Brief Life History of Martha Elizabeth
When Martha Elizabeth Hendricks was born on 31 January 1854, in Greene, Indiana, United States, her father, Frederick Hendricks Jr., was 34 and her mother, Mary Jane Cole, was 30. She married James Madison Abrams on 18 October 1883, in Greene, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Beech Creek Township, Greene, Indiana, United States for about 30 years. She died on 25 March 1910, in Hendricksville, Beech Creek Township, Greene, Indiana, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Hendricksville, Beech Creek Township, Greene, Indiana, United States.
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- Marthy E. Hendix in household of Fredric Hendix, "United States Census, 1880"
- Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
- Martha Ellen Abram, „Find A Grave Index“
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World Events (8)
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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
Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Hendrick . See also Hendriks .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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