Mahala was born about 1815 to John Collins and Mahala Sehorn. She was married to Matthew W Pait AKA Pate on 5 Nov 1839 in Morgan County, Alabama.
In 1850 the family was recorded in Somerville, Morgan County, Alabama, as follows:
Matthew W Pait 32 Mahala P Pait 35 Mary E Pait 10 Sarah F Pait 8 Martha E Pait 5 Parmelia Pait 3 Catharine Pait 2 William E W Pait 1
It is likely she passed away before 1860, inferred from the fact she is not found in the 1860 census, and her children are living with their sister Mary Eliza.
Sources
1830 Census of John Collins
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1860 Census of daughter Mary Eliza
[2]
United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Somerville, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: 12; Page: 239a
Footnotes
Acknowledgments
Thank you to David Townsend for creating Collins-5368 on 29 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by David and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mahala 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 Mahala: