Mourning was born on August 29, 1794[1] in South Carolina[2][3] to Mathias Richardson[4][5] and Frances Clark.
She married Reverend Benjamin Tarrant[1][2][3][4] in Pendleton County, Anderson, South Carolina on 12/25/1815[6] or 12/26/1815[5], and they settled in Elyton, Jefferson Co., Alabama in 1819.[5]
They lived out their lives in Jefferson County, where Benjamin served the community as a Methodist clergyman.[7][8][2][3][9]
Mourning died in September 1866 and is buried in the Tarrant Family Cemetery in Tarrant City, Alabama.[1]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 August 2020), memorial page for Mourning Richardson Tarrant (26 Apr 1794–Sep 1866), Find a Grave Memorial no. 178938864, citing Tarrant Family Cemetery, Tarrant City, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Stickbow (contributor 49174500) Burial Details Unknown.
↑ 5.05.15.2 DuBose, Hon. Joel C.. Notable Men of Alabama: Personal and Genealogical with Portraits, 1904 Edition, Reprinted by The Reprint Company, Publishers, 1976 Spartanburg, South Carolina. v. 2, p. 38-39 Transcript
↑ South Carolina Marriages, 1641-1965. Publication: Hunting For Bears, comp.; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - South Carolina marriage information taken from various sources. Ancestry.com
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mourning 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 Mourning: