Martha Addie (Harvey) Hightower (abt. 1874 - abt. 1943)

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Biography

Martha was born in June 1873. She was the daughter of John Harvey and Martha Morgan. ^[1]

The 1880 Census, recorded 7 June 1880, shows James M (presumed to be John M) (age 42) and Martha E (age 31) living in Chocktaw Corner in Clarke County, Alabama. The 1870 census listed their post office as Choctaw Corner. ^[2]

• James M - 42 - Alabama, Father South Carolina, Mother North Carolina
• Martha E - 31 - Alabama, Father (blank), Mother Alabama
• Annie E - 11 - Alabama, Father Alabama, Mother Alabama
• George R - 8 - Alabama, Father Alabama, Mother Alabama
• Martha A - 6 - Alabama, Father Alabama, Mother Alabama
• James D - 4 - Alabama, Father Alabama, Mother Alabama
  • His birthdate is estimated to be between 8 June 1875 and 7 June 1876
• Mary D - 2 - Alabama, Father Alabama, Mother Alabama
• Mary Madaris - 66 - widowed - Alabama, Father Alabama, Mother Alabama
  • Mary's last name indicates a marriage after her husband, James Harvey, died in 1846.

The Hightower family was living in Chocktaw Corner, Clarke County, Alabama on 1 June 1900. Jonas was working as a farmer. ^[1]

• Jonas - 31 (June 1869) Alabama, Father North Carolina, Mother Alabama
• Addie - 26 (June 1873) Alabama, Father Alabama, Mother Alabama
  • Jonas and Addie had been married for ten years. They had one child and it was still living.
• Geneva - 8 (Jan 1892) Alabama, Father Alabama, Mother Alabama
  • The Hightower family is living two houses away from Addie's mother, Martha Harvy, and three younger siblings.

She passed away about 1943.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6P74-NPX?cc=1325221&wc=9BW8-44Q%3A1031034401%2C1030947601%2C1032251001 : 5 August 2014), Alabama > Clarke > ED 44 Precinct 21 Choctaw Corner > image 1 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY6-3DTZ?cc=1417683&wc=QZ2Q-5KM%3A1589394746%2C1589394775%2C1589395020%2C1589394942 : 24 December 2015), Alabama > Clarke > Choctaw Corner > Not Stated > image 1 of 21; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)