Elijah
James
Born in Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Elisha K. James
and Unknown (Cartwright) James
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Martha Jane Ann (Goodwin) James
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John William James, Caroline Virginia (James) Turner, Sarah Jane James, Thomas Jefferson James, Mary Elizabeth (James) Hodge, Belva D. James, Overton Peatross James, William Elijah James, George Washington James, Archibald Buchanan James and Amos Peter James
Died
at age 46
in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Sep 2019
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Biography
Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Plot 49 0 445, after dying of disease while in Union Army, as Lt.
Sources
Photos of gravestone Arkansas Union enlistment rosters [2]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah 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 Elijah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah 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 Elijah:
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~3.12%
Holly (Shreve) Curtis
:
23andMe, GEDmatch WU5615757 [compare]
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~3.12%
Brian Hubbard :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member BKHUBBARDBEDBATH
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Rejected matches › Elijah M. Jones (1816-)
Elijah is 15 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 26 degrees from Carl Sagan, 21 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 28 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 25 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 20 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 26 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 16 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 18 degrees from Isaac Newton, 26 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 23 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 17 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
There is more info to be added, and DNA can be posted here as well. We KNOW this grandparent for SURE, so we need to document it to find more relatives and perhaps get through the brick walls!! Thanks, Cathy