Born in Buncombe, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Holland Higgins
and Barbara (Hensley) Higgins
Wife of
John Edwards
— married
4 Apr 1846 in Washington, Tennessee
Descendants 
Mother of
Margaret Minerva Edwards
Died
at about age 79
in Yancey, North Carolina
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Biography
Margaret was born in 1825. She passed away in 1904.
Sources
- Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 4, Washington, Tennessee; Roll: M432_898; Page: 198B; Image: 402
Year: 1870; Census Place: Egypt, Yancey, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1166; Page: 786A; Image: 254140; Family History Library Film: 552665
North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
Year: 1900; Census Place: Egypt, Yancey, North Carolina; Roll: 1225; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0124; FHL microfilm: 1241225
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret 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 Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret 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 Margaret:
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Christianne (Beron) Beebe 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A154793 [compare], Ancestry member ecbeebe9
-
~0.78%
R.c. (Newell, Jr.) Slocum :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Jessica (Palmer) Patterson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M622363 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Jack Loomis :
23andMe, GEDmatch KN7954271 [compare], yourDNAportal JAC5c0a94c5
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jnloomis1949
-
~0.78%
Dawn (Brackins) Coombs :
23andMe, GEDmatch XL8416703 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Sherry Jennings :
23andMe, GEDmatch UL3954489 [compare], yourDNAportal SHE6c195661
-
~0.78%
Kandace Blevin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kandacekm
-
~0.78%
Beverly Pelfrey :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Gerri Eversole :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BF5975243 [compare], yourDNAportal GERe4700fbf, Ancestry member gerrib53321
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch BF5975243 [compare], yourDNAportal GERe4700fbf, FTDNA kit #B794699
-
~0.78%
Robert Radford :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Jeff Brackins :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch CH8972293 [compare], FTDNA kit #946029
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Bennie Jo (Corbin) Swinney :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch WL5670148 [compare], yourDNAportal BJZ9ed692aa
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