James was born about 1788. He died in 1878.

The Artrips (name is pronounced "Artup") who settled in Artrip and Finney were from Norway and were an Old Amish Order. They did not want the outside world intruding on them. I remember it being very strange. They were farmers. I remember lots of sheep always being in the road and having to get out of the car and shoo them away and going with some of the children in the evening to do the milking of the cattle.

Things changed, of course, and people left. My Aunt Madge just died this past April of breast cancer, of course. She had three sons of her own by Sim. There is a Sim, Jr., John, and Floyd. By the way, I live in Lee County, Virginia. I can't believe I actually found this on the computer. This is really interesting. I don't know where you fit into the family, but I hope the breast cancer gene doesn't affect you.
Teresa A. Artrip-Walsh 3/23/01

Sources

1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lebanon, Russell, Virginia; Page: 133; NARA Roll: M33_141; Image: 146
"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5N-L8M : 20 February 2021), James Artrip, Russell, Virginia, United States; citing 137, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 199; FHL microfilm 29,678.
Year: 1840; Census Place: Russell, Virginia; Roll: 577; Page: 18; Image: 40; Family History Library Film: 0029692
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DP-KKP : 23 December 2020), James Artrip, Russell, Russell, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Year: 1860; Census Place: Russell, Virginia; Roll: M653_1376; Page: 32; Image: 38; Family History Library Film: 805376
"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4L-32D : 29 January 2020), Jas Artrip in entry for Jasper Artrip, 1867.
"Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:86DS-W62M : 21 January 2022), James in entry for Jasper Artrip, 27 Mar 1867; citing Marriage Registration, Russell, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.
"Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7M-DML : 29 January 2020), James Artrip in entry for Harvey Artrip, 1882.
"Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7M-FGF : 29 January 2020), Jas. Artrip in entry for Jasper Artrip, 1886.
"Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z19-WJLN : 28 October 2021), Jas Artrip in entry for Jasper Artrip, 1886.
"Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7M-LRY : 29 January 2020), Jas. Artrip in entry for Sallie Smith, 1889.
www.genforum.genealogy.com/artrip/messages/88.html
Extensive genealogy collection on the Artrips at the Russell County Library.