Martha is my great great grandmother...Peggy I know the obit has her middle name as Jane but according to family her middle name was Jewell.

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MRS. MARTHA JANE WHITESIDE

At the home of her son Mr. J. A. Hays. Mrs. Martha Jane Whlteside breathed her last. Wednesday May 23, at 6:30 A. M. Mrs Whiteside would have been ninety two, August , 18.

Five chllderen: .Mary Webber,. Los Angeles, California; Sarah Barnes, Braggs Oklahoma; J. A, Hays, Chelsea; Don Whiteside and Mattie Knox,; Watts Oklahoma; one sister: Elizabeth Harper, Miami, Oklahoma; are those who mourn her lose.

Reverend L. C. Robbins of the Baptist church deiivered the funeral, services and the remains were laid to rest In the Foyil Cemetery.

The Chelsea Reporter (Chelsea, Oklahoma)31 May 1928, Thu Page 1

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NOTE: Oral history tells that Martha's parents were from the J.J. Newberry (John Josiah Newberry) bunch and they owned a dime and ten cent store around Ark.

Martha moved to Oklahoma Roger's Co around 1907 she married almost one year after Joseph's death to Albert Whiteside.

J.A. Hayes is informant on death certificate. possible this is John

Martha's daughter Sarah J. Hayes used to tell a story to her daughter Sarah Mae Bolinger about how, her mother would tell her stories when she was 10 years old how she walked with her mother through the trail of tears. She always talked about how the people died along the trail and they were not allowed to bury them.

Washington Co. Ar. Marriages C 134 Newbury, Martha J. - Hayes, Joseph 12-30-1864

In Martha's Civil War Pension file she states she was born in Carroll County in 1848

In the 1860 Wasington Co. Ark Census she is the first child listed in household of Stephen and Annie Newberry

Annie is second wife to Stephen. in household is Susan Robins also.

1870 Greene Co Mo Pond Creek TWP

Hayes, Joseph 35 FA

Martha 21 AR

Mary 4 AR

Celia 2 M

1880 Washington Co Ark Census

Hayes

Joseph 50 SC SC SC

Martha J. 30 AR TN TN

Mary 22 AR SC AR

Sarah J. 8 AR SC AR

John 1 AR SC AR

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Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934

Name: Joseph Hayes

State Filed: Arkansas and Oklahoma

Widow: Martha J. Whiteside

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"United States Census, 1900," Martha J Whitesides in household of Albert R Whitesides, ED 45 Spadra Township (south & east parts) Clarksville town, Johnson, Arkansas, United States

Name: Martha J Whitesides

Titles & Terms:

Event: Census

Event Date: 1900

Event Place: ED 45 Spadra Township (south & east parts) Clarksville town, Johnson, Arkansas, United States

Birth Date: Aug 1840

Birthplace: Arkansas

Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

Father's Birthplace: Tennessee

Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee

Race or Color (Standardized): White

Gender: Female

Marital Status: Married

Years Married: 16

Estimated Marriage Year: 1884

Mother How Many Children: 12

Number Living Children: 7

Immigration Year:

Page: 16

Sheet Letter: B

Family Number: 305

Reference Number: 82

Film Number: 1240064

Digital Folder Number: 004120033

Image Number: 00351

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Head Albert R Whitesides M 68 Illinois

Wife Martha J Whitesides F 60 Arkansas

Son Don S Whitesides M 15 Arkansas

Son Albert R Whitesides M 11 Arkansas

Daughter Ida M Whitesides F 9 Arkansas