Martha Carolina Stout

Brief Life History of Martha Carolina

When Martha Carolina Stout was born on 29 June 1857, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jonathan Luther Stout, was 37 and her mother, Rachel Eller, was 29. She married John H. Roberson on 15 February 1875, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Lewis Fork Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 25 March 1905, in Yancey, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 47.

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Family Time Line

John H. Roberson
1854–1917
Martha Carolina Stout
1857–1905
Marriage: 15 February 1875
Millard Filmore Robinson
1874–1947

Sources (3)

  • Martha Stout in household of Jonathan Stout, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Martha Stout, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Martha Stout in household of Jonathan Stout, "United States Census, 1860"

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World Events (8)

1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island

On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English:

nickname from Middle English stout ‘bold, daring, brave’ (Old French estolt, estout, Anglo-Norman French estut, estot, estout ‘bold, fierce, randy, stubborn’).

perhaps occasionally a nickname from Middle English st(o)ut ‘gnat, horse-fly’ (Old English stūt, Old Norse stútr ‘gnat’), possibly used for someone with a biting tongue or for a small, quick-moving person.

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

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