Catherine Elizabeth (Overby) Martin (1904 - 1968)

Born 3 Aug 1904 in Simpson County, Mississippi, United States

Died 6 Jun 1968 at age 63 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States

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Catherine (Overby) Martin is buried in Magee Cemetery.

Biography

Catherine Elizabeth Overby was born on Aug 03, 1904 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA as a child of Augustus Overby and Eugenia Rankin.

She died on Jun 06, 1968 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Magee General Hospital; Age at Death: 63). ^[1]

When she was 18, she married Lessie Irvin Martin, son of William Henry Bounds Martin and Darcus A. Bishop, about 1923 (based upon 1930 census).

Catherine Elizabeth Overby lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 24; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: No; CanReadWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0010; Homemaker: Yes; RegistrationDistrict: 0010; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife).

She lived in Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1935. She lived in Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1940 (Age: 33; AttendedSchool: No; EmploymentCode: 5; EmploymentDetails: Home Housework; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 64-11; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 8th grade; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: Yes; Respondent: Yes; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife). Race: (White)

She was buried in Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA (Magee Cemetery).

Lessie Irvin Martin and Catherine Elizabeth Overby had the following children:

1. Myrtle Lucille Martin was born on May 19, 1923 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA. She died on Jan 27, 2001 (Age at Death: 77). ^[2] Married to Russell Bradford.
2. Bounds Augustus Martin was born on Aug 31, 1924 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. He died on Nov 05, 1989 in Chandler, Henderson, Texas, USA (at home; Age at Death: 65). ^{[3] [4] [5]} Married to Kathryn G. Browning.
3. Herman U. Martin was born on Mar 31, 1926 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Aug 01, 1973 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (Veterans Hospital; Age at Death: 46). ^[6]
4. Mattie Walker Martin was born on Dec 16, 1927 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. She died on May 13, 2002 in Ocean Springs, Jackson, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 74). ^{[7] [8]} Married to Jack McPherson.
5. Bobbie Ray Martin was born on Jul 09, 1929 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Jun 04, 2004 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Hillcrest Nursing Home; Age at Death: 74). ^[9] She married John Howard Barnard on Jun 12, 1948 (date on headstone).
6. Ulysses Martin was born on Apr 12, 1931 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Dec 30, 2012 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (VA Medical Center; Age at Death: 81). ^{[10] [11]}
7. Robert Tillman Martin was born on May 31, 1933 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. He died on Jun 10, 2007 in Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA (Rankin Medical Center; Age at Death: 74). ^{[12] [13]}
8. Joe Harold Martin was born in 1938 in Mississippi, USA. He was living in 2012.

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary for Catherine Elizabeth Overby Martin Clipped from The Magee Courier, 13 Jun 1968, Thu, Page 5
2. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for Myrtle Lucille McNair. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=32958136&indiv=try. Name: Myrtle Lucille McNair [Myrtle Lucille Krohn] [Myrtle Bradford] [Myrtle Lucille Martin] Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 19 May 1922 SSDi & Headstone has May 19, 1923 Birth Place: Simpson, Mississippi [Simpson CO, Mississippi] Death Date: 27 Jan 2001 Father: Lessie Martin Mother: Elizabeth Overby SSN: xxx Notes: Aug 1942: Name listed as MYRTLE LUCILLE MCNAIR; Nov 1943: Name listed as MYRTLE LUCILLE KROHN; Jun 1955: Name listed as MYRTLE LUCILLE BRADFORD; 31 Jan 2001: Name listed as MYRTLE L BRADFORD
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for Bounds Augustus Martin. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=47049271&indiv=try. Name: Bounds Augustus Martin [B A Martin] Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 31 Aug 1925 SSDi & Obituary has Aug 31, 1924 Birth Place: Magee Simpso, Mississippi Death Date: 5 Nov 1989 Father: Lessie Martin Mother: Lizzie Overby SSN: xxx Notes: Apr 1946: Name listed as BOUNDS AUGUSTUS MARTIN; 19 Dec 1989: Name listed as B A MARTIN
4. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVJR-WJ4 : 5 December 2014), Bounds Augustus Martin, Henderson, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
5. ↑ Obituary for Bounds Augustus Martin Clipped from Simpson County News, 16 Nov 1989, Thu, Page 10
6. ↑ Obituary for Herman U Martin Clipped from Simpson County News, 09 Aug 1973, Thu, Page 9
7. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for Mattie Walker Martin. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=24146561&indiv=try. Name: Mattie Walker Martin [Mattie Martin McPherson] [Mattie McPherson] Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 16 Dec 1927 Birth Place: Simpson, Mississippi [Magee Simpso??, Mississippi] Death Date: 13 May 2002 Father: Lessie Martin Mother: Catherine E Overby SSN: xxx Notes: Apr 1946: Name listed as MATTIE WALKER MARTIN; Sep 1947: Name listed as MATTIE MARTIN MCPHERSON; 22 May 2002: Name listed as MATTIE M MCPHERSON
8. ↑ See Obituary at Findagrave for Mattie Martin McPherson
9. ↑ Obituary for Bobbie R Martin Barnard Clipped from Clarion-Ledger, 06 Jun 2004, Sun, Main Edition, Page 12
10. ↑ Obituary for Ulysses Martin pt 1 Clipped from The Magee Courier, 10 Jan 2013, Thu, Page A08
11. ↑ Obituary for Ulysses Martin pt 2 Clipped from The Magee Courier, 10 Jan 2013, Thu, Page A08
12. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Tillman Martin. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=17089935&indiv=try. Name: Robert Tillman Martin [Robert T Martin] Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 31 May 1933 Birth Place: Magee Simpso, Mississippi Death Date: 10 Jun 2007 Father: Lessie Martin Mother: Catherine E Overby SSN: xxx Notes: Jul 1952: Name listed as ROBERT TILLMAN MARTIN; 12 Jul 2007: Name listed as ROBERT T MARTIN
13. ↑ Obituary for Robert Tillman Martin Clipped from The Magee Courier, 14 Jun 2007, Thu, Page A06

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB33-6NW : 14 March 2018), Lizzie Morton in household of Lessie Martin, Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-11, sheet 3B, line 41, family 51, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2064.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9M8-X6Q : accessed 28 October 2018), Lizzie Martin in household of Lessie Martin, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 26A, line 9, family 514, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1165; FHL microfilm 2,340,900.