"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85R-PQC : 12 April 2016), James Garrison in household of David Garrison, Hamilton county, part of, Hamilton, Illinois, United States; citing family 1029, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W5-DTM : accessed 10 June 2016), James Garrison, Illinois, United States; citing p. 33, family 232, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,787.
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Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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