Winford Martha Jane (Williams) Garrett (1863-1928)

Winford Martha Jane (Martha Jane) Garrett formerly Williams

Born 15 Dec 1863 in Houston, Winston County, Alabama

Ancestors

Daughter of Marion Alexander Wadsworth Williams and Louisa James

Sister of Lydia Matilda (Williams) Sikes, Rebecca Ellen Louise Williams, Mary Julie Ann Williams, John C. Isaac Freeman Williams, Sarah Melinda (Williams) Dalton and Elvira (Williams) Davis

Wife of Jacob Leroy Cobb Garrett — married 10 Sep 1882 in , Saline, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Mother of John Albert Garrett, Elvira Garrett, William Henry Harrison Garrett, James Garrett, Walter Elmon Garrett and Nellie Elizabeth (Garrett) Lewis

Died Jan 1928 at age 64 in Saline County, Arkansas

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Biography

Martha Williams was born in 1863 in the hill country of Winston County, Alabama. Later she moved with her family to Saline County, Arkansas. There she married Jacob Leroy Cobb Garrett in 1882.

Williams, Martha age 21 and Jacob Garrett age 21 on 10 Sep 1882 by W. W. Gentry, JP bondsman R. Garrett pg 249

[The bondsman may have been one of Jacob's brothers, Robert or Reuben.]

1900 Jefferson Townships, Saline County, Arkansas Census.

Jacob L Garette Head M 40 Arkansas

Martha Garette Wife F 39 Alabama

John A Garette Son M 16 Arkansas

William H Garette Son M 12 Arkansas

Walter E Garette Son M 7 Arkansas

Nellie E Garrette Daughter F 5 Arkansas

According to this census, Martha had 7 children, but only 4 were living. Nancy Viola (Ward) Garrett, wife of William Henry, stated 'Henry' had a twin sister named Elvira. There was also a child named James. The gender and name for the 7th child is unknown, but either that child or James fell out of bed and two hours later he was deceased.

1910 Saline County, Arkansas Census, Jefferson Twp.

April 27, 1910

168

Garrett,

Jake Head M W 48...Md 28.................AR MS MS

Martha Wife F W 45?..Md 28 7 Chdn 4 Living.AL NC AL

John Son M W 26...S.....................AR AR AL

Henry Son M W 21...S.....................AR AR AL

Elmon Son M W 17...S.....................AR AR AL

Nellie Dau F W 15...S.....................AR AR AL

1920 Saline County, Arkansas Census, Jefferson Twp.

61 66

Garrett,

Jake Head M W 58 Md AR AR AR

Martha Wife F W 57 Md AL NC AL

Living beside son, Henry, and his wife, Viola (Ward) Garrett

Martha passed away in 1928. Jacob and Martha are buried at Stainer Cemetery in Saline County.

Sources

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3X7-TLS : 25 January 2015), Martha Garette in household of Jacob L Garette, Holland & Jefferson Townships, Saline, Arkansas, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 156, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,075.

1910 and 1920 Saline County, Arkansas census records

Saline County, Arkansas Marriage Book "E" 1879 - 1885, Compiled by George Akins and Leon Rowland Moore http://www.argenweb.net/saline/book-e.htm

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Debby (Barton) Black

Her grandson, Morris Garrett, said she had excellent posture, even when sitting. When they sat down to a meal, there was no talking because she wanted to get the meal over quickly so she could wash the dishes, then come and sit with the rest of the family and enjoy visiting.

She was respected and loved by her daughter-in-law, Viola (Ward) Garrett. Viola said Martha taught her how to cook and to do other domestic chores, things Viola's mother, who was a widow with many hungry children to feed, never had the time to do.

posted 7 Jul 2012 by Debby (Barton) Black [thank Debby]

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha Jane 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 Jane:

~12.50% ~25.00% Debby (Barton) Black : 23andMe, GEDmatch M694047 [compare] + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M694047 [compare], FTDNA kit #B8631
~12.50% Donald Garrett : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A692734 [compare], Ancestry member Donaldlee_garrett
~6.25% ~12.50% Arnita (Dodderer) Mayer : 23andMe, GEDmatch M714798 [compare]
~3.12% ~6.25% Susan (Parrish) Sanner : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A076185 [compare], Ancestry member 3rd_gen_family_hunter
~3.12% Ray Hawkins : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T307021 [compare], Ancestry member deimos31 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T307021 [compare], FTDNA kit #542433
~1.56% Ronny Riddle : Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.78% Pam (James) Carpenter : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A339864 [compare], Ancestry member pamjamescarpenter