James H. Titsworth was born on July 13, 1885 in Elmira, New York as the son of Alexander and Eunice (Bennett) Titsworth.

On December 23, 1919, he married Elizabeth Miller in Lucas County, Ohio. As far as we know, they had no children before being divorced.

In the 1930 census, James is listed as living in Washington, Lucas County, Ohio. He was working as a truck driver for an oil company.

Mary Prairie became his second wife on February 2, 1935 in Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan.

James died on April 20, 1940 at the age of 55 in Madison, Lenawee County, Michigan. He is buried in Pleasant View Cemetery in Blissfield, Michigan.
 

"Elick's oldest son, James, in his youth, was a handsome man, said to have been the perfect picture of (his grandfather) Elias. In fact, he was not only like Elias in appearance, but in actions and personality as well.

Jim married a lady by the name of Elizabeth. This marriage ended in divorce. I remember well when I was a kid living with my aunt and uncle, one day on the way home from Adrian, Uncle Johnny picked up a man who had just hopped off a box car on one of the freight trains passing through Lenawee Junction. His name was Jim Titsworth. He said he had no home, no family, and no job, so Uncle Johnny hired him by the month to work as a farm hand.

Of course, he roomed and boarded with us. Ma (my Aunt Minnie) told me at the time that he was some shirttail relation to my Grandpa Downing. He was very tall and skinny, at least 6 ft. 6 in. I looked at him with awe and decided he was the tallest man I ever saw. He even had to stoop to pass through the doorways. After he left our place, we never saw him again.

Later in life he married a widow who lived down by Wellsville whose name was Mary Prairie. He died when he was 55 years old of bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis."