Born in Greene, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Davis Jones
and Willie Isabella (Henderson) Jones
Sister of
William Albert Jones, Ida Dorothy (Jones) Brewer, Enoch Chatman Jones, Thomas Jefferson Davis Jones Jr. and Robert Melvin Jones
Wife of
Alfred Columbus Davis
— married
1924 in Greene County, Mississippi
Mother of
Alfred Columbus Davis Jr.
Died
at age 86
in Perry, Mississippi, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jun 2014
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Biography
Lela was born in 1899. She passed away in 1986.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #33385542
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMBR-9GK : accessed 12 June 2021), Lela S Davis in household of Alfred C Davis, Piave, Greene, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 5A, line 20, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1145; FHL microfilm 2,340,880.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYG6-38Q : 4 January 2021), Lela Davis in household of Alfred C Davis, Beat 3, Greene, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21-5, sheet 1B, line 66, family 15, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2022.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lela 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 Lela:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lela 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 Lela:
-
~25.00%
Wayne Jones
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T575842 [compare], FTDNA kit #558918
-
~12.50%
~12.50%
Stacey Williams :
23andMe
-
~6.25%
~25.00%
HD Moore :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T726737 [compare], FTDNA kit #94503
-
~6.25%
~6.25%
Nolan Henderson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T152925 [compare], FTDNA kit #124098
-
~6.25%
Bob Jones :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T121567 [compare], FTDNA kit #419922
-
~6.25%
DeDee (Clifton) Leiser :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #33003
-
~6.25%
Elena (Jones) Smith :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T626240 [compare], FTDNA kit #558913
-
~3.91%
~3.12%
Marcia (Greene) Bottenhorn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A381893 [compare]
-
~3.12%
~12.50%
Ira Franklin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M151506 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #54798
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch M151506 [compare]
-
~3.12%
~3.12%
Pamela (Henderson) LeCroy :
23andMe, GEDmatch M871927 [compare], FTDNA kit #N26642
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pll051015
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M871927 [compare], FTDNA kit #N26642
+
Living DNA
-
~3.12%
Margaret (Henderson) Dana :
23andMe
-
~3.12%
~12.50%
Jack Coleman :
23andMe, GEDmatch M721005 [compare]
-
~3.12%
Lawrence Russell :
23andMe, GEDmatch M612517 [compare]
-
~3.12%
Bennie Moore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A477083 [compare]
-
~3.12%
~12.50%
Davine (Moore) Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T541029 [compare], FTDNA kit #266883
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Maxine (Franklin) Williams :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T505024 [compare], FTDNA kit #254004
-
~3.12%
Charles Moore :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T724082 [compare], FTDNA kit #558911
-
~3.12%
~12.50%
Pat Knapp :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T225078 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK32971
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Lynda Knapp :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T162527 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK32972
-
~3.12%
James Davis :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B7152
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Lisa Franklin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M150537 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M150537 [compare]
-
~1.56%
John Coleman :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Patrick Haddick :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Cecil Dawkins :
23andMe, GEDmatch M080551 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Hiram Davis :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
~1.56%
Mary Anne Johnston :
23andMe, GEDmatch KW7069308 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Rick Coleman :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
Warren Albin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A009608 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Jeffrey Davis :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Debora (Gamble) Sumrall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A424955 [compare], Ancestry member Deborasumrall75
-
~1.56%
~1.56%
Amy Clare (Nicholson) Baker :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member DrgnLdy77
-
~1.56%
Billy Brewer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bebrewer1
-
~0.78%
Paul Underwood :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Linda (Ashmore) Holler :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lindagholler
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Starr Richard :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Justin Coleman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A441366 [compare], Ancestry member justin15928
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Patricia (Lyons) Gorum :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member gorums88
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Myrna (Holcomb) Lazenby :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T843416 [compare], Ancestry member Lazenby_Myrna
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T843416 [compare], FTDNA kit #499768
-
~0.78%
Karen (Ashmore) Carlson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NX1942301 [compare], yourDNAportal KAR91f757e6, Ancestry member Ashmore_ks57
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch NX1942301 [compare], yourDNAportal KAR91f757e6, Ancestry member Ashmore_ks57, FTDNA kit #999303
-
~0.78%
May Hammontree :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HL3766073 [compare], FTDNA kit #BP13569
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