Born in Jay, Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Marquis
and Mary Ellen (Cosner) Marquis
Sister of
Jacob A. Marquis, Adonijah Marquis, Leydia (Marquis) Muma, Eve Marquis, Emeline O. Marquis, Mahala A. Marquis, Abdigal Marquis, James G. Birney Marquis, Rachel L. Marquis and Merida Marquis
Wife of
Samuel D Graham
— married
2 Feb 1868 in St. Clair, Missouri, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Milton Judson Graham, Charles Daniel Graham, Mary Alice (Graham) Bazzill and Dio Lewis Graham
Died
at age 77
in Cedar Springs, Cedar, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Feb 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Barbary was born in 1837. Barbary Marquis ... She passed away in 1914. [1]
Her gravestone reads: "She did what she could"
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Charles Walter, Feb 28, 2013
"United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJK-P8Q : Fri Sep 15 14:56:17 UTC 2023), Entry for James Marquis and Mary Marquis, 1850.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FP-3JB : Fri Sep 15 20:06:26 UTC 2023), Entry for James Marquis and Mary Marquis, 1860.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17589536/barbara-ellen-graham: accessed 29 September 2023), memorial page for Barbara Ellen Marquis Graham (10 Jan 1837–6 Aug 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17589536, citing Lebeck Cemetery, Cedar County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Wade Hicks (contributor 46881577).
The events of Barbary's life were either witnessed by Charles Walter or Charles plans to add sources here later.
Gravestone reading provided by notes from Lois Bazzill Walter given to Sonja Walter Brown
- "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XV2-2KKS : 4 August 2022), Barbary E Marquis in entry for Samuel Graham, 2 Feb 1868; citing Marriage, St. Clair, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007514060.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Charles Walter for starting this profile.
Research Notes
Her name is written as Barbara on the census and on her father's profile. It's written as Barbary on her tombstone.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Barbara 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 Barbara:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Barbara 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 Barbara:
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~0.78%
NJ Penny
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A270014 [compare], Ancestry member nolapenny
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~0.78%
Jennifer (Cox) Reich :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A326225 [compare], Ancestry member whimsyglass
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