomas
Mother of Mary Minerva Oliver and Mary E Thomas
Sister of George Washington James; Sarah A. Bailey; Samuel H. James; Elisha Rollins James; Thomas T. James and 13 others
Half sister of Thomas Titus James; John C James; William G James; Daniel W James; Elisha Rollins James and 3 others

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About Mary Ann James

St. Just in Penwith Marriage Register 1854–72

27 Mar 1860 by Banns

       Benjamin Thomas 23 Mineral Dresser of New Downs (Father: William Thomas, Tin Dresser)
       Mary Ann James 23 of Trevagean [Mark] (Father: Richard James, Farmer)
       Witnesses: William Thomas, William Reseigh

I don't know how Mary Jane married Benjamin Thomas in 1860 when she was in Dallas County, Iowa
and had ten children there. per her obituary eight of the ten children were there in Porterville,
California, including my great grandmother Mary Minerva Eckles Oliver.
Children were:
Robert Ransome 1855-1930
James Albert 1857-1930
Mary Minerva 1859-1919
Sarah Elizabeth 1861-1919
Charles C. 1864- 1882
John Willard 1866-1909
William Edgar 1868- 1935
Frances Arminta 1871- 1929
Francis Ashberry 1874 -1957
George Fredrick 1881-1949

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Mary Ann James's Timeline

1837
May 14, 1837
Sancreed, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
August 20, 1837
Pike County, IN, United States
1850
1850
Age 12
Not Stated, Dallas, Iowa
1850
Age 12
Not Stated, Dallas, Iowa
1859
January 9, 1859
Iowa, United States
1860
1860
Age 22
Chariton, Appanoose, Iowa
1860
Age 22
Chariton, Appanoose, Iowa
1861
1861
St. Just in Penwith, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)