James
(Big Jim)
"Biggie"
Parsons
Born in Romney, Hampshire, West Virginia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Mary Gregg (Parsons) Stump, Elizabeth (Parsons) Shobe, Rebecca (Parsons) Fairfax, David C Parsons, Parthenia B (Parsons) Pancake, Catherine C Parsons, Susan Foreman (Parsons) Brady, Sarah Ann (Parsons) Blue, Isaac Parsons Sr., Louise T (Parsons) Jacobs and Baldwin Parsons
Husband of
Elizabeth Millar
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
James Parsons III
Died
at age 60
in Romney, Hampshire, West Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jan 2018
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Biography
James was born in 1798. He passed away in 1858. James Parsons, oldest son of James and Elizabeth (Miller) Parsons, spent his childhood on his father's plantation. He graduated from Georgetown College as the valedictorian of his class. Jame was a civil engineer and worked on bringing the railroad to West Virginia. On November 15, 1858, he married Sarah Caroline Peddicord and they had six children.
He was generous in all things, a true citizen, a loyal and trust- worthy friend, and these traits endeared him to his friends. He passed away in Davis, West Virginia.
Sources
- Parsons Family History and Record by Virginia Parsons Maccabe pg 260
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Big Jim 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 Big Jim:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Big Jim 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 Big Jim:
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~1.56%
Horkan Smith
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SF1291954 [compare], Ancestry member HorkanSmith
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Albert Denison :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member denisonancestry
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~0.78%
Mary (Clarkson) Buchholz :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T153691 [compare], Ancestry member MaryinSD
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