"The Descendants of Silas Peace" says "Frances was the only child who did not raise a family."[1] But other Official Sources seem to disagree, as both children and grandchildren are on record.
Peace, Richard Raymond. "The Descendants of James Harvey Peace." In The Descendants of Silas Peace, 1775 to 1968: Including the following Families Related to the Peace Family Either by Blood or by Marriage: Johnson, Burton, Hedgecock, Payne, Newton, English, Swaim, Pope, McKaughan, edited by Barbara-Anne Steegmuller Johnson, P.24-p.25. [Rev. ed. Greensboro, N.C.: Arnold Copy Centers, 1978.
"North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZYT-GVW : accessed 10 January 2015), J. O. Newton and Frances Peace, 07 Jan 1900; citing Randolph, North Carolina, reference 183 & 184; FHL microfilm 475,239.
"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSYK-CHJ : accessed 10 January 2015), Frances M Newton in household of Julius Newton, High Point Township High Point town Ward 1, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing sheet 34B, family 701, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,241,198.
"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZVZ-D88 : accessed 10 January 2015), Frances Newton in household of Julius O Newton, High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing sheet 11B, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,821,302.
"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X338-3VV : accessed 10 January 2015), Frances Newton, High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0059, sheet 3B, family 61, line 87, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1695; FHL microfilm 2,341,429.
"North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FPP8-D9X : accessed 10 January 2015), Francis Pearle Newton, 28 Jun 1931; citing High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, fn 1484 cn 448, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,038.
"Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVVW-C9KV : accessed 10 January 2015), Frances Peace Newton, 1931; Burial, , Randolph, North Carolina, United States of America, Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 6914981, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frances 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 Frances: