James
Hillary
Harrell
Born in Jonesville, Lee, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Salina Jane (Harrell) Cook, Nancy Elizabeth (Harrell) Whitton and Lovey Malisse (Harrell) Bumgardner
Husband of
Violet Ann (Larimer) Harrell
— married
1866 in Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
James Layfette Herrell
Died
at age 86
in Winnsboro, Wood, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Oct 2017
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Biography
James Hillary Harrell was born in 1847. He was the son of John James Harrell and Lovill Caroline (Fletcher) Harrell.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army in May 1861. (He had to lie about his age to enlist.) He served as a private in Company B, 50th Virginia Regiment. He was captured in Claiborne County, Tennessee, on March 27, 1865, and was sent to Louisville, Kentucky, on May 14,1865. He was released in June 1865 at the end of the Civil War.
He married Violet Ann Larmer DeBusk on October 10, 1866 in Jonesville, Lee, Virginia, United States. In about 1870 they moved to Texas. Together, they had ten children: Lafayette Harrell, William Marin Harrell, Martha Virginia (Harrell) Ellar, James Hillary Harrell Junior, John B. Harrell, Charles Jasper Harrell, Harriet Etta Harrell, Lovey Lou Iza Harrell, Anna Lena Harrell, and Calvin Erwin Harrell.He passed away in 1933.[1]
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DNA Connections
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:
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:
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~12.50%
Charles Herrell
:
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~6.25%
Donnie Smith :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #364869
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~1.56%
Sharon (Hoffman) Nigbor :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member snigbor
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~1.56%
Frankie Gilbert :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Barb (Borchers) Minor :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jessi (King) King-Markham :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ducki668
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~0.78%
Monty Montgomery :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T566654 [compare], FTDNA kit #122627
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~0.78%
~12.50%
G Bruce :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch BV4392668 [compare]
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