TRAPNELL, Valentine Coles

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• Also Known As: Coles Trapnell
• Obituary: From San Francisco Chronicle: Coles Trapnell Los Angeles -- Coles Trapnell, who wrote and produced the early “Maverick” TV series and edited “Four Star Playhouse,” died Friday in Los Angeles of coronary thrombosis. He was 88. Mr. Trapnell joined RKO as a reader in 1936 and soon after became a story editor and associate producer at 20th Century-Fox. “Four Star Playhouse,” which was telecast first in 1954, was a dramatic series that starred Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, Dick Powell and David Niven. Mr Trapnell was with the show until it closed in 1956. Mr. Trapnell wrote and produced the “Maverick” cowboy series from 1959 to 1962 and later wrote for the series “Lawman” and “Yancy Derringer.” He also wrote a how-to book for screenwriters titled “Teleplay.” He was a story editor for Universal Studios from 1962 until his retirement in 1975. Mr. Trapnell is survived by his daughters, Sarah Trapnell Byrne of Palo Alto and Jane Trapnell Marino of New York; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Donations may be made to the American Heart Association.
• Obituary: Los Angeles Times, Feb 4, 1999 Coles Trapnell; Television Writer Produced 'Maverick' February 04, 1999 |MYRNA OLIVER | TIMES STAFF WRITER Coles Trapnell, early television writer and producer whose series included "Maverick," has died at age 88. Trapnell, also a longtime story editor at Universal Studios who taught script writing at L.A. Valley College, died Friday of a heart attack at a retirement home in Los Angeles. In the mid-1950s, Trapnell served as story editor of the classic live television series "Four Star Playhouse," a collaboration of performers Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven and Dick Powell. "With the number of dramatic shows on TV increasing each year," Trapnell told The Times in 1954, "competition for good stories is now a dead serious business." In those years Trapnell selected 80 scripts a year to supply "Four Star" and two half-hour shows, "The Star" and "The Story." In addition to currying known Hollywood writers, Trapnell sought top-quality material in UCLA theater arts classes and trade publications. From 1959 to 1962, Trapnell wrote his own stories and produced Warner Bros.' "Maverick," which launched James Garner as a star. Trapnell also wrote for the Western series "Lawman" and "Yancy Derringer." A native of New York, Trapnell was educated at Virginia Military Institute and New York University and began his career as a journalist on the Glen Cove Record. He moved to Hollywood in 1936 as a reader at RKO and then worked for 20th Century Fox as story editor and associate producer until 1953. He was story editor at Universal from 1962 until his retirement in 1975. In 1966, Trapnell wrote a well-received book titled "Teleplay," a guide for aspiring scriptwriters. Survivors include two daughters, Sarah Trapnell Byrne of Palo Alto and Jane Trapnell Marino of New York, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service is scheduled at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, in Westwood Memorial Park. The family has asked that any memorial contributions be made to the American Heart Assn.
• Occupation: Film and television writer, producer, and story editor.
• Religion: Episcopalian
• Cause of Death: Coronary thrombosis
• Residence: 1917, 124 South, Bluefield, Mercer, WV, USA
• Residence: 1920, Manhattan Assembly District 23, New York, New York
• Education: 4 Jun 1926, Friends Academy, Locust Valley, Nassau, NY USA
• Education: 1930, Virginia Military Institute
• Arrival: 1 Sep 1933, New York, New York

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Birth:
New York Medical College and Hospital for Women (Homoeopathic)

Baptized at home by his uncle, Rev. Henry Felix Kloman. Sponsors include Charlotte Bruce, and Edna would later marry her widowed husband, Alfred.

Education:
High school diploma from Friends Academy

Buried:
Appropriately buried on Valentine’s Day

Valentine married BROWN, Jean Hamilton Roxburgh on 24 May 1930 in Grace Church Chantry, New York, NY, USA. Jean (daughter of BROWN, Joseph and JOHNSTON, Isabelle Adams) was born on 25 May 1905 in 8 Wood Street, Partick, Lanark County, Scotland; died on 13 Aug 1985 in LOS ANGELES, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Wedding invitation: “Mr & Mrs. Joseph Brown announce the marriage of their daughter, Jean Hamilton, to Mr. Valentine Coles Trapnell, on Saturday, May the twenty-fourth, Nineteen hundred and thirty, Grace Church Chantry, New York”

