James Volney Rotramel ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He appeared in the household of Tillie M. Eberle in a census in 1940 in Frederick, Tillman, OK. ^{3 3} The 1940 census recorded owning a $4000 home at 101 13th Street: Tillie M. Beeker, 59, widowed, living with daughter Mary E. Rotramel, 34; and son-in-law James V. Rotramel, electric shop proprietor, 32. Tillie and Mary were born in Indiana and James in Texas.

James married Mary Elisabeth Beeker, daughter of William Earl Beeker and Tillie M. Eberle, on 23 Sep 1933 in , Comanche, OK.¹ The marriage ended in divorce in 1941. (Mary Elisabeth Beeker was born on 31 Dec 1905 in , , IN,⁴ died on 9 Mar 2001 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, OK ⁵ and was buried in Frederick: Frederick Memorial Cemetery, Tillman, OK ⁵.)