Born in Gilmer County, VA (now WV)
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Russell Kennedy
and Rebecca (Dennison) Kennedy
Sister of
Mary Minerva (Kennedy) Beall, William Scott Kennedy, James Delorian Kennedy, Zeruah (Kennedy) Stump, Calvin C. Kennedy, Samuel Preston Kennedy and Francis Nicholas Kennedy
Wife of
George Houser Pickens
— married
6 Jul 1865 in Gilmer County, WV
Descendants 
Mother of
Dora D. (Pickens) Stalnaker and Lois (Pickens) Cain
Died
at age 81
in Glenville, Gilmer County, WV
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2012
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Biography
Rachel was born in 1846. She is the daughter of James Kennedy and Rebecca Dennison. [1]
1870 residence Dekalb Twp., Gilmer County, WV; 1880 residence Dekalb District, Gilmer County, WV; 1900 residence Dekalb Twp., Gilmer County, WV; 1910 residence Dekalb District, Gilmer County, WV; 1920 residence Glenville District, Gilmer County, WV.
She is buried in the Job's Temple Cemetery, DeKalb, Gilmer County, WV.
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Sources
- Travis Wagner, firsthand knowledge.
Her marriage record, her death certificate, Find A Grave.
- ↑ Entered by Travis Wagner, Feb 9, 2012
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1YX-DNR : 4 December 2014), Russell Kennedy in entry for Mrs. Rachel Pickens, 23 Dec 1927; citing Gilmer, West Virginia, County Records, 17044, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,953,435.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
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~12.50%
Harry Cain
:
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Lois (Chadwell) Cruz :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T882771 [compare], FTDNA kit #559263
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch Z901797 [compare]
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~0.78%
David Dennison :
23andMe, GEDmatch DD1121827 [compare]
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