"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ5X-3MJ : accessed 28 August 2015), Harvey Edwards and Dorcas Leonard, 10 Apr 1836; citing Medina, Ohio, United States, reference 142; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 423,817.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4D5-D2J : accessed 28 August 2015), Lucy Edwards in household of Dorcus Edwards, Spring Prairie, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 480, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9Z-ZNR : accessed 28 August 2015), Sarah F Edwards in household of Daniel E Edwards, The Town Of Troy, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 144, household ID 74, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,434.
"Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLMY-WJ1 : accessed 10 May 2015), Dorcas L. Edwards, 1901; citing Death, Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,660.
"Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG5-VWHC : accessed 10 May 2015), Dorcas Leonard Edwards, 1901; Burial, Troy, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States of America, Little Prairie Cemetery; citing record ID 125849396, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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