Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Marshall was born on 28 April 1840, in Grayson, Virginia, United States, her father, Elijah Marshall, was 33 and her mother, Susannah Stanley, was 32. She married Henry G Webb on 23 March 1876, in Carroll, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Laurel Fork District, Carroll, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Laurel Fork, Carroll, Virginia, United States for about 30 years. She died on 13 April 1918, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, at the age of 77.
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- Martha Webb, "United States Census, 1900"
- Martha Webb, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Martha Marshall, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
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World Events (8)
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
English: usually an occupational name ‘farrier’, occasionally a status name ‘chief official of a royal household or court; a high officer of state’, from Middle English mareshal and Old French maresc(h)al. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek ). This name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. It is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Americanized form of German Marschall .
Americanized form of French Mercier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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