Ulysses V. James, 1868-1950

JAMES

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/9/2009 at 10:20:11

U. V. James Dies Following Short Illness

Ulysses V. James, 81, son of homesteaders in southern Minnesota and retired Estherville fur and hide dealer, died Saturday morning at Holy Family hospital, of a paralytic stroke. He had not been ill long, although in failing health for the past several months.

He was born Oct. 19, 1868, on a homestead near East Chain, Minn., son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan James. The elder James had served during the American Civil war under General Ulysses S. Grant and named his son after the famous general.

His mother died when he still was an infant, and his father died when the boy was 14. The deceased and a brother were raised by a guardian appointed by Martin county (Minnesota). He received his education in the Martin county schools and in a business college in Des Moines.

In 1902 he was married to Carrie [Cordelia] Dundas of Welcome, Minn., and the couple came to Estherville 1909, where James operated a meat market for several years, later traveling as a buyer of fur, hides and wool for a Cedar Rapids firm. His wife preceded him in death in 1940.

Survivors include three sons and one daughter, Sanford James of Portland, Ore., Donald James of Topeka, Kan., Kenneth James of Denver, and Mrs. Leola Baron of Tacoma, Wash., and one brother, Jay James of Sioux Falls. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, and two children in infancy.

For more than 40 years, he was a member of the Estherville Masonic lodge.

Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Sternborg Funeral chapel, the Rev. John E. DeLong officiating, with burial in Lakeside cemetery at Fairmont.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, October 9, 1950.