Wade & Webb Family History

Martha A Freeman1835–1899

Alabama · Lowndes · Wixon Cemetery

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Sources
  4. Notes

Birth

  1. 14 Dec 1835 Alabama 1

Marriages

  1. 11 Dec 1855 William Peyton Robbins, at Coosa, Alabama 3
  2. 11 Aug 1871 James Walter White, at Brazos, Texas 6

Death and burial

  1. 1899 Burial: Wixon Cemetery, Wixon Valley, Brazos, Texas
  2. 30 May 1899 Death: Brazos, Texas 8

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Marriage 1, 11 Dec 1855
William Peyton Robbins 1830–1862
Children
Mary E. Robbins 1858–1859
William George B. Robbins 1861–1882
Marriage 2, 11 Aug 1871
James Walter White 1828–1876

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Martha A Freeman
  2. Wife of William Peyton Robbins
  3. Eliza Robbins
  4. William Walker Walden, son
  5. Lila Walden, daughter
  6. Hilda Webb, daughter
  7. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Wife of 2nd great-granduncle of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Martha A. Freeman was born in Alabama on 14 December 1835, according to the FamilySearch tree, which cites no source for the date.1 The federal census of 1850 listed her as Martha Freemon in the household of John Freemon in Lowndes County, Alabama, the same household in which Sarah Freemon, the future first wife of Thomas Clinton Robbins, was listed.2 Inference The two young women were probably sisters, but the census index does not state relationships, and the tree gives neither of them parents.2 On 11 December 1855 she married William P. Robbins, a son of Solomon Robbins Sr., in Coosa County, Alabama.3 The tree names two children of the marriage, Mary E. (1858–1859) and William George B. (1861–1882), and records her husband's death in Confederate service on 7 November 1862.4 By 1870 she was in Brazos County, Texas, where the census of that year indexed her as "Mathena Robbins" in the household of a "Jame Sandlin".5 The tree, without a source, records her second marriage there, on 11 August 1871, to James Walter White, who it says died in 1876.6 In 1880 the census listed Martha A. White in Brazos County in the household of George W. B. White.7 Inference That householder was probably her son William George B. Robbins, enumerated under his stepfather's surname, since the initials match and the tree gives no child of the White marriage; the census page would show his age and relationship.7 She died in Brazos County on 30 May 1899 and is buried in the Wixon Cemetery at Wixon Valley, according to the tree and a Find a Grave memorial to Martha A. Freeman White.8

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Martha A Freeman.

  1. 1850Martha Freemon, "United States, Census, 1850"
  2. 11 Dec 1855Martha A. Freeman, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  3. 11 Dec 1855Martha A. Freeman, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  4. 1870Mathena Robbins, "United States, Census, 1870"
  5. 1880Martha A. White, "United States, Census, 1880"
  6. 1899Martha A Freeman White, "Find a Grave Index"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G7TM-T8W: birth 14 Dec 1835, Alabama, no source attached back to the text
  2. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Martha Freemon in entry for John Freemon, 1850. Record: Martha Freemon in entry for John Freemon, 1850 "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Sarah Freemon in entry for John Freemon, 1850. Record: Sarah Freemon in entry for John Freemon, 1850 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G7TM-T8W: residence 1850, Lowndes, Alabama; no parents recorded FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LHJ8-W8T (their page): no parents recorded back to the text
  3. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, William P. Robbins and Martha A. Freeman, 11 Dec 1855. Record: William P. Robbins and Martha A. Freeman, 11 Dec 1855 "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", FamilySearch, Martha A. Freeman in entry for William P. Robbins, 11 Dec 1855. Record: Martha A. Freeman in entry for William P. Robbins, 11 Dec 1855 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G7TM-T8W: marriage 11 Dec 1855, Coosa, Alabama back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G7TM-T8W: children Mary E. and William George B. Robbins FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KZXX-BGX (their page): death 7 Nov 1862; Company K 24th Alabama Infantry CSA back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, Mathena Robbins in entry for Jame Sandlin, 1870. Record: Mathena Robbins in entry for Jame Sandlin, 1870 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G7TM-T8W: residence 1870, Brazos, Texas back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G7TM-T8W: marriage to James Walter White (1828–1876), 11 Aug 1871, Brazos, Texas, no source attached back to the text
  7. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Martha A. White in entry for George W. B. White, 1880. Record: Martha A. White in entry for George W. B. White, 1880 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G7TM-T8W: residence 1880, Brazos; no children of the White marriage back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G7TM-T8W: death 30 May 1899, Brazos, Texas; burial 1899, Wixon Cemetery, Wixon Valley, Brazos "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Martha A Freeman White, 1899. Record: Martha A Freeman White, 1899, Find a Grave Index back to the text