M, b. 1855
| Birth* | 1855 | James Pearis McCroskey was born in 1855 at Virginia . |
| (with Parents) Census1860 | 16 July 1860 | He appeared on the 1860 Census of Newport, Giles County, Virginia in the household of his parents, Robert Sylvester McCroskey and Martha E Harless.1 |
| Marriage* | 8 May 1877 | James Pearis McCroskey married Maggie Elizabeth Echols on 8 May 1877 at Giles County, Virginia .2 |
| Census1880* | 21 June 1880 | James Pearis McCroskey and Maggie Elizabeth Echols appeared on the 1800 Census of Newport, Giles County, Virginia, enumerated 21 June 1880. Their children Lewis S and Alpha Paris were listed as living with them.3 |