Born in Central, Pickens, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Simpson Pressley
and Philadelphia Isabella (Evatt) Pressley
Sister of
Samuel Eugene Pressley, Martha (Pressley) Langston, Lydia Viola (Pressley) Childs, James Franklin Pressley, Julius Jared Pressley, Margaret Elizabeth (Pressley) Lollis, Thomas Henry Pressley and Pauline Ophelia Pressley
Wife of
John Marshall Harkness
— married
23 Jan 1922 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 76
in Elbert County, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Apr 2022
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Biography
Mary was born in 1874. She was the daughter of Richard Pressley and Philadelphia Evatt. She passed away in 1951.
Sources
- *"United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3RW-2QG : 14 January 2022), Mary H Presley in entry for Richard Presley, 1900.
- Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 22 April 2022, memorial page for Mary Pressley Harkness (1874–30 Jan 1951), Find A Grave: Memorial #132109968, citing Bethlehem Cemetery, Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Madeline (Spence) Gunter 
:
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch BT9759649 [compare]
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Suzanne (Gunter) McClendon :
23andMe, GEDmatch BC879327C1 [compare], yourDNAportal SUZ9dbc6d00
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BC879327C1 [compare], yourDNAportal SUZ9dbc6d00, Ancestry member celticmama1965
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Becky (Campbell) Spearman :
23andMe, GEDmatch LM4486267 [compare]
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Categories: Pickens County, South Carolina | Elbert County, Georgia | Bethlehem Cemetery, Elberton, Georgia