"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4B-7GK : 12 April 2016), Mathew L Beard in household of Richard Mcniel, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 27, family 178, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,196.
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM3X-DQR : 11 February 2018), Matthew Lee Beard, 12 May 1938; citing Pocahontas, West Virginia, County Records, 7168, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,333.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mathew by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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