James David Strayhorn Linam was born June 25, 1854 in Lawrence county, Tennessee and died September 12, 1923 in Tennessee. He married Mary Etta Slagle on August 18, 1887 in Lawrence county, Tennessee. She was born February 10, 1867 and died September 27, 1895. They had 2 children
2. Harvey Dennis Linam was born 1893