James Taggert Losey (1843 - 1911)

Born 18 Sep 1843 in Nelson, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jennie M. (Merritt) Losey — married 3 Nov 1869 in Nelson, Nelson Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Aug 1911 at age 67 in Nelson, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

James was born before 1843. He was the son of Artemus Losey and Emily Brown (House) Losey. He passed away in 1911. James was born and died in Nelson, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and buried in the Nelson Cemetery.He married on November 3, 1869 in Nelson, Pennsylvania, Jennie M. Merritt,daughter of Hiram and Mary Ann Merritt. The Reverend Samuel A. Rawson performed the ceremony. James was a Republican in politics, a Justice of the Peace, and an Elder in the Nelson Presbyterian Church for forty years.He was a lumber"merchant and a master cabinet maker until he was killed in the mill. ^[1]

James and Jennie were the parents of three children, all born in Nelson

IV. 306 Mary Emily Losey (1871-1917) LeRoy Warren Brown (1876-1963)

IV. 307 Leon Artemus Losey(1880-1923) Nellie Madeline Moore (-1940)

IV. 308 Lillian Merritt Losey(1893-) Harry W. Preston (1893-1961)

Sources

1. ↑ Leonard and Clarissa (Brown) House and their descendants : the Butts, Losey, Casbeer families https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/527175-leonard-and-clarissa-brown-house-and-their-descendants-the-butts-losey-casbeer-families?offset=2&viewer=1&medianame=FL5804145_2485045_000039&q=Losey#page=42&viewer=picture&o=ocr&n=0&q=Losey

• 1880 census, Nelson Twp., Tioga Co., PA.
• Wellsboro Agitator, Aug 9, 1911, p8.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #150328993.