James Tallmadge Sr. b. 08 APR 1822 Ithaca, Tompkins Co., NY; d. 25 APR 1905 Lockeford, San Joaquin Co., CA; m. 1849 WI; Mary Angeline Smith-Hauskins [adopted by step-father Clayton Tiffen Hauskins Sr.] b. 16 DEC 1834 Lafayette Co., WI; d. 08 DEC 1905 Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA. Both buried: Harmony Grove Church & Cemetery, Tallmadge Family Plot: Block 9, Lot 8, Lockeford, San Joaquin Co., CA.

NOTE: James helped to build Harmony Grove Church with bricks from his own brickyard.

KNOWN CHILDREN:

1) Henry Edwin Tallmadge Sr. 1850-1917
2) James Tallmadge Jr. 1851-1852
3) Seth Tallmadge [twin] 1853-1854
4) Josiah Tallmadge [twin] 1853-1854
5) Walter Avery Tallmadge 1854-1905
6) Charles Fremont Tallmadge 1857-1892
7) Eliza Tallmadge 1859-1860
8) George Tallmadge 1860-1861
9) Ida Caroline (née Tallmadge) Fugitt Ralph 1862-1938
10) Olive Orpha (née Tallmadge) Dean Snyder 1864-1927
11) Ada B. (née Tallmadge Huppman 1867-1904
12) Francis "Frank" A. Tallmadge 1870-1948

PARENTS: Charlotte Beckwith b. 15 FEB 1791 NY; d. 1879 MI; m. 05 APR 1807 NY; Josiah Talmadge II b. 16 OCT 1775 Schaghticoke, Rensselaer Co., NY; d. 17 AUG 1843 Southport, Kenosha Co., WI. Burial places unknown.

SIBLINGS:

1) Asa Talmadge b. 1810
2) Josiah Talmadge III b. 1812
3) Franklin W Talmadge b. 1813
4) Elizabeth Talmadge b. 1814
5) Mary Talmadge b. 1817
6) James Tallmadge I b. 1822 [SELF]
7) Henrietta Talmadge b. 1823
8) Martha Talmadge b. 1825
9) Clida Talmadge [twin] b. 1827
10) Clora Talmadge [twin] b. 1827
11) Abby L Talmadge b. 1829
12) Jackson W Talmadge b. 1832
13) Eveline F Talmadge b. 1834

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FROM "Remembrance of Pioneers Past" BY PEGGY WARD ENGH:

James Tallmadge came to California as captain of a wagon train in 1849, landing in Placerville after traveling over the Sierras via the Donner Pass. He was not interested in mining, so he journeyed south to San Joaquin County in 1850 where he began to manufacture bricks in Stockton. He looked for land along the Mokelumne Rover and settled above Woodbridge where he owned two sections of land for raining stock, hay, and grain.

He was contacted by the Lodi Methodist Church to build a small church at Staples Ferry. With his mason and brick-making training, he was instrumental in the building of two brick Elliott Township landmarks - the Harmony Grove Church and the Dr. D.J. Locke home and granary.

With Dr. Dean J. Locke, Edwin Foster and George Locke, Mr. Tallmadge was a director of the Mokelumne Steam Navigation Company which invested in the cargo boat, the Pert, in the early 1860's. In 1879, he was involved in a terrible accident where he was thrown from a wagon and from which he never fully recovered.

The Tallmadges had seven children: Henry, Walter, Charles, Frank, Ida, the wife of John Fugit, Olive, the wife of Thomas Dean, and Ada, the wife of Arthur Huppman. The descendants of James and Mary Tallmadge dedicated Harmony Grove Church's Window II in memory of Bessie Dean Higginbotham, the daughter of Olive and Thomas Dean. Moreover, six pews in the church and the cypress trees were donated in memory of various Tallmadge descendants. The first funeral held in the restored church was for Bessie Dean Higginbotham, who died in 1973. Also buried here are Bessie Dean's husband, Enos Marion Higginbotham, and their son Earl R.

[NOTE: The Tallmadges had seven children that survived to adulthood; five died as infants/toddlers]