Born in Kentucky, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Edward Thomas Merritt
— married
14 Mar 1879 in Floyd, Kentucky
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Ellen Merritt
Died
at age 38
in Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 3 May 2016
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Biography
-Cause of death: Typhoid Fever. When Bidda died unexpectedly of Typhoid, her husband Edd was left with eight children still at home. Her sixteen year old daughter Clee was a responsible young lady and it was confident that she would be of immense help to her father.
-Buried: Bonanza Cemetery, Floyd, Kentucky- located behind the old Bonanza School.
-NOTE* some records/other researchers have erroneously listed her name as: 'Bidda Dawson' instead of Dotson.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Obedience 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 Obedience:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Obedience 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 Obedience:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Andrea (Varoscic Warsik) Nelson 
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