"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXVM-38F : 31 December 2021), James Shippley and Mary I Gillam, 23 Nov 1836; citing Carroll, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004203304.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVH-2MX : 19 December 2020), Mary Shepley in household of James Shepley, Washington Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHSF-BR2 : 13 January 2022), Mary J. Shipley in household of James Shipley, Colburn, Washington Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
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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: