Descendants of James Robert Ham and Oleta May Arthurs

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES ROBERT5 HAM (JOHN WILLIAM4, SILAS STANLEY3, JOHN2, JOHN1)1,2,3,4 was born September 04, 1890 in Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina5, and died July 09, 1958 in 10:15 AM; age last birthday-67, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina5,6,7. He married OLETA MAY ARTHURS8,9,10 September 03, 1913 in He was age 2211,12,13, daughter of JACOB ARTHURS and LOUISA PLYLER. She was born February 22, 1891 in Iredell County, North Carolina14,15,16,17, and died November 05, 1949 in 8:30 AM; age last birthday: 58, Coddle Creek, Iredell County, North Carolina18,19,20,21.

Notes for JAMES ROBERT HAM:
his wife called him Jim.
at his home on Coddle Creek Road, Mooresville, N. C., my family were staying with him at the time for about two weeks prior to his death. I was nearly 12 years old at the time. For probably at least 5 years, he had had quite a few strokes, each diminishing his capacity more and more, until there wasn't a whole lot left of his original self. The last stroke took him away.

The following is from his Death Certificate:
Registration District No. 49-00; Registrar's Certificate No. 80
# 384 or 334 at top right hand corner of page
Place of death: Rt. 1, Mooresville, Iredell County, North
Carolina
Residence: Rt. 1, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina
Date of death: Month 7, Day 9, Year 58
Male, White, Widowed
Date of Birth: 9-4-1890
Age (in years last birthday) 67
Usual occupation: Contractor
Kind of business or industry: Heating & Plumbing
Birthplace: N. C.
Father's name: John F. Hamm
Mother's maiden name: Mary E. Armstrong
Name of husband or wife: Oleta Mae Arthurs
Informant's Name and Address: Robert F. Ham, Mooresville, N.C.

Cause of death:
Immediate cause: Coronary Occlusion - Interval Between Onset
and Death: Immediate
Antecedent causes: Old Cerebral Hemorrhage
Due to: Hypertensive cardio vascular disease - Interval between
onset and death: Years

"I attended the deceased from 1952 to 7-11-1958, and last saw
him alive on 7-11-1958. Death occurred at 10:15 AM on the date
stated above; and to the best of my knowledge from the causes
stated."
Signature: W. W. Painter, M. D.; Address: Mooresville, N. C.;
Date signed: 7-9-1958

Burial: Date: 7-11-58; Cemetery: Willow Valley; Location: Mooresville, N.
C.

Date received by local registrar: 7-11-58
Registrar's signature: Ernest Ward, M.D.
Funeral Director: Cavin Funeral Home, Mooresville, N.C.
age 9, S, born NC, father born NC, mother born NC

"Mr. Jim Ham, the plumber, had an experience one day recently that gave him a shock he will not soon get over. He had planned to go to Concord to get a truck and his 10-year old son Robert begged his father to let him go with him and drive the truck back home. Mr. Ham told him he could not do so -- that he was entirely too young and would not be permitted to drive a car or truck. He stepped in his sedan and drove to the Birdsall-Morrow garage, where he had arranged to secure the service of a mechanic in bringing back the truck, and when he stepped from his car his little 3-year-old son Charlie caught him by the leg of his pants and looking up, said: "I doin' wit' you to Concord." Mr. Ham turned all colors and felt faint at heart. The child had crawled on the fender of the car and held fast to that part of the machine while it came from the Ham home through town, a distance of a mile. The child hanging on to the fender had been seen by several people, but no alarm was given to the father of the perilous riding place of the juvenile."

born NC, father born NC, mother born NC
M W 29; Home Rented, M., read/yes, write/yes, born NC, parents born NC

More About JAMES ROBERT HAM:
Burial: July 11, 1958, Willow Valley Cemetery beside First Baptist Church, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina22,23,24
Census: September 1900, #T623-1202/B3800 Son W M 9 S, Sharpesburg Township, Iredell County, North Carolina25
Funeral Ho: Cavin's Funeral Home, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina26
Illness: Stroke27
Interests: played the cornet in a band27
Occupation: Ham's Plumbing & Heating, Main Street, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina; Occupation: Farmer27
Religion: Baptist27
Residence: Route # 1, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina28

Notes for OLETA MAY ARTHURS:
at home suddenly about age 58 years old
Registration District No. 49-00---113.
# 419 at Right Corner of page.
City or Town: Rural - Coddle Creek.
Street Address: Rt. 1, Mooresville, N. C.
Female, White, Married
Date of birth: 2-22-1891
Date of death: 11-5-49
Kind of business: Hwk. (housework)
Birthplace: Iredell Co.
Father: Jack Arthurs
Mother's Maiden Name: Louise Plyler
Informant's Name & Address: J. R. Ham, Rt. 1, Mooresville, N.C.
Disease or condition directly leading to death: Coronary
occlusion; Antecedent causes: due to Coronary arterosclerosis.

"I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from 7-6-49 to
11-5-49, that I last saw the deceased alive on 11-4-49, and
that death occurred at 8:30 am, from the causes and on the date
stated above."
Death certificate signed by: C. L. Bittinger, M.D. on Nov. 6,
1949.

Date received by local registrar: Nov. 10, 1949.
Registrar's signature: Ernest Ward, M.D.
Funeral Director: Cavin Funeral Home, Mooresville, NC
played piano; loved pretty colored glass bottles

More About OLETA MAY ARTHURS:
Burial: November 07, 1949, Willow Valley Cemetery beside First Baptist Church, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina28,29
Interests: 30
Occupation: Housewife; good cook31
Religion: Baptist32
Residence: Route # 1, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina33

Children of JAMES HAM and OLETA ARTHURS are:
2. i. DAISY DELENE6 HAM, b. July 17, 1914, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina; d. August 12, 1996, c. age 82, , , California.
3. ii. ROBERT FRANKLIN HAM, b. September 09, 1917, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina; d. February 17, 1991, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina.
4. iii. LEONARD MILTON HAM, b. September 12, 1920, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina.
5. iv. CHARLES AUSTIN HAM, b. September 24, 1924, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina; d. September 12, 1974, Boomer, , North Carolina.
v. MILDRED CATHERINE HAM, b. July 01, 192834,35; d. August 09, 1929, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina36,37.

Notes for MILDRED CATHERINE HAM:
She was killed accidentally by a car that run over her in her own driveway, a little over a year old. She was playing in the sand behind the car, and the driver didn't see her. The driver was an uncle. Her father said something about Mildred just before he died, many years later. No one in the family EVER forgot that day.

More About MILDRED CATHERINE HAM:
Burial: Willow Valley Cemetery beside First Baptist Church, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina38,39

Religion: September 06, 1928, First Baptist Church Cradle Roll, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina; Religion: "This certifies that Mildred Katherine Ham born on First day of July 192840