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Martha Bacon 1832–1866 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 October 1832

Birth Location: Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 16 December 1866

Death Location: Greene County, Tennessee, USA

Father: Bacon None

Mother: Deborah Barron

Spouse(s): Murray None

Children(s): Cornelia Shanks, Abijah Shanks, Mary Shanks, Willis Shanks, Silas Shanks

Martha Bacon was born in 1832 in Tennessee, USA, the child of Bacon And Deborah Barnes Barron. In 1850, Martha Bacon resided in Subdivision 4, Washington, Tennessee, USA. In 1860, Martha Bacon resided in Swinneys, Washington, Tennessee, USA. Martha Bacon married Murray, and had children including Abijah Milburn Shanks, Cornelia Elizabeth Shanks, Mary Lucinda Shanks, Silas Carrick Shanks, Willis Engle Shanks. Martha Bacon passed away in 1866 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Martha Bacon was born in 1832 in Tennessee, USA, the child of Bacon And Deborah Barnes Barron.
  • In 1850, Martha Bacon resided in Subdivision 4, Washington, Tennessee, USA.
  • In 1860, Martha Bacon resided in Swinneys, Washington, Tennessee, USA.
  • Martha Bacon married Murray, and had children including Abijah Milburn Shanks, Cornelia Elizabeth Shanks, Mary Lucinda Shanks, Silas Carrick Shanks, Willis Engle Shanks.
  • Martha Bacon passed away in 1866 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Bacon None
1802–1860
Birth Location: Washington County, Tennessee, USA
B
Deborah Barron
1807–1891
Birth Location: Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, USA
DB

Spouses(s)

Murray None
1833–1901
Birth Location: Milburnton, Greene County, Tennessee, USA
M

Children(s)

Cornelia Shanks
1863–1939
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
CS
Abijah Shanks
1858–1921
Birth Location: Greene, Tennessee
AS
Mary Shanks
1865–1938
Birth Location: Green County, Tennessee
MS
Willis Shanks
1859–1912
Birth Location: Tennessee
WS
Silas Shanks
1861–1927
Birth Location: Green County, Tennessee
SS

Martha Bacon's Ancestors

Self
Martha Bacon
1832–1866
Birth Place: Tennessee, USA
Parents
Bacon
1802–1860
Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Deborah (Barnes) Barron
1807–1891
Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
James (M. Bacon) Sr.
1766–1846
Magdalena Neumann
1773–1840
Maiden Creek, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
Thomas Barron
1776–1863
Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
Phebe Jobe
1777–1858
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jeremiah Bacon
1725–1810
Veronica Weiss
1727–1800
Johan Neumann
1727–1790
Catherina Reifsnyder
1730–1790
Joseph Barron
1752–1793
Sarah Murray
1760–1830
Jacob Jobe
1737–1808
Deborah MacKay
1748–1814
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Bacon
1698–1770
Johann Naumann
1699–1759
Anna Schmid
1710–1762
Joseph Sr.
1722–1793
Anne Walker
1733–1793
Thomas Sr.
1722–1805
Henrietta Jones
1728–1760
Caleb Job
1704–1750
Barbary Palmer
1715–1784
Zachariah MacKay
1714–1797

