She married Clark Anderson. They had a large family.
They were in Hickory Hill, Wayne, Illinois in 1870 and 1880.[1][2]
In 1910, she was widowed and living with two sons in Hickory Hill township.[3]
Bethany passed away in 1919. She was buried in the Anderson cemetery in Crisp, Wayne county, Illinois.[4]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WR-Q8H : 12 April 2016), Bethana Anderson in household of Clark Anderson, Illinois, United States; citing p. 12, family 91, 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-KPB : 14 August 2017), Bethany Anderson in household of Clark Anderson, Hickory Hill, Wayne, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 136, sheet 17B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0257; FHL microfilm 1,254,257.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKF7-PGV : accessed 20 May 2018), Bethany Anderson, Hickory Hill, Wayne, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 124, sheet 8B, family 169, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 332; FHL microfilm 1,374,345.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 February 2018), memorial page for Bethany Meador Anderson (20 Mar 1847–19 May 1919), Find A Grave Memorial no. 30152089, citing Anderson Cemetery, Crisp, Wayne County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Airrow (contributor 46629499) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bethany 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 Bethany:
Meador-1234 and Meador-837 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents. Same birth year and death years. One variation in spelling of first name.