He lived on Bradshaw Mountain. Logging
for a living. Back in James' time they lived in
a home with a dirt floor. His son Ira
grew pop
corn and sold it for a living. Also took corn
to the mill for corn meal.
Ira moved to Maryland and later invited
his parents to come and live with him in 1949.
They both worked to help with their
independence. There he worked on a
chicken farm. James became sick with T.B.
and spent two years in Baltimore hospital.
After going back home to Virginia he died three years later.