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Henry A. James

Lawyer

Centurion, 1892–1929

Full Name Henry Ammon James

Born 24 April 1854 in Baltimore, Maryland

Died 1 August 1929 in East Hampton, New York

Buried South End Cemetery, East Hampton, New York

Proposed by Howard Mansfield and Robert W. de Forest

Elected 7 May 1892 at age thirty-eight

Archivist’s Note: Brother of of Walter B. James

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Century Memorial

Henry A. James practiced law in New York during forty years; his membership in the Century had covered thirty-seven years. He was well known in the Easthampton colony on Long Island, where he was one of the first New Yorkers to discover the lure of that old-time settlement to seekers for a summer home.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1930 Century Association Yearbook