Born in Clay, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peter Deweese
and Sarah (Browning) Deweese
Sister of
Mary Polly (Deweese) McIntosh and Lewis Deweese
Wife of
Elijah Spencer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Deweese Spencer
Died
at age 83
in Crawford, Arkansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Feb 2012
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Biography
Daughter of Peter and Sarah (Browning) DeWeese, Elizabeth was born in 1805. Elizabeth was buried on 24 February 1889 in Crawford County, Arkansas.
Sources
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-PBL9 : 22 July 2021), Elijah Spencer and Elizabeth Duese, 14 Mar 1818; citing Marriage, Clay, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 986,257.
- "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67C-HC8 : Mon Jul 17 20:12:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Elijah Spencer and Elizabeth Spencer, 1850.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87R-1T9 : Tue Jul 18 02:22:17 UTC 2023), Entry for Elijah Spencer and Elizabeth Spencer, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46Q-1X4 : Mon Aug 21 16:15:56 UTC 2023), Entry for James Spencer and Elizabeth Spencer, 1870.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37247461/nancy-elizabeth-spencer: accessed 05 September 2023), memorial page for Nancy Elizabeth DeWeese Spencer (4 Jun 1805–24 Feb 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37247461, citing Gill Cemetery, Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by L Bruns (contributor 46890146).
Acknowledgments
- Profile Deweese-74 was created through the import of meland2012.ged on Feb 6, 2012 by Greg Meland.
- Profile Deweese-88 was created through the import of meland2012.ged on Feb 6, 2012 by Greg Meland.
- Profile Deweese-75 was created through the import of meland2012.ged on Feb 6, 2012 by Greg Meland.
- Profile Deweese-89 was created through the import of meland2012.ged on Feb 6, 2012 by Greg Meland.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Gloria (Adams) Bidinger 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member glorrya37
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~1.56%
Melissa Smith :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Britton Meland :
23andMe, GEDmatch AL3638922 [compare]
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~0.78%
Tanya Sebastian :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tnkeifer09
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~0.78%
Silas Seger :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Melanie Martin :
AncestryDNA
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Barbara Bartlett Huff
Barbara Bartlett Huff
Deweese-75 and Deweese-74 appear to represent the same person because: It looks like Nancy deweese is the same person as Elizabeth (Deweese) Spencer. They have the same years of birth and death. See Find a Grave, where the memorial 37247461 is under Nancy Elizabeth DeWeese Spencer.
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by Barbara Bartlett Huff
Rejected matches › Nancy Deweese (1803-)
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