Born in Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Lindsay Knowles
and Martha Jane (Oliver) Knowles
Sister of
William Thomas Knowles, George Washington Knowles, Marion O. Knowles, Helen L.c. (Knowles) Bruce, Martha A. (Knowles) Faulk and Mary Ann (Knowles) Grubbs
Wife of
J. S. Merritt
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 10 May 2011
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Biography
Josephine was born in 1844. She is the daughter of Richard Knowles.
Residence
1860 United States Census in Election Precinct 11, Coffee, Alabama, United States. Members in this household:
- Richard Knowls-45yrs, born in Georgia
- Martha J Knowls-38yrs, born in South Carolina
- Josephine Knowls-16yrs, born in Alabama
- George W Knowls-13yrs, born in Alabama
- Helen L C Knowls-8yrs, born in Alabama
- Martha A Knowls-6yrs, born in Alabama
- Mary A KNowls-2yrs, born in Alabama
- Noah Gunter-20yrs, born in South Carolina[1]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDD-FPQ : 12 April 2016), Martha J Knowls in entry for Richard Knowls, 1860.
Acknowledgement
- Entered by Tommy Knowles, May 10, 2011
- Tommy Knowles, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tommy and others.
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DNA Connections
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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josephine:
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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josephine:
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~3.12%
Lori Tompkins
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dkbuck113
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~0.78%
James Wilson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T278202 [compare], Ancestry member James_Cletus
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