Pike Township Family Stories
CURTIS WILLIAM JAMES FAMILY
Nichols, Iowa Centennial Book 1884-1984, page 321
By Lillian Nelson JamesNettie Mae Ripley married Curtis William James, whom she met while teaching at Siloam school, three miles north of Nichols. They built a beautiful homestead on the James land near there. It was a popular place for young people to ride horses in the summer and go coasting in the winter.
Curtis James and Nettie James had six children: Harriette James, Evelyn James, Jeanette James, Curtis R. James, Gad James and Marion James. Rather than go to Siloam country school, these children attended school in Nichols. It was a common sight to see them coming to town through mud and snow in a carriage and later a Velie touring car. Some winters they rented a house in town.
Harriette Barette James married Lorton R. Carson. Their daughter, Elizabeth Mae Carson, married Christopher Matoian. Their children are Deborah Ann and Amy Mae Matoian. Lorton James Carson, son of Harriette James Carson and Lorton Carson, married Anita Tukianinen. Their son is Anthony Lorton Carson.
Evelyn Bertha James married Warren Knupple. Their daughter, Sylvia Sue Knupple, married Byron Hightower. Their son, Stuart Hightower, married Susan Dunn, and their daughter is Sylvia Dawn Hightower. Evelyn James Knupple married William McIntyre II after the death of her first husband. William McIntyre III married Monty Arenose.
Jeanette Ruby James married Joseph Fiske Catherwood. They have no children.
Curtis Ripley James married Lillian B. Nelson. Their son, Floyd James, married Marilyn Morrison, and their children are Bruce James and Susan James. The daughter of Curtis and Lillian James, Elaine James, married Howard Anthony Norman, and their daughters are Michelle Norman and Amy Norman.
Gad Llewellyn James married Judith Ashton. Their children are Curtis Donald James and Robert Ashton James.
Marion Francis James married Frances Gray.
All of this family attended The University of Iowa. Harriette, Evelyn, Jeanette and Marion became teachers, Curtis was a chemist and Gad was a lawyer.
During World War II, Curtis James was a lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, Gad James was in the U. S. Marines, Marion James was in the U. S. Army, and Jeanette James was in the WAVES.
After World War II, most of the family stayed in California. Harriette and her husband, Judge L. R. Carson, lived in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and Curtis and Lillian James came back to farm the home place, where they still live.
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