Brief Life History of Martha F
When Martha F Head was born on 8 September 1872, in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States, her father, William Franklin Head, was 29 and her mother, Easter Dilla Grace, was 32. She married Josiah Delk on 11 February 1894, in Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Magisterial District 4 Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States in 1930. She died on 17 March 1931, in Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States.
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- Mattie Delks in household of Joseph Delks, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha F. Head - birth: 1873; Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States
- Mattie Head, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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: from Middle English heved, hed ‘head’ (Old English hēafod), applied as a nickname for someone with a peculiarity or disproportion of the head, or else used as a topographic name for someone who lived at the top (‘head’) of a promontory or hill, or near the source of a stream or river or the head of a valley. This surname has long been established in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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