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Martha Jane YEAGER

F, b. circa 1868, d. circa 1894
Martha Jane YEAGER|b. c 1868\nd. c 1894|p46.htm|George W. YEAGER|b. c 1809\nd. b 1880|p425.htm|Arrie KEADLE|b. c 1842|p218.htm|Ezekiah E. YEAGER|b. c 1779||(?) Unknown|||George W. KEADLE|b. 1815|p564.htm|Martha L. Mattox|b. 1822|p565.htm|

Relationship=Great-grandmother of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
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Author's Pedigree Chart
Tombstone in Vernontown Cemetery
      Martha Jane YEAGER also went by the name of Mattie.
     Martha Jane YEAGER was born circa 1868 in Bibb County, Alabama, daughter of George W. YEAGER and Arrie KEADLE.
     Martha Jane YEAGER appeared on a census, enumerated 10 June 1880, in the household of Arrie KEADLE in Scottsville, Bibb County, Alabama.1
     Martha Jane YEAGER and Eustace Pierre BURT, son of James Creth BURT and Frances Anne GIBSON, began a common law marriage circa January 1885 in Cedar Grove, Bibb County, Alabama. Mattie was very attractive with dark hair and eyes. She was known as something of a flirt and is alleged to have had an affair while living with Eustace. She left for a time after the birth of I.L. and contracted pneumonia. Eustace brought her back home, promising to marry her. Unfortunately, Mattie never recovered and soon died. She witnessed the deed of Eustace Pierre BURT and James Creth BURT on 22 March 1892 in Bibb County, Alabama.2
     Mattie YEAGER died circa 1894 in Vernontown, Bibb County, Alabama.3 She was buried in Vernontown Cemetery.

Last Edited=20 Jan 2008

Children of Martha Jane YEAGER and Eustace Pierre BURT

Citations

  1. [S258] 1880 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Anna Yeager household #80, Beat 2, Scottsville P. O.
  2. [S329] Bibb County Deed: Book A6, pg. 63.
  3. [S11] Martha Jane Yeager (wife of Eustace Burt), Vernontown Cemetery, Tombstone Inscription, Author's Personal Collection, Prattville, Alabama.

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