Born in Livingston, Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William M. Means
and Nancy H. (Gentry) Means
Sister of
James Means Sr., Charles Granderson Means, Susan Matilda (Means) McMahan, Thomas Jefferson Means and Martha Jane (Means) Coleman
Wife of
James William Farris
— married
5 Sep 1861 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Major Thomas Farris
Died
at age 52
in Jefferson, Kansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Jul 2016
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Biography
Elizabeth (Means) Farris is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.
Elizabeth G. Means was born on January 25, 1843 in Missouri to William Means and Nancy Harris (Gentry).[1],[2]
She married William Farris on September 5, 1861. The couple one child, namely Major Thomas Farris of Winchester, Kansas.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard Gentry, Ph.D., Gentry Family in America 1676 to 1909, pp. 91-92 (Grafton Press, New York 1909). Copy available at https://books.google.com/books?id=TbhYAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, Green Township, Platte County, Missouri, USA, page 373 (stamped), page 745 (handwritten), Lines 31-38, Household No. 145, Family No. 145. Copy available at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZN-5S7.
- See also Grave Marker at http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/http%2522//fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27663346
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
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~1.56%
Maxine (Martin) McReynolds
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M943864 [compare], yourDNAportal MAX7f67cb3e
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~0.78%
Landon Clay :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch NY6082881 [compare], FTDNA kit #436613
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~0.78%
Brad White :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch YW7685119 [compare], FTDNA kit #920894
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