James was born in 1815. He was the son of Joshua Edwards and Sallie Grasty. He passed away in 1980.
"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQC-K5W : 8 December 2014), Boone Edwards, 27 Jan 1915; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. Ct#Db2, p. 2 271, Haywood, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9P-1NPH : 28 November 2018), James B Edwards and Charlotte Jenkins, 3 Feb 1934; citing Bryson City, Swain, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKF-YMBS : 30 May 2020), James Boone Edwards, 1980; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJ1-FYH : accessed 16 July 2020), Boon Edwards in household of Pink Edwards, Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 82, sheet 19A, line 1, family 401, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1304; FHL microfilm 1,821,304.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33N-YNP : accessed 16 July 2020), J B Edward in household of Pink Edward, Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 12A, line 15, family 264, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1698; FHL microfilm 2,341,432.
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