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George Washington, our first president and were landedgentry with many slaves and extensive land holdings.
The first Strother to arrive in Virginia was William
Strother IV who was born in North Umberland, England
circa 1630, emigrated about 1650 and died in Richmond,
Virginia in 1702. He married Dorothy Savage and their
son, Jeremiah (born 1655, died 1741 in Orange County,
now Culpepper County) had the following issue:
James, French and George Strother*, the latter
married Charlotte Simpson and moved to Missouri where
he died in 1807. From this marriage there were four
offspring: Elijah**, Cynthia, Robert and Reuben.
Cynthia Simpson Strother, our paternal greatgrandmother, born Fauquier County, Virginia, December
1, 1807 married Jesse Hitt Rector February 17, 1838
and she died December 22, 1869 at Elk Lick Springs,
Missouri (Cynthia and Jesse were first cousins). The last
of our immediate ancestry to bear the Strother name
was Bayliss Strother Rector of Nevada City, California.
The James and Graves Families
Jefferson Gilbert James was born in or near Spencersburg, Pike County, Missouri on December 29, 1829
and died on March 27, 1910 in San Francisco, California.
His father wasa Virginian, and his mother, a Kentuckian;
both came from prominent ancestry.
He came to California in 1850, seeking gold, but
soon settled in Fresno and entered the livestock business.
In 1860 he returned to Missouri to marry his childhood
sweetheart, Lucinda Jane Rector. After their marriage
in Elk Lick Springs, Missouri on December 25, 1860, he
brought her to California where they eventually resided
in San Francisco. The couple had one child, Maude
Strother James, born September 3, 1861. ‘Aunt Janey”
*French Strother married Charlotte Bowie in 1806.
**Elijah Strother also came to Missouri and his namesake was
Elijah John Rector. (14).