Note: Lemuel C. Wright is Effie's daugter Nancy's father). Lemuel was married to Permelia Huddleston with whom he had at least 9 children. While Lemuel was married to Permelia, he also fathered several children with Effie.
He was the father of most or all of Effie's children. Lemuel and his family lived next door to Effie in 1880.
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1880 Fentress County, Census: L. C. Wright 35, Permelia 33, John A 13, Elizabeth 11, Elihue 9, Robert H 7, Nancy 5, Catharin 3 , Sarah 26, Neice, Elizabeth 84? mother.
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1880 Fentress TN Census: Mack Pierce 35, Cyan ? 15, Gina 11, Bob 9, Mary 5
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Effee's Children : Sion, Gina, Bob, Mary, Joe, Nancy Isabell Pierce born 1883)
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Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDY-KP9 : 12 April 2016), Effee Pearce in household of Arthur Pearce, Overton county, Overton, Tennessee, United States; citing family 98, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Effie 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 Effie: