Mattie (Lynn) Cowart
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Martha Adelia (Lynn) Cowart (1853 - 1906)

Martha Adelia (Mattie) Cowart formerly Lynn
Born in Tattnall County, Georgiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Died at age 52 in Tattnall County, Georgiamap
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Biography

Martha Adelia Lynn, daughter of William and Winnefred (Green) Lynn, was born in Tattnall County, Georgia. Sometime in or before 1860, the family moved to Levy County, Florida, where they are found in the 1860 and 1870 census ...

1860 Census, Bronson P.O., Levy Co., FL, p. 29/115, 26 Jun
William Lynn, age 44, b. in FL, Farmer
Winniford Lynn, age 39, b. in GA
Susannah E. Lynn, age 15, b. in GA
Sarah A. M. Lynn, age 13, b. in GA
Saleta A. I. A. Lynn, age 9, b. in GA
Martha M. A. Lynn, age 8, b. in GA
Luvinca Lynn, age 5, b. in GA[1]
1870 Census, Bronson P.O., Levy Co., FL, p. 49/422, 25 Jul
William Lynn, age 54, b. in SC, Farmer
Winnigford Lynn, age 42 [sic], b. in SC
Anna Lynn, age 20, b. in GA
Martha Lynn, age 18, b. in GA
Luvinca Lynn, age 15, b. in GA
John Lynn, age 9, b. in FL[2]

Martha married Euphrates Cowart 10 May 1878[3] and made a home back in Tattnall County. She died on 27 January 1906 from trichinosis food poisoning[4][5]. The entire family was affected, daughter Susie dying about the same time as her mother, husband Euphrates 'Fred' dying 3 February, with daughters Effie and Vela dying shortly thereafter. She was laid to rest in the Collins Baptist Church Cemetery, where her broken but legible gravestone remains.[6]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C9-W47 : 30 September 2017)
  2. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZF-6HK : 12 April 2016)
  3. Martha Lynn, Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967
  4. The Albany daily herald. (Albany, Ga.) 1891-190?, February 27, 1906, Image 4
  5. The Danielsville monitor. (Danielsville, Madison County, Ga.) 1882-2005, March 02, 1906, Image 1
  6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16392758/Martha-Cowart

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