James was born in 1915 in Alabama, United States, to James Robert McBrayer and Frances "Fannie" (Thomas) McBrayer. He married a Helen Joyce Goodson. James passed away in 1987 in Leon County, Florida, United States. When he passed away, he was interred in the Devotion garden at Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, Florida, United States. He shares a grave marker with his wife.
Sources
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXD1-DPN : accessed 2 December 2015), James Mcbrayer in household of J R Mcbrayer, Blockers, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,045.
"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3GSH-WW2 : accessed 2 December 2015), James B Mc Brayer in entry for James R Mc Brayer, 1930.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V156-PHB : accessed 2 December 2015), James Mcbrayer in household of James R Mcbrayer, Election Precinct 16, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 63-37A, sheet 13B, family 246, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 85.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3ZC-BMN : accessed 2 December 2015), James Mcbrayer, Jul 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVFX-T58 : accessed 2 December 2015), James Boyd Mcbrayer, 05 Jul 1987; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 71961, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from grave marker at the Garden of Devotion in Tallahassee Memory Gardens (cemetery), Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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