"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCY-S8N : 11 August 2016), James E Tapp in household of John C Tapp, Fishers Springs, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 196, sheet 397D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0420; FHL microfilm 1,254,420.
"Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSDZ-NFX : 20 October 2016), Minnie Bell in entry for James Edward Tapp, 1944; citing Providence, Webster, Kentucky, United States, Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,561.