Martha Louvina (Gillespie) Harman (abt. 1837 - 1912)

Born about 1837 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Mandon Harman — married 15 Jan 1861 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States

Died 5 Aug 1912 at about age 75 in Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Martha Louvina Gillespie (see research note re: Middle Name) was born about 1837 in Tazewell County, Virginia (see research note re: Birth) to Henry Harman Gillespie and Nancy Bailey Harman^[1][2].

It is likley that Martha's mother had passed away before the enumeration of the 1850 U.S. Federal Census (see research note on her mother's profile). In the 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Martha was enumerated in the household of her uncle (mother's brother), James B. Harman, in Tazewell County, Virginia. One of Martha's brothers, James Floyd Gillespie, was also in this household^[3].

In the 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Martha was enumerated in her father's household in Tazewell County, Virginia. Also in the household were Martha's brothers, John and Henry Gustavus^[4].

On 15 January 1861 in Tazewell County, Virginia, Martha married John Mandon Harman. John was born 10 February 1837 in Tazewell County, Virginia, to Daniel Camel Harman and Margaret Gillespie^[1]. Martha and John were related to each other via at least three paths:

1. They were 2nd cousins once removed. John's father's father (Daniel Camel Harman, Mathias Harman), and Martha's father's mother's mother (Henry Harman Gillespie, Rhoda Harman, Christina Harman) were siblings, both children of Daniel Harman Sr. and Anna Bughsen.
2. They were 3rd cousins once removed two different ways, descending from Heinrich Adam Herrmann and Louisa Katrina Mathias. John's father's father's father (Daniel Camel Harman, Mathias Harman, Daniel Harman Sr.) and Martha's 2x GGF Henry Harman Sr. were siblings, but Martha descends from that 2xGGF two different ways:
   • Martha's mother's father's father's father (Nancy Bailey Harman, Henry Harman, Daniel Conrad Harman, Henry Harman Sr.).
   • Martha's father's mother's father's father (Henry Harman Gillespie, Rhoda Harman, Henry Harman Jr., Henry Harman Sr.).

In the 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Martha and her husband lived in Tazewell County, Virginia. Also in their household were three children, and Ballard Harman, the brother of Martha's husband^[5]. In the 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Martha and her husband contined living in Tazewell County, Virginia, now with six children, and brother-in-law Ballard^[6].

In the 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Martha and her husband continued to live in Tazewell County, Virginia. Also in their household were two of their children^[7]. In the 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Martha, her husband, and the same two children continued to live in Tazewell County, Virginia^[8].

Martha and John had ten children together (see research note re: Children):

1. Margaret A. (Harman) Harman b. ~1866 d. 1957^[9][10]
2. Alice Augusta (Harman) Gillespie b. 1867 d. 1953^[11][12][13]
3. Sally Johnson (Harman) Harman b. ~1869 d. 1956^[14][15]
4. Thomas Tyler Harman b. 1871 d. 1959^[16]
5. John F. Harman b. ~1874 d. 1936^[17]
6. Rebecca S. (Harman) Jones b. 1877 d. 1932^[18][19]
7. Henry Edward Harman b. 1878 d. 1879^[20]
8. Edie Jane (Harman) Mitchell b. ~1881 d. ???^[21]
9. Parcilla Harman b. ??? d. ???^[22]
10. Nannie Harman b. ??? d. ???^[23]

Martha was about 75 years old when she passed away. She died on 5 August 1912 at Clear Fork, Tazewell County, Virginia. Her death certificate indicates that she was buried the next day, but only provided Tazewell as the location^[2]. It seems likely that she was buried on her family's property, but evidence of a grave has not yet been documented.

Research Notes

Middle Name

Records for Martha use a number of different spellings for her middle name:

1. Lavinia - 1860 U.S. Federal Census^[4].
2. Louvenia - 1880 U.S. Federal Census^[6].
3. Louvina - her death certificate^[2].
4. Lovela - death certificate of her daughter, Rebecca^[19].
5. Lovena - death certificate of her daughter, Alice^[13].
6. Luvenia - "Harman Genealogy", when she is named as the wife of John within the description of John's ancestors^[24].
7. Vena - death certificate for daughter, Sally^[15].
8. Venie - death certificate for son, Thomas^[16].
9. Viena - 1870 U.S. Federal Census^[5].

Birth

A birth record for Martha has not yet been located. Other sources provide evidence for when and where she was born:

• About 1836 in Virginia - the 1850 and 1880 U.S. Federal Censuses^[3][6].
• October 1836 in Virginia - the 1900 U.S. Federal Census^[7].
• 30 October 1836 in Tazewell County, Virginia - her death certificate^[2].
• About 1837 in Virginia - the 1870 and 1910 U.S. Federal Censuses^[5][8].
• 31 October 1837 in Tazewell County, Virginia - computed from the age given on her marriage record (23 years, 2 months, 15 days on 15 January 1861)^[1].
• About 1838 in Virginia - the 1860 U.S. Federal Census^[4].

Children

Because Martha and her husband John were related to each other, they are mentioned twice as a couple within "Harman Genealogy (southern branch) with biographical sketches, 1700 - 1924" - once within the description of Martha's ancestors, and once within the description of John's ancestors. Within each description, a list of Martha and John's children are provided, but unfortunately those two lists of children do not exactly match.

