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Martha Ann Dacus Austin

Birth
Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Death
1854 (aged 36–37)
Choctaw County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
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Martha Ann Dacus married Anderson Austin in Greenville, SC around 1834. Martha was the daughter of John W. Dacus, Jr. and Nancy Bramlett. Anderson and his brother-in-law, Lemuel Dacus, came to MS about 1840. They traveled by covered wagon in a train of 41 wagons, so has been told. Also traveling with them was Martha's mother, Nancy Bramlett Dacus, and her other brother Mansfield. Some of Anderson's siblings also came to MS, but it is unknown if they travelled in the same wagon train.

Anderson and his first wife Martha Dacus had eleven children. Based on the birth year of Martha's youngest child and Anderson's remarriage to his second wife, Martha died around 1854. Where she is buried is unknown. The eleven children were: Mary Dickerson, John Harrison, Susan Doyle, Elizabeth Caroline Gray, Berry Austin, Sarah Eliza Carwile, William, Virginia Dacus, Andrew, Bob, and Mary Alice who died young and is possibly buried wherever Martha is buried.
Martha Ann Dacus married Anderson Austin in Greenville, SC around 1834. Martha was the daughter of John W. Dacus, Jr. and Nancy Bramlett. Anderson and his brother-in-law, Lemuel Dacus, came to MS about 1840. They traveled by covered wagon in a train of 41 wagons, so has been told. Also traveling with them was Martha's mother, Nancy Bramlett Dacus, and her other brother Mansfield. Some of Anderson's siblings also came to MS, but it is unknown if they travelled in the same wagon train.

Anderson and his first wife Martha Dacus had eleven children. Based on the birth year of Martha's youngest child and Anderson's remarriage to his second wife, Martha died around 1854. Where she is buried is unknown. The eleven children were: Mary Dickerson, John Harrison, Susan Doyle, Elizabeth Caroline Gray, Berry Austin, Sarah Eliza Carwile, William, Virginia Dacus, Andrew, Bob, and Mary Alice who died young and is possibly buried wherever Martha is buried.


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