When Martha Piety Grantham was born on 28 May 1841, in Irwin, Georgia, United States, her father, Rev Daniel M Grantham, was 29 and her mother, Martha Mariah Roberts, was 24. She married James C Carlton on 11 November 1856, in Ocala, Marion, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died before 1876, in Florida, United States.
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Florida is 27th state.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Florida has had 6 Constitutions since it became a state. The first Constitution was drafted in Saint Joseph, now known as Port St. Joe. Presently Florida is governed by the Constitution of 1968.
English (Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire): habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, of uncertain origin. The final element is Old English hām ‘homestead’; the first may be Old English grand ‘gravel’ or perhaps a personal name Granta, which probably originated as a byname meaning ‘snarler’. See also Graham .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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