Born in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thalis Newton McKinney Sr.
and Minerva Margaret (Bates) McKinney
Sister of
Permelia Jane (McKinney) Bates, Lucinda Kizzler (McKinney) Krebaum, Malverda Gillian McKinney, Robert Collin McKinney, Minerva Catherine McKinney, Margaret Thalia (McKinney) Bowles, Thomas Christopher McKinney, William Bates Quail McKinney, Thalis Newton McKinney Jr. and Infant McKinney
Wife of
George Eccleston Mansfield
— married
7 Apr 1872 in Uvalde, Uvalde, Texas, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Florence Eva Mansfield
Died
at age 93
in Pecos, Reeves Co., Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Mar 2013
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Biography
The 4th of 11 children, Amelda Ann "Eva" McKinney was born on 25 June 1847 in Louisiana on route to Texas to Thalis Newton McKinney and Minerva Margaret Bates. She first married George Washington "Tom" Wall (1827 - Unknown) on 08 July 1867 in Uvalde Co., Texas. Together they had 1 child, Robert Quail Wall (1864 - Unknown). Tom Wall and Reading Black were business partners until Wall was accused of killing Black over money. Wall evaded arrest, and it was assumed he headed to Canada never to be seen or heard from again. Amelda married for a second time, to George Eccleston Mansfield (1842 - 1900) on 03 April 1872 in Uvalde Co., Texas. Together, they had 4 children: Anne May Mansfield (1873 - Unknown) George Thalis Mansfield (1880 - 1962) Eva F. Mansfield (1882 - Unknown) Glenn Horatio Mansfield (1885 - Unknown) Amelda passed away on 13 Febuary 1941, in Pecos, Reeves Co., Texas. She was buried in the Pecos Cemetery on 14 Febuary 1941.
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Acknowledgments
Thank you to Theresa Ellenwood for creating WikiTree profile McKinney-965 through the import of LucindaElizaBatesAncestors.ged on Mar 5, 2013.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amelda 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 Amelda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amelda 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 Amelda:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
AA MacLellan 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Ruth (Peachey) Kittle :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
James McKinney :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ranchscape2000
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~0.78%
Alan Mann :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member AlanClaysonMann
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~0.78%
Kittie (Mann) Aldakkour :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MN1727477 [compare], Ancestry member KittieK
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~0.78%
~3.12%
La Nell (Ford) Shores :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A964104 [compare], Ancestry member Pinklady
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~0.78%
William Branson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch GC1830837 [compare], FTDNA kit #70818
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