Elijah
Petty
Dye
Born in Wood County, Virginia (now Wirt County, West Virginia), United States
Ancestors 
Son of Vincent Dye
and Elizabeth (Petty) Dye
Brother of
William F. Dye, Drusanna (Dye) Arnold, Delilah (Dye) Reynolds [half], Jane (Dye) Edwards [half], Elizabeth (Dye) Cain [half], Dusosway G. Dye [half], Mary (Dye) Board [half] and Susan P. (Dye) McFee [half]
Husband of
Mahala (Thorn) Dye
— married
Jul 1830 [location unknown]
Died
at age 65
in Wood County, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Feb 2014
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Biography
1840 residence Wood County, VA (now WV); 1850 residence District 65, Wood County, VA (now WV); 1860 residence Wood County, VA (now WV); 1870 residence Slate Twp., Wood County, WV
He is buried in the Dye Cemetery, off Bogal Ridge, near Mineral Wells, Wood County, WV.
Sources
E. P Dye death record http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=3552088&Type=Death
Elijah P. Dye obituary
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28959116/elijah-petty-dye
U.S. census returns
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
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~2.34%
~6.25%
Joseph Bonar 
:
AncestryDNA
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~2.34%
Don Brookover :
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Roy Lockhart :
23andMe, GEDmatch M533831 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F216962 [compare], FTDNA kit #216962
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~0.78%
Bryan Dye :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Kenneth Campbell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member krciii
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~0.78%
Pamela (Craddock) Whited :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pwhited25
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~0.78%
Kenneth Windland :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Melissa Roberts :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T434914 [compare], Ancestry member MDR_WV
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