Census find them living at

First Row ~~ Bottom Left to Right

Lora Crockett ~~ daughter of Susie (Susie was the daughter of Mary Dialtha who
was a sister to Tylee)
Elzie Crockett ~~ daughter of Susie
Myrtle Crockett ~~ daughter of Susie
John Newton James ~~ son of Tylee & Susan Ida
Wiley James ~~ son of Tylee & Susan Ida
Walter James ~~ son of Sam (Sam was a brother to Tylee)
Jesse James ~~ son of Sam

Second Row ~~ left to right

Houston Crockett ~~ son of Susie
Anna Mae James ~~ daughter of Sam ~~ Anna married a Granger
Carl James ~~ son of Sam
Tylee Houston James ~~ son of Tylee & Susan (infant died & buried in Oklahoma)
Harley Primm ~~ son of Mattie (Mattie is daughter of Alzena who was sister to
Tylee)
Leila Worthington ~~ daughter of Martha Elizabeth (Martha was a daughter of
Tylee & his first wife Frances Nevada Chase)

Third Row ~~ left to right

Bob Crockett ~~ husband of Susie
Sam James ~~ brother to Tylee
John James ~~ brother to Tylee
Sidney James ~~ son of Tylee & his first wife Frances Nevada Chase
Tylee Houston James
John Primm ~~ husband of Mattie (daughter of Alzena who is sister to Tylee)
Orval Worthington ~~ husband of Martha (daughter of Tylee & his first wife Frances Nevada Chase)

Fourth Row ~~ left to right

Susie Crockett ~~ daughter of Mary Dialtha
Mildred Dialthea ~~ daughter of Mary Dialtha (Mildred married a Lacey)
Willie James ~~ son of Sam
Cressie James ~~wife of Sam
Albert James ~~ son of John & his first wife Sarah L (John was a brother to
Tylee)
Jane James ~~ second wife of John
Mattie James ~~ daughter of John & Sarah L.
Mary Ann James ~~ daughter of Tylee (she married Oliver Ellis)
Susan Ida James ~~ Tylee's second wife
Mattie Primm ~~ daughter of Alzena (sister to Tylee)
Martha Elizabeth Worthington ~~ daughter of Tylee & Frances (Martha married
Orval Worthington)

Wyley stayed in Fannin County (Dodd City), Texas as part of the local home guard unit to defend the town (Civil War)

His son-in-law obituary from 1918 refers to him as W.M.C. James and also on his daughter's Mary Dialtha tombstone

Robert enlisted in the 30th Texas Cavalry Regiment, also known as 1st Texas Partisan Rangers, at the age of 18 in Denton County, Texas.

In a newspaper article in the Quanah paper Robert recalled that he and his family camped out near a Texas Ranger Camp, near where the railroad tracks run today. He also recalled that he hauled freight in wagons from Quanah to Mobeetie in the panhandle (where Bat Materson killed a man in defense of a woman) and to Clairmont (east of Lubbock on Highway 380). All that remain of these two towns are the jails. The one in Mobeetie is operated as a museum.

He married Frances Ann Eakins (sister to James "Jim" Montgomery Eakins who married Robert's sister Mary Dialtha) on July 27, 1865

Robert and Frances Ann were among the first settlers of Quanah, Texas. Robert brought the first printing press used for publishing a newspaper in Quanah... in a half-dugout, no less!

Ebzina J. 13 years (son) (believe this is Elizina Elizabeth a daughter Robert had who was this age, she later married George Washington Green)

Not sure when Robert married a second time ~~ we know he had more children, including a son named Todd M who was 6 years younger then Myra. Todd married and had children including a daughter named Francis N born appox 1891 and a son named Todd M born appox 1896

married James "Jim" Montgomery Eakins (brother to the wife of Robert Newton James) in December 1868 or 1869 in Arkansas

"Lola Grace" aka Grace was born March 15, 1887 in Quanah, Texas. She recalls that prior to her birth her parents had lived in and traveled by covered wagon for many years. She was the 9th of 12 children and said that her mother said the most tragic thing that ever happened to her was having to bury one child along the Oregon trail. The child was buried in a feed box from off the wagon. During the time her parents lived in Oregon there was a long stretch of time when they and other white families lived in a rough stockade, driven there by Indians (see previous page about the Indian Attack at Long Creek, Oregon). When Grace was about 5 years old (appox 1892) they moved to Oklahoma Territory. They located between what is now Hammon and Cheyenne. At that time Hammon was an Indian camp. There were 3 different times that her father had her mother take the children and go back to Texas because of the restlessness of the Indians.

