Born in Pulaski County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas M Doolin
and Elizabeth (Knox) Doolin
Wife of
Ansel S Adams
— married
Oct 1837 in Pulaski County, Kentucky
Wife of
Joseph Davis Farris
— married
Mar 1844 in Whitley, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Adams) Sharp, William Henry Harrison Adams, Ansel Thomas Adams, Joseph Gillis Farris, Thomas B Doolin Farris, Charles Gatliff Farris, Sarah Jane Farris, Mary Farris, John Speed Farris and Samantha Cecia (Farris) Wilder
Died
at age 72
in Whitley, Kentucky, United States
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Biography
Mary was born about 1818 to Thomas and Elizabeth (Knox) Doolin. Mary Doolin married Ansell Adamson 10 Jan 1837 in Pulaski Co., Kentucky.[1][2] They had three children in three years. He passed away in 1840 at the age of 30, leaving his young wife with the babies. By Polly married Joseph Dorris Farris and had 5 children. Three of Joseph and Polly's children died in 1850. They were all under the age of 5. Samantha and John S. Farris survived.[3][4] Polly passed away on 1892 in Whitley, Kentucky, USA.
Family:
- First Husband: Ansell Adams
- Elizabeth Adams - 1837-1911
- William H Adams - 1837-Unknown
- Ansel Thomas Adams - 1841-1921
- Second Husband: Joseph Dorris Farris - 1800-1866
- John S Farris - 1862-1924
- Joseph Gillis Farris - 1845-1850
- Thomas D Farris - 1847-1850
- Charles Farris 1848-1850
- Samanatha S Farr
Sources
- ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWR6-RTY : 23 February 2021), Ansell Adams, 1837.
- ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBN-79W : 23 February 2021), Ansel Adams, 1837.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65P-BRV : 22 December 2020), Mary Farris in household of Joseph D Farris, Whitley, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBK-94P : 18 February 2021), Mary Farris in entry for Jos D Farris, 1860.
Acknowledgements
- Patrick Garcia (13 Jul 2013) and Homer Hopper (6 Feb 2012) who created this profile from firsthand knowledge.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly 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 Polly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly 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 Polly:
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~3.12%
~25.00%
Patrick Garcia 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member garce1
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~1.56%
Geoffrey (Peters) Earendil-Peters :
23andMe, GEDmatch QY7750580 [compare], yourDNAportal GEOf484d5ee
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~1.56%
David Garrett :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Bodhi Pflueger :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Sherman Crouch :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A284523 [compare], Ancestry member shermancrouch
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Doolin-8 and Doolin-25 appear to represent the same person because: Clearly represent same person.
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Rejected matches › Jane (Adams) Gordon (abt.1820-) › Mary Atkinson (abt.1818-) › Mary (Atkinson) Crawford (abt.1819-)
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