When James Alexander Woodville was born on April 17, 1851, in York, Ohio, his father, John Gilchrist Giffen John, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Mary Scott, was 22. He married Lucinda Jane Mobley and they had eight children together. He died on May 21, 1924, in Marietta, Ohio, at the age of 73, and was buried in Reno, Ohio.
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M3FS-N49 : 8 March 2021), Entry for James Alexander Giffen, 21 May 1924; citing Marietta, Washington, Ohio, reference fn 31557; FHL microfilm 1,992,498.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M4P9-Y4Q : 14 January 2022), Household of James A. Giffen, Liberty Township, Washington, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,075.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:1B59-SCZ : accessed 24 July 2022), Household of James A Giffen, Liberty Township, Washington, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 115, sheet 4B, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,330.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9XH5-H8W : accessed 24 July 2022), Household of James A Giffen, Liberty, Washington, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 12B, family 268, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1237; FHL microfilm 1,375,250.
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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.
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