When James Elbert Spain was born on 22 September 1883, in Barry, Missouri, United States, his father, Robert Sidney Spain, was 22 and his mother, Emaline Pearline Bert, was 20. He married Emmer Right McQueen on 11 August 1903, in Barry, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Liberty Township, Barry, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Butterfield, Barry, Missouri, United States in 1920. He died on 29 March 1929, in Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Butterfield, Barry, Missouri, United States.
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