Martha A. Knave ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1840 US Census in , Logan County, IL on June 1840. ¹¹

1840 US Census
Page 244, Roll 63
, Logan County, Illinois
Females
15-20: 1 = (Martha Bryan, wife, age 18)
(Living with husband and daughter.)
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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Township 19 Range 4, Logan County, IL on 7 November 1850. ⁶

1850 US Census
Page 226B, Family 821, Roll 116
Township 19 Range 4, Logan County, Illinois
Martha M. Bryan..27..KY
(Living with husband, 3 children and mother-in-law.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Sugar Creek Precinct, Logan County, IL on 18 July 1860. ⁷

1860 US Census
Page 165, Roll 200, Dwelling 1188, Family 1206
Sugar Creek Precinct, Logan County, Illinois
Martha Bryant..38..KY
(Living with husband and 9 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Sep 1822, then her age should have been 37 instead of 38.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, IA on 6 July 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 5, Dwelling 34, Family 36
Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Martha A. Bryan..48..KY..House Keeping
(Living with husband and 7 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Sep 1822, then her age should have been 47 instead of 48.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Council Bluffs, IA on 22 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 227C, District 191, Family 260, Roll 361
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Broadway
Martha Bryan..Wife..58..KY..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 4 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Sep 1822, then her age should have been 57 instead of 58.
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Benton Township, Howell, MO on 8 June 1900. ⁹

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 50, Family 77, Roll 860
Benton Township, Howell County, Missouri
farm owned with mortgage
Martha Bryan..Mother..Sep 1823..76..KY..12 children/7 still living
(Widowed and living at the home of her married daughter, Sidney, and her husband.)

NOTE - Her relationship should have been listed as mother-in-law instead of mother. Her birth date was listed as Sep 1823 instead of Sep 1822 but her age was originally correctly listed as 77 but the supervisor later changed the age to 76 to match the listed birth date of Sep 1823.

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• She was buried in 1908 in the Oak Lawn Cemetery (West Plains) in West Plains, MO.

Find A Grave Memorial #50349962
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Martha married Alfred L. Bryan, son of Archibald Bryan and Sidney Ewing, on 23 August 1838 in , Tazewell County, IL.^{1 2 3 4} (Alfred L. Bryan was born in 1818 in Kentucky,^{1 2 4 6 7 8 12} died in 1888 in , Howell County, MO ^{2 12} and was buried in 1888 in West Plains, MO ¹².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1840 US Census in , Logan County, IL on June 1840. ¹¹

1840 US Census
Page 244, Roll 63
, Logan County, Illinois
Males
20-30: 1 = Alfred L. Briant (age 22)
Females
under 5: 1 = (Mary Ellen Bryan, daughter, age 3 months)
15-20: 1 = (Martha Bryan, wife, age 18)
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• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Township 19 Range 4, Logan County, IL on 7 November 1850. ⁶

1850 US Census
Page 226B, Family 821, Roll 116
Township 19 Range 4, Logan County, Illinois
Alfred L. Bryan..31..KY
Martha M. Bryan..27..KY
George A. Bryan..5..IL
Sidney A. Bryan..3..IL
Robert Taylor Bryan..1..IL
James Shores..26..IL..School Teacher
Eliza I. Shores..20..IL
Sidney Bryan.52..KY

NOTE - The surname of James and Eliza is difficult to read. It most likely appears to Shores but could also possibly be Jones, or even Thomas. And because the 1850 census did not provide relationships, I can only suspect that James married one of the sisters of either Alfred or Martha who was named Eliza I., and James and Eliza were living with them. I can find no record of Alfred having a younger brother named James and there seems to be practically no research on Martha's parents or possible siblings. Therefore, the exact relationship of James and Eliza remains unknown to me.
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Sugar Creek Precinct, Logan County, IL on 18 July 1860. ⁷

1860 US Census
Page 165, Roll 200, Dwelling 1188, Family 1206
Sugar Creek Precinct, Logan County, Illinois
A. L. Bryant..42..KY..Farmer
Martha Bryant..38..KY
Geo A. Bryant..15..IL
Sydney A. Bryant..13..IL
Robert G. Bryant..12..IL
Florence V. Bryant..10..IL
Mary Bryant..7..IL
Martha Bryant..7..IL
Chas A. Bryant..5..IL
Fanny Bryant..2..IL
Breckenridge Bryant..0..IL
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, IA on 6 July 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 5, Dwelling 34, Family 36
Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
A. L. Bryan..52..KY..Farming
Martha A. Bryan..48..KY..House Keeping
George A. Bryan..25..IL..Farming
Florence V. Bryan..20..IL
Mary E. Bryan..17..IL
Martha J. Bryan..17..IL
Chas A. Bryan..16..IL
Fanny H. Bryan..12..IL
John E. Bryan..10..IL
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Council Bluffs, IA on 22 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 227C, District 191, Family 260, Roll 361
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Broadway
A. L. Bryan..Head..62..KY..Hotel Keeper
Martha Bryan..Wife..58..KY..Keeping House
Geo. A. Bryan..Son..35..IL..Laborer
Martha Bryan..Dau..28..IL
Charles A. Bryan..Son..26..IL
John E. Bryan..Son..20..IL
Kate Peterson..Servant..18..DEN...House Servant
Kate Hageny..Servant..20..PA..House Servant
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  Marriage Notes:

1868 - Alfred and Martha moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa
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