Born in Hart, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Pinckney Holbrook
and Martha Cora (Glover) Holbrook
Sister of
Mary Elizabeth (Holbrook) Baty, Thaddeus Terrell Holbrook [half], James S Holbrook, Thomas T Holbrook, Eliza Frances (Holbrook) Gulley, Pullium Lumpkin Holbrook, Franklin C Holbrook, Sarah Jane Holbrook, Alpha Olivia C (Holbrook) Highsmith, Berry Mote Holbrook, Safronia (Holbrook) Bowers and Dora (Holbrook) Wright
Wife of
Benjamin Nathaniel Shirley
— married
5 Dec 1869 in Hart, Georgia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Other Theopolis Shirley
Died
at age 62
in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Nov 2020
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Biography
Martha was born in 1848. She was the daughter of Thomas Holbrook and Martha Glover. She passed away in 1910.
Burial
Rexburg Cemetery, Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, USA
Sources
860 census Hart County, Georgia
Georgia County Marriages 1785-1950
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38402878/martha-cora-shirley
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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%
~25.00%
Heather Key 
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Linda Swilling :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Emma Allen :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Paul Swilling :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A533033 [compare], Ancestry member Tom_Swilling
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~0.78%
Edie (Tatom) Osterhues :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A622734 [compare], Ancestry member edietatomosterhues
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Berry (Allen) Hill :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LynneHill39
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Jan (Allen) Thomas :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Paula Allen :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Phoebezink
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Carol Allen :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member carolsmoak
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~0.78%
Joe Tatom :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A602836 [compare]
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~0.78%
Roy Williams :
AncestryDNA
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