Born about in South Carolina, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Benjamin Franklin Dykes
— married
before 1833 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 68
in Covington, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Dec 2017
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Biography
Martha was born about 1794 in South Carolina, according to the 1850 Census of Jasper County, Mississippi, United States. Martha was daughter of Abraham Geiger and Mary Uriel Martin.
Martha is shown in 1860 living in Jones, Mississippi, United States in the home of her daughter, Sarah Dykes and son in-law, Younger Welborn along with her daughter Cintha Dikes. [1] Family as shown in the Census
| Younger Welborn | M | 36 | South Carolina | |
| Sarah E Welborn | F | 27 | Mississippi | |
| Artus Welborn | M | 7 | Mississippi | |
| Calhoon Welborn | M | 4 | Mississippi | |
| Tabitha M Welborn | F | 2 | Mississippi | |
| Matha Dikes | F | 62 | South Carolina | |
| Cintha Dikes | F | 16 | Mississippi |
Research Notes
Martha Geiger may be a cousin of Jesse Geiger - not proven. -- Zachariah Geiger Family Bible, transcribed by Gerald Gieger, Crowley, Texas, Winter 2002 - Spring 2011, Library Edition printed at Crowley, Texas, Spring 2011.
Martha and Jessie Geiger / Gieger are buried in Gieger Family Cemetery.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6GN-V1G : 14 December 2017), Younger Welborn, 1860.
- My Heritage Family Tree, "The Kings Meadow" compiled by Larry D Kingsley.
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 November 2020), memorial page for Martha Dikes (unknown–1 May 1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #25646175, citing Gieger Family Cemetery #2, Collins, Covington County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Flicka Smith (contributor 46985047) . Gravestone picture Martha Dikes, Wife of Benjamin Dikes, Departed May 1, 1862.
- Another Geiger Family Cemetery: Covington County, Mississippi, USA (https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/59469/gieger-cemetery)
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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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~1.56%
Karan (Weaver) Shilling
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