Martha Jane Burnett was the youngest child of Elihu Burnett and Celia Anderson Burnett. She was only about five years old when her mother Celia died in the winter of 1857.
Martha and her brothers lived in the same house. In 1858, the brothers Stephen, James, Felix and Jefferson left Tennessee and moved to Barry County, Missouri. Descendants remember that Martha watched the family leave in a covered wagon drawn by oxen. A milk cow had been broken and tied to the wagon so the family could have milk on the trip. This was a sad day for the orphan Martha, watching her family leave and never knowing when or if she would ever see them again.
Years later, brother James Wesley Burnett made the trip twice to visit them. Brother John was then head of house and Martha continued living there with him and his wife Martha Rust Burnett and their children until her marriage.
On June 24, 1880, Martha Jane Burnett was united in marriage in Grundy County, Tennessee to WILLIAM ILEY CRABTREE, a widower with two daughters. William was born January 11, 1830 in Tennessee and died June 23 1925. His parents were natives of North Carolina.
1900 Grundy Co, TN census: District 7, June 1st; p.191-#56; had 7 children; 5 living; owns farm free from mortgage:
William Crabtree 60, b. Jan 1940 TN,NC,NC
Martha (Burnett) 40, b. 1860 TN,TN,TN
John Lee 18, b. Apr 1882 TN
Eliza Etta 17, b. Apr 1883 TN
Henry M.[Morgan] 11, b. Nov 1888 TN
Jerome W.[Wilson] 9, b. Dec 1890 TN
CELIA E.[Elizabeth] 5, b. Nov 1894 TN
Two other daughters were born: Laura Crabtree and Mary Crabtree, dates unknown.
In 1883, sixteen of Martha's grandchildren were still living. They remember her well and said Martha was a small woman, a gentle and loving grandmother and that she and her husband Iley were deeply devoted to each other. They spent the last years of marriage at their home near Coalmont and were buried there.
Martha and her brothers lived in the same house. In 1858, the brothers Stephen, James, Felix and Jefferson left Tennessee and moved to Barry County, Missouri. Descendants remember that Martha watched the family leave in a covered wagon drawn by oxen. A milk cow had been broken and tied to the wagon so the family could have milk on the trip. This was a sad day for the orphan Martha, watching her family leave and never knowing when or if she would ever see them again.
Years later, brother James Wesley Burnett made the trip twice to visit them. Brother John was then head of house and Martha continued living there with him and his wife Martha Rust Burnett and their children until her marriage.
On June 24, 1880, Martha Jane Burnett was united in marriage in Grundy County, Tennessee to WILLIAM ILEY CRABTREE, a widower with two daughters. William was born January 11, 1830 in Tennessee and died June 23 1925. His parents were natives of North Carolina.
1900 Grundy Co, TN census: District 7, June 1st; p.191-#56; had 7 children; 5 living; owns farm free from mortgage:
William Crabtree 60, b. Jan 1940 TN,NC,NC
Martha (Burnett) 40, b. 1860 TN,TN,TN
John Lee 18, b. Apr 1882 TN
Eliza Etta 17, b. Apr 1883 TN
Henry M.[Morgan] 11, b. Nov 1888 TN
Jerome W.[Wilson] 9, b. Dec 1890 TN
CELIA E.[Elizabeth] 5, b. Nov 1894 TN
Two other daughters were born: Laura Crabtree and Mary Crabtree, dates unknown.
In 1883, sixteen of Martha's grandchildren were still living. They remember her well and said Martha was a small woman, a gentle and loving grandmother and that she and her husband Iley were deeply devoted to each other. They spent the last years of marriage at their home near Coalmont and were buried there.
Martha Jane Burnett was the youngest child of Elihu Burnett and Celia Anderson Burnett. She was only about five years old when her mother Celia died in the winter of 1857.
Martha and her brothers lived in the same house. In 1858, the brothers Stephen, James, Felix and Jefferson left Tennessee and moved to Barry County, Missouri. Descendants remember that Martha watched the family leave in a covered wagon drawn by oxen. A milk cow had been broken and tied to the wagon so the family could have milk on the trip. This was a sad day for the orphan Martha, watching her family leave and never knowing when or if she would ever see them again.
Years later, brother James Wesley Burnett made the trip twice to visit them. Brother John was then head of house and Martha continued living there with him and his wife Martha Rust Burnett and their children until her marriage.
On June 24, 1880, Martha Jane Burnett was united in marriage in Grundy County, Tennessee to WILLIAM ILEY CRABTREE, a widower with two daughters. William was born January 11, 1830 in Tennessee and died June 23 1925. His parents were natives of North Carolina.
1900 Grundy Co, TN census: District 7, June 1st; p.191-#56; had 7 children; 5 living; owns farm free from mortgage:
William Crabtree 60, b. Jan 1940 TN,NC,NC
Martha (Burnett) 40, b. 1860 TN,TN,TN
John Lee 18, b. Apr 1882 TN
Eliza Etta 17, b. Apr 1883 TN
Henry M.[Morgan] 11, b. Nov 1888 TN
Jerome W.[Wilson] 9, b. Dec 1890 TN
CELIA E.[Elizabeth] 5, b. Nov 1894 TN
Two other daughters were born: Laura Crabtree and Mary Crabtree, dates unknown.
In 1883, sixteen of Martha's grandchildren were still living. They remember her well and said Martha was a small woman, a gentle and loving grandmother and that she and her husband Iley were deeply devoted to each other. They spent the last years of marriage at their home near Coalmont and were buried there.
Martha and her brothers lived in the same house. In 1858, the brothers Stephen, James, Felix and Jefferson left Tennessee and moved to Barry County, Missouri. Descendants remember that Martha watched the family leave in a covered wagon drawn by oxen. A milk cow had been broken and tied to the wagon so the family could have milk on the trip. This was a sad day for the orphan Martha, watching her family leave and never knowing when or if she would ever see them again.
Years later, brother James Wesley Burnett made the trip twice to visit them. Brother John was then head of house and Martha continued living there with him and his wife Martha Rust Burnett and their children until her marriage.
On June 24, 1880, Martha Jane Burnett was united in marriage in Grundy County, Tennessee to WILLIAM ILEY CRABTREE, a widower with two daughters. William was born January 11, 1830 in Tennessee and died June 23 1925. His parents were natives of North Carolina.
1900 Grundy Co, TN census: District 7, June 1st; p.191-#56; had 7 children; 5 living; owns farm free from mortgage:
William Crabtree 60, b. Jan 1940 TN,NC,NC
Martha (Burnett) 40, b. 1860 TN,TN,TN
John Lee 18, b. Apr 1882 TN
Eliza Etta 17, b. Apr 1883 TN
Henry M.[Morgan] 11, b. Nov 1888 TN
Jerome W.[Wilson] 9, b. Dec 1890 TN
CELIA E.[Elizabeth] 5, b. Nov 1894 TN
Two other daughters were born: Laura Crabtree and Mary Crabtree, dates unknown.
In 1883, sixteen of Martha's grandchildren were still living. They remember her well and said Martha was a small woman, a gentle and loving grandmother and that she and her husband Iley were deeply devoted to each other. They spent the last years of marriage at their home near Coalmont and were buried there.
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