"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC5S-3HT : 15 January 2022), Martha L. Lester in household of Mary Lester, Alum Ridge, Floyd, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZBF-Q9L3 : 17 November 2022), Martha E Boyd in entry for James C Boyd, 1891.
"Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H95M-322M : 13 February 2020), Martha Elizabeth Lester in entry for Zelma Boyd, 1906.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKD4-845 : accessed 24 November 2022), Martha Boyd in household of Thomas Boyd, St Mary, Hancock, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 10A, family 260, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 290; FHL microfilm 1,374,303.
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGH-FBY : 19 February 2021), Martha E Lester in entry for Lee Roy Boyd and Roxie Frances Duncan, 30 Oct 1918; citing Hancock, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,533,508.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSYJ-P9W : accessed 24 November 2022), Martha E Boyd in household of Thomas Boyd, Saint Mary, Hancock, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 5B, line 71, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 518; FHL microfilm 2,340,253.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118453249/martha-e-boyd: accessed 24 November 2022), memorial page for Martha E. Boyd (1867–1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 118453249, citing Saint Marys Cemetery, Saint Mary, Hancock County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by labs2006 (contributor 47500545) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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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