Martha Harriet (Cook) Owen (1843 - 1912)

Born 1843 in Illinois, United States

Wife of Richard Reynolds Owens — married 1 Mar 1882 in Haywood, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Jun 1912 at about age 69 in Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

According to the Censuses, Martha H. was born about 1843, reportedly in Illinois.

In 1860 Joel, 22, Martha, 17, and Elizabeth Cook, 15, are enumerated in the household of Pinckney, 39, and Sarah Owens, 51, in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee. All were born in North Carolina except Martha, b. Illinois.^[1]

In 1870, James, 25, b. Virginia, is living in New Market, Jefferson Co., Tennessee, with his wife Martha H., 28, b. Illinois, and their children, Sarah, 3, and John W., 10/12, both b. In Tennessee.^[2][3]

In 1880, M. H. Gilbert, 39, is living with Sarah, 70, and Pinckney Owen, 57, along with her children, Sarah, 14, John, 9, and Elizabeth Gilbert, 6, in Haywood County, Tennessee.^[4][5]

On 2 Mar 1882 Martha Gilbert married Richard Reynolds Owen in Haywood Co., Tennessee.^[6][7]

In 1900 Richard, 61, is living in Dyer Co., Tennessee, with his children, Maggie, Pink, and Sarah. He is listed as married for 30 years. No wife is listed.^[8]

In 1900 Martha, 64, is living with their daughter, Carrie, 18, and her husband, Milton Mashburn, 20. She is listed as a widow, b. Oct 1835, with only this child.^[9][10]

Martha Gilbert, a widow aged 79, died on 16 Jun 1912.^[11]

Research Notes

A Miss M F Cook married a J E Gilbert on 20 Dec 1866 in Marshall County, Tennessee.^[12] This couple are separately accounted for in the Censuses for Marshall County. The marriage date is after the date of the birth of Sarah the daughter of the Martha in this profile.

The Martha Cook of this profile was living in Washington County, Tennessee in the 1860 Census. A Martha Cook married a Jacob A Brown in that county on 1 Mar 1864.^[13] A Martha Brown then married a James Gilbert also in Washington County, on 30 Nov 1865.^[14]

Daughter Carrie's death crtificate gives Martha's maiden name as Cook.^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] 1860 U.S. Census
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDC-495 : 3 January 2021), Martha H Gilbert in entry for James Gilbert, 1870.
3. ↑ [2] 1870 U.S. Census
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7X-JFN : 20 February 2021), M H Gilbert in household of Pincky Owen, District 6, Haywood, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 70, sheet 121B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,261.
5. ↑ [3] 1880 U.S.Census
6. ↑ [4] Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
7. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8BZ-5N1 : 16 March 2020), Martha Gilbert in entry for Richard Owen, 1882.
8. ↑ [5] 1900 U.S. Census
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS8Y-DF8 : accessed 16 March 2021), Martha Gilbert in household of Milton Washburn, Brownsville city, Haywood, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70, sheet 11A, family 203, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,577.
10. ↑ [6] 1900 U.S. Census
11. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6RX-V4F : 27 January 2020), Martha Gilbert, 1912.
12. ↑ [7] Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
13. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH7-V3N9 : 10 March 2021), Jacob A Brown and Martha Cook, 01 Mar 1864; citing Washington, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,118,019.
14. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD3D-JY4 : 16 March 2020), Martha Brown in entry for James Gilbert, 1865.
15. ↑ Image of death certificate for daughter Carrie on Ancestry.co.uk

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