Zilpha Lavania (Sexton) Adams (1832-1874) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Zilpha Lavania Adams formerly Sexton aka Simpson

Born 19 Jul 1832 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Bazel Sexton and Zilpha (Smith) Sexton

Sister of Sarah (Sexton) Hudson, Eliza Jane (Sexton) Woodrome, Edith Evelyn (Sexton) Milligan, Elizabeth Ann (Dixon) Cunningham, Joseph Sexton [half] and Lucinda E. (Sexton) Lemmons [half]

Wife of Calvin T. Simpson — married 7 Mar 1850 in Lawrence, Arkansas, United States

Wife of William Carroll Adams — married 2 Jun 1853 in Lawrence, Arkansas, United States

Mother of James Knox Simpson

Died 9 Aug 1874 at age 42 in Sharp, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Zilpha was born in 1832. She was the daughter of Bazil Sexton and Zilpha Smith. She passed away in 1874.

Sources

"Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQRC-FY4 : 11 January 2020), Lavina Sexton in entry for Calvin T. Simpson, 1850.
"Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7SL-J6F : 11 January 2020), Zilphia L. Simpson in entry for William C. Adams, 1853.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M875-ZMG : 18 February 2021), Zilph D Adams in entry for William C Adams, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC4-1YC : 28 May 2021), Levina Adams in entry for William C Adams, 1870.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50896325/lavania-simpson: accessed 19 August 2022), memorial page for Lavania Simpson (19 Jul 1832–9 Aug 1874), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50896325, citing Milligan Campground Cemetery, Sharp County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Shannon Bowman (contributor 47186807).

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zilpha 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 Zilpha:

~1.56% ~6.25% R Merriott : 23andMe, GEDmatch M522291 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M522291 [compare], Ancestry member ralnam + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M522291 [compare], FTDNA kit #B290407 + MyHeritage DNA
~1.56% Michael Sullivan : AncestryDNA
~1.56% ~12.50% Randall Merriott : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member RandallMerriott + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #914131
~0.78% ~3.12% Ronald Rideout : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A036284 [compare], Ancestry member dalerideoutbari
~0.78% ~0.78% Samantha Escue : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member didelanddoodle

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Zilpha Lavania (Sexton) Adams (1832 - 1874)

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