Born in Pike, Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Ayres
and Elizabeth (Lewis) Ayres
Sister of
Martha Jane (Ayres) Cash, Rebecca (Ayres) Reed, Agnes R (Ayres) Brown, John Hales Ayres, Elizabeth Ann (Ayres) Rose, Joseph Ayres and Thomas Jefferson Ayres Jr
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Eliza was born in 1837. She is the daughter of Thomas Ayres and Elizabeth Lewis. She married John Gates (who, according to census records, was born in Kentucky) and they had three children - James B 1857, Lizzie B 1861 and Willie B 1867.
Sources
"Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V281-BXX : 11 February 2018), John A. Gates and Eliza N. Gates, 13 May 1856; citing Pike,Missouri; FHL microfilm 974,634.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4XS-ZJ2 : 12 April 2016), Eliza Gates in household of John Gates, Missouri, United States; citing p. 12, family 77, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,297.
Ball, Helen. Ann Elizabeth Rose (Wife of Benjamin Franklin Ball): Her Ancestors and Descendants, self-published, 1982. Author is related to profile manager's husband, an avid genealogist in her day. Profile manager is happy to share any info that would be helpful to other researchers. [edit]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Eliza:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Eliza:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Jean (Landis) Smith 
:
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Richard Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FD7634282 [compare], Ancestry member richsmith429
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~3.12%
Nan Ball :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Richard Cosby :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Sheila Lewis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A514715 [compare], Ancestry member sheilatricarico
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~0.39%
Michael Hendrix :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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