America Sophrona (Duncan) Burress (1861-1945)

America Sophrona (Sophrona) "Frona" Burress formerly Duncan

Born 20 May 1861 in Braden Flats, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Elijah Frost Duncan Sr and Sarah (Chiles) Duncan

Sister of Mary Brown, Elizabeth (Duncan) Braden, Wilson W Duncan, Moses Smith Duncan, Nancy Duncan, Elijah Frost Duncan Jr, Liddy J (Duncan) Brown, Micajah Duncan, Rollin C Duncan and Byrd W Duncan

Wife of Alfred James (Burras) Burress — married 14 Dec 1882 in Anderson, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Mother of Melinda (Burress) Byrd, Minerva Jane (Burress) Keathley and Lucinda C (Burress) Lowe

Died 29 Aug 1945 at age 84 in Smokey Junction, Scott County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

America Sophrona Duncan was born in 1861. She was the daughter of Elijah Duncan and Sarah Chiles.^[1]

Frona Duncan married Alford Burrass December 14, 1882, in Anderson County, Tennessee, USA.^[2] They lived in Campbell County, Tennessee, USA, in 1900.^[3] They lived in Scott County, Tennessee, in 1920.^[4]

She passed away in 1945. She was buried in Riverview Cemetery in Smokey Junction, Scott County, Tennessee, USA.^[5]

Sources

↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8X-LDR : 17 October 2014), America S Duncan in household of Elisebeth A Duncan, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 3, family 17, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,012.
↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YY-2MT : 20 July 2016), Alford Burrass and Frona Duncan, 14 Dec 1882; citing , Anderson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 979,315.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZY-SWT : 22 January 2015), Sufrona Burrass in household of Alfred Burrass, Civil Districts 3, 14, Campbell, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 16A, family 291, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,559.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFD-6HW : 29 October 2015), Suphrona Burress in household of Alfred Burress, Civil District 5, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 166, sheet 1B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,528.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 October 2019), memorial page for America Sufrona “Frona” Duncan Burress (20 May 1861–29 Jul 1945), Find A Grave: Memorial #9451675, citing Riverview Cemetery, Smokey Junction, Scott County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Lynetta (Byrd) Howard (contributor 47965059).

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sophrona 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 Sophrona: