Stepdaughter of Hugh Beard. Granddaughter of Samuel and Jane Reed. First wife of George W. Kitchen. Married January 8, 1849. Mother of Eliza, Margaret, George, Peter, Thomas and "Bennie" Frank Kitchen.
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Martha Ann Beard was born July 19, 1826, in Kentucky, a daughter of Hugh Beard and Esther McCroskey, born circa 1776, in Augusta County, Virginia, a daughter of David McCrosky, born circa 1741, in Scotland and Grizelda Grace Poage, the second child of John Poage of Rockbridge County, Virginia. Source: The Descendants of Robert and John Poage, pages 1150 -1168.
Martha's mother died in 1839 and her father married, secondly, Jane Reed. On January 8, 1849, in Scott County, Kentucky, George married Martha A. Beard. Source: "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-KYSX : 9 March 2021), George W Kitchen and Martha A Beard, 8 Jan 1849; citing Marriage, Scott, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 183,225
George and Martha are found on the United States Census of 1850, living in Scott County, Kentucky with their newborn daughter, Eliza Kitchen and Martha's stepmother, 49-year-old Mrs. Jane (Reed) Beard. Also living in the household are three children, Maria J. Leach, age 12, Sarah M. Leach, age 8, and Melinda Leach, age 6. The three Leach sisters are the children of Joseph Leach and Mary Elizabeth Crockett Source: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M652-T7Q : 22 December 2020), George Kitchen, Scott, Kentucky, United States; citing family, NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
Information from Find A Grave Contributor: Jan Gorman (47670721) on 7 Nov 2022
Stepdaughter of Hugh Beard. Granddaughter of Samuel and Jane Reed. First wife of George W. Kitchen. Married January 8, 1849. Mother of Eliza, Margaret, George, Peter, Thomas and "Bennie" Frank Kitchen.
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Martha Ann Beard was born July 19, 1826, in Kentucky, a daughter of Hugh Beard and Esther McCroskey, born circa 1776, in Augusta County, Virginia, a daughter of David McCrosky, born circa 1741, in Scotland and Grizelda Grace Poage, the second child of John Poage of Rockbridge County, Virginia. Source: The Descendants of Robert and John Poage, pages 1150 -1168.
Martha's mother died in 1839 and her father married, secondly, Jane Reed. On January 8, 1849, in Scott County, Kentucky, George married Martha A. Beard. Source: "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-KYSX : 9 March 2021), George W Kitchen and Martha A Beard, 8 Jan 1849; citing Marriage, Scott, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 183,225
George and Martha are found on the United States Census of 1850, living in Scott County, Kentucky with their newborn daughter, Eliza Kitchen and Martha's stepmother, 49-year-old Mrs. Jane (Reed) Beard. Also living in the household are three children, Maria J. Leach, age 12, Sarah M. Leach, age 8, and Melinda Leach, age 6. The three Leach sisters are the children of Joseph Leach and Mary Elizabeth Crockett Source: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M652-T7Q : 22 December 2020), George Kitchen, Scott, Kentucky, United States; citing family, NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
Information from Find A Grave Contributor: Jan Gorman (47670721) on 7 Nov 2022
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