Martha Elizabeth McCluskey was born about 1856 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, one of ten children born to Samuel W. McCluskey and his first wife, Mary, both born in Georgia.
Martha's parents and most of her siblings lived out their lives in Mississippi, but Martha and at least one brother, George, moved to Hill County, Texas, where she married William Goodwin Beaver, a schoolteacher from South Carolina on October 7, 1882 when he was 40 years old and she was 25. The 1900 census indicates Martha had borne five children but only their son, Grover Cleveland Beaver, born September 1885 and daughter, Willie, born December 1888, were living in their household in Ellis County, Texas. The first three children may have been from a previous marriage...or perhaps referred to children of William Beaver by a previous marriage.
Martha's husband, William G. Beaver, died in July 1912 while he was a resident in the home for old Confederate veterans in Austin, Travis County, Texas. Although his death certificate says he would be buried in Mertens, Hill, TX, he was buried in Ellis County, Texas. Martha survived him and applied for his Civil War indigent widow's pension in August 1913, but her own death date and burial site are not yet known. The application in 1913 indicated she had been living in Mertens (Hill County), Texas for the last 15 years.
Martha's parents and most of her siblings lived out their lives in Mississippi, but Martha and at least one brother, George, moved to Hill County, Texas, where she married William Goodwin Beaver, a schoolteacher from South Carolina on October 7, 1882 when he was 40 years old and she was 25. The 1900 census indicates Martha had borne five children but only their son, Grover Cleveland Beaver, born September 1885 and daughter, Willie, born December 1888, were living in their household in Ellis County, Texas. The first three children may have been from a previous marriage...or perhaps referred to children of William Beaver by a previous marriage.
Martha's husband, William G. Beaver, died in July 1912 while he was a resident in the home for old Confederate veterans in Austin, Travis County, Texas. Although his death certificate says he would be buried in Mertens, Hill, TX, he was buried in Ellis County, Texas. Martha survived him and applied for his Civil War indigent widow's pension in August 1913, but her own death date and burial site are not yet known. The application in 1913 indicated she had been living in Mertens (Hill County), Texas for the last 15 years.
Martha Elizabeth McCluskey was born about 1856 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, one of ten children born to Samuel W. McCluskey and his first wife, Mary, both born in Georgia.
Martha's parents and most of her siblings lived out their lives in Mississippi, but Martha and at least one brother, George, moved to Hill County, Texas, where she married William Goodwin Beaver, a schoolteacher from South Carolina on October 7, 1882 when he was 40 years old and she was 25. The 1900 census indicates Martha had borne five children but only their son, Grover Cleveland Beaver, born September 1885 and daughter, Willie, born December 1888, were living in their household in Ellis County, Texas. The first three children may have been from a previous marriage...or perhaps referred to children of William Beaver by a previous marriage.
Martha's husband, William G. Beaver, died in July 1912 while he was a resident in the home for old Confederate veterans in Austin, Travis County, Texas. Although his death certificate says he would be buried in Mertens, Hill, TX, he was buried in Ellis County, Texas. Martha survived him and applied for his Civil War indigent widow's pension in August 1913, but her own death date and burial site are not yet known. The application in 1913 indicated she had been living in Mertens (Hill County), Texas for the last 15 years.
Martha's parents and most of her siblings lived out their lives in Mississippi, but Martha and at least one brother, George, moved to Hill County, Texas, where she married William Goodwin Beaver, a schoolteacher from South Carolina on October 7, 1882 when he was 40 years old and she was 25. The 1900 census indicates Martha had borne five children but only their son, Grover Cleveland Beaver, born September 1885 and daughter, Willie, born December 1888, were living in their household in Ellis County, Texas. The first three children may have been from a previous marriage...or perhaps referred to children of William Beaver by a previous marriage.
Martha's husband, William G. Beaver, died in July 1912 while he was a resident in the home for old Confederate veterans in Austin, Travis County, Texas. Although his death certificate says he would be buried in Mertens, Hill, TX, he was buried in Ellis County, Texas. Martha survived him and applied for his Civil War indigent widow's pension in August 1913, but her own death date and burial site are not yet known. The application in 1913 indicated she had been living in Mertens (Hill County), Texas for the last 15 years.
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