John Wesley James Family

 

John Wesley James was a cousin of the famous outlaw, Jessie James.

Photographs copywrited 1999 by Jacque Schwenke

Date of Photograph unknown.

Left to right:

Malinda Jackson James and Clementine, (Tiny) James,

daughters of John Wesley James and Mary (Cude) James

This photograph is the William (Bill) Mayfield and Belle (James)Mayfield Family. Left to right:

Front row boy unknown; Bill Mayfield; Fay, Belle (James) Mayfield; baby unknown; girl unknown.

Fay, Belle was daughter of John Wesley James and Mary (Cude) James.

Back row left to right:
Chester Sanders; Lena (Mayfield) Odic; Floyce (Mayfield) _______?; Husband to Floyce women on end (?) could be Benny Mayfield.

John Wesley James and Mary (Cude) James with their youngest

child, Jessie James.

Jessie James was a second cousin to the

famous outlaw, Jessie James.

 

Taken 1920: Left to right:

Jessie (Jess) James, youngest child of John Wesley James and Mary (Cude) James; Charles H. (Charley) James, William Thomas (Tom) James, Malinda Jackson, (Momma Jack), James (Ragland, Lingo). These are not all of the siblings in the family.

These are second cousins to outlaw Jessie James.

Photograph taken 1910

Left to right:

Chester Ray Ragland, son of Malinda Jackson (James) and

Charles Thomas Ragland. Charles was from Kentucky, but worked in Ozark at Conatsers when he met Malinda.

Malinda Jackson (James) Ragland Thelma Ioma Ragland, Carrie Kay Ragland.

Carrie was the oldest child.

John Wesley James. John was born 1841 at Beardstown, Perry County TN; died Aug 4, 1928 Stigler, OK.

He was married to Mary Cude from Franklin County, Arkansas.