She died in childbirth, leaving 3 little children. Their father married their teacher 5 years later.[1]
Sources
↑ Leonard Pridgeon- Grandson, and all the birth, death, marriage etc. Certificates
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8G1-MKN), Mattie Underwood in household of Reuben I Underwood, District 883, Talbot, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 122, sheet 265D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0166; FHL microfilm 1,254,166.
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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: