Martha Jane Gutherie

about 1834–
Georgia, United States

The Life Summary of Martha Jane

When Martha Jane Gutherie was born about 1834, in Georgia, United States, her father, William Jackson Guthrie, was 27 and her mother, Hannah Snider Weaver, was 34. She married Samuel Costin on 21 November 1850, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Costin
1817–1904
Martha Jane Gutherie
1834–
Marriage: 21 November 1850
Georgia Lee Costin
1853–1931
Mary Costin
1854–
William Shepherd Costin
1855–1913
Fanny Costin
1857–
Andrew J Costin
1858–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 November 1850South Carolina, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1835 · Treaty of New Echota
    Age 1
    A minority group of Cherokees including John Ridge, Major Ridge, Elias Boudinot, and Stand Waite, signed the Treaty of New Echota which ceded all Cherokee territory east of the Mississippi in exchange for five million dollars. The majority of Cherokees did not agree and 16,000 Cherokee signatures were gathered to protest the treaty. Boudinot and both Ridges were killed several years later by angry Cherokees for signing the treaty.
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 2
    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.
    1865
    Age 31
    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish (Aberdeenshire and Lanarkshire): variant of Guthrie .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Guthrie

    Sources (2)

    • Martha Jane Guthrie in entry for William Shepherd Costine, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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