When Martha and John are described within Martha's family, seven children are named^[25]:

1. Margaret
2. Alice
3. Sallie
4. Rebecca
5. Tyler
6. John
7. Parcilla

When Martha and John are described within John's family, nine children are named^[24]:

1. Margaret A.
2. Alice
3. T. Tyler
4. Sallie J.
5. Rebecca S.
6. John F.
7. Edie J.
8. Edward
9. Nannie

These two lists agree on six names, but collectively between them there are a total of ten names. Both the 1900^[7] and 1910^[8] U.S. Federal Censuses indicate that Martha was the mother to ten children, with only seven surviving. The presumption is that both individual lists of children within "Harman Genealogy"' were not complete lists, and that all ten names are children of Martha.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3M-QRH : 29 January 2020), DGS #4284960, Image #434, Marriage Register #3, Page #13, Line #4, Martha L Gillispie in entry for John M Harman, 1861.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRQ-XWSV : 16 August 2019), Martha Louvina Harman, 05 Aug 1912; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DR-T1W : 23 December 2020), Martha Gillespie in household of James B Harman, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41B-ZG8 : 18 February 2021), Lavinia Gillespie in entry for Henry G Gillespie, 1860.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGD-TP9 : 29 May 2021), Viena Harman in entry for John M Harman, 1870.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCRC-NX2 : 15 January 2022), Louvenia Harman in household of John Harman, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJZ-52Y : 9 March 2022), Martha L Harman in entry for John Harman, 1900.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPGY-CJG : accessed 27 October 2022), Martha L Harman in household of John M Harman, Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 96, sheet 28B, family 493, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1650; FHL microfilm 1,375,663.
9. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3S-ZNG : 29 January 2020), DGS #4284960, Image #552 of 832, Marriage Register #3, Page #129, Line #81, Margaret A. Harman in entry for John Estill Harmon, 1898.
10. ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYG-W154 : 16 August 2019), Margaret Harmon, 30 Mar 1957; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
11. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X522-TCM : 28 January 2020), Martha A. Harman, 1867; Note: The associated image is difficult to read. This researcher was unable to find any of the transcribed details on the image. The transcribed birth date, however, matches the birth date for Alice as given on her death certificate.
12. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR39-WKC : 29 January 2020), DGS #4284960, Image #504 of 832, Marriage Register #3, Page #81, Line #3, Alice A. Harman in entry for Thos. H. Gillespie, 1888.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR8-MH6Y : 16 August 2019), Alice Augusta Gillespie, 05 Feb 1953; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Jenkinjones, Tazewell, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
14. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3S-MDS : 29 January 2020), DGS #4284960, Image #535 of 832, Marriage Register #3, Page #112, Line #184, Sallie J. Harman in entry for Edward S. Harman, 1894.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMVM-RQ2 : 10 March 2018), Sally Johnson Harman, 01 Jul 1956; citing Princeton, Mercer, W. Va., County Records, v 9 p 79, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 804,480.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYL-B3M3 : 16 August 2019), Thomas Tyler Harman, 10 Jul 1959; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
17. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9H9-VVR : 10 March 2018), John Harman, 29 Apr 1937; citing McDOWELL COUNTY, West Virginia, County Records, v 10 p 171, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 800,213. Note: Year given for attending physician and death was 1936, but year given for burial and filing the death certificate was 1937.
18. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3S-4P6 : 29 January 2020), DGS #4284960, Image #549 of 832, Marriage Register #3, Page #126, Line #152, Rebecca S. Harman in entry for Joseph Wm. Jones, 1897.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMJC-3Z2 : 10 March 2018), Rebecca Jones, 27 Mar 1932; citing Mercer County, West Virginia, County Records, v 4 p 112, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 804,478.
20. ↑ "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7R-Y6B : 29 January 2020), DGS #4225410, Image #559 of 653, Line #21, Henry E. Harman, 1879.
21. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3Q-BDJ : 29 January 2020), DGS #4284960, Image #657 of 832, Marriage Register #3, Page #231, Line #14, Eddie J. Warman in entry for Jno. William Mitchew, 1915.
22. ↑ Harman, John Newton. “Harman genealogy (southern branch) with biographical sketches, 1700-1924, Chapter VII - Daniel Harman, First Son of Henry Harman, Sr.” Internet Archive. W. C. Hill Printing Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1925. Page 101, Parcilla Harman, daughter of Martha L. Gillespie (Nancy B., "Long" Henry, Daniel, Henry Sr., Heinrich Adam) and John M. Harman (Daniel Camel, Mathias, Daniel, Sr., Heinrich Adam).
23. ↑ Harman, John Newton. “Harman genealogy (southern branch) with biographical sketches, 1700-1924, Chapter XVI - Daniel Harman, Sr.” Internet Archive. W. C. Hill Printing Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1925. Page 237, Nannie Harman, daughter of John M. Harman (Daniel Camel, Mathias, Daniel, Sr., Heinrich Adam) and Martha Luvenia Gillespie (Nancy B., "Long" Henry, Daniel, Henry Sr., Heinrich Adam).
24. ↑ ^{24.0 24.1} Harman, John Newton. “Harman genealogy (southern branch) with biographical sketches, 1700-1924, Chapter XVI - Daniel Harman, Sr.” Internet Archive. W. C. Hill Printing Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1925. Page 237, Martha Luvenia Gillespie, wife of John M. Harman, son of Daniel Camel Harman (Mathias, Daniel, Sr., Heinrich Adam) and Margaret Gillespie.
25. ↑ Harman, John Newton. “Harman genealogy (southern branch) with biographical sketches, 1700-1924, Chapter VII - Daniel Harman, First Son of Henry Harman, Sr.” Internet Archive. W. C. Hill Printing Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1925. Page 101, Martha L. Gillespie, daughter of Nancy B. Harman ("Long" Henry, Daniel, Henry Sr., Heinrich Adam) and Henry H. Gillespie.