Born in Blount County, Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Simerly
and Margaret (Teffeteller) Whitehead
Sister of
James Alexander Simerly
Wife of
William Pinkney Whitehead
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Elizabeth Whitehead
Died
at about age 67
in Blount County, Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Oct 2012
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Biography
Mary Simerly was born about 1862 and died about 1929.[1]
She is buried with her husband, William Whitehead, under a double tombstone in Old Piney Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.[2]
Their dates are engraved on the tombstone:
- William Pink
Nov. 15, 1856
Feb. 7, 1935 - Mary Jane
Dec. 10, 1862
Feb. 24, 1929
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Stacy Krout, Sep 30, 2012
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #5809355 for Mary Jane Simerly Whitehead (with tombstone image, accessed 2 October 2022).
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJ1-LZG?cc=1488411&wc=QZJB-422%3A1036996801%2C1036819001%2C1036953401%2C1589332398 : 13 September 2019), Tennessee > Blount > Civil District 8 > ED 22 > image 5 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- WikiTree profile Simerly-60 created through the import of stacy murr family tree.ged on Oct 4, 2012 by Stacy Krout. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Stacy and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
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Heidi (McDonald) Seifried
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~0.39%
Karol Feezell :
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~0.39%
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Terri Jerkes
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Simerly-41 and Simerly-60 appear to represent the same person because: Believe these two to be same person..they have same father, born same
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