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James Francis Stinson
17 Oct 1846 – 27 Aug 1926
| Birth | 17 Oct 1846 |
| Death | 27 Aug 1926 |
| Cemetery | Fitzhugh Cemetery Lucas , Collin County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Becky Romo on 18 Jan 2011 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10703677 |
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Name: James Francis Stinson Death date: 27 Aug 1926 Death place: Wylie, Collin, Texas Gender: Male Race or color (on document): w Age at death: 79 years 9 months 20 days Estimated birth year: Birth date: 17 Oct 1846 Birthplace: Ohio Marital status: Married Spouse's name: Father's name: William Stinson Father's birthplace: Penn. Mother's name: Lucy Hoten Mother's birthplace: Ohio Occupation: Financier Residence: Wylie, Collin, Texas Cemetery name: Forrest Grove Burial place: Burial date: 28 Aug 1926 Additional relatives: Film number: 2114144 Digital GS number: 4165582 Image number: 3334 Reference number: cn 27645 Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 James Francis Stinson was born in Akron, Ohio. He was orphaned when young, migrated to Missouri then to Collin County when a young man. He came by wagon train with a family by the name of Roundtree and settled south of McKinney wehre he went to work for Benjamin F. Biggs. In 1876 he married Margaret Catherine Biggs, the oldest daughter of his employer. They started housekeeping on a small acreage he bought on what is now Parker Road. Mr. and Mrs. Stinson added to their small farm from time to time until they owned around a thousand acres of land in various places. The earliest school in the area in that day was a one-room school located southwest of Parker, and also a one room school at St. Paul, which is east of Parker. When the need arose for another school Mr. and Mrs. Stinson donated the land, and another one-room school was built on the west side of the Stinson farm, and it was called "Stinson School". It was also called "Who'd a Thought It.". That was the exclamation from a man who passed while the school was being built and the name stuck. It was the school that all the Stinson children and other nearby neighbor children attended in that early day. Mr. and Mrs. Stinson were the parents of ten children, eight of whom lived to adulthood.
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- Cyrus Alonzo Stinson 1849–1916 FaG
- Ambrose Houghton Stinson 1853–1910 FaG
- William Allen Stinson 1856–1916 FaG
- Hower Joseph Stinson 1860–1925 FaG
Children
- Lucy Jane Stinson Tomberlin 1877–1961
- Sarah Frances Stinson Maguire 1880–1947
- Cora Catherine Stinson Starnes 1883–1953
- Emma Dickey 1887–1906
- Lular Maud Stinson McCreary 1890–1989
- William Benjamin Stinson 1892–1969
- Henry Robert Stinson 1895–1946
- Myrtle Callaway 1898–1987
- Clara Edith Stinson McCreary 1902–1976
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