Violet Badham (1854-1875)

Violet Badham

Iowa Pioneer

Vital Stats

 * Father: Samuel Badham (1815-1868) - English Mormon Convert Immigrant and Mormon Battalion Veteran
 * Mother: Mary Doggett Richards (1821-1898) -
 * 1854-Nov : Birth at Mills Co, Iowa
 * 1868-Jul-15 : Marriage to William F James (1874-1928) - at Red Oak, Montgomery Co, Iowa
 * 1877-Jan : Died at Pleasant Hill, Missouri

Biography
Before leaving Illinois Samuel's first wife died and about 1845 he married Mary Richards, a native of Highland county, Ohio, and they had a number of children, viz: Milvern, an infant; Frances, who became the wife of William Gaylord and died at Shenandoah, Iowa, leaving two children; Amazon Harrison; Violet, who became the wife of William James and died at Pleasant Hill, Missouri, January, 1877, leaving three children: Juan, who died at the age of two years; and Mary, who married Charles Wilson and died in western Nebraska, leaving two children. The mother of these children died April 2, 1898, at the age of seventy-six, lamented by all with whom she had been associated.

Children of William James and Violet Badham

 * 1) George N James (1871-) -
 * 2) Amazon Phanando James (1873-1884) - b. 6 May 1873, Red Oak IA, d. 20-Jun-1884.
 * 3) Adda F James (1874-) -
 * 4) Arthur James (1875-1875) - b. 26-Mar-1875, Red Oak IA, d. 10-Apr-1875.

1870 US Census

 * Mary Badham (F-49) (mother)
 * Amazon Badham (M-17)
 * Violet Badham (F-15)
 * Mary Badham (F-10)
 * Clarah Badham (F-7)

1880 US Census
William James is gone and Violet had died. The two children, George and Adda are living with their grandmother and aunt. Census taken 1880 at Anderson, Mills Co, Iowa
 * Mary Badham (F-59) (grandmother)
 * Mary M. Badham (F-20) (aunt)
 * Geo. N. James (M-9) -
 * Adda F. James (F-6)