Brief Life History of Martha Ida
When Martha Ida Fortenberry was born on 17 January 1862, in Lawrence, Arkansas, United States, her father, Absalom Fortenberry, was 49 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Biles, was 35. She married James Aiken Martin on 5 March 1879, in Lawrence, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Powhatan, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States in 1934 and Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States in 1940. She died on 10 November 1940, in Independence, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States.
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- Ida M Fortenberry in household of Abraham Fortenberry, "United States Census, 1870"
- Martha I Forturberry, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Ida Fortenberry Martin, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · Skirmish at Benton
Confederate forces in Arkansas began an invasion of Missouri, while other Confederate sources probed the line around Little Rock. On July 6, 1864 the fourth Arkansas Cavalry tried to break the line around Little Rock one soldier was killed, eight were wounded, three went missing from the Union side and four were killed and six wounded from the Confederate side.
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Faulkenberry , a surname of Dutch origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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