From a history written by his son, James Burtrum Harvey (found on familysearch.org):
James Douglas Harvey is the sixth child born to James Harvey and Agnes Burns, immigrants from Scotland. After crossing the plains to Utah they had settled in Sanpete County in central Utah. James married Sarah Elizabeth in the Manti Temple August 1, 1888. The next day he married Sarah's friend, Nancy Anderson. Because of persecution of plural families, James took his wives to Mexico where they settled in Colonia Diaz in 1891. The family lived at Diaz, Sarah and her children in town and Nancy and her children on a farm five miles southwest of Diaz. They farmed, they gardened, they raised farm animals. James had a peddling wagon. He took produce from the garden, also eggs, butter, and cheese, and produce grown by other people and delivered it to the San Pedro miners.
James was a quiet and calm man but he did demand obedience from his children. He counseled them in social and behavior skills and taught them gospel principles. He was active in his priesthood calling and ward teaching. He had a good tenor voice and sang in the ward choir. He was a religious man and never worked on a Sunday except to take his water turn.
In 1911 a revolution began in Mexico. The rebels began raiding and scaring the people in northern Mexico. James had a Mexican neighbor out on the farm. He had worked beside him and given his family food on many occasions. The neighbor and his brother robbed a store in Diaz in May 1912. They were discovered and someone shot and killed the brother. James' neighbor swore he would kill ten white men as revenge. A day or two later James went to his neighbor's home to alert him that his horses were in James' hayfield. James had no knowledge of the robbery incident. His neighbor pointed a pistol at him and James ran to escape. He was shot twice in the chest and a third time in the head. The Mexican officials came and took the body and James' sons to Ascension. An inquest was held and it was several days before the boys and James' body were released to go back to Diaz. The Mexican neighbor was never charged with the murder. On May 13, 1912 James was buried in the Diaz Cemetery.