Martha Elizabeth Potter

  Noted events in her life were:

• Parents: From 1880 Census. She was born in Alabama but both of her parents are listed as born in Tennesse.

Polly Keply, age 66, born in Tennesse is living with them and was initially assumed to be Martha's mother.

• Residence: From 1900 Census, 1900, Tupelo, Jackson, Alabama. Martha Shelton
United States Census, 1900
Name: Martha Shelton
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Precinct 13 Tupelo, Jackson, Alabama, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 60
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Number of Living Children: 5
Years Married: 41
Birth Date: Apr 1840
Birthplace: Alabama
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1859
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother of how many children: 9
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Martha Shelton Head F 60 Alabama
Cora P Shelton Daughter F 20 Alabama
James H Shelton Son M 18 Alabama
District: 31 , Sheet Number and Letter: 7B , Household ID: 119 , Line Number: 72 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T623 , GS Film Number: 1240019 , Digital Folder Number: 004119987 , Image Number: 00901

Martha married Nathaniel Shelton, son of William Shelton and Martha Pace, about 1859 in Alabama. (Nathaniel Shelton was born on 31 Mar 1838 in Alabama and died on 15 Jan 1927 in Woodville, Jackson, Alabama.)