Martha Ellen Eubank

Brief Life History of Martha Ellen

When Martha Ellen Eubank was born on 3 December 1842, in Eubank, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, her father, Allen Eubank, was 33 and her mother, Martha E Griffin, was 29. She married William Aquilla Riddle on 25 August 1858, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Chickasaw Nation Reservation, Murray, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Bryan Township, Coal, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. She died on 9 April 1915, in Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Sugar Creek Cemetery, Soper, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Aquilla Riddle
1837–1922
Martha Ellen Eubank
1842–1915
Marriage: 25 August 1858
Mary Jane Riddle
1859–1927
William Henry Riddle
1861–1925
Charlie Riddle
1863–
Eliza Ellen Riddle
1866–1903
John Green Riddle
1868–1940
Martha Ann Riddle
1870–1941
Allen L Riddle
1873–1959
James Lee Riddle
1875–1963
Sarah Margaret Riddle
1877–1880
Charles H Riddle
1877–1953
Joseph Edwin Riddle
1881–1953
George William Riddle
1884–1950

Sources (23)

  • Marthey Riddle in household of Quilla Riddle, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Martha Ellen Eubanks - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Martha Ellen Eubanks
  • Martha E Eubanks, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1858

Historical Boundaries 1858: Pulaski, Kentucky, United States Historical Names: 1858: Cato 1877: Eubanks Station 1880: Eubank

1862 · Battle of Perryville

On October 8, 1862, the Battle of Perryville took place between the Army of Ohio and the Army of Mississippi. It was the bloodiest battle on Kentucky soil. The Union lost around four thousand people and the Confederates lost around three thousand people. This was about one fifth of those that fought.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Westmorland): habitational name from any of several places called with Middle English eu ‘yew’ (Old English īw, ēow) + bank(e), such as Yew Bank in Whitehaven (Cumberland).

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

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