Born in Edwards County, Illinois, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Uriah Ulysses Bailey
and Eliza Marettia (Bunting) Bailey
Sister of
Peter Bailey, Eli Witszel Bailey, Enoch Melvin Bailey Sr., Charles Bailey, Charlotte Priscilla (Bailey) Brock, Elizabeth Bailey, Evelina E (Bailey) Bunnage, Livinia Sophie (Bailey) Garman, Enock Bailey, Lena Bailey and Florence Bailey
Wife of
Theophilus Norman Sloat Sr.
— married
Dec 1869 (to before 1880) in Edwards County, Illinois
Wife of
James S Boyd
— married
17 May 1877 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Morris E Sloat, Edward Sloat, Oliver Francis Sloat, Ludella (Boyd) Mason, William Edward Boyd and Alace Boyd
Died
at age 38
in Edwards County, Illinois, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Feb 2016
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Biography
Martha Bailey was born 24 May 1851 in Edwards County, Illinois to Uriah Bailey and Eliza (Bunting) Bailey.[1]
Martha was 9 years old when the 1860 census taker came through Edwards County, Illinois[2]
On 20 Dec 1869 she married Theophilus Sloat as licensed by the Edwards County, Illinois authorities.[3]
The now 19 year old Martha was recorded by the 1870 census taker living in the Albion Precinct of Edwards County, Illinois with only her husband, Theophilus Sloat[4]. They had 3 children.
- Analysis of DESloat 20 Feb 2007:
- Theophilus, with a family in IL, 'disappeared' just prior to 1880, and 'reappeared' in MO with a new family shortly thereafter. Needless to say, he didn't tell the MO family about the IL family, and the IL family knew nothing about the MO family. Not sure why he left - it would be interesting to get DNA tests for these 3 children (and for Ludella) to see if they might give a clue as to why he just left town abruptly...
With young children to care for, Martha remarried - this time to James S Boyd. They were married on 14 May 1877 in Albion, Edwards Co, IL,[5] and proceeded to add more children to the family.
- Analysis of DESloat 20 Feb 2007:
- Not sure of the legal paperwork involved, but apparently Martha was divorced (based on abandonment???) so she was legally able to re-marry.
At 29 years of age in the 1880 census, Martha was living with her (second) husband, James Boyd, and 4 children: Morris, Oliver, Ludella and William.[6]
Martha died 28 Jan 1890 in Edwards County, Illinois, and was buried in the Little Prairie Cemetery, Albion, Illinois.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find-A-Grave memorial 141760478 Martha A (Bailey) Boyd
- ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census for Edwards County, Illinois. The census lists Uriah Ulysses Bailey as head of household and Elizabeth Kelly is his wife. Martha is listed as their daughter, and Eli as their son.
- ↑ Marriage License for Theophilus Sloat and Martha Bailey. (Image collected from Edwards County records about 1985 by DESloat and stored on his RootsWeb FreePages site as R2014
- ↑ 1870 Census, Albion Precinct, IL. p. 96 line 30 house 194 family 193 lists Theophilus Sloat age 21 and Martha age 19 (data collected at the US Federal Archives in Seattle, WA about 1985 by DESloat)
- ↑ Marriage License of James Boyd and Mrs Martha A Sloat dated 1877 in Edwards Co, IL R2015
- ↑ 1880 Census, Albion, Edwards Co, IL T9-0204 p 411A lists James Boyd age 29 and Martha age 29 with 4 children (noting that all of the children are listed as Boyd, but the first 2 were born to Martha and Theophilus Sloat. Not sure why Edward was not recorded in the census). (data image collected at the US Federal Archives in Seattle, WA about 1985 by DESloat and stored on his RootsWeb FreePages site as R2658
- See the letter at the bottom of the Sources on the profile for her daughter Della (Boyd) Mason.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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:
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~0.78%
Steve Payonzeck
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GF5934982 [compare], Ancestry member stevepayo
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~0.39%
Christie (Bunting) Clark :
23andMe, GEDmatch M794019 [compare]
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