James was born about 1938 in New York. He was the son of Claude Matherly and Mae E. (Sproles) Matherly.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7CY-9FC : 12 December 2019), James Matterley in household of Claude Matterley, Adkin Magisterial District, McDowell, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-6, sheet 18B, line 55, family 308, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4421.
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