James, J. S. (Joseph Summerlin), 1849-1931 (Personal Name)

White, B.F. Original sacred harp, c1929: t.p. (J.S. James)

LCCN 68-4053 (hdg.: James, Joseph Summerlin, 1849- ; usage: J.S. James)

Original sacred harp, 2015: t.p. (Joseph Stephen James) p. v (Joseph Stephen James (1849-1931), hereafter J.S. James)

Steel, D. The makers of The sacred harp, 2010: p. 10 (Joseph Stephen James issues separate revisions of The sacred harp between 1902 and 1911) p. 126 (James's middle name is given as Summerlin in some sources, including a publisher's directory from 1908, but family sources agree on Stephen) p. 174 (20 March 1849: Joseph Stephen James)

Wikipedia, accessed Jan. 11, 2016 (Joseph Stephen James, of Douglasville, Georgia; lawyer, community leader, shape note singer, composer, and a reviser of the tunebook known as The sacred harp; born March 20, 1849 in Campbell County (now Douglas County)

Baker, 8th ed.; Intl' cycl. of music and musicians; Bio-bibl. index of musicians in the U.S. of Am. since colonial times