Born in Lewis County, VA (now Gilmer County, WV)
Ancestors 
Daughter of Salathiel Goff Stalnaker
and Frances (Bush) Stalnaker
Sister of
Mary E. (Stalnaker) Bennett, Permelia Ann (Stalnaker) Stump, William L. Stalnaker, Nathaniel Wellington Stalnaker, Richard Marcellus Stalnaker, Warden Sperry Stalnaker [half], Charles W. Stalnaker [half], John Randolph Stalnaker [half], Frances (Stalnaker) Chrisman [half], Salathiel Wise Stalnaker [half], Lloyd Yancy Stalnaker [half], Louisa Lorena (Stalnaker) Moore [half], Wade Hampton Stalnaker [half], Turner Ashby Stalnaker [half], Clara M. (Stalnaker) Murphy [half] and Maud Gertrude (Stalnaker) Canterbury [half]
Wife of
Collins Betts
— married
26 Nov 1857 in Gilmer County, VA (now WV)
Descendants 
Mother of
Alfred Lee Betts
Died
at age 86
in Joplin, Jasper County, MO
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Apr 2015
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Biography
1860 residence Calhoun County, VA (now WV); 1870 residence Center Twp., Calhoun County, WV; 1880 residence Center District, Calhoun County, WV; 1900 residence Center District, Calhoun County, WV; 1910 residence Center District, Calhoun County, WV; 1920 residence Webb City Ward 2, Jasper County, MO
She is buried in the Betts Cemetery at Hardman Chapel United Methodist Church, near Grantsville, Calhoun County, WV.
Sources
- "The Goff Family" Roy L. Lockhart 1974, her marriage record, her death certificate.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Laverna 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 Laverna:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Laverna 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 Laverna:
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~1.56%
Stuart Powell
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Colonelpowell
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Frances (Anderson) Sharp :
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~0.78%
Charles Avis :
23andMe, GEDmatch XP9992190 [compare]
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~0.78%
Annette (Pryor) Gelbrich :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ATFlora2010
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~0.39%
Jeff Fisher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch em1354326 [compare], Ancestry member fishers_1life2live
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