Born in Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Ansel Faulkner
and Sarah A (Dodd) Fortner
Sister of
Nathan A Faulkner [half], Permilia Ellender (Fortner) Thomas [half], Mary Elizabeth (Fortner) McAnally, Letha Fortner [half], Sarah Ann Frances Fortner [half] and Artilda Alice (Fortner) Rouse
Wife of
Pleasant Miller Rhodes
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
James Wesley Rhoads, Alexander M Rhodes, Ansel P Rhodes, Scott Theron Rhodes and Margie Alice (Rhodes) Wiggins
Died
at age 80
in Cullman, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Apr 2016
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Biography
"Pleasant Miller and Mary Ann (Fortner) Rhodes were married in 1864 Jefferson County Al. There is documentation for two different marriage dates but the same listed in both
Mary Ann's life must have been difficult her husband went to war and caught typhoid, he survived and went back to the front where he was shot and lost his arm from the elbow down.
Mary Ann applied for a widow's pension, she reported her husband died June 7 1910. Mary Ann's request for a widow's pension was approved and she moved to the Arkadelphia area of Cullman County Al.
Sources
- "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKQT-DQR : accessed 24 April 2016), Mary Ann Fortner in entry for Alexander Mattison Rhodes, 22 May 1957; citing reference 11826, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,920.
- Blount County, Alabama Confederate Soldiers, Volume 3:
By Robin Sterling page 355 Google Books
- "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQWC-TQ8 : accessed 24 April 2016), Pelt Rhodes and Mary Ann Fortner, 1864.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
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~3.12%
Mary Thomas
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M071009 [compare]
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~1.95%
~12.50%
Theresa Williams :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A781581 [compare], Ancestry member reedtheresa
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~1.56%
Anon Murphy :
23andMe, GEDmatch M085050 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Debbi Pannell :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dapannell
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Lisa (Kreis) Loos :
23andMe, GEDmatch FH7534555 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A871531 [compare], Ancestry member LisaKreisLoos
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Jon-David Phillips :
23andMe, GEDmatch M969521 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Andrea Adams :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ancestry7437
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Rejected matches › Mary L. Ford (abt.1842-) › Mary Ann (Rhodes) Grainger (1838-1925) › Mary Ann (Tuttle) Ford (1845-1929) › Mary E. Faulkner (abt.1843-aft.1910) › Marie Fortier (1845-) › Anna Fortier (abt.1845-)
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