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Martha CLARKSTON1838

Name
Martha CLARKSTON
Given names
Martha
Surname
CLARKSTON
Married name
Martha Goodnight
Birth 1838
Marriage of a parentLewis CLARKSTONSarah ¿ROBINSON?View this family
November 13, 1853 (Age 15 years)
Note: Lewis Clarkson's second wife's name was Sarah. It is NOT clear that she is the same person referenc…
Marriage of a parentLewis CLARKSTONLucy ALLEYView this family
about 1862 (Age 24 years)

Note: Lucy Clarkston's children were listed as heirs in Lewis Clarkston's probate.
Note: There is no known record of a marriage but Lewis' probate contains the phrase "...except the property reserved as the absolute property of the widow ..." So it is certain that Lewis was married at the time of his death.
Index Entry Showing Lucy Sold Inheritance from Lewis Clarkston
Index Entry Showing Lucy Sold Inheritance from Lewis Clarkston

Note: Index entry from Ozark Co Book A showing sale from Lucy to John Duggin, Lewis Clarkston's son-in-law, in 1871. Book A, pg 562.


MarriageJohn GOODNIGHT View this family
December 12, 1866 (Age 28 years)
Death of a fatherLewis CLARKSTON
December 1868 (Age 30 years)
Note: Date is from Ozark County MO probate records (FHL film 929574). For more details, see the NOTES sec…

CensusJohn GOODNIGHT View this family
1870 (Age 32 years)
Note: Martha Goodnight
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
elder sister
-3 years
elder brother
21 months
elder brother
5 years
herself
2 years
younger sister
Elizabeth Clarkston DugginElizabeth CLARKSTON
Birth: January 18, 1840Taney Co, MO
Death: February 25, 1928Porum, Muskogee Co, OK
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
6 years
younger sister
1 year
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Sarah ¿ROBINSON? - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: November 13, 1853Boone Co, MO
5 years
half-sister
Father’s family with Lucy ALLEY - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1862
2 years
half-sister
3 years
half-brother
Family with John GOODNIGHT - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 12, 1866Ozark Co MO

Census

Martha Goodnight Birthplace: Missouri Home in 1870: Jasper, Ozark, Missouri Post Office: Gainesville John Goodnight 56 Martha Goodnight 30 Nancy Goodnight 12

Note

From Marriage Book of Ozark Co MO, this could be Martha:

CLARKSON,MARTHA DEC 12 1866 GOODNIGHT,JOHN

MarriageOzark Co Marriage Record for Martha Clarkston and John GoodnightOzark Co Marriage Record for Martha Clarkston and John Goodnight
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