Note: IGI says her birth date is 1842, the Parrish book p. 336 says31 Dec 1843, death 26 Mar 1920? Still needs proving. There is another Jemima Mathis listed as well but of a much earlier family.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYY-SK3 : 12 April 2016), Jemima Matthis in household of David Matthis, Lowndes county, part of, Lowndes, Georgia, United States; citing family 236, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Georgia Marriages, 1851-1900. See Description for original data sources listed by county.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96693786/jemima-parrish : accessed 12 December 2020), memorial page for Jemima Mathis Parrish (31 Mar 1843–26 Mar 1920), Find a Grave Memorial no. 96693786, citing Woodlawn City Cemetery, Adel, Cook County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Judy Annis (contributor 47339851) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jemima 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 Jemima: