"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-3NL7 : 17 May 2018), James M Shackelford and Marianna Ross, 11 Nov 1850; citing Marriage, Union, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 562,200.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHSK-TSS : 19 August 2017), James Shackelford, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 76, sheet 258C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,317.
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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: