Born in Whitley County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Daughter of Dempsey E White
and Nancy (Perkins) White
Sister of
Jabes White, Jesse Perkins White Sr., Milton E. White, Dempsy Lawson White M.D., Louisa J. White, James Ervin White, Nancy (White) Parker and Mary A (White) Lawson
Wife of
James W Mahan III
— married
28 May 1844 in Whitley County, Kentucky, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Nancy B (Mahan) Atkinson, Dempsey Mahan, Lucy Mahan, John M Mahan, James M Mahan, Jesse W. Mahan, William M. B. Mahan, Mary Mahan, Louisa Mahan and Nicholas Mahan
Died about
at about age 36
in Tennessee [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 9 Sep 2013
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Biography
Emily was born about 1827 in Whitley County, Kentucky, the daughter of Dempsey and Nancy (Perkins) White.
She married James W Mahan, III on May 28, 1844 in Whitley County, Kentucky.[1]
The 1850 U.S. Census lists Emily at the age of 23 living with her husband James and three children on a farm in Hardin County, Tennessee.[2]
Emily (White) Mahan is believed to have died on the trail from Hardin, Tennessee or shortly after reaching Center Ridge, Arkansas.
Sources
- ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-KJJS : accessed 25 September 2017), James Mahan and Emily White, 28 May 1844; citing Whitley, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 532,640.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCDJ-3Y5 : accessed 05 Oct 2013), Emily Mahan in entry for James Mahan, 1850.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emily 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 Emily:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emily 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 Emily:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Gwen Wheeler 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A261447 [compare], Ancestry member gwheeler78
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F336154 [compare], FTDNA kit #336154
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~1.56%
Stiofan Perkins :
23andMe, GEDmatch C519549 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member scperkins
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~1.56%
Jeremy Gosnell :
23andMe, GEDmatch RF1118306 [compare], yourDNAportal JER939666ea
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A475705 [compare], yourDNAportal JER939666ea, Ancestry member lancejgosnell
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~0.78%
Jones Hinton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JC1344356 [compare], yourDNAportal CANc9949957, Ancestry member Jonesgrand
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~0.78%
Diana (Swan) Reiner :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QV4088816 [compare], Ancestry member hawaiithunder13
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~0.39%
Patrick Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sixsmiths85
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Karen (Schick) Macagno
White-15469 and White-14309 appear to represent the same person because: All details appear to correspond.
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