Born in Giles County , Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John A Peters
and Rebecca M (Peck) Peters
Sister of
Mary Malinda Peters, Cynthia Ellen Peters, Margaret Ann (Peters) Shumate and Sarah Rebecca (Peters) Blacker
Wife of
Edmund Leach Shumate
— married
24 Dec 1867 in Monroe County, Virginia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 56
in Eskridge, Wabaunsee County, Kansas, USA
Profile last modified
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Biography
Martha was born in 1809. Martha Peters. Her parents are John A. Peters and Rebecca (Peck) Peters 1823–1886. She married Edmund Leach Shumate.
Children
- Annie Laura Shumate 1868–1897
- William Crow Shumate 1870–1947
- Robert Lee Shumate
Sources
WV MARRIAGE REGISTER SHUMATE Edmund L. and PETERS Martha L. married on December 24 1867 in Monroe County West Virginia USA -
Martha Louise Peters Shumate Birth 2 Sep 1849 Monroe County, West Virginia, USA Death 16 Feb 1906 (aged 56) Eskridge, Wabaunsee County, Kansas, USA Burial Eskridge Cemetery, Eskridge, Wabaunsee County, Kansas, USA Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #15753726 Has a photo of gravestone.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
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~1.56%
Richard Ballard
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kiki Ballard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KH7710692 [compare], Ancestry member tkballard
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Martha is 14 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 25 degrees from Carl Sagan, 21 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 29 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 23 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 21 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 22 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 15 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 18 degrees from Isaac Newton, 25 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 22 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 13 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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