Born in Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
and Sister of
May (Haley) Cline, Marlin Coleman Haley, Catharine R. (Haley) Whitescarver, William Haley, Susan Ann (Haley) Whitescarver, James Henry Haley and John B. Haley
Wife of
George E. Sherwood
— married
7 Oct 1854 (to 30 Sep 1878) in Shelby, Kentucky
Descendants 
Mother of
George Spencer Sherwood, John W. Sherwood, Catura (Sherwood) Deal, James F. Sherwood, Mary Frances (Sherwood) Stone and Jennie (Sherwood) Colman
Died
at about age 49
in Yelvington, Daviess County, Kentucky, US
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Sep 2011
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Biography
Martha was born about 1829. She and husband George raised six children in Shelbyville before moving to Yelvington, Daviess County, Kentucky.
Martha died in Daviess County, Kentucky on September 30, 1878 and is buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Owensboro, Kentucky. The tombstone inscription reads: "Wife of George".[1]
Cemetery Information Cemetery Name: Elmwood Cemetery County Name: Daviess Physical Location: 127 West 17th. St., Owensboro, KY 42301[2]
Sources
- Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979 Martha F. Haley, 1854.
- United States Census, 1860 Martha Sherwood, Shelby County, Kentucky.
- United States Census, 1870 Martha Sherwood in household of George Sherwood, Kentucky, United States.
- History of Daviess County, No Author Given, 1883 Publication by Inter-State Publishng Co., Chicago. This edition: 1966 Reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indiana. Page 734.
Acknowledgements
- See the Changes page for the details of edits.
- ↑ Entered by Keith Baker.
- ↑ * Information provided by: Kentucky Historical Society 5/11/2014 100 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, 502.564.1792
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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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~6.25%
Keith (Forrester) Baker
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M064842 [compare]
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~6.25%
Craig Forrester :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Jane (Riddle) Tate :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A393008 [compare], Ancestry member JANETATE43
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~0.78%
Tanya Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A395812 [compare], Ancestry member texassprite
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~0.78%
Jan (Cooper) Asher :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z209024 [compare], FTDNA kit #532945
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