Jane Brooks was born 24 January 1821 in Tazewell County, Virginia, the daughter of James Brooks and Jane Marrs.
Often confused as two separate persons ("Jane" and "Jennie").
Jane Brooks married Daniel Shrader (1831-1887) on 8 January 1850 in Jeffersonville (now Tazewell), Tazewell County, Virginia.[1]
Name: Jane Brooks
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: Daniel Shrader
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 8 Jan 1850
County: Tazewell
State: Virginia
They had nine sons: Leftrich Scott (1851-1895); James Britton (1852-1929); Albert Daniel (1854-1951); Pierce (1854-1890); Samuel Crockett (1855-1936); Andrew Jackson (1857-1980); John Fulton (1859-1944); George Frazier [“Uncle Bud” or “Uncle George”] (1864-1934); Achilles Duncan (1875-?).
On the 25 June 1860 Tazewell, Virginia Census, Jane and seven of her sons on listed.[2]
Name: Jane Shrader
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1820
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Eastern District, Tazewell, Virginia
Larry E. Smith, “McDowell and Wyoming County, West Virginia Families and Individuals,” at URL http://www.coalexchange.com/ smith/, accessed 17 Oct 2016.
John Newton Harman, Sr., Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia from 1800 to 1922 (2 vols.; Richmond, VA: W. C. Hill Printing Co., 1922 and 1925).
1850 Western District, Tazewell County, Virginia U. S. Federal Census, Roll: M432_979; Page: 247A, Image: 72; Family No.: 436. Listed as Jane Swader, age 30, living in the household of her father-in law, Jas. Swader, with her husband, Daniel K. Swader.
1 July 1870 Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Virginia U. S. Federal Census; Roll: M593_1680; Page: 368A; Image: 28434; FHL Film No.: 1553179; Family No.: 203; Listed as Jane Shrader, age 49, living in the household of her husband, Daniel R. Shrader
1880 Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Virginia U. S. Federal Census; Roll: 1393; Page: 242C; Enumeration District: 088; FHL Film No.: 1255393. Listed as Jane Shrader, age 59, living in the household of her husband, Daniel K. Shrader.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane 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 Jane: