James Byrd was born in 1815 in North Carolina. He is the son of Samuel J. Bird and Christina Ader. He married Nancy Davis on December 14, 1843. They had four known children during their marriage. He died on January 9, 1899, in Missouri having lived a long life of 84 years.
Sources
Ancestry.com
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K624-PH3 : 10 December 2017), James Bird and Nancy Davis, 14 Dec 1843; citing Putnam, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005014422.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66Y-2QK : 14 August 2017), Jas Byrd, Washington, Dallas, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 24, sheet 308A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,684.
St. Louis City Death Records, 1850-1902; Author: St. Louis Genealogical Society, comp.; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Publisher Date: 2001; Publisher Location: Provo, UT, USA
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DNA Connections
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.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James: