Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 2nd ed.,1885,
Webster Co.

BENJAMIN C. JAMES, Jr., was born in Hopkins County, Ky., November 29, 1844,
and is a son of Benjamin C. and Jane E. (Bone) James, natives of Virginia
and Tennessee, and Scotch-Irish descent.  When a small boy Benjamin C.
James, Sr., was taken by his parents to Tennessee, where he was educated,
married, and where he was engaged in farming several years.  Later he moved
to Hopkins County, Ky., where he bought a farm and resided until his death
in 1846.  He also followed wagon-making to some extent in connection with
farming.  Benjamin C. James, Jr., remained with his mother on the farm, and
at Providence, until 1879.  He and his brother-in-law owned a farm one-half
mile northwest of Providence, where they were also engaged in agricultural
pursuits for several years.  In 1880 he moved to the farm where he now
lives, some three miles northeast from Providence, which he had bought some
time before.  Mr. James was surveyor of Webster County for four years, from
1870 to 1874.  He was married December 18, 1879, to Miss Helen T. Rice, a
native of Webster County, Ky.  One son - Thomas C. - was born to this
union.  Mrs. Helen T. James departed this life February 11, 1882.  Mr.
James is an earnest advocate of the temperance cause, and in politics he is
a Democrat.

James Bone Rice
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Hopkins VA TN

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