Martha J. Huntington
Martha J. Huntington (maiden name: Wicks) was born around 1824 in New York to Asa and Elmira Wicks. Her father was a farmer. She married James Chauncy Huntington, and they had at least eleven children: Walter, born around 1842; Henry, born around 1844; Nancy, born around 1846; Harriet, born around 1848; Triphena, born around 1850; Paulina, born around 1852; Lillie, born around 1857; Reuben, born around 1860; Ida, born around 1863; Grace, born around 1865; and Martha, born around 1870.
 
They lived in Liberty, New York, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1850, they owned $1,500 of real estate. A decade later, they owned $2,500 of real estate and $675 of personal property, and a decade later, their wealth had grown to $3,500 of real estate and $871 of personal property. Her husband died around 1874, reportedly “killed by the cars…while driving a yoke of oxen across the track.” By 1900, she was living in her daughter Martha’s household in Liberty. She died of “paralysis” on March 22, 1901.
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(2520)Huntington, Martha J. ~ Wicks, Martha J.18241901-03-22
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (3463) [recipient] ~ Walter Huntington to Martha J. Huntington, 31 July 1864

People - Records: 1

  • (2520) Huntington, Martha J. is the [parent of] (2519) Huntington, Walter

Places - Records: 1

  • (67) [birth, death] ~ New York

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1855 New York State Census, available from Ancestry.com; Sullivan County (NY) Record, 4 April 1901.