James Henry Halbert was born in TN on 2 Feb 1838, the son of William Halbert & Elizabeth Chitwood.  He served in Hugghin's TN Light Artillery Battery during the Civil War, but was captured by federal troops in 1863 and made to work as a harness maker for the Union Army the duration of the war.  After the war he returned to Lincoln Co TN where he married Martha Jane Barnes (2 Sep 1846 - 25 Oct 1932) on 23 Jan 1868.

1. Eva Lena  (17 Oct 1868- 19 Dec 1919)
      Married Oscar Becker
2. Tatathia Lobena (23 Dec 1869 - circa 1880)
3. Robert Lonzo (30 Jan 1872 - 28 Jul 1937)
     Married Ida May Williamson
4. William Eli (16 Apr 1874 - 5 Aug 1961)
5. Clementine  (4 May 1876 - 20 Dec 1964)
      Married #1 Wil Treadwell  #2 Ed Persavil
6. James Urben ( 12 Jul 1878 - 8 Jan 1890)
7. Edna (26 Dec 1880 - 11 Oct 1949)
      Married William Edward Parrish
8. Oscar (18 Jan 1883 - 21 Apr 1958)
      Married Delia Gordon)
9. Era  (14 Aug 1888 - 31 Jan 1865)
       Married Bill McKinney
10. Hurbert (24 Sep 1892 - 2 May 1908)

    In 1882 James Halbert moved his family to Texas, locating three miles north of Kemp.  However, within a year he moved five miles west of there to the area known as Becker.  There he built a house and a blacksmith shop.

   James H Halbert died 11 Jun 1921.  He is buried at the Kemp Cemetery next to his wife and some of his children.