James was baptized in the church at Mullagh, his sponsors were Michael and Catherine Collins.
James was living with his parents in the 1901 Irish census where he was listed as Dumb.
In the 1911 census he was listed as idiot , deaf and dumb.
James was moderately retarded and was a strong worker on the farm. It is believed he died sometime before 1920 when we was about 50 years.
James was the favorite of his father's and Stephen and his oldest son spent many hours in the fields working together. The story was told that James never realized it but my grandfather, John the youngest son in the family would get James to do a lot of John's work so he could go off and play with friends. James was affectionately know as "Sonny" by his family. When his parents found John was taking advantage of his brother he would have to pay the price.
After Stephen died in 1905 his wife , Margaret worried about Jame's care. She prayed that she would outlive her son so he wouldn't be a burden on anyone.
