Martha E. (Rice) Bozeman (1861)

Born 1861 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Martha E. Rice was born around 1861 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, the daughter of Amasa and Sarah Rice. Martha married Matthew A. Bozeman in 1885. ^[1]

In 1865, Mary and her family lived in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts. The household included Amasa, 56, a farmer, and legal voter; his wife Sarah, 44; and their three children: Robert A., 15; Martha E., 4; and Mary, 2. ^[2]

In 1870, the family lived in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The household included Amasa, 61, a farmer, with $15,000 in real estate and $5155 in personal assets; his wife, Sarah D., 48; and their two daughters: Martha, 9; and Mary, 7, both in school and both born in Massachusetts. Also living with the family were two female domestic servants: Augusta Destrofth, 22, who could not read or write, and who was born in Poland; Mary A. Faley, 13, b. in NY; and a farm hand, Arthur Harrison, 19, b. in Rhode Island. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com Pedigree Resource File (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9C3F-2H9)
2. ↑ 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts (https://familysearvh.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQHN-JN5)
3. ↑ 1870 US Census, Pittsfield, Berkshire, MA (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDSJ-L2L)