Born in Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Hembree
and Margaret Ann (Sanders) Hembree
Sister of
Roseanna E (Hembree) Goodpasture
Wife of
James A. Hayes
— married
11 Jan 1872 in Pike, Indiana, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Harvey Hayes, Alice (Hayes) Arnold, Estella (Hayes) Miley, Oscar Willard Hayes, Ada M. (Hayes) Arnold, Cora M. (Hayes) Griffith, Maude (Hayes) Mitchell, Minnie Hayes, Richard Hayes, Edna Margaret (Hayes) Malott and Margaret Hayes
Died
at age 69
in Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana, USA
Profile last modified
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Biography
Samantha Jane Nancy Humbree was the daughter of Richard Lewis Hembree. Her stepmother was Martha A Risley.
Her name is on all documents with various spellings. Her maiden name is documented as Humbree, Hembree, Henly, Embree and Emory. Her first name is also conflicted. Most documents have her as Samantha Jane, but she is also documented as Nancy Jane.
Her married last name is found spelled Hays and Hayes. Her children adopted both spellings and some are Hays while others are Hayes.
She was the mother of 10 children, 9 of whom were living in 1900. She married James A Hays on 4 January 1872 in Pike County Indiana, after his first wife Sarah died. Samantha was the stepmother of Nancy A. Hays Church.
Cause of death was epithelioma of the cervice. The information on her death certificate is Harvey Hays, Petersburg, Indiana (son) She was buried on May 26, 1923
Children: Edna Ada Richard Harvey Maude Alice Estella "Stella" Oscar Cora Margaret
Census
1860: Rutherford, Martin, IN [1]
- Richard Hembree age 31
- Martha A age 18
- Jonathan age 13
- Sarah E age 11
- Rosanna E age 9
- Samantha J age 6
- James J age 5
1870: Jefferson, Pike, IN [2]
- Richard Embree age 48
- Martha age 29
- Risena age 18
- Samantha age 16
- James F age 15
- Richard age 6
- Eliza A age 4
- Louis M age 1
1880: Washington, Pike, IN [3]
- James Hays age 39
- Nancy J age 24
- Nancy A. age 11
- Harvy E age 7
- Alice age 5
- Stella age 3
- Willard age 1
- Sarah A. age 84
1900: Washington, Pike, IN [4]
- James Hayes age 59
- Samanatha age 48
- Stella age 22
- Ida age 18
- Cora age 16
- Maud age 13
- Minnie age 10
- Richard age 8
- Edna age 4
1910: Washington, Pike, IN [5]
- James Hays age 64
- Samantha age 54
- Minnie age 21
- Everett age 18
- Edna age 15
Sources
- ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Rutherford, Martin, Indiana; Roll: M653_278; Page: 975; Family History Library Film: 803278
- ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Jefferson, Pike, Indiana; Roll: M593_350; Page: 450B; Image: 379488; Family History Library Film: 545849
- ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Washington, Pike, Indiana; Roll: 304; Family History Film: 1254304; Page: 373C; Enumeration District: 179; Image: 0751
- ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Washington, Pike, Indiana; Roll: 397; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 1240397
- ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Washington, Pike, Indiana; Roll: T624_374; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0042; FHL microfilm: 1374387
- Indiana, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. (Samantha J. Embree/James Hays; 11 Jan 1872; Pike, IN)
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186621397/samantha-nancy_jane-hayes
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samantha 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 Samantha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samantha 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 Samantha:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Connie (Griffith) Houchins 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ConnieHouchins
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~0.39%
Joe Inman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WY3182795 [compare], yourDNAportal JOSc9088c50, Ancestry member jrinman66
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Hembree-521 and Hembree-468 appear to represent the same person because: Clear Duplicate
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