Martha Smith ^{2 3 4}

   Other names for Martha were Martha A. S. Smith, Mrs M A Stewart and Martha Stuart.

  General Notes:

12/1/2007
After considerable research, it appears that Martha Stewart (Mrs. M.A. Stewart) was William B. Greenhaw's second wife (specified so in the 1910 Kiowa County, OK., census).
Martha was previously married to Eliza Stuart, and had a child, Nancy, according to the 1870 census for Giles County, TN. In the 1910 census, she is reported to have had two children, neither surviving. Since Marhta was age 19 in 1870, I'm assuming that Nancy was her first child, and the record of the second child is not available.
By 1880, Martha's was either widowed or divorced, and living with her brother John A Smith, John's wife, Sarah, her other brother George W., and her mother Nancy in the houshold of John A. in Fannin County, TX. Also in the house was Nancy Stuart, age 10, a niece of John A.
John A. Smith, also known as J.A. or Alexander, consistently found where Wm B and Martha are: in Hood County, TX., in Walker County, TX., and in Washita County, OK., Kiowa County, OK., and is buried in the Greenhaw section of the Mountain View, Kiowa County, OK. In fact he and his wife are buried next to Martha J. Greenhaw (I'm sure the J. was incorrectly provided by the informant for her burial information).
Many of the Greenhaw associated family members are buried in that NE corner of Section 4 of the cemetery. Willaim B. Greenhaw, however, is buried in the New Bayview Cemetery of Corpus Christi, TX.

It seems that young Nancy would eventually marry Wm B's son David A Greenhaw. David died prior to 1900, and Nancy L. is found as the widowed daughter-in-law of Wm B. Greenhaw in the Walker County census of that year.

In 1885, William B. Greenhaw, having lost his first wife in 1884, married Mrs. M. A. Stewart, in Hood County, TX. Records of Wm B end in Hood County, in about 1886-7.
Wm B. and Martha are next found in Walker County, TX., in 1896 tax records. In 1899, Wm. B. is elected to county commissioner from the Cline's Prairie area of Walker County. In 1900 he was appointed postmaster of the Dido Post Office in Cline's Prairie.

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It appears that Mrs. M A Stewart was born Martha Smith, married Eliza Stuart, had two children, including Nancy Stuart who married David Greenhaw.

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The headstone in Mt. View Cemetery for Martha Jane Greenhaw: is it for Wil liam B. Greenhaw's wife or some other Martha Greenhaw? Martha is identified with a middle initial of A in the marriage record to W. B., and al so in a Kiowa County, OK deed between Martha and WB. So, who is Martha Jane Greenhaw 1853-1918 if not the wife of WB???

****** ***** Corpus Christi, TX
George E Lum and wife Ada Elizabeth (Greenhaw) Lum appear in the 1913-14 Corpus Christi Directory at the same location as Martha Greenhaw, widow of William B Greenhaw ²

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1860, Subdivision 2, Coosa, Alabama, USA.
Nancy Smith in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy Smith
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1831
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Alabama
Home in 1860: Subdivision 2, Coosa, Alabama
Post Office: Mount Olive
Family Number: 495
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
John Smith 40
Nancy Smith 29
David Smith 16
Wm A Smith 15
Henry J Smith 13
Mary A Smith 7
John A Smith 5
Martha E Smith 3
James M Smith 8/12
Benjamin Smith 18
Source Citation

Year: 1860; Census Place: Subdivision 2, Coosa, Alabama; Roll: M653_7; Page: 292; Family History Library Film: 803007
Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
This event was shared from John Smith who also shared it with George W. Smith (Household Member), John Alexander Smith (Household Member), and Nancy Logan (Household Member).

• Census, 30 Jun 1870, , Giles, Tennessee, USA. ⁸ Civil Dist 9, Giles Co, TN., 30 June 1870
line 38 - Stuart Eliza age 23, m, w, farm labor, AL [should be Elijah Stewart - per 1860 census]
line 39 - Martha age 19, f, w, keeping house, AL
line 40 - Nancy age 1, f, w, AL
[This is not KNOWN, with certainty, to be the correct Martha Stuart nor is it known that Nancy L Greenhaw was the daughter of Martha.] This event was shared from Elijah Stewart who also shared it with Nancy L. Stewart (Household Member).