Martha Bacon's Descendants

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Martha Bacon (22 October 1832–16 December 1866) m. Murray (13 April 1833–14 November 1901)
  1. 1. Cornelia (Elizabeth) Shanks 1863–1939 m. Alfred (Robert) Parsons 1861–1920 m. Samuel (H) Pickering 1859–1949
    1. 1. William (Elmer) Pickering 1887–1949
    2. 2. Oscar (Clement) Pickering 1881–1970 m. Stella (Pearl) Becker 1883–1961
      1. 1. Ralph (Oscar) Pickering 1904–2001
      2. 2. Clyde (Becker) Pickering 1906–1992 m. Gertrude (Amelia) Olson 1910–2001
        1. 1. Mary (Lou) Pickering 1936–2012
        2. 2. Donald (Perry) Pickering 1931–1999
      3. 3. Orley (D) Pickering 1914–2005
      4. 4. Frank (W) Pickering 1908–1986 m. Amelia (Mary "Millie") McQueary 1910–2004
        1. 1. Stella (Tuleen) Pickering 1931–1934
      5. 5. Geoge (O) Pickins 1905– m. Mildred H 1901–
    3. 3. George Pickering 1883– m. Sophia 1886–1971
  2. 2. Abijah (Milburn) Shanks 1858–1921 m. Mary (Ann) Pickering 1855–1932
    1. 1. George (Franklin) Shanks 1884–1931 m. Mary Isabel 1892–1954
      1. 1. Doris (Evelyn) Shanks 1930–2001
      2. 2. Carroll (Lee) Shanks 1922–2010
      3. 3. Anna (Mae) Shanks 1919–
      4. 4. Dorothy (Verlene) Shanks 1927–1982 m. Kenneth (Eugene) Ohrt 1926–2002
    2. 2. Charles (William) Shanks 1886–1929 m. Maude (L) Baskett 1894–
      1. 1. Evelyn (Laverne) Shanks 1914–1999 m. Edwin (Earl) Kuhn 1915–2000
      2. 2. Thomas (Claude) Shanks 1918–1991 m. Annie (Elizabeth) Hogan 1920–2009
    3. 3. Addie (M) Shanks 1889–1974 m. Orgel (Ralph) Keys 1889–1953
      1. 1. Frances (Mary) Keys 1922–2002
      2. 2. Ivan (Ralph) Keys 1912–1994 m. Oria (S.) Smith 1914–2005
        1. 1. Gerald (Stallard) Keys 1947–1996
      3. 3. Edith (E) Keyes 1919–2012
      4. 4. Irena (Nina) Keys 1914–1987 m. Cargille (C) Hale 1907–1991
        1. 1. Clara (Mae) Hale 1943–2012
    4. 4. Benjamin (H) Shanks 1890–
    5. 5. Iva (Catherine) Shanks 1892–1968 m. Elbert (Newman) Keys 1896–1969
      1. 1. Elbert (Fred) Keys 1920–1981 m. Mamie B 1920–
      2. 2. Dale (Shanks) Keys 1925–1977 m. Freddie (Ruth) Hall 1925–2002
      3. 3. Billie (Bruce) Keys 1930–1931
    6. 6. Olivia (Ellen) Shanks 1894–1975 m. Ernest (Edgar) Babb 1888–1956
      1. 1. Milton Babb 1922–2004 m. Evelyn Harrison 1926–
      2. 2. Elinor (Shanks) Babb 1923–2014 m. Mason (Carroll Stroud) Jr 1921–2003
      3. 3. Lynn (S) Bobb 1926–2016
      4. 4. Dorothy (Lillian) Babb 1916–2007 m. Phonso (Lee) Durham 1915–2002
    7. 7. Mattie (Elizabeth) Shanks 1880–1907 m. Cochran 1876–1950
      1. 1. Ralph (Milburn) Cochran 1905–1979 m. Pauline McKay 1902–1953
        1. 1. Hilda Cochran 1929–1929
        2. 2. Mattie (E.) Cochran 1927–1927
      2. 2. Pearl (C) Cochran 1900–1983 m. Dannie (Robert) Campbell 1897–1978
      3. 3. Eddie (Shanks) Cochran 1907–1976 m. Roma (Beatrice) Mercer 1908–1993
        1. 1. Joseph (Charles) Cochran 1927–1977
      4. 4. Grace (E.) Cochran 1904–1962 m. Spencer (Hamilton) Goodman 1900–1981
        1. 1. Dorothy (M.) Goodman 1925–1987
        2. 2. Joseph (Curtis) Goodman 1933–1957
    8. 8. John (Hobart) Shanks 1897–1968 m. Mabsie Bales 1905–1986
      1. 1. Hugh (Campbell) Shanks 1922–1985
      2. 2. Hobert Shanks 1922–1922
      3. 3. Eugene Shanks 1928–1928
      4. 4. Oscar (Shanks) Jr. 1924–1926
      5. 5. Albert (Lee) Shanks 1940–1941
    9. 9. Bruce Shanks 1890–1906
    10. 10. Minnie (Lou) Shanks 1882–1965 m. William (Ebenezer) Cochran 1872–1949
      1. 1. Sallie (Myrtle) Cochran 1904–1987
      2. 2. Mildred Cochran 1917–1971
      3. 3. Christine Cochran 1913–1998
      4. 4. Bruce Cochran 1905–1980 m. Willie (Mae) Mealer 1911–2004
        1. 1. Roy (Bruce) Cochran 1926–1954
      5. 5. Hobart (Milburn) Cochran 1907–1991 m. Mary (Sue) Bailey 1911–1998
        1. 1. Elsie (Marlene) Cochran 1934–1996
      6. 6. Thomas (Ketron) Cochran 1909–2000 m. Martha (Jane) Davis 1911–1997
