Joseph
Elijah
Gorum
Born in Louisiana, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Henry Gorum
and Mary Matilda (Bunch) Gorum
Brother of
Amanda Caroline (Gorum) Nessmith, James Melton Gorum, Mary Ella (Gorum) Beebe, Martha Codelia (Gorum) Wisby, John Austin Gorum, William Archie Gorum, Benjamin Nehemiah Gorum, Dock Gorum, Millie (Gorum) Cleveland and Rosa (Gorum) Ellender
Husband of
Laura (Martin) Gorum
— married
30 Jan 1900 in Louisiana
Descendants 
Father of
Richard P. Gorum, John Allen Gorum, Hattie Gorum, Mary Pearl (Gorum) Burns, Lillie Mae (Gorum) Padgett, William R. Gorum and Joseph Elijah Gorum Jr.
Died
at age 63
in Vernon, Louisiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Apr 2011
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Biography
Burial
Comrade Cemetery Simpson, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA [ Comrade Cemetery Simpson, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA ]
Sources
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBX-VRH : accessed 18 February 2018), Joseph Gorum, Police Jury Ward 6, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 151, sheet 9B, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 533; FHL microfilm 1,374,546.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Jane (Parker) McManus 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A686798 [compare]
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~1.56%
Gary Gray :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Chere (Robinson) Lee :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A066476 [compare], Ancestry member cheredlee
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~0.78%
Margaret Acree :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A019675 [compare], Ancestry member margaret_acree
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