James & His Two Wives

 James Avery Champion was the son of Hiram Avery Champion & Caroline E Raymond - via his mother's line, it leads back to the Vincents.

From the various censuses & directories, it appears James was a building contractor who owned his own business. Then on the WWII draft card of 1942, he was working for the American Type Founders Inc company in Essex, NJ.

James married twice. He first married Helen Letitia Crombie, the daughter of Dr Walter Crombie & Alice Rice and they had 2 children - Aimee & Barbara.  Unfortunately, Helen died at the age 56 in 1942. In 1943, James married a widow, Jessie Frances Peabody, the daughter of Charles Darling & Susan Rice.

courtesy of debodun - Find a Grave

Times Record, Mon, 18 Apr 1949
The funeral of James Avery Champion, an inspector at W and I E Guerly, who died Saturday at his home after a long illness, will be conducted at 230 pm Wednesday from the residence, Coolidge Avenue. Interment will be in Hudson View Cemetery, Mechanicville. Born in Clifton Park, he had resided in this city for the last six years. He was a member of Holy Cross Episcopal Church. Survivors include his widow, the former Jessie Darling Peabody, and two daughters, Mrs Hawkins Rommes of Chatham, NJ and Mrs Barbara Jane Smith of Miami, Fla.

 

courtesy of Ann Grace - Find A Grave

The Saratogian, Tues, 24 Nov 1942
Mechanicville - Mrs Helen Crombie Champion, wife of James A Champion, East Orange, NJ, died yesterday morning at her home after a year's illness. Mrs champion was the daughter of Dr Walter C Crombie, practicing physician in Mechanicville for many years who died today at his home in East Orange. Mrs Champion was born in Schaghticoke. Her family moved to Mechanicville when she was a child. She is a graduate of the local high school and a charter member of the Labor of Love Circle, King's Daughters, of the First Methodist Church, this city. Survivors, besides her hausband, are two daughters, Mrs H L Romnes, Chatham, NJ and Mrs Douglas Smith, East Orange, and one granddaughter, Karen Romnes. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 8 pm at Cole's Funeral parlors, Newark, NJ.

Times Record, Fri, 16 Nov 1963
Mrs Hoering; Former Town Tax Collector
Mrs Jessie Peabody Hoering, 89, a former tax collector in the Town of Brunswick, died Tuedsay in St Petersburg, Fla, following a brief illness. She was born in Tory, daughter of the late Charles and Susan Rice Darling and lived in Troy most of her life. She was a communicant of the Church of the Holy Cross and a member of the Brunswick Republican Club for many years. She was the widow of Gustave Hoering who died last May 9. The funeral will be held at 230 pm Monday from the Bryce Funeral Home, 276 Pawling Ave with Rev Canon Edward H Williams, rector of the Church of the Holy Cross, officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery.