Leona was born about 1898. She was the daughter of Frank Calkins and Irena Blye. She passed away in 1903.
Sources
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9K5-9LD : accessed 25 August 2017), Leona Calkins in household of Frank T Calkins, Grant Township, Hardin, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 148, sheet 2B, family 30, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,435.
"Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVHX-QMQ : 12 December 2014), Leona Calkins, 14 Oct 1902; citing Zearing, reference P 40; FHL microfilm 1,403,710.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leona by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Leona: