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Birth
She is (according to census data) born in Indiana.
Marriages
Family
Israel Brown and Eliza are on a farm in Clay Township, Hendricks Co., Indiana, in the 1860 Census.[1]
The farm is adjacent to her father's farm and family, Erasmus Nichols.[2]
By 1870 the family has moved to Union Township, Dallas County, Iowa.[3]
By 1880, she has passed away. Her husband is still on the same Iowa farm. However, he is a widower.
Death
Sources
Non-census
Census
Source: US1860C "United States Census, 1860," Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Source: US1870C "United States Census, 1870," database with images, accessed via FamilySearch, NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Footnotes
↑ Source: #US1860C Year: 1860; Film: M653_265; Image= 187; Page 661; Clay, Hendricks, Indiana; Page=183; Dwelling=1376; Family=1378; line 38, Eliza Brown; [age] 32; [occupation] ---; [born] Indiana; [columns checked] none (Post Office on page is Coatsville).
↑ Source: #US1870C Year: 1870; Film: M653_385; Image= 488; Page 609; Union Twnp, Dallas Co., Iowa; Page=19; Dwelling=143; Family=136; line 16, Eliza Brown; [age] 42; [occupation] Keeping House; [born] Indiana; (Post Office on page is Dexter).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza 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 Eliza: