James Thomas Jefferson

James Thomas Jefferson was the son of William Thomas Jefferson, Jr. He was the father of Patriot. He was born on Nov. 21st, 1946 in Gulfport, Mississippi.

William Thomas Jefferson, Jr had been a member of the Tuskagee Airmen and had seen many tours in Europe and Africa. William Jr was born March 9th, 1921. He died of heart failure on June 12th, 1992 leaving his estate to James Thomas Jefferson, while also providing a generous package for his daughter Sarah Janet Jefferson Fisk.

His grandfather, William Thomas Jefferson, Sr was an industrialist who despite being black had managed to build a successful business in shipping. He'd found most folks didn't care what color you were if you stayed mostly out of site and being in shipping allowed that. During the war his company produced freighters for use by the allied effort. After the war they helped ship materials to rebuild Europe and Japan. William Sr. had fought in the trenches of Europe during WWI. He had been born January 15th, 1900. He died of heart problems on April 2nd, 1951 leaving his estate to his only child, William Jr.

James was drafted into the army for Vietnam serving for four years in the late 60s. His wealth could have allowed him to avoid it but his father would have disinherited him so James went. He served in the 101st Airborne Division. During his tenure he earned two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and a Silver Star. He seldom talked about his service record, it brought up the memories of to many friends he'd lost during the war.

After the war his dad hired him on to help run some of the companies subsidiaries and eased his son into the driver seat for Jefferson Enterprises.

James was often busy man and his wife Martha became his traveling secretary to be with him more. They only had one child, John Thomas Jefferson but lost two girls to miscarriage. James had planned to name the girls Martha after his wife and Sarah after his mother. The two girls bodies were buried and the tombstones read Marth and Sarah Jefferson. To perfect for this world, so the Lord called them home.

After his wife's death he established the Martha Jefferson Foundation to help women, particularly poorer women get an education, which had been a long touted philosophy of improvement by his wife.