"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKM-VVX : 12 April 2016), William Higdon in household of Wm R Higdon, Alabama, United States; citing p. 37, family 287, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,509.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JZ-6P6 : 12 August 2017), Wm Higden, Mixons and Fork of Sepulga, Conecuh, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 46, sheet 17A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0009; FHL microfilm 1,254,009.
"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6QF-R9X : 27 November 2014), William Higdon in entry for Josphine Louise Tisdale, 29 Oct 1951; citing reference 22102, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,863.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josephine by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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