John James Bemis
John James Bemis was born around 1860 in Ohio to Reuben Bemis and Mary Rowley. His father was a laborer who owned $800 of real estate and $300 of personal property by 1860. She grew up in Milan, Ohio, and her father died on November 23, 1875. He married a woman name Mary around 1880, and they had two surviving children: Charles, born around 1886; and Harry, born around 1894.
 
By 1880, Bemis was working as a farmer in Berlin, Ohio, and he was helping care for his mother and his brother William. By 1900, he was working as a fisherman in Prowers County, Colorado. He returned to Milan, Ohio, in the early 1900s. They moved to San Diego, California, in the 1910s, and Bemis worked as a watchman there. His wife died in the 1920s, and Bemis passed away in San Diego on April 10, 1931.
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(2557)Bemis, John James18601931-04-10
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (7334) [recipient] ~ Reuben Bemis to Mary J. Bemis, 6 December 1864

People - Records: 4

  • (2557) Bemis, John James is the [child of] (2553) Bemis, Reuben
  • (2557) Bemis, John James is the [child of] (2554) Bemis, Mary Jane
  • (2557) Bemis, John James is the [sibling of] (2555) Bemis, Helen
  • (2557) Bemis, John James is the [sibling of] (2556) Bemis, Daniel

Places - Records: 2

  • (274) [birth] ~ Ohio
  • (588) [death] ~ San Diego, San Diego County, California

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SOURCES

1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; California Death Index, 1905-1939, available from Ancestry.com.