Martha Jane (Leavitt) Gunter (1854 - 1900)

Born 17 May 1854 in Lubeck, Wood, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Martha Jane Leavitt was born in Wood County, West Virginia in 1854, the daughter of Samuel Quarles Leavitt and Elizabeth L Moore.

She married John Wesley Gunter on 3 Oct 1869 in Wood County, West Virginia. They were the parents of seven known children.

Earlier in 1869, her sister Annette 'Nettie' Leavitt married William Alex Gunter, the brother of John Wesley Gunter,

Martha died in 1900 and is buried at the Hall Cemetery, Big Chimney, West Virginia.

Sources

• "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X55G-QXT : 12 December 2019), Martha Jane Leavitt, 1854

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM7-N7H : 18 February 2021), Martha Leavitt in entry for S Q Leavitt, 1860.

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBFF-84R : 30 May 2018), John W Gunter and Martha E Leavitt, 1869; citing Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 521,720.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4L-8G9 : 29 May 2021), Martha Gunter in entry for John W Gunter, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RR-7YG : 15 January 2022), Martha J. Gunter in household of John W. Gunter, Elk, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14528938/martha-j-gunter), memorial page for Martha J Gunter (1855–1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14528938, citing Hall Cemetery, Big Chimney, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA .

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