"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4LZ-GLD : accessed 4 March 2015), James B Penny in household of Samuel G Penny, Itawamba county, part of, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States; citing family 946, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFSG-Y62 : accessed 18 February 2015), James Penny in household of Charlotte Penny, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 2, family 16, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,245.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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