Married:
Married by Reverend Edward Felix Kloman

1. TRAPNELL, Sarah Valentine was born on 28 May 1937 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; was christened on 6 Nov 1947 in St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 580 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA USA; died on 18 Apr 2006 in 3702 Redwood Circle, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, CA; was buried in Jun 2006 in Holy Trinity Episcopal Parish, 330 Ravenswood, Menlo Park, San Mateo, CA, USA.
2. TRAPNELL, Jane Roxbury

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• Education: 1899-1901: The Episcopal High School of Virginia
• Vital: VA
• Served in military: Y
• Occupation: Attorney, Judge Advocate General’s Dept.
• Census: 22 Jun 1900, Episcopal High School, Falls Church, Fairfax, VA, USA
• Census: 1910, 487 W. 135th Street, New York, NY, USA
• Residence: 1910, 12-Wd Manhattan, New York, New York
• Residence: 1916, 124 South, Bluefield, Mercer, WV, USA
• Residence: 1920, Manhattan Assembly District 23, New York, New York

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Named for his mother’s first cousin, Thomas Allen Tidball.

Census:
Trapnell, Thomas T / Pupil / White / Male / Born Jul 1884 / Age 15 / Place of Birth Virginia / F B Virginia / M B Maryland / Occup. At School

Census:
Trapnell / Thomas / Head / White / Male / 26 / Married / Married 1yr / /Born W. Virginia / F B Maryland / M B Virginia / Occup Lawyer in a Bank

Thomas married VALENTINE, Edna Sarah on 20 Feb 1909 in Brookhaven, Long Island, and was divorced on 19 Aug 1922 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. Edna (daughter of VALENTINE, Jacob Lewis and BARTEAU, Sarah Baldwin) was born on 31 Aug 1882 in Brookhaven, Long Island; died on 23 Jul 1971 in Santa Monica, Ca; was buried in Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1900, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York
• Census: 1910, 487 W. 135th Street, New York, NY, USA
• Residence: 1916, 124 South, Bluefield, Mercer, WV, USA
• Residence: 1920, Manhattan Assembly District 23, New York, New York
• Residence: 1920, Glen Cove, Nassau, New York
• Residence: 1921, 601 W 169th Street, Manhattan, NY, USA
• Residence: 1930, Queens, Queens, New York

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Census:
Trapnell / Edna / Head / White / Female / 27 / Married / Married 1yr /0 children/Born New York / F B New York / M B New York / Occup (illegible, possibly ‘none’ as she was pregnant)

Buried:
She also appears to be on the monument for Alfred Bruce at Mt Vernon Cemetery in West Boylston, MA

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Tom and Edna had a difficult marriage, and difficulty obtaining a divorce. The requirements for divorce in NY in the early 20s required evidence of infidelity, including witnesses. Their divorce process ran into trouble when the court appointed referee did not initially think there were sufficient grounds. After another two months of wrangling, the court granted a divorce.

Divorced:
After being denied 2 months earlier, divorce granted.

