Born in District 4 (Dublin), Somerset County, Maryland, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Albert Culver
and Lydia Adeline (Miller) Culver
Sister of
Albert March Culver and Doratha H. (Culver) Brittingham
Wife of
Samuel Isaac Dryden
— married
8 Dec 1897 (to 30 Jul 1926) in Perryhawkin Church, Somerset, Maryland, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 86
in Leland Memorial Hospital, Riverdale Park, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Nova was born Zenobia Hill Culver on Jan. 16, 1879, near Perryhawkin, Maryland, to Geo. Albert Culver and Lydia Adeline Miller.
She was married to Samuel Isaac Dryden, son of Isaac Francis Dryden and Elizabeth Jane Powell on Dec. 8, 1897, at Perryhawkin. In the next 17 years, they would have five known children, two of whom died young.
She survived her husband for some time, dying at the age of 86 on Aug. 7, 1965, at Riverdale.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBJ-9KCS?cc=1417683&wc=QZ24-MFJ%3A1589405538%2C1589405543%2C1589397312%2C1589394882 : 24 December 2015), Maryland > Somerset > Dublin > ED 69 > image 1 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTPZ-S7?cc=1325221&wc=9B7L-2JL%3A1030551101%2C1032004501%2C1033543501 : 5 August 2014), Maryland > Somerset > ED 74 Election District 4, Dublin > image 27 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJD-HKY?cc=1727033&wc=QZZQ-BQD%3A133640601%2C135058901%2C136043001%2C1589089027 : 24 June 2017), Maryland > Baltimore (Independent City) > Baltimore Ward 8 > ED 105 > image 27 of 46; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRNP-7Z5?cc=1488411&wc=QZJY-4RW%3A1036470201%2C1037025301%2C1037054501%2C1589332487 : 14 December 2015), Maryland > Baltimore (Independent City) > Baltimore Ward 9 > ED 131 > image 30 of 54; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zenobia 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 Zenobia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zenobia 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 Zenobia:
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~1.56%
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