James VanBebber

     James VanBebber was born in 1804 at Tennessee. He was the son of John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman. James VanBebber married Elizabeth Betty Yoakum, daughter of Isaac Yoakum and Mary Davis, on Wednesday, 30 December 1829. James VanBebber died on 12 November 1873 at Ray County, Missouri, at age 69 years.
     From "History of Ray County, Mo.," (St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Company, 1891), pp. 772 - 773.

JAMES VANBEBBER

This gentleman was born in East Tennessee, and spent the earlier part of his life in that state. Here he was engaged extensively in farming, and that was his lifelong occupation. When about twenty-five years of age he was married to Miss Elizabeth Yocum, daughter of Isaac Yocum, Esq., of Tennessee. Ten children, five of each sex, were born of this union. Eight of them are now living. In the year 1834, Mr. Vanbebber moved from Tennessee to Missouri, and settled in Ray county, in the river bottom near the present town of Hardin. Here he lived for about two years, and then buying and entering some two hundred acres of land thirteen miles north of Richmond, removed with his family to it, and lived there for the space of twenty-five years. He then sold his farm and removed to Caldwell county, Missouri, where he died in 1874. His widow is still living with her son in Caldwell county. The oldest son, William H. Vanbebber, is now living a short distance south of the place his father settled in Ray county. He has a good farm, a neat residence, and is doing well. He is the father of three promising boys. Himself and his excellent lady are both members of the Methodist Church at Millville.