Born in Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Frederick Keck
and Connie (Shoffner) Keck
Sister of
Rachel (Keck) Minton, William Proctor Keck, Eli David Keck, John Henry Keck [half], Phillip Sterling Keck, Alfred Cummings Keck [half], Catherine J. Keck [half] and Nancy Matilda (Keck) Rouse [half]
Wife of
Sampson Harrison Edwards
— married
31 Aug 1882 in Union County, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Louise Matilda Jane (Edwards) Rouse, Henry Sherman Edwards, Rachel Ann (Edwards) Cole, James Edwards, Nora Belle (Edwards) Cox and Elder Phillip Proctor Edwards
Died
at age 72
in Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Nov 2013
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Darcas (Keck) Edwards was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.
Biography
Dorcas was born in 1858. Dorcas Keck was the child of Henry Keck and Conney Shoffner.[1]
She passed away in 1930. She was buried in Edwards Cemetery in Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA.[2]
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Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWN-2X7 : accessed 22 October 2015), Darcos C Keck in household of Henry Keck, District 11, Union, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district 116, sheet 224A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1283; FHL microfilm 1,255,283.
- ↑ Find a Grave memorial for Darcas Cordelia (Keck) Edwards
- "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T2-V6P : accessed 22 October 2015), Dorcas Kick in household of Henry Kick, District No 11th, Union, Tennessee, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 146, household ID 1029, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,276.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8C-MRB : accessed 22 October 2015), Darkes C Keck in household of Henry Keck, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 5, family 31, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,066.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Scott Smith for creating Keck-343 on 14 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Scott and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Darcas 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 Darcas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Darcas 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 Darcas:
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~3.12%
Emily (Cole) Ledford
:
23andMe, GEDmatch JL1906768 [compare]
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~1.56%
Geneva (Owsley) Williamson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A858728 [compare], Ancestry member floydowsley
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B217196
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
James Bond :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch QE5490280 [compare], yourDNAportal JAMd6cf3f49, FTDNA kit #829617
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~1.17%
J (Hopper) H :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch f133202 [compare], FTDNA kit #133202
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~0.78%
Joe Williams :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A148588 [compare], Ancestry member Nmsaggie
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~0.78%
A Tripp :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member angie_lane67
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~0.78%
Floyd Owsley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T852880 [compare], Ancestry member floydowsley
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #26340
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MyHeritage DNA
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Karen Lowe
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Keck-635 and Keck-343 appear to represent the same person because: exact same dates - probably weren't found earlier because one is Darcas and one is Dorcas. Let's merge!
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Rejected matches › Dorcas Clementine (Hopper) Keck (1862-1941)
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