Jim & Mary Eakins filed for homestead in February 1898 in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Grace (daughter of Jim & Mary) married Sam George Bruce in Cheyenne, Oklahoma in 1908. Mr Bruce died in 1915 and she married Herman Gerbes in 1918.

1918, Beckham County, Oklahoma obituary: James Montgomery Eakins and his brother Noah Jones Eakins were born in Kentucky and had lived in Arkansas and Texas before coming to Oklahoma. James Montgomery "Jim" Eakins was born 4 September 1845. He married Mary Dialtha James about 1869. She was the daughter of W. M. C. and Elizabeth James. To this union were born twelve children: Elizabeth Algenia, Noah Wiley, Charles Blount, Susie Ann, James Robert, Jessie Oliver, Sam Houston, Mildred Dialtha, Lola Grace, George Calvin, Nellie Jane and Hattie F.

1937 obituary: Mrs. Mary D. Eakins, 86-year old Hammon woman, died at 7:30 this morning September 6, 1937 at Hammon. Funeral arrangements had not been made this afternoon, pending word from her children. Survivors include four daughters and three sons. The daughters are Mrs. Susie Crockett, Altus; Mrs. Mildred Lacey, Phoenix, Arizona; Mrs. Hattie Compton, Liban, Texas; and Mrs. Grace Gurces, Rogers, Arkansas. The sons are Noah Eakins, Mount PLeasant; Jess Eakins, Elida, New Mexico; and George Eakins of Hammon.

The Draft Registration Card for Tylee Wil (1917-1918) list his mother as being alive and has her name spelled as Allizinna

obituary from the Times Standard in Humboldt County: Tylee H. James ~ Pioneer of Co. is buried Dec 7 ... LOLETA ~ Tylee H. James, of Loleta, died at his home Thursday night, December 5th. He was born in 1855 in Tennessee. He came to Humboldt county twenty-five years ago and has lived in Loleta the pass twenty years. He was widely known for the strawberries which he sold on the old Loleta road a few years ago. He is survived by his wife, Susan James, of Loleta, the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Martha Worthington of Loleta, Mrs. Mary Ellis of Oklahoma, Mrs. Sarah Monson of Ferndale, Mrs. Willzetta Miranda of Maple Creek, and Newton, Hollis, Jesse and Sidney of Loleta; also a brother and sister in Oklahoma.

obituary January 23, 1957: Susan Ida James, 90, died Monday evening at a Eureka Hospital. She was born November 18, 1866 at Glen Rose, Texas coming to Fortuna in 1920, where she lived before moving to Loleta, where she had lived the rest of her life. She was a Gold Star Mother, and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary., Fortuna Post. She was the widow of the late Tylee Houston James, who died in 1935. She is survived by two sons: Hollis James and Jesse James, both of Loleta; four daughters: Wilzetta Moranda, Orland; Sara Monson, Ferndale; Martha Worthington, Sebastopol, Mary Ellis, Reedley; 37 grandchildren and over 50 great grandchildren: a sister, Alla Upson, Kingsburg; a brother, Will Crossland, Shattuck, Oklahoma; nieces, Frances Franks, Clear Lake Highlands; nephews: Charles and Alfred Crossland, both of Alton. George Crossland, La Mesa, Texas.

EAKINS, Mary Dialtha	Father: W. M. C. James
b. 13 October 1850	Mother: Elizabeth ________
d. 6 September 1937	Spouse: James Montgomery EAKINS
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EAKINS, James Montgomery “Jim”	Born in Kentucky, brother to Noah Jones EAKINS
b. 4 September 1845	.
d. 1918	Spouse: Mary Dialtha James
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