Born in Amite, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas S Holden Jr
and Elizabeth (Flanagan) Holden
Sister of
John Bert Holden, Hugh Holden, Sarah (Holden) Wall, Laminda (Holden) Allen, Emily L. (Holden) Nesom, Charles Holden, Margaret Ursula (Holden) Ponder, Druscilla F. (Holden) Nesom, Julia Ann (Holden) Carter and Lucretia C. (Holden) Montgomery
Wife of
John Gordon Jr.
— married
about 1824 in Gillsburg, MS
Descendants 
Mother of
William Holden Gordon, Sarah Louvenia (Gordon) Rembert, Mary Elizabeth (Gordon) Wall, Thomas Demarcus Gordon, John LaFayette Gordon, Margaret Dorinda (Gordon) Casey, Charles Montraville Gordon, Emily Madeline (Gordon) Lindsey, Kathleen Letitia (Gordon) McCormick, James Judson Gordon, Adeline E. Gordon, Eudora Caroline (Gordon) Booth and Eugenia Arabella (Gordon) Tubbs
Died
at age 55
in Copiah, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Aug 2014
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Biography
Mary was born about 1809. Mary Holden ... She passed away about 1864. [1]
Research notes
This could be her. Petersen-1651 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27481128
Death date on her tombstone has the year 1864, not 1884. Holmes-16158 20:52, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Robert Abney, Friday, August 1, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZJ-MXW : 10 February 2018), John Gordon and Mary Holden, 25 Nov 1824; citing Amite,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 864,487.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LH-N8C : 22 December 2020), Mary Gordon in household of John Gordon, Copiah, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27481128/mary-helen-gordon: accessed 23 April 2023), memorial page for Mary Helen Holden Gordon (29 Apr 1809–7 Dec 1864), Find A Grave: Memorial #27481128, citing New Providence Cemetery, Midway, Copiah County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Robert Abney (contributor 48473675).
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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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~6.25%
Robert Abney
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T745888 [compare], FTDNA kit #248542
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~1.56%
Brian Baker :
23andMe, GEDmatch M507282 [compare]
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~1.56%
Hannah (Williams) McBride :
23andMe, GEDmatch KJ6491966 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Eleanor (Holmes) Colson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A215901 [compare], Ancestry member EleanorCol
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~0.78%
Lydia Jones :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Dorothy (Jones) Ware :
AncestryDNA
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Rejected matches › Helen (Gordon) Milton (1811-1886)
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Categories: New Providence Cemetery, Midway, Mississippi
Same year of birth and death.
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