Brief Life History of Martha Ann
When Martha Ann Pardue was born on 2 April 1845, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Bevel Mickens Pardue, was 23 and her mother, Prudence Padgett, was 18. She married Richard Franklin Jarvis on 14 August 1864, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Edwards Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 30 January 1934, in Moravian Falls, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.
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- Martha E Jarviss in household of Richard Jarviss, "United States Census, 1870"
- Martha Pardew, "North Carolina, Civil Marriages, 1763-1868"
- Martha Ann Jarvis, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
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: variant of Perdue .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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