Born in Wayne County, Illinois
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Maxey
and Mary Esther (Holcomb) Maxey
Sister of
Mary Elizabeth (Maxey) Cash, Dicey Ann (Maxey) Wood, William Maxey and Cynthia S (Maxey) Gregory
Wife of
Jonathan Scott Austin
— married
about 1878 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Samuel S Austin, Charles Austin, Robert Austin, Clara (Austin) Russell and Jane Lulu (Austin) Anderson
Died
at age 29
in Wayne County, Illinois
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Aug 2015
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Biography
Louisa was born in 1857. She was the daughter of Daniel Maxey and Mary Esther Holcomb.
Her parents Daniel and Esther moved from Warrick, Indiana to Wayne county, Illinois. Louisa was on the 1860 census in Wayne county.[1] She was listed as born in Indiana. The other censuses listed her as born in Illinois.
Louisa was in Hickory Hill, Wayne, Illinois with her widowed mother and her siblings in 1870.[2]
Louisa married Jonathan Scott Austin about 1878. They had several children.
In 1880, Scott and Louisa were in Four Mile, Wayne, Illinois with their two oldest sons Samuel and Charley.[3]
She passed away in 1887 and was buried in Salem cemetery in Keens, Wayne county, Illinois.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHB-P45 : accessed 17 August 2015), Jane Maxey in household of Daniel Maxey, T 1 S R 5 E, Wayne, Illinois, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 235, household ID 1599, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,236.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W5-B56 : accessed 17 August 2015), Louisa J Maxey in household of Esther Maxey, Illinois, United States; citing p. 10, family 69, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,787.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKT-RKF : accessed 17 August 2015), Jane Austin in household of Scott Austin, Four-Mile, Wayne, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 140, sheet 65D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0257; FHL microfilm 1,254,257.
- ↑ www.findagrave.com, Click here for Memorial page for Louisa Jane (Maxey) Austin, Accessed 17 Aug 2015, Memorial # 30111563, Tombstone photo on site.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Louisa 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 Louisa:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Louisa 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 Louisa:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Debbie Freeman 
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~1.56%
Steven Kensil :
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~0.78%
Dennis Dwyer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CY7759816 [compare], Ancestry member dfdwyer1
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