Born in Mill Creek, Wayne, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Dewees
and Edith (Battin) Deweese
Sister of
Rachel Charlotte (Dewees) Casto, Joshua Woodard Dewees, Male Dewees, Elizabeth (Dewees) Slaughter, Isaac Updegrove Dewees, Edith (Dewees) Hershman, Susanna (Dewees) Casto, Alfred C. S. Dewees, Benjamin Casto Dewees, John Wesley A. Dewees, Robert Henderson Dewees, Henry Spencer Harris Dewees and Selinda Dewees
Wife of
David Wesley Sayre Jr.
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Moses M. Parsons
— married
25 Feb 1840 in Jackson Co. WV
Descendants 
Mother of
Jeremiah David Sayre, Ruth A. (Parsons) Dewees, James Knox Parsons, Moses M. Parsons, Henry Jackson Parsons, William H. Parsons, Eli Lafayette Parsons and Eleanor (Parsons) Dewese
Died
at about age 80
in Jackson, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 May 2015
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Biography
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #5562804
- "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBDJ-85R : 16 March 2020), Moses Parsons and Mary Deweese, 1841; citing Jackson, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 567,217.
- "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M8D4-V29 : Wed Dec 28 16:01:17 UTC 2022), Entry for Eli L Parsons and Wm H Parsons, 1850.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M41Z-H2H : Tue Oct 11 00:49:26 UTC 2022), Entry for Moses M Parsons and Mary Parsons, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4K-YCV : 29 May 2021), Mary Parsons in entry for Moses Parsons, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RP-G9H : 15 January 2022), Mary Parsons in household of William J. Dewees, Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9Z2-136 : 18 March 2020), P. Parsons in entry for Wm Parsons, Aug 1881; citing Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, County Records, p 68, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 567,216.
- "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPCY-HNT : 23 February 2021), Dewees in entry for Jermiah D. Sayer, 1924.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
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~0.78%
John Warth
:
23andMe, GEDmatch WS2237933 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WS2237933 [compare], Ancestry member coachjdinoh
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~0.78%
Jack Castella :
23andMe, GEDmatch M661979 [compare]
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~0.78%
Don Castella :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A086044 [compare], Ancestry member donchicago48
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T049594 [compare], FTDNA kit #743612
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~0.78%
Suzanne (Paulkovich) Hye :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Suzanne_Hye
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~0.78%
Tommy Battin :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Evan Balaguer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ebalaguer58
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