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Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records
Name: James Holmes Stevens
Event Date: 21 Sep 1920
Event Place: Louisiana,
Age: 58
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1862
Record Number: 1
Digital Folder Number: 008454078
Image Number: 01089
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Find A Grave Memorial# 130644974
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James Holmes Stevens, Jr., was born in Bastrop, Louisiana, on 23 Oct 1862 and went with his parents to Pike County, Mississippi, in 1867 or early 1868. As a young boy, James fell from a water tank and injured his hip, rendering him slightly lame for life. James attended the University of Mississippi in Oxford (Ole Miss) and worked for the firm of S.W. Rawlins, Commission Merchants, in New Orleans, for a number of years. Afterwards, he went into the lumber business in southern Mississippi and owned and ran his own sawmill. James liked reading and music and was a talented carpenter.
James Holmes Stevens, Jr., died of a sudden heart attack at the home of his sister, Sarah May "Sally" Stevens Ulmer, in Picayune, Mississippi, on 21 September 1920.
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USA Census, 1900
Name: Jas H Stevens
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 115 Beat 5 (part of), Pike, Mississippi
Birth Date: Oct 1862
Birthplace: Louisiana
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 10
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1890
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United States Census, 1920
Name: James Stevens
Event Place: New Orleans Ward 3, Orleans, Louisiana
Gender: Male
Age: 57
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1863
Birthplace: Louisiana
Father's Birthplace: Louisiana
Mother's Birthplace: Louisiana
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 9
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
James Stevens Head M 57 Louisiana
Clyde Stevens Wife F 37 Mississippi
Miles G Stevens Son M 24 Mississippi
Clifton B Stevens Son M 21 Mississippi
Daisy Stevens Dau F 19 Mississippi
Ruth Stevens Dau F 16 Mississippi
Rachel Stevens Dau F 14 Mississippi
James Stevens Son M 2 Louisiana