Born in Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Willam Drake
and Sarah (Liston) Drake
Wife of
Pleasant Miller
— married
8 Jan 1842 in Edgar County, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Sophronia Miller and James E. Miller
Died
at age 26
in Edgar, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jun 2016
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Biography
Martha Drake was born 02 Jun 1818, in Indiana. She was a daughter of Willam Drake and Sarah Liston. [1]
She married Pleasant Miller, 08 Jan 1842, in Edgar County, Illinois. [1] [2] [3]
Martha passed away 01 Mar 1845. [1]
Research Notes
- Date Of Marriage: Hunt's book has 01 Oct 1840. [1] The Illinois County Marriages, Typed Log Book has 08 Jan 1842, Edgar County, Illinois. [2] The Illinois County Marriages, Hand Written Log Book has 09 Jan 1842. [3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hunt, John E., Compiled by; “Pound and Kester Families”; Regan Printing House, 1904; 628 pages, Indexed; Pages 429.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFK6-RJD : 4 November 2017), Pleasant Miller and Martha Ann Drake, 08 Jan 1842; citing Edgar, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,301,880.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFKX-N61 : Thu Nov 30 10:58:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Pleasant Miller and Martha Ann Drake, 09 Jan 1842.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
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~1.56%
Karen (Luse) Ralsten
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M703240 [compare]
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~0.78%
Kathryn (Liston) Recken :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Doug Edmonson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A693078 [compare], yourDNAportal DOUd95bd6fc, Ancestry member EDMONSONDM48
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A693078 [compare], yourDNAportal DOUd95bd6fc, FTDNA kit #634331
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Annette (Smith) Bailey :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #338993
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