Born in Ashland, Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alexander Darnell
and Louisa (Sheets) Darnell
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Clingman Adams
— married
25 Jul 1885 in Falling Spring, Greenbrier, West Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
James Sherman Adams
Died
at age 32
in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States [uncertain]
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| Created 25 Nov 2017
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Biography
Laura Jane Darnell was born in Ashland, Ashe County, North Carolina on August 18, 1887. She was the daughter of Alexander Darnell and Louisa Sheets.[1][2][3]
Laura was married, at the age of 17, on July 25, 1885 in Falling Spring, Greenbrier County, West Virginia to Thomas Clingman Adams, He was the son of Jesse Franklin Adams and Mary Nancy Barlow.[1][4][5]
Thomas and Laura had six children together:[1]
- Dixie (1886-1911)
- James Sherman (1887-1954)
- Gertrude (1889-1956)
- William Dolphus (1890-1956)
- Andrew (1893-1962)
- Hayden (1895-1963)
Laura Jane Darnell passed away December 3, 1899, in Baltimore, Maryland (Find a Grave and West Virginia Death Index) or Falling Spring, Greenbrier, West Virginia (Family Search and Ancestry Family Trees), She was buried in the Old Droop Church Cemetery, in Beard, Pocahontas County, West Virginia,[1][2]
Research Note
More work needs to be done to clarify the death location..
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 U S Find a Grave Index; Memorial #182351578.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 West Virginia U S Death Index 1853-1973; Born 1867 North Carolina; Died Dec 31, 1899 age 32 years of Consumption in Baltimore, MD.
- ↑ U S Federal Census - 1880; Ashe County, North Carolina.
- ↑ West Virginia U S Marriage Index 1785-1971; 7/25/1885, Greenbrier, West Virginia.
- ↑ U S Federal Census - 1900; T. C . Adams shown as widower.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 September 2019), memorial page for Laura Jane Darnell Adams (1869–30 Dec 1899), Find A Grave: Memorial #182351578, citing Old Droop Church Cemetery, Beard, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Gale Ruckman Smith (contributor 47513472) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Laura 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 Laura:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Laura 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 Laura:
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~1.17%
Christine (Wyatt) Stockman
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A456404 [compare], Ancestry member ChristineWyatt
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