Brief Life History of Martha Seldonia
When Martha Seldonia Haggard was born on 7 February 1875, in Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Nelson Haggard, was 34 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Crowell, was 31. She married Robert Gentry Grogan about 1896, in Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Civil District 10, Putnam, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. She died on 24 June 1929, at the age of 54.
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- Martha Grogan in household of Robert Grogan, "United States Census, 1920"
- Martha Grogan, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
- Martha Hagert in entry for Mary Victoria Way, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
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.
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 (Yorkshire): variant of Hawkyard, a habitational name from Hawk Yard in Saddleworth (Yorkshire).
English: nickname from Middle English, Old French hagard ‘wild, untamed’. This word was adopted into Middle English as a technical term in falconry to denote a hawk that had been captured and trained when already fully grown, rather than being reared in captivity; the surname may have developed as a metonymic occupational name for a falconer.
English: possibly also a variant of Agar with prosthetic H- and excrescent -d.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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