Born in Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Skiles Ford
and Mary (Eggers) Ford
Sister of
Aaron Ford, Elizabeth Ford, Rebekah Ford, Sarah Ford, Mary (Ford) Yelton, Rebecca Louisa (Ford) Harmon, William Ford, Mathew Nathan Ford, Matthew Nathan Ford, John S Ford, Anna (Ford) Hatley, Nineveh Ford, Smith Ford, Ephraim Ford and Deborah (Ford) Dougherty
Wife of
Monroe Empsey Gragg
— married
12 Aug 1847 in Ashe, NC
Descendants 
Mother of
Susan Gragg, John S. Gragg, Mary Malinda Gragg, William E. Gragg, Sarah M. Gragg, Martha Ellen (Gragg) Yarber, Roby Alexander (Gragg) Gregg, Sarah E (Gragg) Coffey and Elizabeth Adaline (Gragg) Day
Died
at about age 96
in Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Feb 2017
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Biography
Sources
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG7-BR2K : 11 July 2016), Sirena Ford Gragg, ; Burial, Vilas, Watauga, North Carolina, United States of America, Forest Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 110060232, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B2-R2Q : 9 November 2014), Cyrena Gragg in household of Mary Ford, Watauga county, Watauga, North Carolina, United States; citing family 412, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDR-MTY : 30 December 2015), Cyreny Gragg in entry for Empsey Gragg, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDW-7LS : 17 October 2014), Sirena Gragg in household of Empey Gragg, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 6, family 42, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,663.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCX1-BMG : 14 January 2022), Isena Gragg in household of Emcy Gragg, Beaverdam Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDF-CGW7 : 20 November 2015), Serena Gragg, 1925; citing Watauga County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,313,295.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sirena 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 Sirena:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sirena 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 Sirena:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Cynthia (Bond) Rigby 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M986371 [compare]
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~1.56%
Teddi Schrakamp :
23andMe, GEDmatch HH2598254 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A508181 [compare]
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~1.56%
Cindy Schrakamp :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Geneva (Reynolds) Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A872388 [compare], Ancestry member tnanna
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~1.17%
~6.25%
Jesse Presnell :
23andMe, GEDmatch M775601 [compare]
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~1.17%
Tom Culver :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TS1548159 [compare], Ancestry member tomculver20
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~0.78%
Diana (Swift) Farmer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member honeybugg34
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