Born in Tennessee
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Shell
and Nancy (Pursley) Shell
Sister of
Susannah Shell, Elizabeth Jane Shell, William M. Shell, Almeda (Shell) Bradley, Minerva (Shell) Burkhart, Margaret (Shell) Sharp and Harriet (Shell) Campbell
Wife of
John S. Major
— married
2 Nov 1845 (to before 1880) in Knox County, TN
[children unknown]
Died
at age 71
in Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2014
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Biography
Sarah first married John Major and apparently had no children by him. They apparently divorced by 1880 when Sarah is listed as such in her sister Minerva Burkhart's household.
Sources
- 1850 Knox/TN census for John S Major: no children
- 1860 Dist.6/Union/TN: no children
- Shell cemetery, Harbison Crossroads, Knox, TN
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
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~1.56%
Bill Porter
:
23andMe, GEDmatch RM4282027 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GZ1472890 [compare], Ancestry member lmubill
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~1.56%
Sara Peterson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member saraelizabeth22
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~0.39%
Ralph Reed :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Dennis Worden :
AncestryDNA
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Rejected matches › Sarah E Major (1825-)
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