When Emily Driggers was born on July 12, 1819, in Emanuel, Georgia, to William Driggers and Amelia Lastinger.[1] Her father, William, was 42, and her mother, Amelia, was 41.
Marriages
Emily was married twice.Her first husband was Sebastian Mark Tomlinson in 1840.[1] They had eight children in 16 years. He died in 1855 and then she married her second husband Elisha Greene, Jr. about 1855/1856 He was the son of an original settler of what is now Baker County, Florida and was a veteran of the Second Seminole Indian Wars. They married about 1845 most likely in Florida.
Death and Burial
She died in 1905 in Levy, Florida, having lived a long life of 86 years.
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Pioneers of Florida's First Coast, Southern Genealogist's Exchange Society, 1991, Page 152
See also:
1860 US Census, US Census Bureau: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C, New River County, Florida, Aug 9 1860
1870 US Census, US Census Bureau: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C, p 33, enumerated July 9, 1870 Sanderson, Baker County, Florida.
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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:
Driggers-1260 and Driggers-193 appear to represent the same person because: There are some differences but these are definitely the same person. The marriage date in Driggers-193 is most likely wrong.