Martha C. H. (Allen) Suit (abt. 1844 - 1908)

Born about May 1844 in Clinton Co., Indiana, USA

Wife of Joseph C. Suit — married 27 Feb 1861 in Clinton Co., Indiana, USA

Died 18 Jan 1908 at about age 63 in Wabash Twnp., Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, USA

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Biography

Martha Allen was born in May 1844 in Clinton Co., Indiana. She was the daughter of John Allen and Martha Runion.

1850 census^[1]

1860 census^[2]

She married Joseph C Suit 27 Feb 1861 in Clinton Co., Indiana.^[3]

1870 census -- Washington Twnp., Clinton Co., Indiana, USA

Joseph C Suit, age 30, male, white, attorney at law, $800 real estate, $425 personal property, born Indiana; Martha C Suit, age 28, female, white, born Indiana; Ina F. Suit, age 7, female, white, born Indiana, attended school; Walter N Suit, age 5, male, white, born Indiana; Martha Suit, age 3, female, white, born Indiana; John F Suit, age 11/12 (July), male, white, born Indiana^[4]

1880 census -- Frankfort, Clinton Co., Indiana, USA

Joseph C Suit, white, male, age 40, married, lawyer, born Indiana, father born Virginia, mother born Indiana; Martha C Suit, white, female, age 38, wife, keeping house, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Ina F. Suit, white, female, age 17, daughter, single, at school, attended school, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana; Walter N. Suit, white, male, age 15, son, single, at school, attended school, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana; John F. Suit, white, male, age 11, son, single, at school, attended school, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana; ^[5]

She filed for Joseph's Civil War military pension following his death.^[6]

1900 census^[7]

She died 18 Jan 1908 at the Soldiers and Sailors Home in Tippecanoe Co., Indiana.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVK-74S : 12 April 2016), Martha C Allen in household of John Allen, Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana, United States; citing family 80, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4FD-8FP : 13 December 2017), Martha C H Allen in entry for John Allen, 1860.
3. ↑ Clinton County, Indiana; Index to Marriage Record 1852 - 1905 Inclusive Vol, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: C-4; Page: 77
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXXH-4VT : 12 April 2016), Martha C Suit in household of Joseph C Suit, Indiana, United States; citing p. 23, family 163, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,804.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHMK-KW9 : 24 August 2017), Martha C Suit in household of Joseph C Suit, Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 18, sheet 252C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0270; FHL microfilm 1,254,270.
6. ↑ "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJDP-K4XX : 3 April 2015), Joseph C Suitt, 1891.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMBV-T1S : accessed 25 February 2018), Martha C Suit, Center Township Frankfort city Ward 3, Clinton, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45, sheet 7A, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,364.
8. ↑ "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZ75-96W : 3 December 2014), Martha Suit, 18 Jan 1908, S. S. Home, Indiana; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing "The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." Sheriffs Office.