Born in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel L. Crawford
and Abigail B. (Williams) Todd
Wife of
James Jefferson Houser
— married
1 Oct 1872 (to 3 Feb 1914) in Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Eliza Ella (Houser) Polk, Richard Franklin Houser, James Edward Houser, William Matthew Houser, Eba Tennie (Houser) Collins, John Baxter Houser, Audie Jesse Houser, George W. Houser, Ada Houser, Lonnie Brook Houser and Andrew Houser
Died
at about age 76
in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County, Tennessee
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Biography
When Mary C "Polly" (Crawford) Houser was born in July 1850[1] in Lawrence, Tennessee, her father, Samuel, was 27, and her mother, Abigail, was 28. She married James Jefferson "Jim" Houser on October 1, 1872[2], in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. They had 13 children in 21 years. She died on July 10, 1926, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, at the age of 76, and was buried in Houser Cemetery.[3].
Sources
See also:
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7G-MLY : accessed 14 July 2015), Mary Houser in household of James J Houser, District 6, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district 108, sheet 250D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1266; FHL microfilm 1,255,266.
alternative birth year 1848[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6323127:8054?ssrc=pt&tid=58639199&pid=48045330675 The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 7, Lawrence, Tennessee; Roll: 886; Page: 358b
- ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNDS-D2L : 4 December 2014), James Howser and Polley Crawford, 01 Oct 1872; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. , Lawrence, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
- ↑ Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/98544:2546?ssrc=pt&tid=58639199&pid=48045330675 Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- ↑ Tennessee, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/98544:2546?ssrc=pt&tid=58639199&pid=48045330675
also include sourcing from the below items....
- 1920 United States Federal Census
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly 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 Polly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly 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 Polly:
-
~12.50%
50.00%
William Gunn 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch T955414 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T955414 [compare], Ancestry member Bill_Gunn
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Lynne Hallock :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Lynne92392
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~12.50%
Beth Schmillen :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Kristin Bentley :
23andMe, GEDmatch Qs8620068 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Lori (Mosher) Gordon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A930181 [compare], Ancestry member morigue
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~0.78%
Ken Parman :
23andMe, GEDmatch EM2489155 [compare], yourDNAportal KEN190391fb
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TE9236760 [compare], Ancestry member kenacepi
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch WR4868004 [compare], FTDNA kit #B38842
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch BX709925C1 [compare]
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch QZ3557916 [compare]
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Living DNA, GEDmatch MH8100244 [compare]
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~0.78%
Russ Parman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A568833 [compare], Ancestry member parmruss
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T867623 [compare], FTDNA kit #B260627
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~0.78%
Bob Parman :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T097078 [compare], FTDNA kit #B260631
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Rejected matches › Mary Crawford (1853-) › Polly Ann Crawford (1856-) › Mary C. Houser (1850-) › Mary Crawford (1848-)
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