Brief Life History of Martha Helen
When Martha Helen Redmon was born on 5 September 1857, in Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, her father, Benjamin Redmon, was 22 and her mother, Eleanor (Nelly) FOWLER, was 22. She married Peyton Eugene Turner on 29 November 1882, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Civil District 7, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States in 1910 and DeKalb, Tennessee, United States in 1930. She died on 26 November 1937, in Hazel Green, Madison, Alabama, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Charity Baptist Church Cemetery, Hazel Green, Madison, Alabama, United States.
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- Helen Turner in household of Hebron Turner, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Helen Redmon - Government record: Census record: birth: March 1858; De Kalb, Tennessee, United States
- M H Redmon, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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1861
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
Name Meaning
Irish: from Mac Réamoinn; see Redmond .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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