Born in Indiana, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Berry Burks
and Eleanor (Kennidy) Burks
Sister of
Andrew J. Burks and Amanda Ellen (Burks) Dean
Wife of
Joseph Vaughan
— married
31 Oct 1866 in Hendricks County, Indiana
[children unknown]
Died
at age 66
in Hendricks County, Indiana, USA
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Biography
Minerva was born in Indiana in 1844, the daughter of Berry Burks and Ellen Kennidy. In 1866 she married Joseph W. Vaughan, and they had at least one child. After husband died in a train accident in 1876, she and her daughter Minnie went to live with her mother Ellen Burks and sister Amanda Dean, who had also had lost her husband two years earlier.
She died in 1911 and is buried with her husband at Stilesville Cemetery, Hendricks County, Indiana.
Research Notes
In the 1880 census, she appears as "Manerva".
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #93629380 for Minerva Burks Vaughan.
- Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Hendricks County, p. 514 (image 285). Marriage of Joseph W. Vaughan and Minerva Burks, 31 Oct 1866.
- US Census, 1870, Indiana, Hendricks County, Stilesville, p. 32 (image 4), family 244, line 19. FamilySearch database with images (NARA M593, Roll 322).
- US Census, 1880, Indiana, Hendricks County, Stilesville, ED 148, p. 25 (image 3), line 29. FamilySearch database with images (NARA T9 roll 283).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Minerva 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 Minerva:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Minerva 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 Minerva:
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~0.39%
~1.56%
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