Born in Mississippi, United States
Daughter of Thomas Heard
and Jane (Cole) Heard
Wife of
James H Spann
— married
28 Jul 1836 in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Wife of
Andrew Jackson Desha
— married
8 Jun 1865 in Franklin Parish, Louisiana
Mother of
Alice Spann, Thomas H Spann, Frances Marion Spann, Virginia Spann, Narcissy Caroline Spann, Mary Spann, John Spann, James H Spann Jr and George Washington Spann
Died
at age 87
in Wisner, Franklin, Louisiana, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Sep 2016
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Biography
Mary was born in 1820. She was the daughter of Thomas Heard and Jane Cole. She passed away in 1908.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJQ-LP8 : 12 April 2016), James H Spann, Catahoula parish, Catahoula, Louisiana, United States; citing family 17, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 October 2018), memorial page for Mary C. Desha (24 Jun 1820–2 May 1908), Find A Grave Memorial no. 72658089, citing Holly Grove Cemetery, Wisner, Franklin Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Karen Klemm Pinckard (contributor 46786662) .
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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:
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%
~12.50%
Jerry Mead 
:
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T154498 [compare], FTDNA kit #527312
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Rebecca (Skinner) Maes :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A699442 [compare], Ancestry member croaken1
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