Born in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Cyrenius Waite Sloan
and Mahala Walters (Tate) Sloan
Sister of
John Fulton Sloan, Mary Jane (Sloan) Smith, Gilson P D Sloan, Lucy Ann Sloan, Cecilia Margaret (Sloan) Dick, Elizabeth Doolin (Sloan) Hardwick, Ulysses Grant Sloan, William Tibbs Sloan, Nannie Viola (Sloan) Smith and Cora Milton (Sloan) Burton
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 92
in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 May 2014
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Biography
Cyrenia was born on 20 October 1862 in Pulaski Co, Kentucky, USA.[1]
In the 1880 census Cyrenia (age 17) was living in Mill Springs, Wayne, Kentucky, USA. Age: 18Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter[1]
In the 1900 census Cyrenia (age 37) was living in Mill Spring, Wayne, Kentucky, USA. Age: 38Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Daughter[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
1880 Census: Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Author:
Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Mill Springs, Wayne, Kentucky.
Ancestry Record 6742 #42315745 (accessed before 2 May 2014). - ↑
1900 Census: Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Author:
Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Mill Spring, Wayne, Kentucky; Roll: 554; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0132; FHL microfilm: 1240554.
Ancestry Record 7602 #5837196 (accessed before 2 May 2014).
- "Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965". Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1222 #1939646 (accessed 28 November 2021). Name: Rena Katherine Mercer; Gender: Female; Death Age: 93; Birth Date: 20 Oct 1862; Birth Place: Kentucky; Death Date: 6 Aug 1955; Death Place: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA; Father: No Record; Mother: Nor Record.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40720720/cyrenia-katherine-mercer : accessed 28 November 2021), memorial page for Cyrenia Katherine “Rena” Sloan Mercer (1861–1955), Find A Grave: Memorial #40720720, citing Steubenville Cemetery, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Tracy Turner (contributor 46815350) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cyrenia 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 Cyrenia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cyrenia 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 Cyrenia:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
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