Emily was born in 1863. Her parents were Alfred Yates and Mariah Yates. Emily married Jacob Henson. She passed away in 1939.
Sources
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9WH-FZ6 : accessed 19 April 2016), Emily J Henson in household of Jacob N Henson, Magisterial District 2, Butlersville Trammel town, Allen, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 7B, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,506.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emily 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 Emily:
Emily Yates Henson was not a daughter of the Mariah Elizabeth Yates Jones. Mariah married only once, to Enoch Marion Jones, and they had only three children, Magaret Ann, William Enoch, and America Dorthula.