Jemima was born about 1855. She was the daughter of Solomon Simmons. She passed away about 1939 and lies at rest in Lyles Cemetery, Oberlin, Louisiana.[1]
Sources
↑ Ancestor Report prepared 03/14/1993. Entered by Marie Cryer, Sunday, December 29, 2013.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPT-94Q : accessed 10 September 2021), James Reeves, Police Ward, Hickory Flat (all west of K.C.&W.G. r.r) Oberlin town, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 4A, family 48, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,560.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPT2-QGW : accessed 10 September 2021), James Reeves, Police Jury Ward 1, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 5A, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 510; FHL microfilm 1,374,523.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMTV-Z66 : accessed 10 September 2021), James Reeves, Police Jury Ward 1, Allen, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 5A, line 29, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 782; FHL microfilm 2,340,517.
"Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3Q7-LCZ : 4 March 2021), James Reeves, 09 Nov 1932; citing ?eberlin, Allen, Louisiana, certificate number 11945, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,392,644.
"Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F39D-MFV : 4 March 2021), James Reeves in entry for Jemima Reeves, 11 May 1939; citing Oakdale, Allen, Louisiana, certificate number 5898, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,358,377.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jemima 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 Jemima: