General Information

Birth
25 AUG 1834
Iredell County, North Carolina
Death
Burial
Centerton Cemetery, Benton County, Centerton, Arkansas

Notes

When Martha Elizabeth Pierce was born on August 25, 1834, in Iredell County, North Carolina, her father, Stephen, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Nancy (Day), was 17. Martha was the second oldest and first daughter born to this family of 12. In the 1850 Census, fourteen-year-old Martha was living with her parents in Meigs County, Tennessee. It was in Meigs where she met and married Martin Luther Boyd on March 5, 1856. Martin was from Tennessee and was the son of Jeremiah and Susannah (Keicher) Boyd. Martha and Martin moved to Jefferson County, Illinois by 1860. Five of their 8 children were born there. Martha’s father and his family also resided in Jefferson County, Illinois at that time. Before the winter of 1875, Martha and Martin relocated to Benton County, Arkansas. In 1880, forty-four-year-old Martha was living with Martin, 48, and 6 of their children, John, their youngest was only 4 at the time. Martin died Jul 27th, 1894 in Benton County, Arkansas. Martha later married John David Hammack on June 14, 1898. It is unknown when she died. Her unfinished headstone is found in the Centerton Cemetery, in Benton County, Arkansas, but no further records have been found after the 1900 census in Garland, Benton, Arkansas.

Parents

Unavailable

Spouses

Martin Luther Boyd
- Husband
1832 - 1894
Birth
7 APR 1832
Tennessee
Married
5 MAR 1856
Meigs County, Tennessee
Death
27 JUL 1894
Benton County, Arkansas
Burial
Centerton Cemetery, Benton County, Centerton, Arkansas
John David Hammack
- Husband
Birth
1827
Married
1898

Children

James Nathaniel Boyd
- Son
1857 - 1920
Birth
7 FEB 1857
Tennessee
Death
10 JUN 1920
Payette, Payette County, Idaho
Burial
Riverside Cemetery, Payette County, Payette, Idaho
Stephan Daniel Boyd
- Son
1858 - 1931
Birth
20 SEP 1858
Tennessee
Death
16 APR 1931
Benton County, Arkansas
Burial
Centerton Cemetery, Benton County, Centerton, Arkansas
David M. Boyd
- Son
1861 - 1881
Birth
10 MAR 1861
Jefferson County, Illinois
Death
27 JUL 1881
Illinois
Burial
Horse Prairie Cemetery, Franklin County, Sesser, Illinois
William A. Boyd
- Son
1863 - 1935
Birth
4 APR 1863
Illinois
Death
6 MAR 1935
Jerome, Jerome County, Idaho
Burial
Jerome Cemetery, Jerome County, Idaho
Thomas Jefferson Boyd
- Son
1865 - 1912
Birth
25 JUL 1865
Ill
Death
14 FEB 1912
Benton County, AR
Burial
Centerton Cemetery, Benton County, Centerton, Arkansas
Daniel Sherman Boyd
- Son
1867 - 1951
Birth
7 OCT 1867
Illinois
Death
13 MAY 1951
Jerome, Jerome County, Idaho
Burial
Jerome Cemetery, Jerome County, Idaho
Martha Elizabeth Boyd
- Daughter
1869 - 1888
Birth
26 DEC 1869
Illinois
Death
9 JAN 1888
Benton County, Arkansas
John Mitchell Boyd
- Son
Birth
22 FEB 1875