James married Nancy Willis in 1827 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Nancy was born on 20 Mar 1809 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 10 May 1875 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hulda Varner was born in in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died in in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
2. David Varner
3. Lewis Varner
4. William Riley Varner
5. James Madison Varner was born on 9 Jan 1838 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 9 Jan 1884 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
6. Catherine Varner was born on 28 Aug 1840 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 10 Jan 1926 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
7. Thomas Marion Varner was born in in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
8. Robert Alton Varner was born in in Tennessee; died on 20 Jul 1862.
9. Terrell Varner was born in in Tennessee; died on 5 Jul 1864 in Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia.
10. Sarah Varner died in in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
11. Harriet Varner

James married Mary Jane Kelly on 31 Aug 1875 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of James Jefferson Kelly and Betsy Fout) was born in 1833; died in 1906; was buried in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Wesley Varner was born on 5 Jun 1876 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 17 Mar 1948 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 20 Mar 1948 in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
2. Joseph Anderson Varner

James married Jane Austin Sutton. Jane was born in 1791 in Union County, South Carolina; died in 1871 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Varner-Lovelady Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]