• Census, 22 Jun 1880, , Fannin, Texas, USA.
Precint 2, Fannin Co., TX., page 21, 22 June 1880
line 36 - Smith Jno. A, m, age 26, farmer, AL, GA, AL
line 37 - Sarah E, f, age 18, wife, house keeping, TX, MI, TN
line 38 - Geo. W., m, age 23, brother, farm labor, AL, GA, AL
line 39 - Martha A.S., f, age 27, sister, AL, GA, AL
line 40 - Nancy, f, age 55, mother, AL, VA, AL
line 41 - Stuart Nancy, f, age 10, niece, TN, AL, AL
[the above Martha is assumed to be Mrs. M. A. Stewart, 2nd wife of Wm B Greenhaw, and Nancy Stuart is thought to be Martha's daughter and future wife of Wm B's son David A Greenhaw]

• Census, 5 Jun 1900, Clines Prairie, Walker, Texas, USA. ⁹
Justice Precinct 3, Walker Co., TX., 5 june 1900, ED 40, Sheet 2A
line 24 - Greenhaw William B., head, w, m, Mar, 1852, age 48, m 15 years, AL, AL, AL
line 25 - Martha A., wife, w, f, Dec, 1854, age 45, m, 15, 2 born, 1 living, AL, AL, AL
line 27 - Henry R., son, w, m, Dec, 1879, age 20, s, TX, AL, AL
line 28 - John M., son, w, m, Oct, 1882, age 17, s, TX, AL, AL
line 29 - Lizzie A., daughter, w, f, June, 1885, age 15, s, TX, AL, AL
line 30 - Nancy L., d in law, w, f, Aug, 1869, age 30, w, TN, AL, AL, [probably wife of David Greenhaw - may be daughter of Martha, stepdaughter of Wm B.]
[numerous associated families on this and adjoining sheets]

• Census, 22 Apr 1910, Mountain View, Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA. ¹⁰
Mountain View Twp, Kiowa Co, OK., 22 Apr 1910, ED 178, Sheet 8 A
Oklahoma Avenue, Dwelling 155
line 44 - Greenhaw, William B., head, m, w, age 67, m2 25 years, AL, ??, ??
line 45 - Martha A., wife, f, w, age 58, m2 25 years, 2 born, 0 living, AL, ??, ??
line 46 - Myrtle, grand daughter, f, w, age 9, s, TX, AL, AL
line 47 - Lum Ada L., daughter, f, w, age 24, m1 8 years, 5 born 4 living, TX, AL, AL
line 48 - Lum George E., son-in-law, m, w, age 33, m1, 8 years, TX, LA, MO, carpenter, house
line 49 - Lum Charlie N., grand son, m, w, age 6, s, TX, TX, TX
line 50 - Lum Fowler W, grandson, m, w, age 4, s, TX, TX, TX
[continued on Sheet 8 B]
line 51 - Lum Verel, grand son, m, w, age 2, s, OK, TX, TX
line 52 - Roy R, grandson, m, w, age 2 mo, s, OK, TX, TX
[two images attached to this event]

• Monument - Burial, 1918, Mountain View, Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA.
Mountain View Cemetery, Block 4, Row 15
Martha Jane Greenhaw, b 1853, d 1918
her brother J.A. Smith, b. 1858, d 1911
his wife - Sallie b 1863, d 1928
Kathryn Lum, 1897-1917 (daughter of J.A. and Sallie Smith)
Jesse Amos Lum b 1884, d 1967 (son of Erastus H and Paulina Lum)
[Erastus and Paulina buried in next row]

Martha married William B. Greenhaw, son of Unknown Greenhaw and FNU LNU, on 15 May 1885 in , Somervell, Texas, USA.¹ (William B. Greenhaw was born on 16 Mar 1847 in , , Alabama, USA,^{6 11 12} died on 23 Jan 1913 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA ^{6 13} and was buried in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA ^{2 6}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage, 15 May 1885, , Somervell, Texas, USA. ¹⁴ The marriage license was issued 17 March 1885 in Hood County, TX. The marriage was in Somervell County, TX., on 29 March 1885, by JT Parker, JP.

Martha next married Elijah Stewart, son of Austin G Stewart and Caroline. (Elijah Stewart was born in 1847 ¹⁵ and died before 1880.)