Shep's Place Family Tree

According to the marriage license, James W. Jarrott was 43 years old and Emma Adams was 35 years. They were married by E.D. Hanna on October 3, 1895 at Mason.

1900 Jackson, Jackson Co., Ohio: Jimmy and Emma Adams had been married for 4 years and are living in Jackson, Ohio. I wonder what took Jimmy there.

1910 Jackson, Jackson Co., Ohio: Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Emma Jarrott are 58 and 48 years old.

1920 Jackson, Jackson Co., Ohio: Jimmy, now 64, is "weightmaster" in a coal mine. Emma, 55, is at home.

Evelyn Proffitt has another version of this story: Uncle Jimmy was an excellent hunter who loved to come to Mason from Jackson, Ohio to hunt, especially for quail. He said, "When I started hunting, my dad gave me six shots, and when I came home I had to have six pieces of game, or account for it!" Uncle Lem Ruttencutter loved to go hunting with Uncle Jimmy.

Evelyn also said that Uncle Jimmy had less money than the rest of them.

Evelyn's mother was at a prayer meeting when Uncle Jimmy heard a caliope. He thought there must be a carnival, so he and Evelyn went; and she won two cupie dolls.

Uncle Jimmy was a little fella--cute. He just adored the four boys: Dan Morgan, Robert ‎(Bob)‎ Heslop, Jim Morgan and Lem Ruttencutter. He would come on the train from Jackson to Point Pleasant to visit. His funeral was in Jackson.