Born in Culpepper, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Ball Jr.
and Alice (Withers) Ball
Sister of
Sarah Elizabeth (Ball) Pate, Susan Martha (Ball) Green, Matilda Judith Ball, Mary (Ball) Pate, Nancy Withers Judson (Ball) Compton and George Lewis Ball
Wife of
Michael Miller
— married
30 Apr 1828 in Perry County, Indiana
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Ellen (Miller) Hendrick, Luther Miller, Ann Elizabeth Miller, Jane (Miller) Lyons, Alfred Miller and Caroline Miller
Died
at age 81
in New Bethel, Breckinridge, Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Sep 2016
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Biography
Matilda E. Ball was born in Kentucky in 1811. Matilda married Michael Miller in Perry County, Indiana, on April 30, 1828. She had just turned 17 years old.[1]The Millers were farmers in Breckinridge County, and by 1850 they had four children,
- Elizabeth age 19
- Jane age 17
- Alfred age 16
- Caroline age 14
in 1850.[2]
Thirty years later, Michael and Matilda were still living on the farm and had their grandson, Alfred Payne, living with them. Their son, Alfred, was living nextdoor, with his family, and Alfred was suffering from Typhoid Fever.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941
- ↑ 1850 U.S. Federal Census; District 1, Breckinridge County, Kentucky
- ↑ 1880 U.S. Federal Census; Courtesy of Ancestry.com
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda 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 Matilda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda 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 Matilda:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Scott Lee 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A953048 [compare], Ancestry member dslcards1
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~1.56%
Mark Miller :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Tammy (Pridemore) Crum :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A910498 [compare], Ancestry member tcrum1962
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Cara (Duley) Shelton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A594768 [compare], Ancestry member ThatLeeGIrl
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~1.17%
Brenda (Jeffrey) Black :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A338571 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Patricia (Gray) Pickering :
23andMe
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B569827
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~0.78%
AR (Stollings) Schander :
23andMe, GEDmatch NJ4185271 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Matthew Wheat :
23andMe, GEDmatch TW046984C1 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TW046984C1 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Linda (Ross) Boddy :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Sandra (Hicks) Johnson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member SandraDawnJohnson
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~0.78%
Alex Betts :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bettsac
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