Inscription:

IN MEMORY OF
Cumberland James
BORN
January 4’th, 1770
DIED
November 11, 1846
Aged 76 years,
10 months, 7 days.

Cumberland James
Birth: Unknown
Death: 11 November 1846, St. Louis County, Missouri
Burial: Cold Water Cemetery, Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri

Family members buried in Cold Water Cemetery:
Wife: Susan Seely James
Son: Gilbert James

Notes:
• James Cumberland was a veteran of the War of 1812.
• Cumberland James married Susan Seely on 6 October 1801, in St. Louis County, Missouri.
• Land Records show that Mr. James settled in St. Louis County in 1793. He served in the War of 1812 (Headquarters Missouri National Guard, Office of Adjutant General, in a letter dated 15 August 1975).

Census:
1840 Census: St Ferdinand, Saint Louis, Missouri; Roll: 231; Page: 237. Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.