• Born: 20 January 1817, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{4 5 6}
• Christened: 6 February 1817, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Marriage (1): Flora SHANKLAND on 22 December 1856 in Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Marriage (2): Mary Brown HAINING on 12 June 1871 in Lockerbie, Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ^{1 2 3}
• Died: 27 October 1895, Hurlford, Riccarton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland at age 78

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the census on 2 April 1871 in Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Age: 51; Relation to Head of House: Head. ⁵

• He appeared on the census on 3 April 1881 in Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Age: 61; Relation to Head of House: Head. ⁴

• He appeared on the census on 5 April 1891 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland. Age: 72; Relation to Head of House: Boarder. ⁶

James married Flora SHANKLAND on 22 December 1856 in Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. (Flora SHANKLAND was born on 16 July 1831 in Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland and died in 1870 in Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.)

James next married Mary Brown HAINING, daughter of William HAINING and Ann WEIR, on 12 June 1871 in Lockerbie, Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.^{1 2 3} (Mary Brown HAINING was born about 1849 in Carradale, Saddell and Skipness Parish, Argyllshire, Scotland ^{8 9 10 11 12 13} and died in 1927 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland ¹⁴.)

  Recorded Events about their Marriage

• Gallery: Marriage Record, on 12 June 1871, in Lockerbie, Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.