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Death of: Mrs. Ann Ralston James
Date: Thursday, July 6, 1944
Place: sanitarium at Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Age: 91 years
Married: at 22 years in 1875
Residence: family farm, Kearney, Missouri
Former residences:
Independence, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
Nashville, Tennessee (farm)
Baltimore, Maryland
Fletcher, Oklahoma (farm)
Husband: Frank James (died 18 February 1915) (his ashes held in bank vault since 1915 for burial with wife)
Father: Samuel J. Ralston, Independence, Missouri (died 4 January 1899)
Mother: Mary C. Hill Ralston, Independence, Missouri (deceased)
Half-brother (by father's 1st wife): John Ralston, St. Louis, Missouri (deceased)
Siblings (by father's 2nd wife): Fedora, Sam, Adam, Hugh, Kate, Harry M., Margaret (deceased)
Brother-in-law: Jesse James (died 3 April 1882)
Survivors:
Son: Robert James, family farm in Kearney, Missouri
Cousin: Mrs. Frank Abston, Independence, Missouri
Cousin: Adam Hill, Independence, Missouri
Cousin: Dr. W. H. Hill, employed at McCleary's sanitarium, Excelsior Springs
(cousin's father was brother of Mrs. James's mother, Mrs. Samuel Ralston)
Services:
Funeral - 3 p.m., July 7, Elmwood Cemetery chapel
Cremation (ashes to be buried with her husband's)
Burial at family cemetery: Hill Park, 23rd street and Rock Creek
