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
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.)
Death date
21 Dec 1872
Place of death
Boone County (Ky.)
Death and burial information
Dinsmore Cemetery (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

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