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(From back left)Violet Jean Wild, James Henry Wild Sr., Catherine (Tierney) Wild, James Henry Wild Jr., Thomas Wild, James Henry Wild III, Cathleen Mary (Wild) Murch

(From left to right) The three Wilds, James H. Wild Sr., Edward W. Wild, and James H. Wild Jr.

"James H. Wild 2nd from left standing, 1914"

On back "Center- James H. Wild, McAllen, Texas, Mexican Border, 1916"

"McAllen, Texas, 1916"

"Mexican Border Jan-1917" on right side "Best regards from Jim Wild, McAllen, Texas" on back "Dear Friend Dave, Just to let you know that I am still alive and on the Border and in the Army- things look as if we are going to have a fight here soon with the Mexicans. Write soon Jim Wild, Co A. 12 Regt McAllen, Texas"

On front "Camp Wadsworth, S.C., Nov-1917" on back "1st Sgt. James H. Wild"

On back "Pops McCoppir and Myself J. H. Wild in front of my tent, 1917"

"Day after I was discharged from the army April 1919, James Wild, Center

James H. Wild and Catherine (Tierney) Wild

The photo of James Wild Sr. and his father, Jesse Wild, in front of the store was taken at 354 West 49th Street in May of 1916. James Wild Sr. had just come back from serving on the Mexican border. The man inside the store was named Freddie Jacobs and the man on the right of James Wild Sr. was named Eddie O'Brien. James did not recall the names of the young boy or girl.

James Henry Wild Sr.

He was born on March 16th, 1894 in Manhattan, New York, New York and married Catherine A. Tierney in September of 1968. They had one child. He was a teacher in the State of Connecticut State Trade Schools- Electrical Dept. He died on August 2nd, 1992 in Hollywood, Florida. He is buried in Florida VA Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. His father was Jesse J.Wild and his mother was Mary Ellen Ahern.

Birth Certificate

Sometime in the 1980's, I believe, Patrick Wild visited James Wild Sr. at his home in Florida and tape recorded him telling his life story. Since it is about 1 and a half hours long, I have separated it into a few 10 minute mp3s.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8

Family Video from 1955

(Right Click on the link above and select "Save Target As..." and download the video, then it will play smoothly. If you have any difficulty playing these videos on your computer, please go to this link http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/ and download the free DIVX for Windows and you will be able to watch the videos).
Cathleen Durkee had a video from 1955 of the Wild family (James Wild Sr., Catherine Wild, James Wild Jr., Jean Wild, Cathleen Wild, James Wild II, and Tom Wild) during a visit to Florida at James Wild Sr. and Catherine Wild's home.

Wife
Son
Father
Mother