John & Mary James, Part IV of IV

Sometime between 1900 and 1920, John moved to Roanoke city, Virginia, to live with his sister Mahala P. and her husband, on Sixth Avenue S.W. On January 13, 1920, John is still actively working as a laborer at the age of 76. The employer is listed on the census page. It may say Gardener, but on the copy I have it is barely legible. His wife is no longer with him, so we can presume that she passed away between 1900 and 1920.

On April 26, 1930, John was living in the town of Vinton, Virginia, on Sterwartsville Road in the Big Lick Magesterial District. He is staying in the home of his younger brother, Louis Harvey James. John is now 88. Also in the home are Mary L James, a half-sister, and a lodger named James L Craig. John is no longer employed.

John died December 4, 1931, in Redwood, Virginia. He is buried in Vinton, VA.