"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4J-8NT : 4 April 2020), James Orr in household of Elizabeth Orr, Washington, Van Buren, Iowa, United States; citing family 130, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 October 2020), memorial page for James Henry Orr (8 Aug 1836–5 Jun 1919), Find a Grave Memorial no. 70313164, citing White Cemetery, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Faye Tennyson (contributor 47332732) .
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCWQ-YM6 : 4 November 2017), James Orr and Jane Freshwater, 15 Oct 1863, Van Buren County, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 967,641.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James 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.
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