Brief Life History of Martha Elizabeth
When Martha Elizabeth Mahood was born on 18 April 1867, in Prince George, Virginia, United States, her father, Alexander Benjamin Mahood, was 41 and her mother, Helen Walker Phillips, was 30. She married Edward Fleming Sheffey on 10 December 1890, in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Lynchburg, Virginia, United States for about 40 years. She died on 25 April 1927, in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (31)
- Mattie E Sheffey in household of Ed F Sheffey, "United States Census, 1900"
- Martha E Mahood or Mahovd, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Mattie Elizabeth Mahood, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
Spouse and Children
1865–1933 Male
1867–1927 Female
Children (8)
1892–1957 Male
1893–1942 Male
1894–1985 Male
1896–1976 Female
1898–1898 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1825–1898 Male
1836–1895 Female
Siblings (12)
1859–1860 Female
1861–1928 Male
1863–1930 Male
1865–1943 Female
1867–1927 Female
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1868 · Impeach the President!
Age 1
1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment
Age 1
1886
Age 19
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened form of MacHood, an altered form of Irish Ó hUid ‘descendant of Ud’, in which Ó ‘descendant’ has been replaced by Mac ‘son’. Compare Hood 5. The name was taken by 19th-century Irish migrants to south-west Scotland and north-west England.
English: variant of Maude 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Martha Elizabeth Mahood ~ Find a Grave Information
Birth: 1870 Giles County Virginia, USA Death: Apr. 25, 1927 Lynchburg City Virginia, USA d/o Alexander & Helen W. Mahood Obituary: Lyncburg, Va.-April 25-Mrs. Mattie M. Sheffey, wife of Edward F. She …
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