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Martha Emily Fort Parrish

Birth: 8 Nov 1818
Tennessee, USA
Death: 23 Jul 1877 (aged 58)
Randolph County, Missouri, USA
Burial: Burial Details Unknown Add to Map
Memorial ID: 108701052 View Source

Shot and killed by her son-in-law, James Hayden "Hade" Brown (husband of daughter, Susan) who was tried and hung for her murder. Despite all the newspaper and other written accounts of the shootings, trial, Susan's suicide, etc., no record of Martha Emily's burial has been found. If anyone has this information, please contact me.

Martha Emily first married Ambrose Waller Burton on September 22, 1836 in Randolph Co. MO. They had six known children:
William Fort Burton (1837-1909)
Martha Agnes Burton (1839-1926
Frances Burton (1842-?)
May Burton (1844-?)
John Burton (1847 ?)
Burilla Burton (1850-?)

Martha Emily married 2nd Dr Jeptha Calloway Parrish on November 2, 1853 in Randolph Co. MO. They had five known children, including two sets of twin daughters:
Amanda Parrish (1854-1859(accidentally shot))
Mary H Parrish (1854-1878)
Sarah Jane Parrish (1857-1931)
Susan A R Parrish (1857-1880)
Louisa "Loutie" Parrish (1859-1903)

Shot and killed by her son-in-law, James Hayden "Hade" Brown (husband of daughter, Susan) who was tried and hung for her murder. Despite all the newspaper and other written accounts of the shootings, trial, Susan's suicide, etc., no record of Martha Emily's burial has been found. If anyone has this information, please contact me.

Martha Emily first married Ambrose Waller Burton on September 22, 1836 in Randolph Co. MO. They had six known children:
William Fort Burton (1837-1909)
Martha Agnes Burton (1839-1926
Frances Burton (1842-?)
May Burton (1844-?)
John Burton (1847 ?)
Burilla Burton (1850-?)

Martha Emily married 2nd Dr Jeptha Calloway Parrish on November 2, 1853 in Randolph Co. MO. They had five known children, including two sets of twin daughters:
Amanda Parrish (1854-1859(accidentally shot))
Mary H Parrish (1854-1878)
Sarah Jane Parrish (1857-1931)
Susan A R Parrish (1857-1880)
Louisa "Loutie" Parrish (1859-1903)

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Created by: Nancy Meadows
Added: Apr 18, 2013
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108701052/martha_emily-parrish: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Emily Fort Parrish (8 Nov 1818–23 Jul 1877), Find a Grave Memorial ID 108701052; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Nancy Meadows (contributor 47219916).

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