Martha Rebecca Weaver

James Weaver
(1819-1893)

Nancy Price
(1822-1876)

Martha Rebecca Weaver
(1857-1897)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Austin V. Darner

Martha Rebecca Weaver ¹

Born: 30 November 1857, , McLean County, IL ²
Marriage (1): Austin V. Darner on 11 September 1895 in Hillsdale, KS ¹
Died: 5 March 1897 at age 39 ²
Buried: After 5 March 1897, Paola, KS ²

bullet Another name for Martha was "Mattie" Weaver.²

bullet General Notes:

Martha was previously married to William Alexander Adams and they had five children.
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bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She was buried after 5 March 1897 in the Hillsdale Cemetery-Old in Hillsdale, KS.

Find A Grave Memorial #16950694
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• Her obituary was published in The Western Spirit on 12 March 1897 in Paola, KS.

² "Mrs. Martha Darner, wife of Austin Darner, died last Thursday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Null, two and one-half miles north of Hillsdale. Mrs. Darner was 38 years of age. She was the eldest daughter of James Weaver, deceased. She was born in McLean county, Illinois, moving to this county where she resided till her death. She was an earnest Christian, a member of the Presbyterian church, with which she united at this place some twenty-five years ago. She leaves a husband and two children, two sisters and one brother. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Headen. The remains were interred in the Hillsdale cemetery."

(Source: The Western Spirit, Paola, Kansas, Friday March 12, 1897)
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Martha married Austin V. Darner, son of Jacob Darner and Eliza J. Hull, on 11 September 1895 in Hillsdale, KS.¹ (Austin V. Darner was born in August 1842 in Zanesville, OH,³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ died on 15 January 1909 ³ ⁶ and was buried after 15 January 1909 in Paola Cemetery, Paola, Miami, Kansas, United States ³ ⁶.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Marysville Township, Miami County, KS on 7 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 122, Family 81
Marysville Township, Miami County, Kansas
Farm owned, with mortgage
Austin Darner..Head..Aug 1842..57..OH..Widowed..Farmer
Horace Adams..Stepson..Aug 1886..13..KS..Farm Laborer

(Austin was widowed and living with a stepson.)

NOTE - Horace Adams was a son of Martha Rebecca Weaver from her first husband.
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1 "Kansas, Marriages, 1840-1935," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674845 : accessed 18 Feb 2014), Name: Austen Darner; Spouse's Name: Martha R Adams; Event Date: 11 Sep 1895; Event Place: Hillsdale, Miami, Kansas.

2 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 18 Feb 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16950694.

3 Kristi Warab, "Descendants of Thomas Lindsey of Northern Ireland," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pelindsay : accessed 19 Feb 2014).

4 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Perry Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, p. 18, family 121, Jacob Darner and Eliza J. Hull; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Feb 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653.

5 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Marysville Township, Miami County, Kansas, enumeration district (ED) 122, sheet 4B, dwelling 77, family 81, Austin Darner; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Feb 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 18 Feb 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49829591.

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