Born in Walshville, Montgomery Co., Illinois
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Hemken
and Lillie Belle (Kitchen) Hemken
Sister of
[private brother (unknown - unknown)], Mary Alice (Hemken) Jarman, John Frederick Hemken, Charles Leroy Hemken, Dorothy (Hemken) Scott and [private brother (1920s - unknown)]
Wife of
James Thomas Reed
— married
19 Sep 1936 in Hillsboro, Montgomery Co., Illinois
Mother of
[private child (unknown - unknown)] and [private son (unknown - unknown)]
Died
at age 89
in Hillsboro, Montgomery Co., Illinois
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Biography
Martha Elizabeth Hemken was born on 24 Dec 1909 in Walshville, Montgomery Co., Illinois, as the third child of William Hemken Hemken-47 and Lillie Belle Kitchen Kitchen-755. Martha was also known as "Lizzie". She had six siblings.
When she was 26, she married James Thomas "Tom" Reed Reed-9073 on 19 Sep 1936 in Hillsboro, Montgomery Co., Illinois. Lizzie and Tom had two children.
Lizzie lived in Grisham Township, Montgomery, Illinois in 1910 (Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Grisham Township, Montgomery, Illinois in 1920 (Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Grisham Township, Montgomery, Illinois, USA in 1930 (Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Rural, Montgomery, Illinois in 1935. She lived in Sorento, Bond, Illinois on 01 Apr 1940 (Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).
Lizzie died on 29 Jun 1999 in Hillsboro, Montgomery Co., Illinois. She was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Sorento, Bond Co., Illinois.
Sources
- link to Year: 1910; Census Place: Grisham, Montgomery, Illinois; Roll: T624_312; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL microfilm: 1374325
- link to Year: 1920; Census Place: Grisham, Montgomery, Illinois; Roll: T625_394; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 91; Image: 221
- link to Year: 1930; Census Place: Grisham, Montgomery, Illinois; Roll: 544; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0014; Image: 1006.0; FHL microfilm: 2340279
- link to Year: 1940; Census Place: Sorento, Bond, Illinois; Roll: T627_759; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 3-20
- link to Social Security Death Index
- Burial: Sunnyside Cemetery, Sorento, Bond Co., IL - Find A Grave Memorial# 45625667 link
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