William
Riley
Brashears
Born in Arkansas
Ancestors 
Son of Isaac Brashears
and Mary (Basham) Brashears
Brother of
Robert W Brashears
Husband of
Mariah Jane (Mitchell) Brashears
— married
1 Feb 1860 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Jane (Brashears) Boothe
Died after
after age 36
in Arkansas
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Dec 2018
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Biography
William Riley walked into the woods one night and was never seen or heard from again. This is a family mystery and was told to me by my grandmother. They never knew what happened to him. Would love to hear from anyone who has additional information please...
Sources
- Birth date: abt 1845 Birth place: Arkansas Residence date: 1850 Residence place: Pope, Arkansas Year: 1850; Census Place: , Pope, Arkansas; Roll: M432_29; Page: 245A; Image: .
Web Address
search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&
h=9831293&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M875-2W9 : 13 December 2017), Wm R Brashears, 1860.
- Birth date: abt 1842 Birth place: Arkansas Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas, United States Year: 1880; Census Place: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: 50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 492D; Enumeration District: 101; Image: 0709.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Rani (Clayton) Moss 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch FJ5488645 [compare], Ancestry member rdm100
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FJ5488645 [compare], Ancestry member rdm100
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch FJ5488645 [compare], yourDNAportal RANc5c05e11
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~1.56%
Jerry Crabb :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member crabb04
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Vivian Cox :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Vivhall3
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~0.78%
Tanya Hughes :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EY7431738 [compare], Ancestry member tatianamik
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