Born in Mississippi, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joel Wesley Hughes
and Martha Fluker (Mosley) Hughes
Sister of
Mary Alice Hughes, Leona J Hughes, Richard Calvin Hughes, Emma Lou Hughes and Charles Hughes
Wife of
James E. Edwards
— married
about 1884 [location unknown]
Mother of
Carrie Genora Edwards
Died
at about age 32
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Jan 2016
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Biography
Laura was born in 1868. She was the daughter of Joel Hughes and Martha Mosley. She passed away in 1900.[1]
Sources
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9XM-FJZ : accessed 12 March 2016), Laura E Edwards in household of James E Edwards, Beat 2 Laurel Laurel town, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 29A, family 562, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,813.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4P3-W6V : 24 December 2015), J W Hughes, Beat 4 Trenton, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 106, sheet 330C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0664; FHL microfilm 1,254,664.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSR-J4R : accessed 9 March 2016), Joel W Hughes, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 5, family 32, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,248.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Laura 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 Laura:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Laura 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 Laura:
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~6.25%
Eddie Puckett
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T975863 [compare], FTDNA kit #726688
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~1.56%
Joan (Howell) Walker :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Daniel Baker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A332385 [compare], Ancestry member bakerrj_1
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