Martha I Newsome

Brief Life History of Martha I

When Martha I Newsome was born in May 1832, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Jesse Newsom, was 36 and her mother, Mary Barnes, was 22. She married George Washington Burnett in 1855. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Beat 4, Holmes, Mississippi, United States in 1880 and Township 2, Choctaw Nation Reservation, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, United States in 1900.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Burnett
1829–
Martha I Newsome
1832–
Marriage: 1855
Sarah Elizabeth Burnett
1860–
Nancy Sarina Burnett
1863–
Jessie Joseph Burnett Sr
1869–1948
Julia Irena Burnett
1873–1929
James Thomas Burnett
1877–1942

Sources (6)

  • Martha Newsom, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Newson in entry for Jesse Joseph Burnett, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • Martha Burnett in household of George Burnett, "United States Census, 1880"

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World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): from one or more of the many north-country places of this name in Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, and Yorkshire. The placenames derive from Old English nīwe ‘new’ + hūs ‘house’ (dative plural hūsum); (æt thǣm) nīwehūsum ‘(at the) new houses’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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