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Martha Bird 1797–1885 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 July 1797

Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States

Death Date: 21 June 1885

Death Location: Sample, Gonzales County, Texas, United States of America

Father: Abraham Bird

Mother: Sarah Gaines

Spouse(s): Robert Sample

Children(s): Elizabeth Sample, Sarah Sample, Joseph Sample, John Sample, Martha Sample, Alexander Sample, Joe Sample, Elizabeth Sample, Sarah Dunning

In 1797, Martha Bird entered the world in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States, born to Abraham Bird And Sarah Gaines. In 1850, Martha Bird resided in Marengo, Alabama, USA. In 1860, Martha Bird resided in Gonzales, Texas, USA. Martha Bird married Martha Bird, Robert Sample, and had children including Alexander Henry Sample, Elizabeth Sample, Joe Jolly Sample, John Sample, Joseph Bird Sample, Martha Jane Sample, Sarah May Dunning, Sarah Sample. Martha Bird passed away in 1885 in Sample, Gonzales County, Texas, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1797, Martha Bird entered the world in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States, born to Abraham Bird And Sarah Gaines.
  • In 1850, Martha Bird resided in Marengo, Alabama, USA.
  • In 1860, Martha Bird resided in Gonzales, Texas, USA.
  • Martha Bird married Martha Bird, Robert Sample, and had children including Alexander Henry Sample, Elizabeth Sample, Joe Jolly Sample, John Sample, Joseph Bird Sample, Martha Jane Sample, Sarah May Dunning, Sarah Sample.
  • Martha Bird passed away in 1885 in Sample, Gonzales County, Texas, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Abraham Bird
1771–1828
Birth Location: Telfair, Effingham, Georgia
AB
Sarah Gaines
1776–1826
Birth Location: Georgia
SG

Spouses(s)

Robert Sample
1790–1868
Birth Location: Abbeville, Laurens, South Carolina, USA
RS

Children(s)

Elizabeth Sample
1820–1875
Birth Location: Marengo, Alabama, United States
ES
Sarah Sample
1824–1895
Birth Location: Bradley, Tennessee, United States
SS
Joseph Sample
1824–1853
Birth Location: Marengo, Alabama, United States
JS
John Sample
1828–1850
Birth Location: Marengo, Alabama, United States
JS
Martha Sample
1835–1853
Birth Location: Marengo, Alabama, United States
MS
Alexander Sample
1832–1886
Birth Location: Hills, Marengo, Alabama, United States
AS
Joe Sample
1848–
Birth Location: Maringo Co AL
JS
Elizabeth Sample
1828–1875
Birth Location: Marengo, Alabama, United States
ES
Sarah Dunning
1826–1893
Birth Location: Marengo County, Alabama, United States of America
SD

Martha Bird's Ancestors

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Martha Bird
1797–1885
Birth Place: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
Parents
Abraham Bird
1771–1828
Telfair, Effingham, Georgia
Sarah Gaines
1776–1826
Georgia
Grandparents
Edmund (Pendleton) Gaines
1743–1816
Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Tabitha Rucker
1754–1840
Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Mary Pendleton
1717–1803
Ephraim Rucker
1712–1796
Margaret Vawter
1720–1813
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Pendleton
1683–1721
Mary Taylor
1688–1770
John Vawter
1691–1752
Margaret Noel
1695–1756

