Individual Details

By 1860, James's entire family was dead. I think this is James living with a relative:
Cambridge, Washington, NY, Hh 886
James Fort, 32, Flax Dresser, all of household b. NY
Catherine, 31
Mary, 6
Eliza, 2
Emma, 5 months
James B., 16

A James B. Fort served in the 24th Regt, NY Infantry as a Private from New York, Civil War

Birth

1842

Oswego County, New York

Father	Abraham Fort (1805 - 1856)
Mother	Laura Maria Potter (1812 - 1856)
Sibling	Merritt J Fort (1830 - 1853)
Sibling	Gideon A Fort (1831 - 1852)
Sibling	Anna E Fort (1833 - 1853)
Sibling	Gerrit Fort (1835 - 1836)
Sibling	Lenman Fort (1836 - 1838)
Sibling	Mary Fort (1838 - 1841)