Born in Appling, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alexander Monroe Stewart
and Margaret Frances (Johnson) Stewart
Sister of
Andrew Jackson Stewart, Weltha Elizabeth (Stewart) Bland, Augustus Peyton Stewart, Julian Hartridge Stewart, Ira Calvin Stewart, John Lafayette Stewart, Maggie L. (Stewart) Bennett, Dealie I. (Stewart) McLean, Thursie I. (Stewart) Youmans, Alexander Linton Stewart and Randel Crawley Stewart
Wife of
Charlies H. Mercer
— married
31 Jul 1930 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 82
in Duval, Duval, Florida, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jun 2016
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Biography
She is buried in Stewart Cemetery, Bacon County, GA.
Research Notes
FS # KZR5-8KR Got her added to her parents on FS.
Obit, Alma Times Newspaper, page 2a, 8/11/1994;
Sources
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ8Q-ZR3 : Fri Jul 14 06:36:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Alex M Stewart and Margrit Stewart, 1920.
- "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:39M4-H2M : Thu Sep 21 00:03:42 UTC 2023), Entry for Alex M Stewart and Marget F Stewart, 1930.
- "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K72D-791 : Fri Sep 29 00:01:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Charlie Mercer and Lelia Mae Mercer, 1940.
- "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FQR-NSMW : Sun Jul 30 05:07:24 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles H Mercer and Lela M Mercer, 3 April 1950.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47503706/lela-mae-mercer: accessed 30 September 2023), memorial page for Lela Mae Stewart Mercer (3 Apr 1912–1 Aug 1994), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47503706, citing Stewart Cemetery, Bacon County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Michael H Pafford (contributor 46805670).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lela 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 Lela:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lela 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 Lela:
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~1.56%
Latrell (Lee) Martin
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23andMe
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Gregg Kato :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~1.17%
Laurie (Taylor) Ponsell :
23andMe
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~1.17%
Scottie Taylor :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A400689 [compare], Ancestry member lygree
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~0.78%
Ken Lee :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Chris Martin :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Martha Lee :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A044239 [compare], Ancestry member MJ_LEE55
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~0.78%
Joyce Williams :
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~0.78%
Terrel Cribbe :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
V K (Kirkland) Johns :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XN7095471 [compare], Ancestry member katiej88
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~0.78%
David Johnson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T038409 [compare], FTDNA kit #274260
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~0.78%
Roger Lee :
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