Martha Bird's Descendants

1.
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Martha Bird (21 July 1797–21 June 1885) m. Robert Sample (2 Apr 1790–14 Feb 1868)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Sample 1820–1875 m. James (Madison) Merryman 1808–1858
    1. 1. James (Madison) Merryman 1842–1910 m. Ruthy (M) Smith 1856–1927
      1. 1. Sula (P) Merryman 1891–1927 m. Roy (Lee) Pannell 1889–1968
        1. 1. Willie (Mae) Pannell 1913–1999 m. Ivan (Franklin) Monsey 1914–1983
        2. 2. Rhoda (L) Pannell 1909–1968 m. Olin (J.) English 1912–1984
        3. 3. Evelyn Pannell 1916–1990 m. Vollie (Victor) Monsey 1909–1962
        4. 4. Esterlyn Pannell 1916–1916
        5. 5. Lora Pannell 1920–1971
        6. 6. John (P) Pannell 1911–1997 m. Jimmie (Marie) Pannell 1921–1992
      2. 2. Lola Merryman 1875–1920 m. Jas (M) Smith 1875–1926
        1. 1. Lizzie Smith 1895–
        2. 2. Hazel Smith 1897–
        3. 3. Theston (Odis) Smith 1903–1903
        4. 4. Jimmie (B.) Smith 1902– m. Leslie Brown 1898–
      3. 3. Minnie (Ora) Merryman 1887–1962 m. William (Napoleon) Currie 1870–1957 m. James (Edgar Adams,) Sr. 1883–1957
        1. 1. Clark (Leon) Currie 1897–1972
        2. 2. George (Morris) Currie 1895–1966
        3. 3. Wilsie (J) Adams* 1912–1991
        4. 4. Guy Adams 1910–1976
        5. 5. James (Edgar Adams,) Jr. 1914–
        6. 6. Nela (M) Adams 1917–
        7. 7. Doyce (Dodson) Adams 1907–1979
      4. 4. James (P.) Merryman 1878–1905
      5. 5. William (Madison) Merryman 1880–1918 m. Nannie (Ethel Jane) Bishop 1887–1917
        1. 1. Ernest (Alton) Merryman 1913–1970 m. Joan ("TuTu" Kaoru) Takata 1923–2011
        2. 2. Claude (Lee) Merryman 1907–1983 m. Lydia Koehn 1906–2010
        3. 3. Myrtle (Ann Merryman) Jones 1915–1987 m. Lawrence (W) Jones 1909–
        4. 4. Lena (Gladys) Merryman 1909–1909
      6. 6. Margaret (Lola) Smith 1874–1907 m. James (Morgan) SMITH 1874–1926
        1. 1. Jimmie (Frances) SMITH 1901–1981
        2. 2. Lizzie SMITH 1895–
        3. 3. Hazel (Gertrude) Smith 1897–
        4. 4. Theston (Odis) SMITH 1903–1903
      7. 7. Benjamin (Oscar) Merryman 1889–1961 m. Margaret ((May ) Gertrude) Gray 1890–1929
        1. 1. Benjamin (Oscar) Merryman 1920–2003 m. Rosalyn Merryman 1925– m. Rosalin, (Marie) Sears 1924–2003
        2. 2. Bruce (Cornell) Merryman 1922–2011 m. Evelyn (L) Kinsey 1923–1994
        3. 3. William (Herbert) Merryman 1928–2006
        4. 4. James (Edward) Merryman 1925–2008
      8. 8. Minnie (Ora) Adams 1879–1962
      9. 9. Alice (May) Currie 1876–1920
      10. 10. Dora Merryman 1883–1959 m. Thomas (Alford) Towns 1874–1931
        1. 1. Ferman (Leonard) Towns 1903–1977
        2. 2. James ((jim) Oscar) Towns 1907–1977
        3. 3. Claude (Alvin) Towns 1905–1954
        4. 4. Charlie (Thomas) Towns 1911–1953
        5. 5. Edward Towns 1906–1977
        6. 6. Howard (William) Towns 1908–1947
        7. 7. Reetha (Ruth Martha) Towns 1920–2010
        8. 8. Irene (Ada) Towns 1898–1967
        9. 9. Lee (Hester) Towns 1913–1994
        10. 10. Ray (Albert) Towns 1917–2013
        11. 11. Willie (Newton) Towns 1900–1950
        12. 12. Alfred (M) Towns 1897–1950
      11. 11. Edgar Merryman 1885–1935
      12. 12. Albert Merryman 1895–1917
      13. 13. Ivy Merryman 1897–1972
      14. 14. Myrtle (J.) Merryman 1893–1899
    2. 2. William (Presley) Merryman 1833–1898 m. Susie (Martha) Smith 1859–1949
      1. 1. Jeptha (Lewis) Merryman 1877–1942
      2. 2. George (Madison) Merryman 1880–1946
      3. 3. Oliver (Houston) Merryman 1883–1957
      4. 4. Martha (Emma) Merryman 1876–1909
      5. 5. Benjamin (Franklin) Merryman 1873–1941
      6. 6. James (Robert) Merryman 1870–1942
      7. 7. William (P.) Merryman 1878–1900
      8. 8. John (C) Merryman 1883–1957
    3. 3. Benjamin (Franklin) Merryman 1836–1897 m. Mary (Ann) McMillan 1848–1937
      1. 1. James (Matthew) Merryman 1874–1970 m. Lula (Jane Mae) Redden 1878–1948
        1. 1. Camilla Merryman 1898–1978
        2. 2. Solon Merriman 1902–1962 m. Gladys (Inez) Holder 1906–1985
        3. 3. John (Taylor) Merryman 1914–1999
