Name/Title
James (W.K.) Men : Family Group Photo, 1880Entry/Object ID
P2015.1.281Description
James (W.K.) Men : Family Group Photo, 1880. Portrait of W. K. James, center, his father and grandfather. James is tallest of three with dark hair and mustache with full beard. Man on left with gray hair and close beard/mustache, has hand on W. K. left shoulder. Man on right is balding with full beard but not mustached. All are wearing 3-piece suits with watch fobs.
Handwritten on back:
"Judge William Knowl James, husband of Mary Tootle James, she was Mrs. Graham Lacy's sister."
This was with Nell (Ellen) James things sent to me after she died. Uncle Will's family. Uncle Will is in the center. His father & grandfather."
James married Mary Armstrong Tootle, daughter of Thomas E. Tootle (and sister of Ellen Bell Tootle who married Graham G. Lacy). James was born in 1852, was a Yale friend of John I. MacDonald of St. Joseph, and Wm Taft, who later became U.S. President. James came to St. Joseph in 1878. He was a Missouri State Representative from Andrew County in 1917. He died at age 75 in 1927.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Tootle Family, Lacy FamilyDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 3¾" x 5¾"
Attached to paper mat. 9¾" x 6¼" inside folder, marked "Miss Bahlman". SepiaRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William Knowles JamesPerson or Organization
Mary Armstrong TootlePerson or Organization
Ellen Bell Tootle LacyPerson or Organization
Mrs. Graham LacyProvenance
Notes
These photos were in the possession of the Lacy family until their donation to the St. Joseph Museum about 2010.