Martha Elizabeth Stayton (1827 - 1889)

Born 16 Mar 1827 in Jackson, Missouri, United States

Wife of Alexander Wade James — married 23 Sep 1847 in Phillips, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Sep 1889 at age 62 in Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was born about 1863. Elizabeth Stayton ... She passed away about 1951.^[1]

Buried in Sharum Cemetery, Randolph Co, AR

Elizabeth was born in 1827. She passed away in 1889.

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

• "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM13-72C : 18 March 2019), Elizabeth Stayton in entry for Alexander W James, 23 Sep 1847; citing Marriage, Phillips, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,018,975.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M678-YFR : 4 April 2020), Elizabeth James in household of * W James, Saint Francis, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing family 10, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WM-7J3 : 18 March 2020), Elizabeth James in entry for Alexander W James, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWL-XF6 : 26 August 2017), Elizabeth James in household of A W James, Wiley, Randolph, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 254, sheet 58B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,055.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #30834806.

The spelling of Elizabeth's last name, Stayton, appears on a photocopy of a handwritten birth/death cemetery record from the Alice Brooks Cemetery.

Alternate spellings of her last name include Slaten (from Goodspeed's History of NE Ark, pg 401), and Staten (from undated newspaper article by W.L. Blankenship).

• "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM13-72Z : 9 March 2021), Alexander W James, 23 Sep 1847; citing Marriage, Phillips, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,018,975.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WM-7JS : 18 February 2021), Alexander W James, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCX-LDJ : 28 May 2021), A W James, 1870

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30834806/elizabeth-james : accessed 19 September 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Stayton James (16 Mar 1827–24 Sep 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30834806, citing Sharum Cemetery, Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Tim James (contributor 46942879)