Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren County. HENRY JAMES, superintendent of the Bowling Green Woolen-mills, and one of the firm known as Potter, James & Co., was born in Butler County, Ky., in 1848. He is a son of W. H. and Sarah (Ricketts) James, and is of Welsh descent. The father was born in Ohio County, Ky., in 1819, and died in 1848. His mother was a native of Warren County, born in 1824 and died in 1878. In 1860 he came to this county with his mother, and here has since resided. He attended the common schools, and received a fair education. The earlier years of Mr. James were spent on the farm, and he continued to farm until 1873, when he came to Bowling Green, and for one year was deputy county clerk of Warren County. In 1875 he accepted the position as book-keeper for the Bowling Green Manufacturing Company, which was established in 1869. This position he held for seven years. In 1881 he became the superintendent of the Bowling Green Woolen-mills, and this position he still retains. At these mills are employed seventy-five persons. The principal article manufactured is jeans, and is of two qualities, viz.: "The Pride of Kentucky" and "Little Nellie." The marriage of Mr. James took place in 1868, with Julia Johnson, of this county. They have four children, as follows: Florence, Grundy, Laura and Bessie. Mr. James is a Democrat, and a member of the Baptist church, and one of the enterprising men of Kentucky. James Potter Ricketts Johnson = Butler-KY Ohio-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/warren/james.h.txt