9 July 1823 Warsaw, Gallatin co. Ky. d. 22 Nov 1916 New Berlin, Sangamon co. Ill. Martha's brother was Richard Yates Sr., governor of Illinois during the Civil War; their grandfather Henry Yates laid out the first plat of the town of Berlin, Illinois in 1836.
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Personal recollection of events witnessed by Gerald Smith as remembered 15 Apr 2018.
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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: