@Sandra Thank you for the background links.
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I didn't find Elizabeth in the Butte City Directory, but there is a listing for a Richard James, confectioner in 1906. Did her husband go to Butte also? I assume so, since her obit said she was survived by her husband and 8 children. Here is the listing. If it is him, then he left Butte by the time the information for the 1907 Directory was gathered.
1906 Butte City Directory
James,
Richard, timberman Pennsylvania Mine, b 1011 Fausett
Richard, confectioner 134 W Park, rms same
no Elizabeth
This man is also listed in the business section under Confectioners-Retail (See also Bakers, also Cigars-Retail; also Fruits-Retail). He is not listed under any of those other headings.
1907
James,
Richard, timberman, Penn Mine, b 1011 Fausett
Richard, removed to Renton, Washington
Those were the only two Richard James for those years, so evidently the confectioner left, since the timberman remained.
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and by the way, there is a small family photo on a tree with Elizabeth at familysearch. Maybe whoever posted it can send you a bigger version. the link, in case you don't have it.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M44C-678 ----------
Except for ruling out the man who died, it's hard to tell if any of these is your Elizabeth's husband in the earlier directories:
1904 Butte City Directory
James,
Richard, clerk at Booth, r 600 W Silver
Richard P, laborer at Colorado Concentrator, r Main Sput Pk add
Richard, died Jan 19, 1903, age 63
no Elizabeth
1905
James,
Richard P, laborer, r Williamsburg
Richard, clerk, rms Washington block
Richard, life insurance agent, rms 75 W Park
no Elizabeth
