James Martin Jerden ^{1 2}

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CHILDREN OF JAMES MARTIN JERDAN AND THERESA RHODES
(Child #6 of Mary Harris and James Jerden)
James Martin Jerdan4 (Mary Harris3, Wooten2, Isaac1) was born August 13, 1856, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. He married Theresa "Thurza" Rhodes, daughter of Thomas Rhodes2 (Alex.1) and Penina Tancil, on April 22, 1858, in Fayette County, Illinois. Her name has been spelled various ways but it was written Theresa in her obituary. She was born November 11, 1839, in Illinois. James died January 10, 1865, in a prison camp during the Civil War. Theresa married, second, John Casey,Jr., son of John Casey, Sr., and Drucilla Hill, on April 7, 1868, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born July 21, 1812, and died February16, 1897. He was buried in Casey Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois. They had nine children. Theresa died March 14, 1913,and was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. Theresa's other children are listed under her name <http://www.isaac-harris-fam.us/gardabook09-4.html>in Part IX, Chapter 3, Descendants of Thomas Rhodes.

Children:
1.+ William Douglas JERDAN b 19 Aug 1860; m 1st Josephine E. HALFORD; m 2nd Luella Floy PRATER
2.+ Marion Whitfield JERDAN b 19 Dec 1862; m Edith Florence PARHAM
3.(son) JERDAN

James Martin Jerden (Jordan), son of James Monroe Jerden and Mary Polly Harris, and grandson of Revolutionary War veteran Wooten Harris , was born August 13, 1856, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. He married Theresa "Thursey" Rhodes, daughter of Thomas Rhodes and Penina Stancil April 22, 1858, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born November 11, 1839, in Illinois. She died March 14, 1913, and was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.

James died January 10, 1865, of small pox while a prisoner at Camp Douglas, a Civil War Union prison for Confederate soldiers on Chicago's south side. Camp Douglas was a prisoner of war internment camp near the 35th-street estate of Stephen Douglas, named for the late senator. Like all P.O.W. camps of its day, it was rife with communicable diseases - smallpox and dysentery. Conditions were appalling, and thousands died. A group of prisoners plotted to escape the camp and capture Chicago for the Confederacy, but were thwarted by Allan Pinkerton. By the end of the war, thousands had died and been buried in the North Side's old City Cemetery.

Children of James Martin Jerden and Thursey Rhodes:

William Douglas Jerden b 19 Aug 1860; m 1st Josephine E. Halford; m 2nd Luella Floy Prater
Marion Whitfield Jerden b 19 Dec 1862; m Edith Florence Parham ³

James married Theresa (Thurseythersa) Rhodes, daughter of Thomas Rhodes and Pennina Stancil, on 22 Apr 1858 in Fayette, , Illinois, USA. (Theresa (Thurseythersa) Rhodes was born in Nov 1839 in Fayette, , Illinois, USA ² and died in 1913 in , , Illinois, USA.)