Vera Mae (Eason) Martin (1900 - 1979)

Born 29 Nov 1900 in Miller, Arkansas, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Macon Menton Martin — married 2 Dec 1914 in Miller, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1979 at age 78 in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States

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Vera Mae Eason was born 29 Nov 1900 to Sidney Seaborn Eason and his second wife Ellen Clementine (Broome) Eason. She grew up in Miller County, Arkansas, where she was enumerated with her family on their farm at Sulphur in the 1910 census.

She and Macon Menton Martin, who grew up on a neighboring farm, were married 2 December 1914 in Miller County, Arkansas. Because of her age, her father had to issue a letter giving the couple permission to marry. They would go on to have three daughters together.

They were living in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1917, but had moved back to farm in Miller County by the time the 1920 census was taken.

After Macon died in 1966, Vera remained in Arkansas near her youngest daughters, LaVern and LaDell, for many years. In the late 1970s, she moved to Morton, Cochran County, Texas, to be near her oldest daughter Jessie.

After a period of declining health, Vera died 8 Apr 1979 while hospitalized in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. She is buried with her husband in Mount Zion Cemetery at Doddridge, Miller County, Arkansas.

Sources

• Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock,, "Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1917," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 20 Jan 2021), Vera Mae Eason.

• 1910 U.S. census, Miller, Arkansas, population schedule; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com/); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

• County offices, Arkansas, "Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/).

• Arkansas Courts of Common Pleas and County Clerks, "Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 18 Jan 2021), Macon Martin and Vera Eason.

• "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/), Martin, Macon (Vera).

• 1920 U.S. census, Sulphur, Arkansas, population schedule, Sulphur, enumeration district (ED) 75, sheet 8B, dwelling 129, family 130, household of Macon Martin; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 16 Jan 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_72.

• 1930 U.S. census, Miller, Arkansas, population schedule, Sulphur, enumeration district (ED) 0022, sheet 2A, dwelling 26, family 26, household of Macon M. Martin; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 Jan 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626.

• "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 18 Jan 2021), Martin, Macon M. (Vera).

• 1940 U.S. census, Miller, Arkansas, population schedule; digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com/); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627.

• Texas Department of State Health Services, "Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 20 Jan 2021), Vera Mae Martin.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 January 2021), memorial page for Vera May Eason Martin (29 Nov 1900–8 Apr 1979), Find a Grave Memorial no. 74188087, citing Mount Zion Cemetery, Doddridge, Miller County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by gaynell bandy (contributor 48087910) .