James was a carriage maker and farmer who lived in Davenport, Iowa, and Pittsburg, Kans. He was buried at Pittsburg's Mount Olive Cemetery.

Below is wife Evelyn Blanche (Hewes) Parmele (1865-1936) with "her two youngest daughters." The only daughter that I'm aware of who survived childhood was Verna Myra (1885-1965), who never married.

We also have a photo of son Ira.