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Martha A (Hancock) Wheat (abt. 1821 - 1874)

Martha A Wheat formerly Hancock
Born about in Bedford County, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 7 Jul 1845 in Bedford, Virginia, United Statesmap
Died at about age 53 in Bedford County, Virginiamap
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Biography

Married Zachariah Wheat, whose first cousin, Charlotte Hewitt, married Martha's brother, Ammon.


1850 U.S. Census for Bedford County, Virginia[1]
: Zachariah J. Wheat, M, 38, Virginia, Farmer, owning $400 worth of land
Martha A. Wheat, F, 30, Virginia
Jno W. Wheat, M, 12, Virginia
Ann R. Wheat, F, 10, Virginia
Mary L. Wheat, F, 8, Virginia
Sarah L. Wheat, F, 2, Virginia
Harriet J. Wheat, F, 4, Virginia

Several other Wheat families are on the same or previous page of the census


1860 U.S. Census for Northern Bedford County, Virginia[2]
ZJ Wheat, M, 48, Virginia
Martha A Wheat, F, 36, Virginia
Mary L. Wheat, F, 16. Virginia
Sarah L. Wheat, F, 12, Virginia
William R.B. Wheat, M, 4, Virginia
John Wesley, M, 20, Virginia
Bettie A. Wesley, F, 23, Virginia


Can't find the family in the 1870 census

Death certificate, for August 21, 1874, in Bedford County, Virginia[3]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88P-YLD : accessed 28 December 2015), Martha A Wheat in household of Zachariah J Wheat, Bedford county, Bedford, Virginia, United States; citing family 496, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  2. "United States Census, 1860", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41M-JJY : accessed 28 December 2015), Martha A Wheat in entry for Z J Wheat, 1860.
  3. "Virginia, Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5RG-W4D : accessed 28 December 2015), Martha A. Wheat, 21 Aug 1874; citing Bedford County, Virginia, reference p 32 line 33; FHL microfilm 30,600.
  • "Virginia, Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5RG-W46 : accessed 27 October 2015), Justice Hancock in entry for Martha A. Wheat, 21 Aug 1874; citing Bedford County, Virginia, reference p 32 line 33; FHL microfilm 30,600.




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