Born about in Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Phillip Andrew Brandon
— married
16 Nov 1828 in Rhea, Tennessee
Descendants 
Mother of
Susan A. (Brandon) Tillman, Sarah Ann (Brandon) Robinson, Hugh Lawson Brandon, Mary Elizabeth (Brandon) Johnson, Hiram B. Brandon, William L. Brandon, Jasper N. Brandon, Nancy Jane (Brandon) Deeds, Adam Carter Brandon and Emelina Brandon
Died
at about age 42
in DeKalb, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Aug 2013
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Biography
Elizabeth {Childress) Brandon's parents haven't been identified but they are not Joel and Elizabeth (Whitsett) Childress. Joel's daughter named Elizabeth died in 1814 at the age of 1; as documented in Joel Childress' family bible. [1]
Elizabeth was born about 1809. Elizabeth Childress married Phillip Andrew Brandon on November 16, 1828 in Rhea County Tennessee. Elizabeth and Phillip had 9 children, at least 8 of them were born in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 1850, she was claimed by consumption in Dekalb County Alabama, when her youngest child was about 2 years old.
Her husband and most and her children moved to Johnson County Arkansas by 1860.
Sources
- Ancestry.com, U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999), Ancestry.com.
- Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008), Ancestry.com.
- "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YH-PZC : 21 December 2016), Phillip Brandon and Elizabeth Childress, 16 Dec 1828; citing , Rhea, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 589,468.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Holly (Antley) Walton
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H4a1a1, FTDNA kit #N139423
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~3.12%
Darrel Campbell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dcampbell99991
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~1.56%
Peggy McReynolds :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Holly (Antley) Walton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T641226 [compare], FTDNA kit #N139423
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~1.56%
Jon McReynolds :
Autosomal DNA Test
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