Elizabeth "Lizzie" Fax was born in Tennessee on 19 May 1874 to Samuel Gilbert Fax and Sarah Ann Gibson. She married John Henry Herron on 4 August 1896 in Dyer County, Tennessee.[1] They had 8 known children, and Lizzie was a homemaker.[2][3] Lizzie died on 13 May 1969. She is buried at Grace Cemetery in Ripley, Tennessee.[4]
Research Notes
Census records list her at different birth years. 1878 is probably closer to the truth.[5]
↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNDN-18F : 4 December 2014), J H Herron and Lizzie Fox, 04 Aug 1896; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 500, Dyer, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
↑ "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MGFT-GRF : Mon Mar 20 14:12:08 UTC 2023), Entry for John H Herron and Elizabeth Herron, 1910.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82907410/lizzie-herron: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Lizzie Herron (19 May 1874–13 May 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82907410, citing Grace Cemetery, Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by James Durham (contributor 46994633).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lizzie 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 Lizzie: