James was born in 1919. He is the son of James Yates and Elizabeth Jenkins. According to the 1920 US Census, he was born in Tennessee, so presumably his mother returned there not long after her husband died.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNGC-XZY : accessed 3 June 2018), James M Yates in household of Elizabeth Yates, Civil District 2, McMinn, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 52, sheet 11A, line 44, family 240, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1753; FHL microfilm 1,821,753.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPHM-F4Z : accessed 3 June 2018), James M Yates in household of Dave A Canupp, District 05, McMinn, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 2A, line 10, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2262; FHL microfilm 2,341,996.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4Z3-1C5 : accessed 3 June 2018), James Yates, Civil District 5, McMinn, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-22, sheet 5B, line 45, family 83, 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 3915.
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
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