James was born about 1920. He was the son of James Butcher and Bathenia Ward.
James was a second cousin once removed of Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle through the Butcher and Wells families.
He was a third cousin of Maybelle Carter and third cousin once removed of Helen Carter, Anita Carter and June Carter Cash. He was a third cousin twice removed of Carlene Carter, Rosey Nix Adams and John Carter Cash.
James was also a third great-grandnephew of Jenny Wiley.
"Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHG-73CT : 11 February 2018), James Butcher, 07 Apr 1920; citing Birth, Johnson, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7TV-STG : 14 March 2018), James Butcher, Magisterial District 6, Johnson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58-4, sheet 16A, line 17, family 256, 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 1322.
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