Darius' wife or Darius's wife?

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Which from is correct and why? "... is Darius' wife" or "... is Darius's wife"? I know that one of these forms indicates the possesion of something, but I don't know which one and what the other is supposed to mean.

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When something is owned, place the Apostrophe after the last  of the owner. For example    Darius' wife. Who owns the wife? Darius.

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Its the first way, as you can say Paul's, but not Jess's. If the name ends in S its just an apostrophe. 

So it would be Darius's wife, as its his possession, but his name ends in an S.

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It would be Darius' because it ends with 'S'. Otherwise it would sound like 'Dariuses'

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Both forms are acceptable, what about St. James's (church), Spanish Place, in London?

Darius' wife or Darius's wife?

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