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Howard Smith James 1925–2000 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 August 1925

Birth Location: Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America

Death Date: 17 April 2000

Death Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: Willard James

Mother: Nellie Story

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Howard Smith James was born in 1925 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America, the child of Willard D James And Nellie Bell Story. Howard Smith James passed away in 2000 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Howard Smith James was born in 1925 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America, the child of Willard D James And Nellie Bell Story.
  • Howard Smith James passed away in 2000 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Howard James's Ancestors

Self
Howard James
1925–2000
Birth Place: Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America
Parents
Willard D. James
1891–1975
Laurel Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, USA
Nellie (Bell) Story
1894–1962
Avery County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Joseph (Manuel) James
1861–1940
Sugar Grove, Laurel Creek twp., Watauga, North Carolina, USA
Sarah (Ellen) Henson\Harmon
1863–1951
Laurel Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
James (Madison) Storie
1858–1945
Beaver Dam, Watauga County, NC
Mary (Caroline) McGuire
1866–1939
Watauga, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Eli James
1842–1862
Nancy Hicks
1850–1866
John Henson
1819–1905
Sarah Yelton
1828–1869
Isaac Storie
1823–1913
Rebecca Storie
1829–1888
George Sr
1824–1901
Sarah McGuire
1828–1908
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jacob James
1825–1851
Elizabeth Long
1824–1900
Sarah Presnell
1832–1866
Charles Henson
1780–1830
Elizabeth McAlistor
1786–1886
Barnett Yelton
1811–1844
Mary Ford
1805–1880
Joshua Storie
1793–1869
Dicey Greene
1797–1884
Eli Brown
1802–1885
Susannah Sands
1800–1889
Fannie Church
1796–1880

Howard James's Timeline

2 Records

1925
9 August 1925
Birth of Howard Smith James in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America
Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America
2000
17 April 2000
Age 75
Death of Howard Smith James in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 August 1925
    Event Place: Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 April 2000
    Event Place: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America

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