Dinsmoor, James

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Title: Dinsmoor, James
Alias: Dinsmore, James
Gender: Male
Biography: "Born in New Hampshire to John and Susannah Dinsmore, James moved to Natchez, Mississippi, following his graduation from Dartmouth. In 1828, he purchased half a sugar cane and cotton plantation in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. One year later, at the advanced age of thirty-eight, he traveled to Burlington, New Jersey, to marry Martha Macomb. The sale of the plantation and aportion of the enslaved people who worked in the fields in 1842, allowed James to move to Kentucky where he began raising grapes and sheep on his "Arcadian" farm near his Uncle Silas. His interests were vast as one can see from his library in the main house. He died in 1872 and was buried on Christmas Eve." --Cathy Callopy
Member: Dinsmore family
Birth date: 24 Aug 1790
Place of birth: Windham (N.H.)
Father: Dinsmoor, John
Mother: Bell, Susanna
Life event(s): Marriage: 1829; Burlington (N.J.)
Spouse(s): Macomb, Martha Keturah
Child(ren): Dinsmore, Isabella Ramsay; Dinsmore, Julia Stockton; Dinsmore, Susan Bell
Death date: 21 Dec 1872
Place of death: Boone County (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Dinsmore Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.)
Participant in: 1865--Four Escape from Dinsmore Farm; 1865--Escape of Nancy Mcgruder
Related resource: Dinsmore Homestead Farm (Boone County, Ky.)
Member of: Friends of Emancipation (Boone County, Ky.)
Relationship: Known enslaved: Hawkins, Eliza; Hawkins, Jilson; McGruder, Nancy; Sanders, Isaac; Simpson, Ellen Hawkins; Taylor, Adam; Taylor, Amanda; Taylor, Angeline; Taylor, Daniel; Taylor, David; Taylor, Henry; Taylor, Jane; Taylor, Judy; unknown, Ann [2]; unknown, Annie [1]; unknown, Coah; unknown, Jim [5]; unknown, John [26]; unknown, Winny [3]; Hawkins, Eliza; Hawkins, Jilson; Mcgruder, Nancy; Sanders, Isaac; Simpson, Ellen Hawkins; Taylor, Adam; Taylor, Amanda; Taylor, Angeline; Taylor, Daniel; Taylor, David; Taylor, Henry [1]; Taylor, Jane; Taylor, Judy; unknown, Ann [2]; unknown, Annie [1]; unknown, Coah; unknown, Jim [5]; unknown, John [26]; unknown, Winny [3]
Description: Enslaved held in 1850: Male, 58 years old, black; Female, 42 years old, black; Female, 40 years old, black; Male, 19 years old, black; Male, 14 years old, black; Male, 16 years old, black; Female, 14 years old, black; Female, 11 years old, black; Male, 8 years old, black; Enslaved held in 1860: Female, 23 years old, black; Male, 25 years old, mulatto; Female, 45 years old, black; Female, 50 years old, black; Male, 68 years old, black; Male, 17 years old, black; Female, 20 years old, black
Source(s): Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Slave Schedules; Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules; New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904; Dinsmore Homestead Collection; U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Belleview Baptist Church Records; U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865; North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000; Dinsmore Homestead Foundation

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--D

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Items with "Participant: Dinsmoor, James"
Title	Class
1865--Escape of Nancy Mcgruder	Event
1865--Four Escape from Dinsmore Farm	Event

Items with "Relationship: Dinsmoor, James"
Title	Class
Hawkins, Eliza	Person
Hawkins, Jilson	Person
Mcgruder, Nancy	Person
Sanders, Isaac	Person
Simpson, Ellen Hawkins	Person
Simpson, Phoebe	Person
Taylor, Adam	Person
Taylor, Amanda	Person
Taylor, Angeline	Person
Taylor, Daniel	Person
Taylor, David	Person
Taylor, Henry [1]	Person
Taylor, Jane	Person
Taylor, Judy	Person
Taylor, Nannette	Person
Taylor, Sally	Person
unknown, Ann [2]	Person
unknown, Annie [1]	Person
unknown, Coah	Person
unknown, Jim [5]	Person
unknown, John [26]	Person
unknown, Winny [3]	Person

Items with "Father: Dinsmoor, James"
Title	Class
Dinsmore, Isabella Ramsay	Person