Alexander was born in 1824. He passed away in 1895. Son of Alexander James and Elizabeth Brookshire.
Buried in Sharum Cemetery, Randolph Co, Arkansas.
Sources
"United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLXQ-2RNW : 13 March 2018), A Wade Or Alexander Wade James, 1846-1848.
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM13-72Z : 9 March 2021), Alexander W James, 23 Sep 1847; citing Marriage, Phillips, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,018,975.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M678-YF5 : 4 April 2020), * W James, Saint Francis, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing family 10, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWL-XFD : 26 August 2017), A W James, Wiley, Randolph, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 254, sheet 58B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,055.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30834567/alexander-wade-james : accessed 19 September 2021), memorial page for Alexander Wade James (10 Oct 1824–12 Aug 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30834567, citing Sharum Cemetery, Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Tim James (contributor 46942879)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander 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 Alexander: