James Smith Culver

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ELLEN CULVER KENNEDY MEMOIRS 1928
Culver, James Smith
Born October 30, 1845
"Aunt Deborah named him for her father, grandmother's first husband." "We called him Smith until he came to Neb. Then he was called Jim."
"My brother James Smith joined the militia and trained for service as soon as was needed but thank God they were never called out."
1st wife Elvira Clark; married November 1866 in Hopkinton, IA; Elvira died 1-23-1868
2nd wife Amanda Estella Harvey; married July 24, 1872 at the Harvey Homestead, about 11 miles from Beatrice, Nebraska.
Child: James & Amanda's eldest child b 4-18-1873 in the midst of Nebraska's greatest snow storm.
1885 Nebraska Census, Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska - June 3, 1885
Horace Clark 43 New York
Charlotte Clark 37 Iowa
Ira Hart 18 Iowa
James Culver 39 Iowa
Amanda Culver 32 Wisconsin
Cara Culver 12 Nebraska
Horace Culver 11 Nebraska
Myette Culver 9 Nebraska
Ethel Culver 7 Nebraska
Malle Culver 4 Nebraska
Annie Culver 3 Nebraska
Pertie Culver 9/12 Nebraska

1900 Census, Wakarusa, Douglas, Kansas, page 7B
Culver, James, head, Oct 1845, 54, m27yrs, IA OH OH, Carpenter
Amanda, wife, Dec 1854, 45, 11 children 10, living, WI England New York
Amy, daughter, Apr 1872, 18, NE
Roy, son, Apr 1887, 13, NE
Harvey, son, Oct 1889, 10, NE
Harry, son, Oct 1897, 7, NE
Cora, daughter, Dec 1896, 3, KS

James married Elvira Clark in Nov 1866 in Hopkinton, Iowa. (Elvira Clark was born before 1850 and died on 23 Jan 1868.)

James next married Amanda Harvey 24 JUL 1872 in Harvey Homestead, about 11 miles from Beatrice, Nebraska. (Amanda Harvey was born in Dec 1854 in Wisconsin and died after 1900.)