Born in Jewell, Kansas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Sherman Edward Arasmith
and Luella Jane (Brown) Arasmith
Sister of
Jessie C. (Arasmith) Hollenshead, Mary Agnes (Arasmith) Long, Wilbur E. Arasmith and Louella G. (Arasmith) Woolen
Wife of
Edward Harold Pearson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Audrey Ruth (Pearson) Kelley, Paul E Pearson, Paula (Pearson) Lorraine and Myrna (Pearson) de Jarnette
Died
at age 34
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jul 2017
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Biography
Myrna, her youngest daughter, said that Leona and her sisters were all teachers. Leona and her husband spent most of their married life on the West Coast.
Leona supposedly died of sleeping sickness, aged 34. (There was a pandemic of encephalitis lethargica associated with the 1918 flu pandemic.)
Buried in the Arasmith family plot at Pleasant View Cemetery, Logan, Phillips County, Kansas.
Her parents and siblings maintained no contact with her youngest child, Myrna, who was raised near Norton, Kansas, by Harold's sister, Loretta Pearson and Loretta's husband, Leonard Kendall.
Four children: Audrey, the eldest; Paul and Paula, twins; Myrna, the youngest.
Sources
- As told to Victor de Jarnette by Myrna Pearson Kendall de Jarnette
- Find A Grave memorial #90988574
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90988574/leona-gertrude-pearson
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leona 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 Leona:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leona 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 Leona:
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~25.00%
50.00%
Victor de Jarnette 
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Bill Phillips :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A145606 [compare], Ancestry member jistjul
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Julie (Phillips) Minor :
23andMe, GEDmatch ED4881212 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A036647 [compare], Ancestry member jistjul
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch RX6791454 [compare]
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~0.78%
Michael Phillips :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KC4185748 [compare], Ancestry member jistjul
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