James married Martha J. Barbee in 1865 in Kentucky, United States. Martha (daughter of Lewis Barbee and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hendrix) was born in 1843 in Kentucky, United States; died on 26 Jan 1916 in South Sherburne, Bath, Kentucky, United States; was buried on 27 Jan 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Louis Ishmael was born on 15 Oct 1866 in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States; died on 27 Oct 1949 in Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States; was buried on 29 Oct 1949 in Moorefield, Nicholas, Kentucky, United States.
2. Susan L Ishmael was born on 13 May 1869 in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States; died on 16 Aug 1911 in South Sherburne, Bath, Kentucky, United States; was buried on 17 Aug 1911 in Moorefield, Nicholas, Kentucky, United States.
3. Samuel Levi Ishmael was born on 26 Jun 1870 in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States; died on 18 Apr 1963 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States; was buried on 20 Apr 1963 in Sharpsburg, Bath, Kentucky, United States.
4. Ida Ishmael was born in 1872 in Kentucky, United States; died on 16 Feb 1953 in Carlisle, Nicholas, Kentucky, United States; was buried on 18 Feb 1953 in Moorefield, Nicholas, Kentucky, United States.
5. William Ishmael was born in 1875 in Kentucky, United States; and died.
6. Nannie Ishmael was born in Nov 1877 in Bath County, Kentucky, United States; died on 4 Nov 1919 in Moorefield, Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States; was buried on 5 Nov 1919 in Bethel, Bath, Kentucky, United States.
7. Myrtie Ishmael was born in Oct 1883 in Bath County, Kentucky, United States; died on 12 Apr 1960 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.