James and Mildred Wall are shown sitting in front of their trading post/general store/mill which they called "Old Faith" for their town, Faith, Missouri.
The date was about 1912.

James was born 4/1845 in Blacksburg, Virginia, son of Harvey Wall and Elizabeth Fry/Wall.
He was involved in the Civil War in the Confederate Army there.
He met Mildred, daughter of Catlet James and Elizabeth Thompson, married her abt. 1865 in Franklin County, Virginia.
They had their first two children in Virginia. After the war they moved to Missouri and had 10 more children.
Some of whom are shown in the photo.
See our homepage for the names of those we have identified.



The old settlement was located in Southwest Richwoods Township, a short distance west of the present Curry Church on land owned today by Ruth Duncan. James was known in Miller County as "Black Jim".
Because he had a long black beard and black hair, theory for that name was so he could be distinquished from another James Wall in the area. Records indicate, the "other" James Wall was his uncle.
James was tall and hardy, loved the children in the area, was well known as a very successful livestock dealer, buying and selling livestock at his trading post.
Both he and Mildred entertained with large Sunday dinners inviting all who wanted to join them.



James and Mildred were married for over 60 years.
They died only 7 days apart in 1928, both at the age of 83.
Mildred died 7/28/1928 and James died 8/5/1928.
They are both buried at Curry Cemetery in Faith, within sight of their home and trading post.