Background
James, Marquis was born on August 29, 1891 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Houstin and Rachel (Marquis) James.
James, Marquis was born on August 29, 1891 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Houstin and Rachel (Marquis) James.
Educated public schools of Enid, Oklahoma.
1 daughter, Cynthia (Mistress John Hugh Norwood). Married second, Jacqueline Mary Parsons, January 9, 1954. Began business career as reporter Enid (Oklahoma) Eagle, Kansas Missouri Journal, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Chicago Inter Ocean, St. Louis Republic, New Orleans Item, etc., 1909-1913.
Copy reader, Chicago Tribune, 1914. Assistant city editor Chicago Daily Journal, 1915. Rewrite man, New York Tribune, 1916.
Nat. director publicity, American Legion, 1919-1923. Member editorial staff of The New Yorker, 1925, American Legion Monthly, 1923-1932. Was First lieutenant, later captain infantry, United States Army, 19 months with American Expeditionary Forces, France, 1917-1919.
Author: books including: A History of the American Legion, 1923. The Raven, A Biography of Sam Houston, 1929. Andrew Jackson, The Border Captain, 1933.
They Had Their Hour, 1934. Andrew Jackson
Portrait of a President, 1937. Mr. Garner of Texas, 1939.
Alfred I. duPont: The Family Rebel, 1941. Biography of a Business, 1791-1942 (a history of Insurance Company of North America), 1942. The Cherokee Strip, 1945.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1947. The Texaco Story (history of the Texaco Company), 1953. Biography of a Bank (with B. R. James), 1954.
Contributor to mags. and radio.
Member editorial staff of The New Yorker, 1925, American Legion Monthly, 1923-1932.; Member National Institute of Arts and Letters, Society of American Historians. Clubs: American Yacht (Rye, New York).
Married Bessie Williams Rowland, June 25, 1914 (divorced).; married second, Jacqueline Mary Parsons, January 9, 1954.