Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Wesley Gurganus
and Sarah (Earnest) Gurganus
Sister of
William David Gurganus, John Washington Persinger Gurganus Sr., Mary Earnest (Gurganus) Gilchrist, Louisa (Gurganus) Garrett, William Isaac Gurganus, Lucinda (Gurganus) Moore, Nancy Jane Gurganus, Henry Clay Gurganus, Sarah Frances Gurganus, Susan (Gurganus) Simpson [half], Elizabeth Elindor (Gurganus) Barker [half], Lydia (Gurganus) Worthington [half], James Taylor Gurganus [half], Alabama (Gurganus) Perrin [half] and Lee Gurganus [half]
Wife of
William Henry Herron I
— married
about 1852 in Oakman, Walker, Alabama, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Windham Hopkins Joseph Herron, Isaiah Herron, Sarah Herron, Marion Thomas Herron and James Wesley Herron
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Aug 2014
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Biography
Martha was born about 1835. She is the daughter of John Gurganus and Sarah Earnest Gurganus. [1]
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Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Betty Wedgeworth, Saturday, August 23, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5H-BDW : 4 April 2020), Martha Gurganus in household of John Gurganus, Walker county, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing family 104, NARA microfilm publication M432 (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:QK1B-HWZC : 18 March 2020), Martha Harin in entry for William Harin, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VV-DJL : 12 August 2017), Martha Herron in household of William Herron, Beat 9 and 10, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 285, sheet 113C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,034.
- "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK3D-WPJ : 12 August 2020), Martha Gurganeous in entry for William I. Herron, 1929.
- "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDN6-FT1 : 12 August 2020), Martha Gurganns in entry for Windom Herron, 1929.
- "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD5D-3JG : 12 August 2020), Martha Gurganus in entry for Sarah Catherine Dabbs, 1935.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
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~3.12%
Candace (Cox) Pascua
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M765834 [compare]
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~3.12%
Neal Gilchrist :
23andMe, GEDmatch M772103 [compare]
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~1.56%
Ryan Conway :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A251080 [compare], Ancestry member rbconway38
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~1.56%
Maggie (Hutto) Shiver :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PG1839178 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
Willette (Evans) Frazier :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #368598
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~0.78%
Jeff Knight :
23andMe, GEDmatch M258855 [compare]
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~0.78%
Linda (Johnson) Leslie :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MS7497799 [compare], Ancestry member lindleslie
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~0.78%
Robert Alexander :
23andMe, GEDmatch M125314 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
K (Ray) Braswell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kapow2007
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Doyle Baker :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A482963 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Janet (Utley) Phillips :
MyHeritage DNA
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