      7. 7. Mary Cochran 1910–1975 m. Vernon (Wakefield) Sims 1908–1985
      8. 8. Elsie (M) Cochran 1913– m. Hansel (L) Nelson 1911–1969
      9. 9. Clyde (Harold) Cochran 1914–1973 m. Elsie (M) Smith 1920–1998
        1. 1. Joan Cochran 1940–1990
  3. 3. Mary (Lucinda) Shanks 1865–1938 m. John (Nimon) Cox 1866–1939
  4. 4. Willis (Engle) Shanks 1859–1912 m. Addie (Jane) Downey 1869–1936
    1. 1. Shanks 1894–1900
    2. 2. Shanks 1898–1905
    3. 3. John (Ober) Shanks 1889–1958 m. Bertha (E) Crabtree 1890–1982
      1. 1. Ellen (Mauveline) Shanks 1914–2001 m. Samuel (Pattin Simpson) Sr. 1910–1992
      2. 2. Leonard (Keith) Shanks 1916–2007
      3. 3. Oran (Ralph) Shanks 1919–1994 m. Athyne E 1922–2009
      4. 4. John (Thurman) Shanks 1923–2006 m. Margaret (Ruth) Ware 1925–2014
      5. 5. Haskel (Milburn) Shanks 1928–2007
    4. 4. George (Hubert) Shanks 1891–1972 m. Lucy (Leora) Walker 1898–1974
      1. 1. Marvin (Hubert) Shanks 1925–2009 m. Ozella (Maudean) Wright 1925–1995
      2. 2. Fred (Walker) Shanks 1927–2003
    5. 5. Cecil (McKinley) Shanks 1896–1953 m. Maude (Frank) Reynolds 1900–1986
      1. 1. Jeanette (Meldrum) Shanks 1924–
    6. 6. Ray (Frank) Shanks 1898–1957 m. Ella (Juanita) Vaughn 1916–1978
      1. 1. Willis (Ray) Shanks 1938–1994
    7. 7. Elsie (M) Shanks 1894– m. Robert (Rush) Wisecarver 1896–1989
      1. 1. Mary (Frances) Wisecarver 1933–2014 m. Raymond (H.) Birkel 1931–2016
    8. 8. Willis (Engle) Shanks 1904–1937
    9. 9. Robert (O) Shanks 1908–1984 m. Julia Bright 1912–1992
  5. 5. Silas (Carrick) Shanks 1861–1927 m. Ida (Florence) Walker 1876–1963
    1. 1. Maude (M) Shanks 1899–1985 m. Edward (Nobbie) Matthews 1887–
      1. 1. Edward (Nabler Matthews) Junior 1921–
      2. 2. Ida (Florence) Matthews 1926–
      3. 3. Margaret (Hess) Matthews 1919–1985 m. Miles (Vernon) Martin 1918–2001
      4. 4. Lois Matthews 1918–
    2. 2. Jessie (Mae) Shanks 1902– m. Warren (Thomas) Watkins 1893–1953
      1. 1. Warren (Thomas) Watkins 1922–2001
      2. 2. Edith (A) Watkins 1919–
    3. 3. John (Brebbon Shanks) Sr 1904–1994 m. Anna Bess 1905–1998

Martha Bacon's Timeline

4 Records

1832
22 October 1832
Birth of Martha Bacon in Tennessee, USA
Tennessee, USA
1850
1850
Age 18
Martha Bacon resided here in Subdivision 4, Washington, Tennessee, USA
Subdivision 4, Washington, Tennessee, USA
1860
1860
Age 28
Martha Bacon resided here in Swinneys, Washington, Tennessee, USA
Swinneys, Washington, Tennessee, USA
1866
16 December 1866
Age 34
Death of Martha Bacon
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 October 1832
    Event Place: Tennessee, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1959, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 12
    [2] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Swinneys, Washington, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1277; Page: 121; Image: 250; Family History Library Film: 805277
    [3] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 4, Washington, Tennessee; Roll: M432_898; Page: 234A; Image: 474
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1796-2011

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Subdivision 4, Washington, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 4, Washington, Tennessee; Roll: M432_898; Page: 234A; Image: 474

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Swinneys, Washington, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Swinneys, Washington, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1277; Page: 121; Image: 250; Family History Library Film: 805277

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 December 1866
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1796-2011

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Greene County, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1796-2011
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