Born in Tazewell, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Ward
and Mary E (Belsher) Ward
Sister of
Elleanor B. (Ward) Witten, Harriet F. (Ward) Smith, David Belsher Ward, Mary J. Ward, Eliza R. (Ward) Colliins, William VanBuren Ward, Rebecca Eveline (Ward) Cummings, Manerva L. Ward, Henry S. Ward, Sarah I. Ward, Martha Louisa (Ward) Yelton, James Alexander Ward and Nancy Ward
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 32
in Linneus, Linn, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Aug 2017
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Biography
This profile is part of the Ward Name Study.
Lilly R. was born 17 Aug 1837. She is the daughter of Smith Ward and Mary E Belsher. Lilly married James Ervin DRINKARD Jr (his third wife) 16 Jun 1859 in Grundy County, Missouri. They were the parents of one child. Lilly passed away in 1870.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZD-63M : 12 April 2016), Smith Ward, Linn county, Linn, Missouri, United States; citing family 413, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Flesher-Fleischer FTM database by Larry Gene Flesher as of September 2019
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leilia 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 Leilia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leilia 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 Leilia:
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~6.25%
Larry Flesher
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lflesher125
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Teresa Ross :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HX6549441 [compare], Ancestry member bluegenealogygirl
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~0.78%
John Williams :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #343675
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~0.78%
Les Shockey :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T461689 [compare], FTDNA kit #115454
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~0.39%
Gina (Uzick) Faulkner :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Johnnie (Williams) Zollinger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jmzollinger
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #325893
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