Born in Garrard, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nathaniel B. Renfro
and Lydia (Holcombe) Renfro
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
James Henry Alexander
— married
4 Aug 1864 in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Alexander) Strickland, Elbert B Alexander, William Thomas Alexander, Harry Burnham Alexander, Mary Alexander, Cannady Alexander, Jennie Alexander, Lula Mae Alexander and Martha Angela Alexander
Died about
at about age 56
in Cameron, Milam, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Apr 2017
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Biography
- Fact: Burial Lilac Cemetery, Sharp, Milam County, Texas, USA
- Fact: Marriage (Aug 4 1864) Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, United States
- Fact: Burial Lilac Cemetary, Sharp, Milam Co., Texas
Sources
- MyHeritage Family Trees (https://www.myheritage.com : accessed 15 November 2017), Person #445586371:1000088 for Martha Francis Alexander (born Renfro).
- Martha A Renfro Alexander (1847-1903) on Find A Grave: Memorial #13525608 retrieved 08 November 2017
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M653-4DG : 9 November 2014), Martha Renfroe in household of Lydia Renfroe, Garrard county, Garrard, Kentucky, United States; citing family 227, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBS-GYB : 30 December 2015), Patsy Renfro in entry for Lydia Renfro, 1860.
- "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1P-S49 : 4 December 2014), James Alexander and Martha Lydia Renfro, 04 Aug 1864; citing Garrard Co., Kentucky, reference PAGE 296; FHL microfilm 183,257.
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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 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 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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~12.50%
~25.00%
Batya (Adams) Harlow 
:
23andMe
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MyHeritage DNA
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~6.25%
~25.00%
John Bales :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SU9291485 [compare], yourDNAportal JOH2eaf0deb, FTDNA kit #130122
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David Hughey Ph.D.
Renfro-494 and Renfro-490 appear to represent the same person because: I'm sure these two profiles represent the same woman, but don't know if her findagrave middle initial is correct. She is the wife of James Henry Alexander and was born in 1847.
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