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Found at findagrave.com on 7/13/2020
Rev James Alston Weems
Birth: 16 Feb 1828 Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 9 Aug 1908 (aged 80) Wayne County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Hopewell Cemetery, Wayne City, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Row 18 from the east
Memorial #: 30073018
Bio:
On 25 Oct 1861 at Adair County, Kentucky, James and his brother, Willis, enlisted in the Union Army as Privates, Co. I, 9th Kentucky Volunteer Regiment. James survived the war, Willis did not.
James was married three times, probably four. Most likely his first marriage was on 25 Mar 1849 to Nancy Trout. There is little information on the marriage, but it seemed to be over (how? why?) by December of 1849. His second wife was Nancy Ellen FREEMAN who died 28 Dec 1888, Wayne Co, IL. They married 7 Sep 1851. She was the mother of James's seven children.
On 13 May 1889 he married Mary E. BAKER OWENS (widow? divorcee?), who d 4 Feb 1894.
James then married Louisa J. "Eliza" JESSAP on 7 Apr 1894 in Wayne Co, IL. Eliza outlived James and married Pleasant C. Green in 1910.
Family Members
Parents
John Wesley Weems 1797-1884
Jane Maydell Hanes Givens Weems 1792-1863
Spouses
Nancy Ellen Freeman Weems 1826-1888
Mary E. Baker Weems 1828-1894
Siblings
Lousetta Arrena Weems Lyles 1819-1885
Willis George Weems 1823-1862
Thomas B. Weems 1825-1858
Children
George Washington Weems 1852-1900
James Marion Weems 1853-1935
Thomas Franklin Weems 1855-1930
William Jesse Weems 1864-1920
John L. Weems 1866-1951
Maintained by: Resa Nichols Hennings (967621)
Originally Created by: Bob Jones (46847851)
Added: 25 Sep 2008
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30073018/james-alston-weems
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 July 2020), memorial page for Rev James Alston Weems (16 Feb 18289 Aug 1908), Find a Grave Memorial no. 30073018, citing Hopewell Cemetery, Wayne City, Wayne County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Resa Nichols Hennings (contributor 967621) .
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