James A. McArthur

b. November 1865, d. 10 July 1930
  • James A. McArthur was born in November 1865 in Charleston, South Carolina.
  • He married Bessie Irby, daughter of John B. Irby and Harriet Townsend, circa 1896.
  • John B. Irby and Harriet Townsend appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included James A. McArthur, Sarah Irby, John B. Irby, Bessie Irby and Bessie Irby McArthur. Also, boarding in the household was one male farm laborer. And son John also was enumerated in the Brownsville household of his mother's brother John R. Townsend, working on the farm.
  • He was a farmer, and also census enumerator for the Smithville Township area, according to the 1900 census.
  • James A. McArthur and Bessie Irby appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Bessie Irby McArthur and Harriett Townsend McArthur. Also, boarding in the household was one male farm laborer.
  • He was a farmer, and also census enumerator for the Smithville Township area, according to the 1910 census.
  • James A. McArthur and Bessie Irby appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Bessie Irby McArthur, Harriett Townsend McArthur and John B. Irby.
  • He was a farmer, and also census enumerator for the Smithville Township area, according to the 1920 census.
  • He officially witnessed the death of Harriett Townsend McArthur on 9 June 1927 at Pine Crest Manor in Sandhills Township, Moore County, North Carolina; of chronic pulmonary tuberculosis.
  • James A. McArthur and Bessie Irby appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, at 702 Fayetteville Street.
  • He was employed as tax collector, according to the 1930 census.
  • James A. McArthur died on 10 July 1930 at age 64 in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
  • His wife Bessie Irby became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Evergreen Cemetery, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
  • Last Edited: 15 Aug 2015

Family: Bessie Irby b. circa November 1866, d. 24 December 1938