Born in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John B. Ashford
and Jinsey (King) Ashford
Sister of
Hiram Marcellus Ashford, James Ashford, Malinda (Ashford) Cowsert, Dorcas (Ashford) Lamar, Mary Ann (Ashford) Edwards, John Carroll Ashford and William B. Ashford
Wife of
James Cowsert
— married
about 1842 in Hardin County, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Julia Ann (Cowsert) Troutman, Elizabeth Jane Cowsert, Thomas Cowsert, Josephine Cowsert and Emma Cowsert
Died
at age 79
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Oct 2017
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Biography
Census
1850 • Township no. (unstated), Hardin County, Illinois, United States
- On August 20th, Mahala Cowsert, age 20, born in Tennessee, was enumerated in the household of James Cowsert, age 30, farmer, born in Illinois. Also in home were Julian Cowsert, age 8, born in Illinois, and Luisa J Cowsert, age 3, born in Illinois.[1]
Sources
- ↑ United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85Y-82R : 12 April 2016), Mahala Cowsert in household of James Cowsert, Hardin County, Illinois, United States; citing family 264, National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 109.
- United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD1M-3XG : 3 April 2015), Mahala Cowsert in entry for James Cowsert, 1863.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mahala 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 Mahala:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mahala 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 Mahala:
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~6.25%
Ada (Troutman) Vieceli
:
23andMe, GEDmatch HC2824531 [compare], yourDNAportal ADA0bb91ec6
+
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Anonymous Howland :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #861275
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Lori Binns :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A559234 [compare], Ancestry member lbinns1
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~0.78%
Terry Davis :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kimberly (Diss) Morgan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FL3256616 [compare], yourDNAportal KIM551efdda, Ancestry member KimberlyDiss
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