William
Jay
Jeffers
Born in Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Oliver Mountville Jeffers
and Sarah (Duncan) Jeffers
Brother of
Eldora (Jeffers) Sharp, Nora Jeffers, Willard Jeffers [half], Ruth (Jeffers) Sharp, Lonnie Jeffers, Floretta (Jeffers) Huft [half], James Mounty Jeffers [half] and Janice (Jeffers) Robbins [half]
Husband of
[private wife (1920s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 70
in Scott County, Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Sep 2015
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Biography
William "Jay" Jeffers was born in 1898. He was the son of Oliver Jeffers and Sarah Duncan.[1]
Jay Jeffers married May Carson June 8, 1918, in Scott County, Tennessee, USA.[2]
Jay Jeffers married Mae Ruth Phillips August 19, 1950, in Scott County, Tennessee, USA.[3]
He passed away in 1968.[4] He was originally buried in the Mount Jeffers Cemetery in Scott County, Tennessee, USA.[5] His remains were later removed to Knoxville, Tennessee, for reburial.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZS-SHS : accessed 6 September 2015), William J Jeffers in household of Oliver M Jeffers, Civil Districts 6-7, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,595.
- ↑ "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6K-X5W : accessed 9 September 2015), Jay Jeffers and May Carson, 08 Jun 1918; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. , Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
- ↑ "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6K-J1D : accessed 9 September 2015), Jay Jeffers and Mae Ruth Phillips, 19 Aug 1950; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 396, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLHQ-568 : accessed 9 September 2015), Jay Jeffers, Dec 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ Find a Grave memorial for William "Jay" Jeffers
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQ1-L7S : accessed 9 September 2015), Jay Jeffers, Oneida, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0006, sheet 12A, family 231, line 28, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2271; FHL microfilm 2,342,005.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 William:
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~1.56%
Beth Duncan
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member orientexpress1957
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~0.78%
Shawn (Duncan) Kincaid :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Larry Jones :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Suzi Corneal :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H871679 [compare]
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