Born about in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of William R Barksdale
and Mary E. Terry
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Chesley A. Yates
— married
3 Feb 1886 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Wife of
George Lee Ford
— married
10 Dec 1903 in Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Loy Sanford Yates, Dallas Herman Yates, John Robert Yates, Geneva Yates, Roger Prior Yates, Randolph J. Yates, Vernon Barksdale Ford and George Ralph Ford
Died
at about age 48
in Banister, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jan 2016
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Biography
Mary was born about 1872.
Sources
Year: 1880; Census Place: Bannister, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: 1384; Family History Film: 1255384; Page: 16C; Enumeration District: 162
Year: 1900; Census Place: Banister, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: 1722; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0069; FHL microfilm: 1241722
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMND-PRX : accessed 11 January 2016), John R Yates in household of Mary A Yates, Banister District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing sheet 8B, family 125, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,722.
husband's marker mentions marriage to Mary Lee Yates, who was previously married to Chesley Yates, and her death: "died in the fall of 1920" https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180602726/george-lee-ford https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180602726/george-lee-ford
profile created for Mary Lee Barksdale Yates Ford on Find-A-Grave:
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 December 2020), memorial page for Mary Lee Barksdale Ford (1872–5 Sep 1920), Find a Grave Memorial no. 219625050, citing Ford Family Cemetery, Java, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Katherine Benbow (contributor 50516299) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~25.00%
50.00%
Betty (Yates) Dick 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T617769 [compare]
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Katherine (Dick) Benbow :
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