Martha (Stratton) Mulford (1835 - 1924)

Born 26 May 1835 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Lorenzo Mulford — married 3 Aug 1858 in Swedesboro, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1924 at age 89 in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Martha was born on 26 May 1835 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of William Stratton and Caroline Strong, and was baptized on 28 Mar 1847. ^[1]

The 1850 Census^[2] shows her at age 15 in the home of her maternal grandmother in Woolwich Township, Gloucester, New Jersey. She attended school within the census year.

Martha was confirmed in Trinity Episcopal Church on 13 Apr 1851 in Woolwich, Gloucester County, New Jersey.^[3]

She married Lorenzo Mulford on 3 Aug 1858 in Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey.^[4] Their children:

1. Lorenzo " Ren" Mulford (1859–1932)
2. Clara Mulford (1860–Deceased)
3. Jessie Mulford (1862–1863)
4. Nellie Bowdle Mulford (1865–1947)
5. Catherine (Mulford) Anderson (1868–1902)
6. Mabel Mulford (1869–Deceased)
7. Frank Stratton Mulford (1873–1944)

The 1860 Census^[5] shows her at age 25 with her husband, a son, two sisters, and two others in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.

The 1900 Census^[6] shows her at age 65 with her husband, two daughters, a son-in-law, two grandchildren, and her sister in in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. This census states that she is the mother of 7 children with 6 still living.

Her husband died in 1905.

The 1910 Census^[7] shows her at age 74, widowed, in the home of her widowed son-in-law in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. This census states that she is the mother of 7 children with 4 still living.

The 1920 Census^[8] shows her at age 84, widowed, in the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.

She died on 20 Aug 1924 in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada,^[9] and is buried at the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.^[10] Excerpted from her obituary: ^[11]

Mrs. Martha Stratton Mulford, early Cincinnati resident and mother of Ren Mulford, Jr., Cincinnati advertising man, died yesterday in Hamilton, Ontario, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Richmond Cuthbert, with whom for years she had passed her summers. She was 90 years old.

Mrs. Mulford was the daughter of William A. Stratton, who, although a Philadelphian, was one of the early masters of Ohio River transportation. One of the first steamers carrying passengers and freight between Pittsburg and Cincinnati bore his name. Orphaned when 12 years old she found herself, together with eight sisters, in the care of her grand mother, the daughter of Colonel Robert Brown, of the New Jersey forces in the Revolutionary War. Thus in the atmosphere of personal reminiscence of those early days when the nation was born she grew to young womanhood.

Coming to Cincinnati when she matured she met an old New Jersey friend, Lorenzo Mulford, and together they returned East to be married, later returning to Cincinnati to make their home. Mr. Mulford died several years ago.

Mrs. Mulford was a prominent figure in the church, and was successively affiliated with the old Central, North and Westminster Presbyterlan Churches.

Mrs. Mulford is survived by four children, Ren Mulford, Jr., Mrs. Joseph R. Tomlin, Price Hill; Mrs. Cuthbert and Frank S. Mulford, of Van Nuys, Cal., and eight grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. The nineteenth great-grandchild arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Anderson, Oliver avenue, Wyoming, just a few hours after she died.

Ren Mulford, Jr., in commenting on his mother's death last night, said no one realized his mother was growing old, as she always kept pace with the times, and was a great newspaper reader. He said that when she was a young woman she longed to be a newspaper reporter, and with this In view went to her cousin, Edmund Stille, at that time editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, and voiced her ambition. The Idea of a woman in Journalism failed to appeal to Mr. Stllle, and her chance of becoming the forerunner of the American newspaper woman was lost.

Funeral services will be conducted at Spring Grove Chapel tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock, a few hours after the arrival of the body from Canada... Burial will be beside the body of her husband. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
   citing Affiliate Name: Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Digital film/folder number: 102394010; Image number: 41
   FamilySearch Record: 6CTT-M2X9 (accessed 4 April 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSCN-69WQ-9
   Martha Stratton baptism on 28 Mar 1847 (born 26 May 1835), child of Wm A Stratton & Caroline Stratton, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850"
   citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 40; Digital film/folder number: 004201723; FHL microfilm: 443650; Image number: 326; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01178-2
   FamilySearch Record: M6MN-3QW (accessed 4 April 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6249-KRV
   Martha Stratton (15) in Woolwich Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
3. ↑ "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013"
   Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 779
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2451 #6866960 (accessed 4 April 2024)
   Name: Emmeline Stratton; Event Type: Confirmation; Confirmation Date: 13 Apr 1851; Confirmation Place: Woolwich, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA; Denomination: Episcopal; Organization Name: Trinity Episcopal Church; Father: William Stratton.
4. ↑ "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007578898; FHL microfilm: 1001860; Record number: 45; Packet letter: F
   FamilySearch Record: FZV1-Y5K (accessed 4 April 2024)
   Martha Stratton marriage to Lorenzo Mulford on 3 Aug 1858 in Swedesboro, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860"
   citing Page: 103; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Digital film/folder number: 005170573; FHL microfilm: 803977; Image number: 107; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01791-6
   FamilySearch Record: MCLH-STQ (accessed 4 April 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BSD-9J6T
   Martha Mulford (25) at 15th Ward Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900"
   citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 28; Digital film/folder number: 004117742; FHL microfilm: 1241279; Image number: 697; Sheet number: 9; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00774-5
   FamilySearch Record: MM8J-MLR (accessed 4 April 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6Q67-3H
   Martha S Mulford (65), wife, in household of Lorenzo Mulford (68) in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910"
   citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T624; Digital film/folder number: 004973200; FHL microfilm: 1375207; Image number: 628; Sheet number: 12; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03495-6
   FamilySearch Record: ML8S-362 (accessed 4 April 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRV2-B29
   Martha S Mulford (74), widowed mother-in-law, in household of George W Davis (50) in Cincinnati Ward 23, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920"
   citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Line: 19; Digital film/folder number: 004967444; FHL microfilm: 1821393; Image number: 853; Sheet number: 5; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03065-5
   FamilySearch Record: MDPW-7X1 (accessed 4 April 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRJ9-8JX
   Martha S Mulford (84), widowed mother-in-law, in household of Joseph R Tomlin (64) in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
9. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
   citing Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, yr 1924 cn 34998, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,022,144
   FamilySearch Record: J6MD-9C9 (accessed 4 April 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-D1GW-LMN
   Martha Mulford death 20 Aug 1924 (born 26 May 1836), daughter of Wm. A. Stratton & Catherine Strong, in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario.
10. ↑ Find a Grave (has image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #79003171 (accessed 4 April 2024)
    Memorial page for Martha Stratton Mulford (26 May 1835-20 Aug 1924), citing Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA (plot: Grdn. LN, Sec. 31, Lot 126, Sp. 5); Maintained by Tom Perdiew (contributor 47158054).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Obituary for Mrs. Martha Stratton Mulford; Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, Friday, 22 Aug 1924, page 8, found on Newspapers.com

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