James
P
(Jim)
Aiken
Born in Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary M (Smith) Parton
— married
21 May 1891 in Transylvania, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Jennie Aiken, James Willis Aiken, Jessie E (Aiken) Lucas, George Labe Harry Aiken, Loretta Mary (Aiken) Mabley, John Frank Aiken, Marjorie (Aiken) Kirklen and Melvin Pink Aiken
Died
at age 48
in Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Jul 2018
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Biography
Jim Aiken is a part of US Black heritage.
Jim Aiken was a Freemason.
James Aiken, son of Jane Rhodes Aiken Hall, was born into slavery in 1861. In 1891, he married Mary Smith.[1] The couple would have sixteen children, one of whom would become comedian Moms Mabley.[2]
He owned and operated several businesses. The only Black member of the Brevard, North Carolina fire department, he was killed in 1909 when a fire engine exploded.[3] He is buried in New French Broad Baptist Church Cemetery in Pigsah Forest, North Carolina.[4] James was a Mason and a Noble Grand of the IOOF.
Sources
- ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8GW-KPX : 14 February 2020), James Aiken, 1891.
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moms_Mabley
- ↑ "Chemical Engine Explodes," James P Aiken death, Brevard [North Carolina] News, 27 Aug 1909, p. 4, col. 2; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57785557/ : accessed 12 Jan 2022), citing UNC University Library.
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLL-B7BQ : 2 July 2020), Jim, 1909; Burial, , ; citing record ID 104110166, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS1W-QYV : accessed 16 November 2018), James P Aiken, Brevard Township (south part) Brevard town, Transylvania, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 112, sheet 5A, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,219.
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