James Monroe Courtoy was born to Ernest and Zillyhollen Haman Courtoy in 1856 in Georgia.
Through the years
James Monroe Courtoy married Edna Elizabeth Massey in Georgia. They had numerous children. It appears as though they lost a number of children. In 1900, census states that Edna had 6 children but only three were living; David, Arthur and a son, Perry. In 1910, she has had 9 children and only 5 living. Perry is not listed in 1910.
Death
James Monroe Courtoy died in 1931 in Georgia and is buried in the Live Oak Methodist Church Cemetery in Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia. His wife, Edna Elizabeth Massey Courtoy is buried next to him.
