James Lewis Tatum

James Lewis was born on June 6th, 1899 in Farmersville, Collin Co., Texas.¹   James Lewis' father was Daniel Webster, Jr. Tatum and his mother is Fannie Stanford.  His paternal grandparents were Daniel Webster Tatum and Rachel Potts. He had three brothers and five sisters, named George Clinton, Tom, Homer Harrison, Minnie Mae, Clara Augusta, Annie, Gertrude and Myrtle.  He was the third youngest of the nine children.  He died at the age of 92 on September 4th, 1991.¹