JAMES, Nellie Plummer BURGESS SAYER TENNEY HOFFMAN 1869-1950

JAMES, SCHUELER, BURGESS, SAYER, TENNEY, HOFFMAN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 7/4/2025 at 22:49:25

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Wednesday, August 23, 1950
Page Eight, Column 3

Former Local Woman Succumbs At Peoria

Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Nellie JAMES, widow of the late Dr. L. T. JAMES (sic - Thomas L. JAMES), former Fairfield dentist.

Mrs. JAMES passed away Tuesday evening at Peoria, Illinois, where she had made her home in recent years. She had been in failing health for some time.

Last rites will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Cumerford-Indsley funeral home at Peoria. Burial will be in Peoria.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. James SCHUELER, Peoria, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Mrs. JAMES is a former resident of this community and well known by many local residents.

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Note: There is an inscription for her on Thomas JAMES' stone in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, on Lot SDof17-031, but according to her obituary she was buried in Peoria, IL. The cemetery caretaker has verified she is not buried in Evergreen.

According to records on Ancestry she was married four times: first to Nelson R. SAYER; second to Fisher Harris TENNEY; third to Nicholas HOFFMAN; and finally to Thomas L. JAMES. A delayed birth certificate for her gives a birthdate of Feb. 10, 1869. At the time of this posting, no death certificate was found online which would give a burial location for her.