Martha Lunsford

Brief Life History of Martha

When Martha Lunsford was born on 10 June 1865, in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, her father, Thomas Lunsford Jr, was 34 and her mother, Catherine Barbara Killian, was 45. She married Lewis Carter Green in 1883, in Monroe, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in District 11 Turkey Creek, Moore, Tennessee, United States in 1910 and Civil District 3, Monroe, Tennessee, United States in 1920. She died in 1947, in Madisonville, Monroe, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Monroe, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Carter Green
1855–1910
Martha Lunsford
1865–1947
Marriage: 1883
James Eddington Green
1848–1898
Joe Thomas Green
1884–1963
Polly Green
1885–1977
William Francis Green
1887–1944
John Sylvester Green
1890–1967
Levi Abner Green
1894–1977
Virgil Dow Green
1896–1949
Lewis Carter Green Jr
1901–1970
Elsie Green
1906–
Fred Asbury Green
1906–2023

Sources (19)

  • Martha Greene, "United States, Census, 1920"
  • Martha Lunsford, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Martha Green, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1877 · Last Troops Leave

In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Lundsford in East Sussex, so named from an Old English personal name Lundrǣd + Old English ford ‘ford’.

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

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