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James Harvey Sykes 1861–1938 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 April 1861

Birth Location: Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 24 February 1938

Death Location: Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA

Father: James Sykes

Mother: MARY BARTLEY

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James Harvey Sykes was born in 1861 in Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA, the child of James W Sykes And Mary Polly Bartley. James Harvey Sykes passed away in 1938 in Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • James Harvey Sykes was born in 1861 in Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA, the child of James W Sykes And Mary Polly Bartley.
  • James Harvey Sykes passed away in 1938 in Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA.

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James Sykes's Ancestors

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James Sykes
1861–1938
Birth Place: Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
James W Sykes
1817–1880
Virginia, Virginia, USA
MARY (POLLY) BARTLEY
1823–1885
Russell, Virginia
Grandparents
John (Sykes) Jr.
1784–1865
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
Lydia (Jane) Hargis
1796–1845
North Carolina, United States
Tabitha Boab
1793–1858
Orange, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Sykes
1750–1851
Lucy Booth
1754–1838
John V
1762–1824
William Bartley
1775–1840
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Sykes
1725–1800
Alice Wren
1725–1808
Robert Booth
1715–1777
Sarah Bailey
1719–1771
William Bartley
1750–1816
Sarah Underwood
1758–1843

James Sykes's Timeline

2 Records

1861
24 April 1861
Birth of James Harvey Sykes in Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
1938
24 February 1938
Age 77
Death of James Harvey Sykes in Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 April 1861
    Event Place: Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 February 1938
    Event Place: Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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