Martha Matilda Cunningham was born in 1826 in Putnam County, Indiana, and was the third child of Robert Cunningham and Olive Friend. She married James R. Maxwell on the 3rd of February, 1848.
Her husband, James, died of dysentery at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri in 1862 - a casualty of the Battle of Shiloh. Martha was living in Worth County, Missouri with her children during this time.
Sometime after 1880, Martha moved to Polk County, Iowa. Her oldest son, Robert, was a turnkey at the Polk Co. Jail, and her sister, Deanna M. Sturdivant, was living in Des Moines.
According to the Polk County death records, Martha Matilda Maxwell died on the 15th of February, 1904. According to a Barnes family source, she was buried in an unmarked grave next to her son, Robert C. Maxwell, at Kent Cemetery, in Worth County, Missouri.
Her husband, James, died of dysentery at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri in 1862 - a casualty of the Battle of Shiloh. Martha was living in Worth County, Missouri with her children during this time.
Sometime after 1880, Martha moved to Polk County, Iowa. Her oldest son, Robert, was a turnkey at the Polk Co. Jail, and her sister, Deanna M. Sturdivant, was living in Des Moines.
According to the Polk County death records, Martha Matilda Maxwell died on the 15th of February, 1904. According to a Barnes family source, she was buried in an unmarked grave next to her son, Robert C. Maxwell, at Kent Cemetery, in Worth County, Missouri.
Martha Matilda Cunningham was born in 1826 in Putnam County, Indiana, and was the third child of Robert Cunningham and Olive Friend. She married James R. Maxwell on the 3rd of February, 1848.
Her husband, James, died of dysentery at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri in 1862 - a casualty of the Battle of Shiloh. Martha was living in Worth County, Missouri with her children during this time.
Sometime after 1880, Martha moved to Polk County, Iowa. Her oldest son, Robert, was a turnkey at the Polk Co. Jail, and her sister, Deanna M. Sturdivant, was living in Des Moines.
According to the Polk County death records, Martha Matilda Maxwell died on the 15th of February, 1904. According to a Barnes family source, she was buried in an unmarked grave next to her son, Robert C. Maxwell, at Kent Cemetery, in Worth County, Missouri.
Her husband, James, died of dysentery at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri in 1862 - a casualty of the Battle of Shiloh. Martha was living in Worth County, Missouri with her children during this time.
Sometime after 1880, Martha moved to Polk County, Iowa. Her oldest son, Robert, was a turnkey at the Polk Co. Jail, and her sister, Deanna M. Sturdivant, was living in Des Moines.
According to the Polk County death records, Martha Matilda Maxwell died on the 15th of February, 1904. According to a Barnes family source, she was buried in an unmarked grave next to her son, Robert C. Maxwell, at Kent Cemetery, in Worth County, Missouri.
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