James Patrick Workman

Brief Life History of James Patrick

When James Patrick Workman was born on 10 April 1861, in McDowell, Virginia, United States, his father, Charles William Workman Sr., was 41 and his mother, Phebe Margaret Bailey, was 37. He married Lobelia Bethany Workman on 26 August 1881, in Wyoming, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Slab Fork District, Wyoming, West Virginia, United States in 1880 and Falling Spring, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States for about 30 years. He died on 17 November 1939, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Patrick Workman
1861–1939
Lobelia Bethany Workman
1866–1912
Marriage: 26 August 1881
Charles W. Workman
1882–1882
Chloe K Workman
1883–
Eva Iow Workman
1889–1952
Ira Ledford Workman
1891–1972
Amy Workman
1892–
Mary Etta Workman
1894–1955
Iva May Workman
1897–1977
Waldo Workman
1899–1982
Lillie Ethel Workman
1900–1947
Murlie Crosby Workman
1904–1979
Carl Workman
1906–1988

Sources (49)

  • James P Workman in household of Charles Workman, "United States Census, 1880"
  • James P Workman, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • James Patrick Workman, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

World Events (8)

1862 · The Battle of Fredericksburg

The Battle of Fredericksburg involved 200,000 troops with General Ambrose Burnside of the army of the Potomac against General Lee’s Army of the North.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

English (Gloucestershire): ostensibly an occupational name for a laborer, from Middle English werkman ‘laborer, craftsman’, also ‘customary tenant’ (Old English weorcmann). A customary tenant was a person allowed to hold land in exchange for carrying out a certain service.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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