James was born in 1927. He was the son of Glen Gift. He passed away in 2014.
Sources
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3MN-1GB : accessed 26 February 2021), James Gift in household of Glen Gift, Lancaster, Stephenson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 7B, line 100, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 560; FHL microfilm 2,340,295.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWZ5-H9Z : 8 January 2021), James Gift in household of Glen Gift, Loran Township, Stephenson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-34, sheet 7B, line 59, family 154, 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 893.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 February 2021), memorial page for James Wesley Gift (9 May 1927–4 May 2014), Find a Grave Memorial no. 129271501, citing Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Kathy (contributor 47737776) .
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