Martha Catherine (Brewer) Platt (1832-1920)

Martha Catherine "Marthy" Platt formerly Brewer

Born 25 Aug 1832 in Centerville, Bibb, Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Nathan Brewer and Charity (Sanders) Brewer

Sister of Celia Ann (Brewer) Garner, John Brewer, Cammille Emily (Brewer) Foley, Sophrona (Brewer) Pope and Palina (Brewer) McClain

[spouse(s) unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Cornelius Monroe Platt

Died 19 Mar 1920 at age 87 in Jasper, Walker, Alabama, USA

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Biography

Martha (Brewer) Platt was born in Appalachia, in Alabama.

Martha Catherine Brewer was born on 25 Aug 1832 in Centerville, Bibb, Alabama to parents Nathan Brewer and Charity Sanders. She married Bryant Platt on 7 Dec 1848 in Bibb, Alabama. She died on 19 Mar 1920 in Jasper, Alabama.

Sources

"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQDC-W5X : 4 November 2017), Bryant Platt and Martha A. Brewer, 07 Dec 1848; citing Bibb, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,031,250.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPR-JS8 : 12 April 2016), Martha Platt in household of Bryant T Platt, Bibb county, Bibb, Alabama, United States; citing family 95, NARA microfilm publication M4...

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDH-JBQ : 13 December 2017), Martha Platt in entry for Bryant Platt, 1860.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GQ-5NP : 12 August 2017), Mattie Platt in entry for B F Platt, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 42, sheet 182B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D....

"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD28-Q4D : 15 February 2018), Martha Catherin Platt, 19 Mar 1920; citing reference cn 9005, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,220.

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DNA Connections
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:

~1.56% ~6.25% Elizabeth Crauswell : AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal ELId7cd7f4b, Ancestry member crauswell_verchio
~1.56% Mona Garner : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member monadd59
~1.56% ~3.12% Jill Webb : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JillDeniseWebb
~0.78% Sheli (Kuykendall) Evans : 23andMe
~0.78% John Johnson : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member freetrapper1950
~0.39% Gene Pinion : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A269190 [compare], Ancestry member cindy_pinion