A History of Hickman County, Tennessee
by :W. Jerome D. Spence, David L. Spence
Southern Historical Press, 1900 - Hickman County (Tenn.) - 509 pages
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Page 68: We now come to a class upon whose virtues we love to dwell--the teachers of the old-time schools--good men and true, who were heroes no less than those that assisted "Old Hickory" in rebuking the haughty Briton at New Orleans. ....JAMES D EASLEY taught in Centerville, on Swan Creek, in Gray's Bennd and on Indian Creek.
(James is Edward's father) .
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Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 31 January 2023), memorial page for James Daniel Easley (7 May 1804–1873), Find A Grave: Memorial #102282034, citing Centerville Cemetery, Centerville, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA; maintained by Gary Waddey (contributor 47688953), headstone, family history page and genealogy page photos.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDK-S6S : 23 December 2020), James D Easley, Hickman, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Easley-568 was created by Sue Smith through the import of Easley Family Tree _Sue to Stephen_2014-04-28_01.ged on Apr 28, 2014.
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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 test-takers in his direct paternal line.
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