The father of CAPTAIN JAMES O'KANE was JOHN O'KANE, a Dissenting Clergyman. (I have found nothing on JOHN, except there was a JOHN O"KANE named as a signed on the deed mentioned on Page 2 in Rockingham, Virginia.)
JAMES O"KANE entered ANNAPOLIS as a Cadet on 30-September-1858. (I have been unable to find a copy of his application).
Married NELLIE FERBGUSON CORNING, the daughter of GEORGE CORNING, a merchant on 12-June-1878 in the Parish Church of Pancras in Middlesex, England. He as 40 years old at this time, which makes him born in 1838.
NELLIE was 23, making her born in 1855, she was graduated from Vassar in 1875.
Captain O'KANE was retired on 30-Sep-1896. Died in the Vetern Hospital at Fergerson, Missouri on January 5, 1897. He was buried on 10-January, 1897 in Auburn New York.
NELLIE O'KANE never remarried and died 14-July-1924 in Auburn, N.Y. They had 1 child, a daughter NELLIE ROSAMOND, born 2-Feb-1888.