Born in South Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alexander Faris
and Elizabeth (Lusk) Ferris
Sister of
Thomas Craig Faris, Moses A Farris, Mary Ann Farris, Sarah (Farris) Kirk and Rhody E (Faris) Mealy
Wife of
Andrew Alexander
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
George Patrick Alexander
Died
at age 70
in Calloway, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Oct 2016
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Biography
Leah was born in 1801. Leah Faris passed away in 1872.[1]
Census
Name: Lea Alexander Event Type: Census Event Year: 1850 Event Place: Calloway county, Calloway, Kentucky, United States Gender: Female Age: 40 Race: White Race (Original): Birth Year (Estimated): 1810 Birthplace: South Carolina Household ID: 88 House Number: 86 Line Number: 21 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 194 GS Film Number: 7847 Digital Folder Number: 004193960 Image Number: 00388
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Andrew Alexander M 55 North Carolina Lea Alexander F 40 South Carolina O O Alexander M 19 Tennessee George P Alexander M 13 Kentucky Angeline Alexander F 11 Kentucky
Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M651-HJW : 9 November 2014), Lea Alexander in household of Andrew Alexander, Calloway county, Calloway, Kentucky, United States; citing family 88, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Sources
- Source: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M651-HJW : 9 November 2014), Lea Alexander in household of Andrew Alexander, Calloway county, Calloway, Kentucky, United States; citing family 88, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M7PS-X1F
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leah 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 Leah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leah 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 Leah:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Elizabeth Sweeney 
:
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch UY8109699 [compare]
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~0.78%
Ron Gragg :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Charles Walker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CG3559857 [compare], Ancestry member walke43482
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