Caroline Martin

about 1841–5 June 1911 (Age 70)
Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Caroline

When Caroline Martin was born about 1841, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Thomas Cook Martin, was 30 and her mother, Rebecca Cardwell, was 31. She married David Barr on 27 April 1862, in Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in White, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died on 5 June 1911, in Putnam, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Martin, Weakley, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Barr
1842–1863
Caroline Martin
1841–1911
Marriage: 27 April 1862
David Barr
1862–1887

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 April 1862Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 5
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1846
    Age 5
    Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
    1862 · Battle of Shiloh
    Age 21
    The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 238747;2007: 502734; 2010: 702625)English, Scottish, Irish, French, Walloon, Breton, Dutch, Flemish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Italian (Veneto); Spanish (Martín): from a personal name derived from Latin Martinus, itself a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’. This was borne by a famous 4th-century Christian saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In North America, the surname Martin has absorbed cognates and derivatives from other languages, e.g. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Marcin , Albanian Martini , Polish surnames beginning with Marcin-, and Slovenian patronymics like Martinčič (see Martincic ). Martin is the most frequent surname in France and one of the most frequent surnames in Wallonia.English: variant of Marton .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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    Sources (2)

    • Caroline Martin in household of Thomas C Martin, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Caroline Martin in household of T C Martin, "United States Census, 1860"

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