From the Hancock county probate papers:
The court further finds from evidence heard in open court that at the time of the death of the said J. H. Wolfe his daughter Martha J. Gibbs was yet alive and that about two years therafter she died leaving surviving her as her only heirs at law Daisy Smith Nicklas and Howard Wolfe otherwise known as Howard Bowan.
Sources
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880" citing Volume: 1; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00020; Digital film/folder number: 005157430; FHL microfilm: 1254211; Image number: 92; Sheet number: 44; Sheet letter: A FamilySearch Record: MXJL-XPK (accessed 7 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBS-9ZCX Martha J Wolf (28), widowed daughter, Keeping House, in household of John H. Wolf (57) in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States. Born in Pennsylvania, United States.
Marriage: "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940" citing Digital film/folder number: 004661418; FHL microfilm: 001533355; Image number: 1385; Packet letter: A FamilySearch Record: VXG7-YDK (accessed 7 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 939J-KQSG-Z7 Martha J Wolfe (27) marriage to Edward S Gibbs (29) on 27 Dec 1882 in Hancock, Illinois, United States.
1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900" citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 21; Digital film/folder number: 004113772; FHL microfilm: 1240313; Image number: 571; Sheet number: 9; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00723-6 FamilySearch Record: MSWP-2WP (accessed 7 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DCS7-KTR Martha J Gibbs (49), wife, in household of Eward Gibbs (47) in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
Probate: "Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999" Hancock County, Illinois Probate Records, Ca. 1831-1942; Author: Hancock County (Illinois). Clerk of the Circuit Court; Probate Place: Hancock, Illinois Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9048 #2572918 (accessed 6 June 2022) Martha J Gibbs probate on 29 Mar 1906.
Probate: "Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999" Wills, 1830-1922; Author: Illinois. Probate Court (Knox County); Probate Place: Knox, Illinois Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9048 #527228 (accessed 6 June 2022) Martha J Gibbs probate on 4 Sep 1906.
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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: