Born in New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Wanton Sweet
and Olive (Carr) Sweet
Sister of
Tama Linda Sweet, Jesse Sweet, Renew (Sweet) Barnes, Sophronia Sweet, Eleanor Sweet, Stutely Leander Sweet, Griffin Sweet, Eunice Sweet, Maryett Sweet, Jerome Bonepart Sweet and Olive K Sweet
Wife of
Henry Bethuel Kelsey
— married
7 Nov 1838 in Avon Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 69
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Feb 2015
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Biography
This book states she died in Massachusetts, but I do not think this is right. I found a gravestone for her & her husband Henry B. Kelsey in LaPorte Cemetery in Lorain County, Ohio.
Sources
- The Carr Family Records by Edison Irving Carr, pages 211-212, published 1894
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQ2-3NL : 21 December 2020), Roena S Kelsey in household of Henry B Kelsey, Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12683728/rowena-kelsey: accessed 14 July 2023), memorial page for Rowena Sweet Kelsey (27 Aug 1814–19 Dec 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12683728, citing Laporte Cemetery, Grafton, Lorain County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Joyce (contributor 831).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rowena 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 Rowena:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rowena 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 Rowena:
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~1.56%
Tammy (Gluth) Bowles
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Scott McLallen :
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