Elizabeth McClanahan (Abney) Ingram (1839-1893)

Elizabeth McClanahan "Lizzie, Lizie" Ingram formerly Abney

Born 1839 in Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Shelton Spillsbury Abney Sr and Martha Jane (Davis) Abney

Sister of Sarah Minerva (Abney) Murrell, John Hanger Abney, William Lycurgus Abney and Margaret Letticia (Abney) Wilhelm

Wife of John P Ingram — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Elizabeth L Ingram, William Ingram, Martha Jane (Ingram) Hodges, Sadie Ingram and Margaret Abney (Ingram) Mitchener

Died 1893 at about age 54 [location unknown]

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1 Biography
2 Children
3 Burial
4 Sources

Biography

Elizabeth was named for her paternal grandmother. Elizabeth married a neighbor and friend of the family, John P. Ingram. He was a widower with three children from his previous marriage and 26 years older than she. They had five children together. By 1880, she was widowed and living in Union township with her daughter Maggie while Sadie lived with Elizabeth's sister.

Children

Elizabeth and John had five children together:

Bettie L (Feb 13 1861)
William "Willie" Hanger (July 8 1864)
Martha "Mattie" Jane ( June 1867)
Sadie (October 7 1870)
Margaret "Maggie" Abney (January 11 1874).

Burial

Walker-Wright Cemetery, Cross Timbers, Hickory County, Missouri, USA

Sources

Abney Metzger, C. A. 1978 "In search of Kate, Abney, Geisinger, Davis, Parks, McClanahan, Shelton, Van Lear families" [1]
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88P-W9P : accessed 3 June 2016), Elizabeth M Abney in household of Shelton J Abney, Augusta county, Augusta, Virginia, United States; citing family 1183, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66D-RL2 : accessed 4 June 2016), Magie Ingram in household of Lizie M Ingram, Union, Benton, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 188, sheet 369C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0674; FHL microfilm 1,254,674.
Find A Grave Memorial# 37940769 [2]

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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: