Individual Details

Frank James

(21 Feb 1896 - 25 Feb 1952)

Events

Birth21 Feb 1896Grape Creek, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Census1900Grape Creek, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Census1910McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States
Living1914McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States
MarriageBef 1916Lucy McCurdy
Living1916McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States
DraftReg5 Jun 1917McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States
Census1920McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States
Living1920McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States
Living1923McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States
Enlisted28 Nov 1927
Census1930Fort Francis, Laramie, Wyoming, United States
Discharged1 Jan 1931
Enlisted2 Jan 1931
Discharged1 Jan 1934
Enlisted2 Jan 1934
Discharged1 Jan 1937
Enlisted2 Jan 1937
Enlisted29 Jan 1940
Census1940Fort Francis E. Warren Military Reservation, Laramie, Wyoming, United States
Discharged28 Nov 1940
Discharged5 Oct 1945
Death25 Feb 1952of coronary sclerosis - Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States
BurialBeth el Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Families

SpouseLucy McCurdy (1900 - )
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
SpouseMary (1909 - )
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherJohn T James (1872 - 1946)
MotherBirchie B. Morrison (1876 - )
SiblingJesse James (1894 - 1910)

Notes

Census

He is identified as one of eight boarders in the household of Mary Marass.

Census

His name is given as Frank Stewart. He attended school within the census year.

Living

He is living with his mother's half-sister Mrs. Maggie Price at 608 N. Main.

Living

He and his wife Lucy resides with his mother's half-sister, Mrs. Maggie Price, at 608 N. Main.

DraftReg

His name is given as Frank James and his address as 608 N. Main, McAlester, Oklahoma. His occupation is farmer. He is married has one child. He is described as of medium height and medium build with gray eyes and dark brown hair.

Census

His occupation is given as miner - coal mine and he rents his home.

Living

He resides with his wife Lucy and his mother, Mrs. Bee Stewart, at 608 N. Main. His occupation is given as helper.

Living

His name is given as Frank D. James and his occupation as miner. He rooms at 608 N. Main with his mother.

Census

He is a private in the U.S. Army. His marital status is single.

Discharged

His highest grade was private.

Discharged

His highest grade was private specialist 6th class

Discharged

His highest grade was private specialist 4th class.

Census

Census shows Frank James as a soldier in the U.S. Army, he is a male, single, has 8 years of education and was in the U.S. Army in 1935. In 1939 his income was $360.

Discharged

His highest grade was private first class.

Discharged

He was honorably discharged. His rank was sergeant in headquarters company, 1st Infantry.

Death

Death record says his residence was one mile southwest of Cheyenne. His occupation was mechanic in the U.S. Army and he was a veteran of World War II. He had been a resident of the Cheyenne area for 7 years.

Endnotes

1. Frank James World War I Draft Registration Card, 5 Jun 1917, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration..

2. Frank James household, 1920 U.S. census, McAlester 1st Ward, Pittsburg Co., Kansas, E.D. 206, page 11A, household 192, family 265; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-625, Reel 1483..

3. Mary Marass household, 1900 U.S. census, Grape Creek, Vermilion Co., Illinois, E.D. 63, page 6B, household 124, family 130; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-623, Reel 348..

4. 1930 census, Laramie Co., Wyoming, population schedule, Fort Francis, enumeration district (ED) 15, p. 11B, Army base; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015); National Archives microfilm publication T626, roll 2623.

5. 1940 census, Laramie Co., Wyoming, population schedule, Fort Francis E. Warren Military Reservation, enumeration district (ED) 11-24, p. 26B, Frank James; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015); National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 4572.

6. Laramie County, Wyoming, death certificate no. 329 (27 February 1952), Frank James; Division of Vital Statistics, Wyoming Department of Public Health, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

7. FindAGrave, Inc., FindAGrave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 June 2015), photograph, gravestone for Frank James (1900-1952), Memorial No. 29158662, Bethel Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyoming, photograph (c) Jerry.

8. Mary Marass household, 1900 U.S. census, Grape Creek, Vermilion Co., Illinois, E.D. 63, page 6B, household 124, family 130; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-623, Reel 348..

9. Edgar Stewart household, 1910 U.S. census, McAlester 1st Ward, Pittsburg Co., Oklahoma, E.D. 232, page 9B, household 164, family 180; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-624, Reel 1270..

10. McAlester City Directory 1914-1915 (Sioux City, Iowa: R. L. Polk & Co., 1914).

11. Frank James household, 1920 U.S. census, McAlester 1st Ward, Pittsburg Co., Kansas, E.D. 206, page 11A, household 192, family 265; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-625, Reel 1483..

12. McAlester City Directory 1916-17 (Sioux City, Iowa: R. L. Polk & Co., 1916).

13. Frank James World War I Draft Registration Card, 5 Jun 1917, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration..

14. Frank James household, 1920 U.S. census, McAlester 1st Ward, Pittsburg Co., Kansas, E.D. 206, page 11A, household 192, family 265; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-625, Reel 1483..

15. McAlester City Directory 1920 (Sioux City, Iowa: R. L. Polk & Co., 1920).

16. McAlester City Directory 1923 (Sioux City, Iowa: R. L. Polk & Co., 1923).

17. Ancestry.com, "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015), Application for Frank James; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives, Washington, D.C..

18. 1930 census, Laramie Co., Wyoming, population schedule, Fort Francis, enumeration district (ED) 15, p. 11B, Army base; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015); National Archives microfilm publication T626, roll 2623.

19. Ancestry.com, "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015), Application for Frank James; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives, Washington, D.C..

20. Ancestry.com, "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015), Application for Frank James; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives, Washington, D.C..

21. Ancestry.com, "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015), Application for Frank James; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives, Washington, D.C..

22. Ancestry.com, "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015), Application for Frank James; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives, Washington, D.C..

23. Ancestry.com, "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015), Application for Frank James; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives, Washington, D.C..

24. Ancestry.com, "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015), Application for Frank James; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives, Washington, D.C..

25. Ancestry.com, "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015), Application for Frank James; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives, Washington, D.C..

26. 1940 census, Laramie Co., Wyoming, population schedule, Fort Francis E. Warren Military Reservation, enumeration district (ED) 11-24, p. 26B, Frank James; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015); National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 4572.

27. Ancestry.com, "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015), Application for Frank James; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives, Washington, D.C..

28. Ancestry.com, "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2015), Application for Frank James; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives, Washington, D.C..

29. Laramie County, Wyoming, death certificate no. 329 (27 February 1952), Frank James; Division of Vital Statistics, Wyoming Department of Public Health, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

30. FindAGrave, Inc., FindAGrave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 June 2015), photograph, gravestone for Frank James (1900-1952), Memorial No. 29158662, Bethel Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyoming, photograph (c) Jerry.

31. FindAGrave, Inc., FindAGrave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 June 2015), photograph, gravestone for Frank James (1900-1952), Memorial No. 29158662, Bethel Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyoming, photograph (c) Jerry.