"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR73-P5H : 5 December 2014), James R. Ellis and Mary E. West, 05 Mar 1857; citing Augusta, Virginia, reference No. 566; FHL microfilm 30,416.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM2-4MX : 14 August 2017), James R Ellis, Barr, Daviess, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 136, sheet 438D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0271; FHL microfilm 1,254,271.
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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 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: