Born in Knox County, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Moses Armstrong
and Amelia (Morrow) Armstrong
Sister of
Sarah Armstrong, Elizabeth Armstrong, Robert Armstrong, Alexander Moses Armstrong, Margaret Armstrong, Aaron Armstrong, William C. Armstrong, John M. Armstrong, Lucy Ann (Armstrong) Goddard, Moses Houston Armstrong and James Newton Armstrong
Wife of
James Kennedy
— married
9 Sep 1847 in Knox County, Tennessee, United States
Mother of
Mary A Kennedy and James S Kennedy
Died
at age 69
in Knox County, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Nov 2012
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Biography
Martha J. Armstrong was born 16 July 1826, in Tennessee .
Martha married on the 9th of September 1847, James Kennedy.
Martha, age 23, appears in the 1850 Federal Census in Knox County, Tennessee in the household of her husband James Kennedy.
Martha, age 33, appears in the 1860 Federal Census in Knox County, Tennessee in the household of her husband James Kennedy.
Martha, age 44, appears in the 1870 Federal Census in Knox County, Tennessee in the household of her husband James Kennedy.
Martha, age 53, appears in the 1880 Federal Census in Knox County, Tennessee in the household of her husband James Kennedy.
Martha died 21st April, 1896, and is buried at Old Salem Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.
Martha and James Kennedy were the parents of the following children that were found in the census' from 1850 to 1880: Mary E., born about 1848 and was deceased before 1860; James, born about 1850; Moses, born about 1852; Samuel Alex, born about 1854, and died 19 October 1865; Robert, born about 1856; William, born about 1858; John, born about 1860; and Annie E., born 20 September 1864 and died 16 August 1947.
Sources
- Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ4Q-3V7 : 20 July 2016), James Kennedy and Martha L Armstrong, 09 Sep 1847; citing Knox, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 79, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,020,951.
- 1850 Federal Census Knox County, Tennessee, household of James Kennedy. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432 Roll 886 page 58A.
- 1860 Federal Census Knox County, Tennessee, household of James Kennedy. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653 Roll 1259 page 302.
- 1870 Federal Census Knox County, Tennessee, household of James Kennedy. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593 Roll 1541 page 307A.
- 1880 Federal Census Knox County, Tennessee, household of James Kennedy. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9 Roll 1265 page 306A, Enumeration District 155.
- Find A Grave Memorial Number 82188347: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82188347&ref=acom
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Linda Justice for creating WikiTree profile Armstrong-2876 through the import of Justice Family Tree.ged on Apr 30, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Linda and others.
WikiTree profile Armstrong-2431 created through the import of armstrongmelhornlegacy11252012.ged on Nov 29, 2012 by Milton Armstrong. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Milton and others.
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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:
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:
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~1.56%
Shari McNutt
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A977552 [compare], Ancestry member sicsaxion
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Brad Kirby :
23andMe, GEDmatch M977970 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M977970 [compare], Ancestry member Lesiakirby
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~0.78%
Larry Bounds :
23andMe, GEDmatch XH5402324 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jan (Cooper) Asher :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z209024 [compare], FTDNA kit #532945
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Carol Wilder
Armstrong-2876 and Armstrong-2431 appear to represent the same person because: Both women are Martha J. Armstrong daughters of Moses Armstrong, both women have the same dates of birth and death and both women are married to James Kennedy. These are obvious duplicates and should be merged.
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by Carol Wilder
Rejected matches › Martha Catherine Mary (Kennedy) Adams (1822-1893)
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Categories: Old Salem Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee | US Census 1850 Tennessee Knox County, District 31, Families 150-199 | 1850 US Census, Knox County, Tennessee