Born in Barren County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Washington Farris Sr
and Nancy (Shelton) Farris
Sister of
Samuel Shelton Farris and John Thomas Farris
Wife of
James William Posey
— married
19 Feb 1835 in Wayne County, Illinois
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth Ann (Posey) Gardiner, Nancy Jane (Posey) Philmlee, Louisa Jane Posey, George W Posey, Ellen Jerusha (Posey) Kielley, Isaac Farris Posey and William S Posey
Died
at age 77
in Crawford County, Wisconsin
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Mar 2017
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Biography
Jerusha was born in 1814 and died in 1893. She is buried in the Posey Cemetery, Steuben, Crawford, Wisconsin. Jerusha’s parents are: George Washington Farris and Nancy H. Shelton.
Sources
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-C5DS : 11 July 2016), Jerusha Vaughn Farris Posey, 1893; Burial, Steuben, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States of America, Posey Cemetery; citing record ID 59716774, Findagrave.com.
- Personal family data files.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jerusha 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 Jerusha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jerusha 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 Jerusha:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Kristen McDonald 
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Simone (Stapel) Myers :
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