Martha Ann (Bartlum) Phillips (1850 - 1897)

Born 6 Apr 1850 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Wife of George B. Phillips — married 22 May 1867 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1897 at age 47 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Biography

Martha was born 6 April 1850 in Key West, Florida.^[1] She was the daughter of John Bartlum and Sarah Lowe.

She married George B. Phillips on 22 May 1867 in Key West in a ceremony performed by Osgood E. Herrick, Rector of St. Paul's Church.^[2]

Martha died on 21 December 1897 in Key West.^[3] She is probably buried there in the City Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ Martha provided her full date of birth when she applied for a passport in 1875. The 1850 census states that she was one year old when it was taken in August 1850. "U.S. Passport Applications, 1795–1925," Martha A. Phillips, no. 44134, 24 March 1875, Monroe County, Florida; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89DC-FW8B?i=1299&cc=2185145&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQGKJ-PRPW : accessed July 2020); citing National Archives microfilm M1372, roll 206. 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West Dis. No. 2, stamped page 157, dwelling 137, family 142, John Bartlum household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCJZ-P9?i=24&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMFH6-H22 : accessed July 2020); citing National Archives microfilm M432, roll 59.
2. ↑ Monroe County Deeds G: 33, marriage license, George B. Phillips and Martha A. Bartlum, 22 May 1867; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Q5-2L4X?mode=g&i=49&wc=QCL8-RM8%3A350470101%2C350515001&cc=2046765 : accessed June 2017).
3. ↑ Key West Health Office, Record of Mortality, p. 187, no. 528, Martha A. Philiips, 21 December 1897; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLN-3CSQ?i=102&cat=739954 : accessed July 2020).