Lavina was born after 1823 the daughter of Richard Odom and Unknown Merchant. Lavina married Henry H. Thornhill maybe in Pike County, Mississippi.[1] By the 1860 census Lydia is living in Pike County, Mississippi and she is a widow living there with four of her children.[2]
She passed away after 1860.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LN-SVV : 22 December 2020), Lavina Thornhill in household of Henry H Thornhill, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1860; Census Place: Pike, Mississippi; Roll: M653_589; Page: 446; Family History Library Film: 803589 Accessed on ancestry.com, January 2022.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lavina by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Lavina:
Oldham-834 and Odom-2007 appear to represent the same person because: Same person with different LNAB. Odom is the correct name. Other information will be selected and corrected with merge.
Odom-2007 and Oldham-834 appear to represent the same person because: Odom is the correct LNAB. The sources except for the 1840 census for her father, Richard Odom, support the Odom surname.
Odom-2007 and Oldham-834 are not ready to be merged because: The completed merge should have the surname Odom. There are a few other differences to clarify such as her Mother's given name. It should be "Unknown" Merchant instead of Jane Merchant.