Jeremiah was the son of John Zachariah Busby, a farmer. He and his family lived in Jasper County, Mississippi.[1]
In 1860, Jeremiah, age 12, was living with his parents, John Zachariah Busby and Sarah, in Mobile, Alabama.[2]
When the census was taken in 1900, Jerry's occupation was listed as "coal burner." He lived in Mobile, Alabama, with his wife and two sons, George and Garland.[4]
↑1860 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Southern Division, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: M653_17; Page: 42; Family History Library Film: 803017. 19 July 2017; amb Jabe Fincher, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jabe and others.
Paternal/maternal relationship is confirmed by a MyHeritage test match between Maddox1, child of ETTA BUSBY-1919, and Busby2, child of THOMAS BUSBY-1919. Maddox1 and Busby2 are third cousins and share 128.7 cM. Predicted relationship from MyHeritage is 2C to 2C1R. Their most recent common ancestors are John Jeremiah Busby and Sarah Street.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jeremiah 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 Jeremiah: