Martha Toliver Atkinson (1853 - 1929)

Born 4 Apr 1853 in West Point, Troup County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Died 1 Jan 1929 at age 75 in Lanett, Chambers County, Alabama, USA

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Biography

Martha was born in 1853. She was the daughter of Nathan Atkinson and Frances Slaughter. In 1860, the family was living in Troup County, Georgia.^[1] They were still there in 1870. Martha was listed as Mattie F on the census.^[2]

By 1920, she was living in the household of her brother, Nathan, in Troup County, Georgia.^[3]

She passed away in 1929. Burial was in the Pinewood Cemetery in West Point, Troup County, Georgia.^[4]

Martha apparently never married. Her obituary stated she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was also a member of the First Baptist Church of West Point, Georgia, and participated in charity work to help the poor and the needy.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZML-16W : 30 December 2015), M Atkinson in entry for N L Atkinson, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3B-9TH : 17 October 2014), Mattie F Atkinson in household of N L Atkinson, Georgia, United States; citing p. 33, family 357, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,677.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJX2-7TQ : accessed 3 April 2017), Mattie L Atkinson in household of Nathan L Atkinson, West Point, Troup, Georgia, United States; citing ED 147, sheet 3A, line 23, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 282; FHL microfilm 1,820,282.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93325274/martha-toliver-atkinson: accessed 01 January 2023), memorial page for Martha Toliver “Mattie” Atkinson (4 Apr 1853–1 Jan 1929), Find A Grave: Memorial #93325274, citing Pinewood Cemetery, West Point, Troup County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.