Martha Shallenberger1,2

b. circa 1840
Last Edited=2 Mar 2015
     Martha Shallenberger was born circa 1840 at Ohio.2

Martha Shallenberger married Samuel Wesley Thurston, son of Samuel Thurston and Prudence Bearss, on 7 April 1858 at Wabash County, Indiana. Daniel Thompson officiated.1

On 19 June 1860 Martha Shallenberger was enumerated in the household of Prudence Bearss on the 1860 U. S. census for Laketon Post Office, Pleasant Township, Wabash County, Indiana as Martha Thurston, 20 years old, birthplace of Ohio Also enumerated in the household were Samuel Wesley Thurston, Mary Frances Thurston and Prudence Philena Thurston.2

On 18 July 1870 Martha Thurston was enumerated in the household of Samuel Wesley Thurston on the 1870 U. S. census for Garden City Post Office, Garden City, Blue Earth County, Minnesota as Martha Thurston, 31 years old, birthplace of Ohio, occupation of Keeping House. Also enumerated in the household were Susan Shellenberger.3

On 12 July 1880 Martha Thurston was enumerated in the household of Samuel Wesley Thurston on the 1880 U. S. census for Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa as Martha A Thurston, 41 years old, Wife, Married, birthplace of Ohio, occupation of Keeping House. Father born in Ohio. Mother born in Ohio. Also enumerated in the household were Laura Morse and Lacy Weiland.4

Citations

  1. Wabash County, Indiana, Marriages, B: 124, Samuel W Thurston and Martha Shallenberger; index and images, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2007", FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/27KL-H95 : accessed 02 Mar 2015).
  2. 1860 U. S. census, Wabash County, Indiana, population schedule, Pleasant Township, Laketon Post Office, p. 33 (written), dwelling 231, family 230, Prues Thurston; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 28 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, Roll 304.
  3. 1870 U. S. census, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, population schedule, Garden City, Garden City Post Office, p. 9 (written) p. 370 (written), dwelling 74, family 72, Samul Thurston; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 09 Jun 2016).
  4. 1880 U. S. census, Montgomery County, Iowa, population schedule, Red Oak, Enumeration District 145, p. 72D (written) p. 340D (stamped), dwelling 686, family 734, Samuel W Thurston; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 09 Jun 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, Roll 357.