Born in Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Sovereign Paschal Purvis
and Isabella (Hicks) Purvis
Sister of
Mary Elizabeth (Purvis) Finlator and Belle Hicks (Purvis) Gaskill
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 87
in North Carolina, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 30 May 2013
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Biography
Martha is the daughter of Sovereign Purvis and Belle Hicks.
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Sources
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37M-JBL : accessed 19 August 2018), Martha Dell Purvis in household of Sovereign P Purvis, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 16B, line 69, family 311, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1719; FHL microfilm 2,341,453.
- "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYW-BMCN : accessed 19 August 2018), Martha D Hudson, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 19 Dec 2013; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing News & Observer, The, born-digital text.
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Coltrane (Milholen) Henderson 
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23andMe, GEDmatch MX8722234 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MX8722234 [compare], Ancestry member ColtraneMilholen
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Rejected matches › Martha A. (Hudson) Clanton (abt.1834-abt.1890)
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