Martha Jane (Getchell) Longfellow (1822 - 1880)

Born 23 Sep 1822 in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Apr 1880 at age 57 in Brooklyn Township, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Martha was born in 1822 in Maine. She is the daughter of George Washington Getchell and Mary Berry.

She married Jacob Longfellow in 1838 in Machias, Washington County, Maine.^[1] In 1850, the family was living in Marshfield, Washington, Maine.^[2] With a family of four children, they took a three week journey to St. Anthony, Ramsey, Minnesota Territory, and arrived on July 2, 1851. Her husband established his claim in Brooklyn Township and they moved into the house he built in 1853. ^[3]

There she lived, raising nine children, and there she died, in Brooklyn Township, Minnesota. Mary and her family were Minnesota Territorial Pioneers and she is one of the First Settlers included in One-Place Study: Historical Brooklyn Township, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

She died at age 58 of 'consumption' on April 3,1880.^[4]. Burial was in the Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, section 26, lot 246, Grave 16.^[5][6]

The newspaper published in July 1878 that she owed taxes on a lot [lot 4 block 11, $28.72] in the Jackson, Daniel and Whitney Addition to Minneapolis.^[7] Also published was the ordeal of probate, with her son Levi being the administrator.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Warner, Geo. E. and Chas. M. Foote; plus Neill, Edward & J. Fletcher Williams, History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota (By Rev. D. Neill) and Outlines of the History of Minnesota, (by J. Fletcher Williams) (Minneapolis: North Star Publishing Company. 1881. Johnson, Smith & Harrison, Printers. Minneapolis, Minn.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VC-1GP : accessed 9 June 2016), Martha J Longfellow in household of Jacob Longfellow, Marshfield, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family 51, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Hoisington Daniel John and Brooklyn Historical Society (Brooklyn Park Minn). 2001. The Brooklyns : A History of Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park Minnesota. Brooklyn Center MN: Brooklyn Historical Society.
4. ↑ "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7X-125N : 1 March 2021), Martha J Longfellow, Minnesota, United States; citing Death, multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
5. ↑ Lakewood Cemetery burial search https://www.lakewoodcemetery.org/burial-result/62917/martha-j-longfellow/
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK1-PC6Y : accessed 9 June 2016), Martha Jane Longfellow, 1880; Burial, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States of America, Lakewood Cemetery; citing record ID 52629462, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
7. ↑ Star Tribune 15 Jul 1878, Mon · Page 8
8. ↑ Star Tribune 10 Jun 1880, Thu · Page 7

• Note: all census records are sourced on her husband's page.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LR-CTP : accessed 9 June 2016), M A Longfellow in entry for Jacob Longfellow, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDH3-X18 : accessed 9 June 2016), Martha Longfellow in household of Jacob Longfellow, Minnesota, United States; citing p. 8, family 56, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 830,425.