Florinda was born in July of 1859 at Brimstone in Scott County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Samuel Newport and Lucinda McPeters. She married Robert Robbin Sexton on June 19, 1883 at Huntsville in Scott County. She passed away in 1893 at Brimstone.
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Burial : unknown
Find A Grave memorial # 215386060,
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Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215386060/florinda-sexton : accessed 9 October 2021), memorial page for Florinda Newport Sexton (1859–1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 215386060, ; Maintained by Les Byrd (contributor 48460681) Burial Details Unknown.
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-KVDY : 20 July 2016), Robert Sexton and Florinda Newport, 19 Jun 1883; citing Scott, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 926,288.
"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YQ-659 : accessed 6 April 2015), Florinda Newport in household of Samuel Newport, The 9 District, Scott, Tennessee, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 68, household ID 427, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,271.
"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD89-6RC : accessed 6 April 2015), Florinda Newport in household of Samuel Newport, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 11, family 64, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,058.
"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWH-M2J : accessed 6 April 2015), Florinda Newport in household of Samuel Newport, Brimstone, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district 130, sheet 262A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1277; FHL microfilm 1,255,277.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Florinda 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 Florinda: