Martha Jane Posten
(1855-1900)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elmore Benjamin Starkey

Martha Jane Posten 1 2

  • Born: 25 March 1855, , Preston County, VA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Elmore Benjamin Starkey on 20 February 1872 in , Roane County, WV 1 2
  • Died: 25 March 1900, Calhoun County, WV at age 45 1
  • Buried: After 25 March 1900, Calhoun County, WV 1
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Lee Magisterial District, Calhoun County, WV on 1 July 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 255B, District 144, Dwelling 8, Family 8, Roll 1401
Lee District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Marthy Starky..Wife..25..VA..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 4 children.)
.

• She was buried after 25 March 1900 in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Calhoun County, WV.


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Martha married Elmore Benjamin Starkey on 20 February 1872 in , Roane County, WV.1 2 (Elmore Benjamin Starkey was born on 15 May 1851 in , Harrison County, VA 1 and died after 1 June 1880.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Lee Magisterial District, Calhoun County, WV on 1 July 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 255B, District 144, Dwelling 8, Family 8, Roll 1401
Lee District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Elmore Starky..Self..28..VA..Farmer
Marthy Starky..Wife..25..VA..Keeping House
Virginia B. Starky..Dau..6..WV
Enoch A. Starky..Son..5..WV
Frederick B. Starky..Son..2..WV
Andrew P. Starky..Son..7m..WV
.


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Sources


1 Polli Kreaps, "Walker Kreaps APRIL 2008" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pollee_tribe; Updated: 2008-04-10 04:15:54 UTC (Thu)).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Lee District, Calhoun County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 144, p. 255B, dwelling 8, family 8, Elmore Benjamin Starkey and Martha Jane Posten; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 9 Aug 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1401.


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