Jane was born in 1813. She was the daughter of Samuel Downing and Elizabeth Giffen. She married Isaac Darst in about 1833 (marriage record needed) and is listed with him and their children on the 1850 Census:
Jane Darst: United States Census, 1850
Name: Jane Darst
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Troy Township, Delaware, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original): Troy, Delaware, Ohio, United States
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3B-KJ5 : 21 December 2020), Jane Darst in household of Isaac Darst, Troy Township, Delaware, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42702259/jane-darst: accessed 12 September 2022), memorial page for Jane Downing Darst (26 Jan 1813–13 Jun 1854), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42702259, citing Radnor Cemetery, Radnor, Delaware County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Robert V Darst (contributor 46905328) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Jane: