Person:James Christmas (1)

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m. 9 Oct 1863
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Name James Yancy Christmas
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1828 Warrenton, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
Marriage 9 Oct 1863 North Carolina, United Statesto Rhoda Jane Whitney
Death[1] 1888 District of Columbia, United States
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    James Yancy Christmas
    Birth: 1828
    Warrenton
    Warren County
    North Carolina, USA
    Death: Jul. 9, 1888
    Washington
    District of Columbia
    District Of Columbia, USA

    Name: James Y. Christmas
    Side: Confederate
    Regiment State/Origin: Confederate Troops
    Regiment Name: Wood's Regiment Confederate Cavalry.
    Regiment Name Expanded: Wood's Regiment, Confederate Cavalry (1st Mississippi Cavalry) (Wirt Adams' Regiment)
    Company: A
    Rank In: Private
    Rank In Expanded: Private
    Rank Out: Private
    Rank Out Expanded: Private
    Film Number: M818 roll 5

    Date: Wednesday, July 11, 1888
    Location: District of Columbia
    Paper: Critic-Record
    Article type: Historical Obituary

    Death of J.Y. Christmas

    The son-in-law of Mrs. Myra Clarke Gaines, Colonel James Yancey Christmas,
    died Monday, after a lingering illness, at his residence, 1504 Sixteenth
    street. He suffered from indigestion. He gained considerable notoriety
    about eight years ago, after killing his brother-in-law, William G.
    Whitney. Mr. Christmas was sixty years old and a native of Warrenton, S.C.
    He resided in this city since the war, and being connected with Mrs. Gaines
    by marriage, he devoted a good portion of his time in looking after her
    famous suit. Like all Southern men, he possessed the faculty of making
    friends, and before his health began to fail he was a very prominent
    society gentleman.

    He leaves a daughter and two sons and a host of friends to mourn his loss.

    Family links:
    Spouse:
    Rhoda Jane Gaines Whitney Christmas (1833 - 1879)*

    Children:
    William Wallace Whitney Christmas (1865 - 1960)*
    Rhoda B Christmas Kennedy (1867 - 1944)*

    *Calculated relationship

    Burial:
    Unknown

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    Created by: historyseeker
    Record added: Aug 15, 2012
    Find A Grave Memorial# 95397971

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    A strange coincidence.
    by Lisa Y. Henderson

    A WELL-AIMED SHOT – Ends the Career of William G. Whitney – The Shot Fired by Jas. Y. Christmas — Particulars to the Affair – What a Family Feud Lead to – Testimony at the Coroner’s Inquest – Christmas Sent to Jail.

    Saturday afternoon, at 5 o’clock, James Y. Christmas shot and instantly killed Wm. G. Whitney, at No. 1326 I street northwest, in the building known as the Catacazy Mansion, and now occupied by the Misses Harrover, as a boarding-house. Here Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines had been living with her son and his wife and their three children and her son-in-law, Mr. Christmas and his three motherless children. The men had been in the hair-mattress business as partners, but, owing to some disagreements, the partnership was dissolved. Whitney then went into business with H.A. Linger & Co., 1117 Nineteenth street.



    A STRANGE COINCIDENCE, associated with this homicide, is the fact that many years ago, previous to the war, the father of Mr. Christmas shot and killed a free negro in North Carolina, and was tried and hanged for the crime. A cousin of Christmas was also hanged for murder.



    Evening Critic, Washington DC, 27 June 1881.