        4. 4. James (Luna) Merriman 1906–1986
        5. 5. James (Louis "Louie") Merryman 1905–1999
        6. 6. Louis Merryman 1906–1999 m. Goldie (Mae) Dowdy 1910–2005
        7. 7. Rosell Merryman 1907–1984
        8. 8. Rozelle Merriman 1907–1984 m. Emma (Claralee) Ellison 1909–1989
        9. 9. Bennett (Franklin) Merryman 1910–1993
        10. 10. John (Taylor) Merriman 1915–1999
      2. 2. William (Andrew) Merryman 1871–1926
      3. 3. Thomas (Jefferson) Merryman 1877–1952 m. Maude Davis 1880–1943
        1. 1. Davis (William) Merryman 1909–1995
        2. 2. Norman (Sam) Merryman 1906–1986
        3. 3. Bois Merriman 1910–
        4. 4. Jasmine Merryman 1922–
        5. 5. Wilbur (Ray) Merryman 1917–1992
      4. 4. Minnie Merryman 1880–1882
      5. 5. Lizzie Merryman 1863–1873
      6. 6. Clara (Lee) Merryman 1883–1971
    4. 4. Charles (N) Merryman 1849–1860
    5. 5. Oliver (Perry) Merryman 1850–1900 m. Nancy (Lucinda) Merryman 1852–1934
      1. 1. Andrew (Franklin) Merryman 1884–1960
      2. 2. K (B) Merryman 1895–1986
      3. 3. Minnie (Laura) Merryman 1887–1970
      4. 4. Oliver (Craig) Merryman 1883–1967
      5. 5. Arthur Merryman 1891–1911
      6. 6. Robert (C) Merriman 1885–
      7. 7. Annie (E) Merriman 1888–1936 m. Wiburn (L) Burton 1888– m. Wiburn (L) Burton 1888–1951
        1. 1. Raymon (L) Burton 1916–
        2. 2. Rupha (M) Burton 1918–
        3. 3. Jessie (R) Burton 1920–
        4. 4. Alfred (E) Burton 1922–
        5. 5. Raymon (L) Burton 1916–1995 m. Juandaline Davis 1924–1985
        6. 6. Rupha (M) Burton 1918–
        7. 7. Jessie (R) Burton 1920–
        8. 8. Alfred (E) Burton 1922–
        9. 9. Ruthie (Mae) Burton 1917–1959
        10. 10. Alfred (E) Burton 1921–2007
      8. 8. Otha (T) Merriman 1890–
      9. 9. Alice (M) Merriman 1893–
    6. 6. Ann (E) Merryman 1854–1892 m. Clarke Cobb 1850–
      1. 1. William (Oscar) Cobb 1876–
  2. 2. Sarah Sample 1824–1895 m. Claibourn (Lafayette) Manes 1814–1884
    1. 1. James (Reno) Manes 1860–1943
    2. 2. Harriet (Ola) Manes 1845–1919
    3. 3. Jessee (G) Manes 1867–1868
    4. 4. Naomi Manes 1842–1843
    5. 5. Wesley (Jackson) Manes 1840–1881
    6. 6. David (Howell Carruthers) Manes 1856–1947
    7. 7. Ellender (Jane) Manes 1848–1879
    8. 8. Russell (J) Manes 1860–1861
    9. 9. Mary Manes 1851–1860
    10. 10. Lewis (Hamilton) Manes 1858–1937
    11. 11. Richard Manes 1858–
    12. 12. John (Wesley) Manes 1840–1922
  3. 3. Joseph (Bird) Sample 1824–1853
  4. 4. John Sample 1828–1850
  5. 5. Martha (Jane) Sample 1835–1853
  6. 6. Alexander (Henry) Sample 1832–1886
  7. 7. Joe (Jolly) Sample 1848–
  8. 8. Elizabeth Sample 1828–1875
  9. 9. Sarah (May) Dunning 1826–1893

Martha Bird's Timeline

4 Records

1797
21 July 1797
Birth of Martha Bird in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
1850
1850
Age 53
Martha Bird resided here in Marengo, Alabama, USA
Marengo, Alabama, USA
1860
1860
Age 63
Martha Bird resided here in Gonzales, Texas, USA
Gonzales, Texas, USA
1885
21 June 1885
Age 88
Death of Martha Bird in Sample, Gonzales, Texas, United States
Sample, Gonzales, Texas, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 July 1797
    Event Place: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Gonzales, Texas; Roll: M653_1295; Page: 82; Family History Library Film: 805295
    [2] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Marengo, Alabama; Roll: M432_10; Page: 44A; Image: 93
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Marengo, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Marengo, Alabama; Roll: M432_10; Page: 44A; Image: 93

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Gonzales, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Gonzales, Texas; Roll: M653_1295; Page: 82; Family History Library Film: 805295

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 June 1885
    Event Place: Sample, Gonzales, Texas, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sample, Gonzales County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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