Margaret was born in 1830. She is the daughter of James Abel and Ann A. Madison. Margaret married Clement Edgar. [1] In 1850 they are enumerated on the federal census in Yalobusha County, Mississippi next to the home of her parents. [2] She died in 1918. [3]
Sources
↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2DS-3YS : 6 December 2014), Clemant Edgar and Margaret S. Ables, 21 Dec 1847; citing Yalobusha,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 894,124.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LV-C4J : 22 December 2020), Margaret Edger in household of Clement Edger, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84.0040; Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. (Letter of Mrs. Henry Brinson Montgomery transcribed on the profile of James Abel (1807-))
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret 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 Margaret: