James Ratliff DeSpain ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1850 census, James was farming with his father in Dallas County, Missouri. At the time of the 1860 census, James was farming in Burnet County, Texas. At the time of the 1870 census, he was married and farming in Burnet County. He had $400 in personal assets. He was farming in Burnet County next to his brother Israel and Henry T. Lewis at the time of the 1880 census. He was widowed with 7 children at home. He was farming in the same location in 1900. He had married a widow, Mary J. Jenson.

James married Mary Jane Lewis, daughter of Henry Washington Lewis and Nancy Hale, on 18 Oct 1860 in , Burnet County, Texas.¹ (Mary Jane Lewis was born on 17 Aug 1842 and died on 16 Nov 1879.)

James next married Mary Jane Burleson on 9 Aug 1896 in , Burnet County, Texas.¹ (Mary Jane Burleson was born in Sep 1848 in Texas ⁶.)