Born in Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Redding Nance
and Harriet Malinda (Berry) Nance
Sister of
James Samuel Nance, Sarah E (Nance) Farabee, Thomas Redding Nance and Benjamin Jones [half]
Wife of
Richard Menefee Morgan
— married
12 Dec 1867 in Madison, Iowa, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Anna Eliza (Morgan) Berry
Died
at age 67
in Cumberland, Cass, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jun 2013
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Biography
Martha (Nance) Morgan is one of twins.
When Martha Ann NANCE and her twin brother James Samuel were born on March 13, 1850, in Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, their father, Redding, was 25 and their mother, Harriet, was 22. She married Richard Menefee MORGAN on December 12, 1867, in Madison, Iowa. She died on March 2, 1918, in Cass, Iowa, at the age of 67, and was buried in Cumberland, Iowa.
Sources
- 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch [1] M A Nance in household of Samuel Bone, Menard county, part of, Menard, Illinois, United States; citing family 630, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Marriage: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch [2] Martha Nance in entry for William F. Berry and Anna E. Morgan, 06 Dec 1899; citing Atlantic, Cass, Iowa, United States, county courthouses, Iowa.
- Memorial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34997878/martha-ann-morgan: accessed 17 July 2023), memorial page for Martha Ann Nance Morgan (13 Mar 1850–2 Mar 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #34997878, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Cumberland, Cass County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by SW Iowa (contributor 47288119).
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Fred Goodell for creating WikiTree profile Nance-324 through the import of 12Jun13 Elizabeth Ann Nance.ged on Jun 12, 2013.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Patricia Davis 
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #534681
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Kristi (Feltz) Murdock :
23andMe, GEDmatch M417307 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A532014 [compare], Ancestry member prairillon
+
Autosomal DNA Test
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~1.56%
Mona (Pierce) Berman :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A384180 [compare], Ancestry member Mona1948
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~1.56%
Susan (Ross) Michaelis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AW7798275 [compare], Ancestry member mdmsjr
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch AW7798275 [compare]
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~0.78%
Dale Berry :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T923621 [compare], FTDNA kit #416555
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Nance-328 and Nance-324 appear to represent the same person because: same person after sources and edits added that show they are the same
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