Braxton
J.
(B.j.)
"Bass"
Gilkerson
Born in Wayne, Wayne, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Laura F. (Gilkerson) Ferguson, Hansford Thomas Gilkerson, Nancy Elizabeth (Gilkerson) Wallace, James Marion Maynard [half], Victoria (Maynard) Ramey [half], Roscoe Maynard [half] and Perlina (Maynard) Miller [half]
Husband of
Sallie (Lowe) Napier
— married
1944 in West Virginia, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 90
in Wayne, Wayne, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jun 2020
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Biography
Burial East Lynn Wayne WV
Sources
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137550924
- Citation
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZN-N91 : accessed 6 February 2021), Brakston J Gilkison in household of Farabel Gilkison, Grant district, Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 113, sheet 11A, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,775.
- Citation
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8Q4-CG9 : 20 January 2021), Braxton J Gilkison, 1917-1918.
- Citation
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K78S-RSG : 8 January 2021), Braxton Gilkerson, Stonewall Magisterial District, Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50-18, sheet 5B, line 58, family 76, 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 4450.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with B.j. by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 B.j.:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with B.j. by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 B.j.:
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~3.12%
Patricia Dingess
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A682225 [compare], Ancestry member Pattyb2017
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~1.56%
Greg Napier :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A936918 [compare], Ancestry member gnap64
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T806889 [compare], FTDNA kit #2956
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~0.78%
Ruth Finley :
23andMe, GEDmatch CK5161715 [compare], yourDNAportal MEGd8660739
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Joe Michael Branstetter :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Joe_Branstetter
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Dave Tenney :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal DAVfbb35a6e, Ancestry member tenney_dave
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