Born in Calhoun, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Minter John Bell
and Malinda (Starcher) Harris
Wife of
Emery Morey Pursley
— married
22 Oct 1902 in Roane County, West Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Opha Blanche (Pursley) Metz
Died
at age 56
in Spencer, Roane, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Sep 2013
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Lilly (Bell) Pursley was born in Appalachia, in West Virginia.
Lilly (Bell) Pursley was a West Virginian.
Biography
Lilly was born in 1886. She passed away in 1943. [1]
Sources
- ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM7K-89B : 10 March 2018), Lilly Mae Pursley, 09 Feb 1943; citing Roane, West Virginia, County Records, 2255, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,639.
- "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FT63-SB7 : 11 February 2018), E M Pursley and May Bell, 1902; citing Roane, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 565,834.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lilly 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 Lilly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lilly 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 Lilly:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Sherri (Metz) Smith 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A051928 [compare], Ancestry member metzsisters
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~3.12%
Charles Bell :
23andMe, GEDmatch JS3701359 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JS3701359 [compare], Ancestry member clbell42
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #952911
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~1.56%
Ken Starcher :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Brett Deem :
Living DNA, GEDmatch LU2914783 [compare], yourDNAportal BREf677f5b4
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~0.59%
Nancy (Bennett) Contoupe :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mooseluv5556
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~0.39%
Caden McCune :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Preussencaps
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