| Jim
was born on 04 May 1873 in St. Louis,
Missouri and was the youngest son of Tom and
Clara, and was named for his father's friend
Asbury Judlin who was a real estate agent in
St. Louis. It is believed that Jim lost the
sight in one eye from a scissor accident. In
May of 1893 he was in Chicago, a letter dated
the 15th of May stating he had arrived there
Monday morning and that he had traveled all
night Saturday and Sunday. He went to the
World's Fair and "all most all the other
places of interest" and asks his father
to tell Sissy that "I wish I had taken
her advice and wore that thick underclothing
she wanted me to as it is very cold up here
the wind from the lake cuts like a
knife."
He mentions
that he had ridden the bumpers of a freight
Farm from Forrest City, Illinois to Chicago
which he says was 98 miles and feared the
entire time that he might be killed. His
return address was to be sent in care of Mr.
Robert Taylor at 14 E. 16th Street, Chicago,
Illinois. He ends his letter by saying he
might go to Ohio "as the other boys are
going."
He married
Lydia Harzmeier, who from the 1880 and 1900
census apprears to be the daughter of Matilda
who was born in Germany and came to the U.S.
in 1854. Lydia was born in Missouri and
married Jim some time after 1900, though they
never had children.
The above
photo pictures Jim on the right, his wife
Lydia "her sister-in-law, and sister
& children." This appears to be
written by Jim's sister Mabel. I'm assuming
the woman to the far right to be her sister
Mary. The family just prior to Lydia and her
mother Matilda who were living in the same
dwelling in 1900 included a Joseph and Mary
(last name difficult to read but perhaps
Honsley or Honkley) and three children:
Alexander born in Jul 1885,Emily born 1887,
and Lillie born 1890. Possible this Mary was
Lydia's sister. Her other sister Emma might
have died shortly after the birth of a
daughter Emma who was listed in the 1900
census as granddaughter of Matilda. The
second man in the photo, though not included
in Mabel's description might be her brother
Charles who was born in 1875.
Though not a
great deal is known about Jim and his family,
he appears to have resided in St. Louis and
possibly worked for his brother Tom at the
lumber company. A note written by his father
on a paper with the letterhead of West St.
Louis Trust Co, reads: "My Boy 10:30
Takenawow from me - Nov 2nd 1912. Oh Jim -
Jim Jim - what will I do"
He is buried
in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis as is
Lydia who later married Albin H. Johnson.
According to her death certificate, she was
born 22 Mar 1885 (listed as Mar 1880 in 1900 census and as age 6 in
1880), and died on 18 Apr
1947 at the age of 62 years and 26 days.
Lydia's second
husband, Albin Johnson died on 01 Aug 1953. A
native of St. Louis, he was a carpenter by
trade and was born 17 May 1891. The son of
Peter Johnson and Christine (Yonnson), he
died of lung cancer at the age of sixty-two
and was laid to rest at St. Paul's
Churchyard.
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