Martha Jane Lancaster was born on 27 Nov 1844 in Granville, Jackson, Tennessee, United States, to Avery King Lancaster and Nancy (Robbins) Lancaster.
Martha Jane married John T Merritt in 1869, where they were at home in the Jefferson Twnshp, Ouachita County, Arkansas. He was a farmer by trade.[1]
Martha Jane and John T had the following children:
Alvanie Merritt, born Mar 1880, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States; married John Lewis, 7 May 1899, Desha, Arkansas, United States; died 1930.
William Merritt, born Nov 1873, Arkansas; married Lena L. Tribble, 20 Dec 1895, Jefferson Township, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States.
Sherrod E. Merritt, born 25 Jan 1880, Jackson Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas; married Alice Tribble, 3 Jul 1902, Jefferson Township, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States; died 16 Jul 1964, Camden, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States.
Julia L Merritt, born 8 Aug 1871, Jackson, Arkansas, United States; married Samuel A Robertson, 22 Dec 1892, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States; died 23 Apr 1944, Jackson, Arkansas, United States.
Canzata E Merritt was born about 1870 in Jackson, Ouachita, Arkansas, USA. She died in 1880 at the age of 10 in Jackson, Ouachita, Arkansas, USA.
Martha Jane and John later moved to be among John's many relatives in Jefferson, Arkansas[2]
In 1920 the couple are found living in Jefferson, after having raised a family, and now both in their 70's.[3]
Martha Jane died on 8 Aug 1927 at the age of 82 in Jefferson Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas. She was buried in 1927 in Troy, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States of America[4][5]
Sources
↑ United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNWJ-4ML indexed : 14 July 2016 Martha J Merritt in household of John T Merritt, Jefferson, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 225, sheet 83A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0052; FHL microfilm 1,254,052
↑ United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M36Y-WCT indexed : 25 January 2015 Martha J Merriett in household of John T Merriett, Liberty & Bragg Townships, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States; citing sheet 14B, family 254, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,070.
↑ United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDF9-TNT indexed : 14 December 2015, M J Merritt in household of Jno T Merritt, Jefferson, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States; citing sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,075.
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