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• Obituary: From Spirit of Jefferson, March 19, 1912 Mr Joseph Trapnell a prominent member of the Jefferson County Bar, died at his home in this place on Saturday last. He was a native of Maryland, but had lived here since 1865. Living in Maryland at the beginning of the War Between the States, he was arrested because he refused to take the oath to the U. S. Government, but escaped and came to Virginia and joined Company G, 7th Virginia Cavalry, in which he served as a faithful soldier to the end of the war. He had studied law with Judge Maulsby in Frederick, Maryland, and continued his studies after he came here in 1865.After getting his license to practice he formed a partnership with Nathan S. White Esq., whose daughter he married in the fall of 1866. The firm had a large and lucrative practice for a number of years. For several years prior to Mr. Trapnell's death was so impaired that he unable to give the attention to his practice to which he had been accustomed since he came to the Bar. Mr. Trapnell was highly esteemed by the community in which he lived and by his brethren of the Bar with whom he was associated. He was a vestryman of the Protestant Episcopal Church and was frequently sent as a delegate to the conventions of that denomination. He is survived by his widow, seven sons and two daughters. Benjamin, Joseph, White and Thomas, of New York, William, of Romney: Rev. Richard Trapnell of Bluefield, West Virginia; John M. of this vicinity: Mrs H. F. Kloman, of Portland Me., and Miss Rebecca at home. Service will be conducted at Zion Episcopal Church, by Rev. J. S. Alfriend, assisted by Rev. J. H. Blake of Georgetown, D. C. Members of the Jefferson County Camp, U. C. V. and the members of the Bar will attend. Pallbearers are J. William Brown, Forrest W. Brown, W. O. Norris, S. W. Washington, John M. Daniel, Thomas R. Moore, W. L. Saunders and John Porterfield,
• Obituary: From Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Joseph Trapnell Church Paper Pays Tribute to Deceased Father of Bluefield Rector The following on the death of Joseph Trapnell, father of Rev. R. W. Trapnell, of this city, is taken from the Southern Churchman: Joseph Trapnell, of Charles Town, W. Va., died Saturday, a.m. March 16, 1912. Born in the city of Annapolis, Md., Sept 1, 1842. A grandson of Rev. Joseph Trapnell, who was born at Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, England, November 8, 1775. Oldest son of Rev. Joseph Trapnell, D. D., who was born at Bemerton, Wiltshire, England, June 19, 1814. Our subject’s boyhood days Baltimore, Bristol, R.I., and Keokuk, Iowa, where his father was rector of churches in these places. He commenced the study of law in the office of Belknap & Lomax, at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1859. In 1861 (his father having moved to St. Marks parish, Frederick Co, Md.) he continued his legal studies with Joseph Palmer, esq., a noted attorney of Frederick, Md., until Sept, 1862, when he entered the confederate army on the 12th, Company G, 7th Va. Cavalry, where he remained until the late fall of 1864, when he joined the Maryland Battalion, which had the honor of being the last army of northern Virginia to surrender. In the summer of 1865 he continued his interrupted studies in the offices of the late N. S. White esq., at Charles Town, W. Va.. In Oct, 1866, he was admitted to the bar at Frederick, Md., and commenced the practice of his profession with his late preceptor, N. S. White, making the firm of White & Trapnell. On Nov. 20, 1866, he was united in marriage in Zion church, Charles Town, with Miss Rebecca Holmes White, only child of his preceptor and partner. The Rev. Joseph Trapnell officiated. His long useful life in the practice of his profession was spent in this ancient and beautiful town. He was the chancellor of the diocese of West Virginia, a lay deputy to the general convention of the church, which meets every three years, since 1889; a vestryman, of Zion Church, Charles Town, or warden, for upwards of forty years. Throughout the whole valley of Virginia, especially, and in all parts of the state and adjoining states of Virginia and Maryland, in many parts his professional ability makes him much sought after — especially in the intricacies of the great science, he was known to be a master of the law. Respected, honored, loved by the whole community, after a life spent there of nearly 47 years, he will be missed in the church and state. He leaves a widow and one sister. His brother is Dr. R. Watkins Trapnell, of Point of Rocks, and his sister, Miss Ella Trapnell, of Middletown, Md.
• Occupation: Lawyer
• Religion: Episcopalian
• Military: 12 Sep 1862, Knoxville, Frederick, MD, USA
• Residence: Apr 1870, S. George Street, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
• Residence: 1880, Charlestown, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States
• Residence: 1900, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
• Residence: 1910, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia

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Military:
Enlisted in Company G, Virginia 7th Cavalry Regiment on 12 Sep 1862.

Residence:
“A dwelling house was completed in Charles Town for Joseph Trapnell, S. George St.” (Ultimately was 416 S. George Street, Charles Town, WV)

Joseph married WHITE, Rebecca Holmes on 20 Nov 1866 in Charlestown, WV. Rebecca (daughter of WHITE, Nathan Smith and MACKY, Frederica) was born on 4 May 1845 in Charlestown WV; died on 3 May 1931 in Charles Town, WV; was buried on 5 May 1931 in Zion Church yard, Charles Town, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obituary: From The Morning News, Wilmington, DE Mrs. Rebecca H. Trapnell Mrs. Rebecca H. Trapnell, 85 years old. widow of Joseph Trapnell, of Charlestown. West Virginia, died in that town on Sunday, according to news received here yesterday. Mrs. Trapnell was the mother of the Rev. Richard W. Trapnell, now cf Norfolk, Va. Mr. Trapnell was rector of St. Andrew's P. E. Church, in this city, and was well known here, leaving for Norfolk last year. Mrs. Trapnell was a daughter' Of Nathan S. White, a member of the Charlestown bar. for many years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. H. F. Kloman, wife of the Rev. H. F. Kloman, rector of the Episcopal Church at Cumberland, Md., and Miss Rebecca R. Trapnell, of Charlestown, and four sons, William Trapnell, superintendent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Western; Captain Thomas T. Trapnell, U. S. A.; the Rev. Richard W. Trapnell, Norfolk, Va., and J. M. Trapnell, of Charlestown. Funeral services will be held in Zion Episcopal Church this afternoon.
• Residence: 1910, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia

