Individual Details
James Alfred Oakes
(9 Apr 1829 - 16 May 1919)
== Sources ==
* findagrave.com
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== Biography ==
[[Space:Company B, 38th Regiment, Virginia Infantry, United States Civil War | Company B Roster]]}
James Alfred Oakes was born in Pittsylvania, Virginia in 1829 to William Oakes(1780-1846) and Sarah Phraley Oakes(1801-1868). The Findagrave page for him shows lifespan, notes wife May Ann Reynolds(1825-1920).
The Pittsylvania County History website lists James Alfred Oakes among gravesites for CSA soldiers of Pittsylvania. He was in the 38th Virginia Infantry, Company B. A similarly named man, [[Oakes-382|James Allen Oakes]], slightly older, was in the same unit. "Alfred" and "James A." Oakes actually appear on the same page in the 1860 census. James Allen Oakes died of wounds suffered at Gettysburg a couple weeks after the battle.
Yet a third James Oakes was in the 38th, Co. B. [[Oakes-1360|James Lafayette Oakes]] 1836-1920. He also lived in northern Pittsylvania in 1860. He was wounded at Gettysburg.
In 1850 in Pittsylvania, James Alfred Oakes is shown as Alfred in his widowed mother Sarah's home, with these siblings(est birth by census):
#Margaret 1827
#Ruth 1829
#JAMES ALFRED OAKES 1830
#Martha 1832
#John 1835
#Elizabeth 1836
#Margaret 1838
The 1860 census of northern Pittsylvania would show James Alfred simply as Alfred again, as did the 1870 north Dan River, Pittsylvania record, with wife Mary and the following children(est birth)
#Elizabeth F. 1852
#Lavinia Alice 1855
#Susan A. 1857
#Sarah Jane 1858
#William R. 1858
#Alfred 1860
#Cephas 1861
#Nannie 1864
#James 1867
#Benjamin 1869 William R. Oakes and Alfred Oakes are in the 1860 record, but not in the 1870. A FamilySearch profile for James Alfred Oakes shows William died in 1870, no detail on son Alfred. Their list of his children included duplicates.
The year James Alfred Oakes entered the CSA is in question because of the other James A. Oakes in Pittsylvania. There is an 1863 record for James A. Oakes, and an 1865 record for "Alfred Oak". An interesting finding is that in the 1860 census of northern Pittsylvania, these men appear on the same page, as "Alfred" and "James A." Oakes.
== Sources ==
* findagrave.com*[http://pittsylvaniacountyhistory.com Pittsylvania County History website]
*} for (James) ALFRED OAKES*[https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor§ion=details&person=K2PK-ZL5 FamilySearch profile for JAMES ALFRED OAKES]*[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHMH-SPW 1860 census Museville, Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia,page 37, ALFRED OAKES]*"Confederate Soldiers of Pittsylvania County & Danville", [[Williams-50336|Mike K. Williams]], 1988, Mountain Press.
Events
| Birth | 9 Apr 1829 | Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States | |||
| Birth | 4 Sep 1829 | Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States |  | ||
| Death | 16 May 1919 | | |||
| Death | 16 May 1919 | Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States | |||
| Alt name | James Oakes | ||||
| Reference No | 8051020 | ||||
| Reference No | 8401014 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 | ||||
| Burial | Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States |
Families
| Father | William Old Oakes (1780 - 1846) |
| Mother | Sarah Phraley (1801 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Mary Oakes (1826 - ) |
| Sibling | Martha Oakes (1832 - ) |
| Sibling | Ruth Oakes (1832 - 1891) |
| Sibling | John Oakes (1835 - 1912) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Oakes (1836 - ) |
| Sibling | Christine Oakes (1838 - ) |
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFPS-MDP : 12 April 2016), Afred Oaks, Virginia, United States; citing p. 419, family 3448, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,170..
2. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2Z-RFPH : 13 December 2015), Alfred Oakes, 1919; Burial, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States of America, Oakes Cemetery; citing record ID 65000636, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..
3. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHMH-SPW : 12 April 2016), Alfred Oakes, 1860..
4. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMNZ-2GX : accessed 21 September 2017), Alfred Oakes, Staunton River District (part), Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 15B, family 272, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,723. .
5. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPGW-4CS : accessed 21 September 2017), Alfred Oakes, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 88, sheet 2B, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1641; FHL microfilm 1,375,654. .
6. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8DV-LTD : 12 April 2016), Alfred Oaks in household of Sarah Oaks, Pittsylvania county, part of, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing family 935, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)..
7. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC51-C8K : 15 July 2017), Allred Oakes, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 171, sheet 268C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1385; FHL microfilm 1,255,385. .
8. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2Z-RFPH : 13 December 2015), Alfred Oakes, 1919; Burial, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States of America, Oakes Cemetery; citing record ID 65000636, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..