Wife of Daniel Brazilla Murphree. Daughter of Jonas Monroe and Sarah Frances McClure Bedford born in Georgia. She was the mother of Charles Levi, Mary Cottie, Lizzie, Ollie, Daniel Bedford and Homer.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYV-MTL : 12 April 2016), Martha Bedford in household of Jonas W Bedford, Cherokee, Cherokee, Georgia, United States; citing family 851, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNQ-JGT : 20 February 2021), M A Murphy in household of D B Murphy, Precinct 1, Eastland, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 173, sheet 283D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,300.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98J-6D2 : accessed 3 November 2021), Martha J Murphy in household of Daniel B Murphy, Precincts 12-13 Chandler, Aurora, Etowah, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 158, sheet 4B, family 75, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,016.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQJ-FRX : accessed 3 November 2021), Martha J Murphree in household of Daniel B Murphree, Aurora, Etowah, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 68, sheet 7A, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 13; FHL microfilm 1,374,026.
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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.
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