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Married:
Officiated by his father, Rev. Joseph Trapnell

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• Religion: Quaker
• Cause of Death: Ulcer
• Residence: 1860, Oyster Bay, Queens, New York
• Residence: 1870, Oyster Bay, Queens, New York
• Residence: 1910, 11-Dist Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York
• Residence: 1920, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York
• Residence: 1930, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York

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Buried:
Jacob Valentine (son of Charles & Keziah Valentine) born 4th mo. 16th 1857 died 4th mo. 30th 1942

Jacob married BARTEAU, Sarah Baldwin on 5 Oct 1881 in Brookhaven, Long Island. Sarah (daughter of BARTEAU, William Marshall and MATTHEWS, Martha) was born on 16 Jan 1862 in Brookhaven, Long Island; died on 16 Jun 1884; was buried in Friends Burying Ground, Matinecock, Nassau, NY, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Sadie B. wife of Jacob M. Valentine died June 16th 1884 AE 22 years & 6 mos.

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Married:
JPG, Genealogy/Reunion/documents/Barteau-Valentine Wedding Invitation.jpg, Barteau / Valentine Wedding Invitation, DOCUMENT, Wedding invitation for Sadie Barteau & JL Valentine

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• CLER: Y
• Obituary: From the Spirit of Jefferson: Rev. Joseph Trapnell, D. D., father of Joseph Trapnell, Esq., of this town, died at his residence near Petersville, Frederick county, Maryland, on Monday last, aged 73 years. He had been a clergyman at the Episcopal Church for fifty years.
• Religion: Episcopal
• Residence: 1850, Baltimore Ward 4, Baltimore, Maryland
• Residence: 1860, Keokuk Ward 1, Lee, Iowa
• Residence: 1870, District 12, Frederick, Maryland
• Residence: 1880, Berlin, Frederick, Maryland, United States
• Burial: 1887, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD, Lot E14

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Died:
Other accounts have Middletown. Obit from Spirit of Jefferson specifies Petersville

Joseph married WATKINS, Emily Green on 18 Jun 1839 in Anne Arundel Co, MD. Emily (daughter of WATKINS, Reverend Nicholas John and TODD, Margaret) was born on 10 May 1817 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co, MD; died on 11 Mar 1862 in St. Mark's Parsonage, Petersville, MD; was buried in 1862 in mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD (Lot E14). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obituary: From The Spirit of Jefferson, Charles Town WV On Sunday morning last, at the breakfast table, Mr. Nathan S. White was stricken with fatal illness and his spirit passed to the other world three hours later. The tidings as a great pall fell upon the community. Twice within a week sudden summons came to worthy citizens. Mr. White has been a resident of the town forty-eight years--and all these years were characterized by christian demeanor and neighborly consideration for all men. Confidence was reposed in him as a counsellor and friend; his church continually honored him; in the most unobtrusive way he delighted to give aid to the needy. The very large practice of his profession maintained through a long series of years was proof of his fidelity to clients. Nobody impeached his integrity. None that knew him can doubt that he has passed over the river to rest in the shade of the trees. Mr. White was born in Montgomery county. Md., in 1817, and was 71 years of age at his death. He was a graduate of Princeton College, read law with Burton & Williams at Winchester, Va., and attended lectures on law at Yale College, New Haven. He. came to this county in 1840 and began the practice of law, whice he followed until his death. For forty years member of Zion (Episcopal) Church. Many years Vestryman and Warden. Superintendent of Sunday School, and always, nearly, delegate to the Councils of the Church. He was also President of the Jefferson County Bible Society. He leaves a widow and one daughter, the wife of Mr. Joseph Trapnell. His only son was killed at Chanceliorsville in the late war, and was a member of the Stonewall brigade. The funeral services took place on Monday afternoon in Zion church. Revs. Dallas Tucker. Jno. S. Gibson and 1,. R. Mason officiated. There was an immense congregation of sorrowing friends.
• Occupation: Attorney
• Religion: Episcopalian
• Education: 1837, College of New Jersey (now Princeton)
• Residence: 1840, Jefferson County, WV, USA
• Residence: 1840, Yale Law School

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Education:
Graduated from College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in the class of 1837

Residence:
He. came to this county in 1840 and began the practice of law

Residence:
Member of the class of 1840 of Yale Law School.

