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Note: James married first Sarah Rucker and had 7 children. Then he married Sarah Ann Sheats on 3 July 1854 in Greenup Co., KY. Sarah's brother Benjamin Sheats signed the marriage license. They had 3 children and moved to Lewis Co. KY before the 1860 census, near his new father-in-law.
His obituary is in the 8 Feb 1906 edition of the Lawrence Co., OH Irontonian news paper. I have not seen it.
W. L. Geiger in his diary states on November 10, 1866 "let Jim Alley and son have 1 yoke cattle 1st of March Return" They could have taken the cattle for use in Lewis County where Jim lived. Geiger had family in Lewis County and was active with families going to and from there all the time. (Diary of W. L. Geiger.ÙCiÙD "Tree Shaker" Eastern Kentucky Genealogical Society)ÙC/iÙD
James Alley sat on a jury in Greenup County in 1852. Betty Morgan contributed a file to usgenarchives. ÙCuÙDhttp://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/greenup/newspapers/greenupk487gnw.txt>ÙC/uÙD
The Portsmouth Times, Saturday, June 06, 1931 Page 2
Greenup, Ky., Carries Nickname "Hangtown"
... Nicknamed "Hangman's Town" Greenup got its nickname "Hangman's Town" as the result of many public hangings. These took place on the outskirts of the town. The populace from near and far made the hangings a sort of a gala occasion not for the victims, however. They came in their best bib and tucker. The last public hanging took place in June 1852. Hon. J. W, Moore was circuit judge but due to sudden illness Judge Thomas F. Hazelrigg was appointed to fill the vacancy and presided during the trial preceding the last hanging. Court records show Turner and Ruben Clark, John and Bill Hoods and John Collins were charged with the murder of a man by the name of Brewer and his wife over a dispute about a line fence and other lesser quarrels between the parties Involved. The double murder occurred on the East Fork creek of Little Sandy river near Danleyton, 10 miles southeast of Greenup. Records reveal that Collins was ring lender, of the gang of murderers and hired his companions in crime to commit the actual murders by having them go to the home of the Brewer family and create a disturbance in the chicken yard. Upon the appearance of Brewer he was pounced upon and beaten to death and when his wife appeared at the sound of the commotion they killed her also to destroy the evidence, court records further show.
It required three days to conduct the trial and the Jury, W. R. Smith, Abram Meadows, Evan Jackson, Moses McKoy. Thomas M. Neal, Timothy Cleary, John T. Lawson. David Smith, ÙCbÙDJames AlleyÙC/bÙD, A. J. Easlow, A. G. Warnock and John Sloan, returned verdicts of death in the cases of John Collins, Turner and Ruben Clark, while John Clark and Bill Hood were given life sentences. Of the three receiving the death penalty, two actually paid it on the scaffold, Collins having hung himself in the jail prior to the day of execution. Clark and Hood wore later released from prison to serve as soldiers during the Civil war.
I also found a notation on a forum that Nancy J "Jane" married Thomas Henry Clay Bruce and died in Huntington 15 Sep 1933. Nancy's death certificate confirms that James' first wife is Sarah Rucker.
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