I corrected his last name to Cover based on information found in Early Shanafelt Family, p. 60
A merged profile indicated an alternate birthplace of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and an alternate place of death of Madison, Ohio. Fiscus-32 17:14, 23 January 2015 (EST)
Sources
Works cited:
Powell, Laura Shanafelt. Early Shanafelt Family; 2008-05. Collection: FH29 (Filename TN-707675.pdf). Published by Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a FamilySearch, 619 pages. 929.273 Sh18p v. 1. Owning Institution Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org/. Available online at: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE60003 (be warned that this document loads very slowly and is a bit tedious to navigate)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adam by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Adam:
Kover-2 and Cover-184 appear to represent the same person because: I would keep the Cover surname; it's documented in Early Shanafelt Family ... see sources section.