Nathan married MACKY, Frederica on 11 Nov 1841 in Frederick Co, VA. Frederica (daughter of MACKY, John and MCGUIRE, Rebecca Holmes) was born on 4 Apr 1816 in Frederick Co, VA; died on 9 Apr 1891 in Charles Town, WV; was buried in 1891 in Zion Church Yard, Charles Town, WV (Lot 81N). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Physical Description: Blue eyes & curly hair
• Religion: Quaker
• Cause of Death: Brights Disease
• Census: 8 May 1860, Oyster Bay, Queens, NY, USA

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Census:
Charles Valentine / 45 / Male / Farmer / Value of property $500 / Born in NY-Kezia Valentine / 48 / Female / Born in NY-Jacob Valentine / 3 / Male / Born in NY-Amelia Coles / 70 / Female / Born in NY-Sarah A Coles / 32 / Female / Born in NY-Wm. H. Coles / 26 / Male / Insurance Clerk / Born in NY-Maria Coles / 26 / Female / Born in NY-Mehl Coles / 16 / Male / Black / Farm Hand / Born in NY-Thomas Malaby / 45 / Male / E P Minister / Value of property $3000 / Born in NY-Cath Malaby / 45 / Female / Born in NY

Charles married COLES, Keziah Whitson on 17 May 1838 in St. George’s Episcopal Church, Hempstead, Nassau, NY, USA. Keziah (daughter of COLES, Thomas and HEWLETT, Amelia) was born on 23 Aug 1812 in Westbury, Nassau, New York, USA; died on 23 Aug 1897; was buried on 1 Sep 1897 in Friends Burying Ground, Matinecock, Nassau, NY, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: Quaker
• Cause of Death: Old age
• Census: 8 May 1860, Oyster Bay, Queens, NY, USA
• Census: Jun 1880, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY, USA

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Census:
Charles Valentine / 45 / Male / Farmer / Value of property $500 / Born in NY-Kezia Valentine / 48 / Female / Born in NY-Jacob Valentine / 3 / Male / Born in NY-Amelia Coles / 70 / Female / Born in NY-Sarah A Coles / 32 / Female / Born in NY-Wm. H. Coles / 26 / Male / Insurance Clerk / Born in NY-Maria Coles / 26 / Female / Born in NY-Mehl Coles / 16 / Male / Black / Farm Hand / Born in NY-Thomas Malaby / 45 / Male / E P Minister / Value of property $3000 / Born in NY-Cath Malaby / 45 / Female / Born in NY

Buried:
VALENTINE Kezia Whitson 84 years-funeral 1 September 1897 at Matinnecock Friends= Meetinghouse, Matinnecock; daughter of Thomas and Amelia Coles; widow of Charles Valentine; sister of Isaac Coles and William H. Coles / Headstone: Keziah W. (daughter of Thomas & Amelia H. Coles) wife of Charles Valentine (dates & age illeg.)

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Interesting they were married at St. George’s Episcopal Church. Both the Coles and Valentines were Quaker families.

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• Occupation: Abt 1870, Operated ship yard on west side of patchogue creek
• Residence: 1871, Sold Barteau home in Brookhaven and moved to River Avenue, Patchogue, Long Island

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Was married three times with two (living) children by each marriage. He was tall (6 ft.), dark, good looking, very religious. He was a boat builder and when first married lived at East Haven Conn. Before that he worked at Shelter Island where his first wife came from. After he sold the Brookhaven place in 1871, he and his family lived in Patchogue where he owned a shipyard on the west bank of the creek. William was the last owner of "the old Barteau place".

William married MATTHEWS, Martha on 4 Jul 1855. Martha (daughter of MATTHEWS, William and WILLIAMS, Joanna) was born about 1829 in Redding, CT; died on 16 Feb 1866 in Galveston, Texas; was buried on 17 Feb 1866 in Pottersfield Cemetery, Galveston, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Abt 1840, Newtown, CT

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Martha’s burial record of 1866 states she was buried in Pottersfield cemetery. Of the two Potters Fields in Galveston (Confederate & Black), the date of her death (1866) suggests she was buried in Confederate Pottersfield. After the 1900 hurricane & flood, this cemetery was covered by Oleander Cemetery. If she ever had a headstone, it's unlikely it would still exist, as no family resided in Galveston after her death.