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Everton Paper (not dated) Obit:
Martha McCord Hastings, born 14 January 1817 in old Franklin County, Tennessee, on Duck river near what is known as the old Historic Fort, died 10 April 1908, aged 91 years, 2 months and 26 days. Married Isham B. Bailey in the fall of 1834, (A Methodist Minister) of children six girls and one boy, died 1845. (Isham Bailey) Martha McCord Hastings Bailey married John Baker in 1847. Eight children, three girls and five boys. John Baker died 15 February 1886. Sister of W.T. Hastings of Everton, she died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Mary Swift - Everton. Besides her fifteen children she raised six step-children. >>>>>>> end of obit<<<<<<<<< Martha is living with her daughter Delphia Bailey Irby in 1900 Dade County, South Twp, household 190. She states she's had 15 children and 11 are living. That gives us 7 BAILEY children and 8 BAKER children. Did the 2 Bailey girls die in the typhoid epidemic of 1845 in Yalobusha / Chickasaw Counties in Mississippi?
From original obit: Copied by Clara Baker Cook in about 1964. Notes in Parentheses were written her. This is in the posession of Clossie Baker.
Copy of Grandma Baker's Obituary _______
Martha McCord Hastings was born in old Franklin County, Tennessee, on Duck River near what is known as the old historic Fort, January 14th, 1817.
She made a profession of religion at the age of 16 and... united with the Methodist church, in which she lived a faithful, honorable and constant member until her death which occured at the home of her daughter, Mrs Mary Swift, in Everton, Mo, April 10, 1908, aged 91 years, 2 months and 26 days.
In the fall of 1834 (date somwhere else I found Sept 7) she was married to Ishom B. Bailey. Of this union there were born seven children, six girls and one boy. Her husband, brother Bailey, who was a minister in the Methodist church, died in 1845 (July 15, 1845); and in 1847 she was married to John Baker. Of this union eight children were born, five boys and three girls. February 15, 1886 she was left a widow for the second time. She was the mother of fifteen children, and raised six step-children.
Of her descendants there were seventy-seven grandchildren, one hundred and one great-grandchildren and thirty six great-great grandchildren.
Of her fifteen children, there are nine who survive her. Of the six step-children four are yet living.
She was a sister to our old friend and townsman, W.T. Hastings, so well and favorably known throughout the county.
Mother Baker truly a mother of Israel "Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless" Devoted to her family and community always strictly conscientious in acts, words and deeds--(There are more words but they are worn away from the newspaper clipping printed more than 56 years ago.)
Written by W. R. Russell, pastor Presbyterian Church Everton, MO
From Coffee County, TN website:
Coffee County was formed on January 8, 1836, from parts of Franklin, Bedford, and Warren Counties. It was named after Gen. John Coffee, a close friend of Andrew Jackson and a hero of the War of 1812 and the Creek (Indian) War. Many in the Legislature wanted to name the new county "Webster", in honor of Jonathan Webster, the Speaker of the Senate and a resident of the Noah community. In the end the name Coffee won out by one vote.
A section of H.S. Tanner's 1834 Map of Tennessee, showing the area that became Cannon and Coffee Counties, in 1836. A small village, "Mitchellsville" was already in existence near the proposed site for the new county seat, but when the new county was formed, it was renamed " Manchester" after the industrial city of Manchester, England. Because of the abundance of water power, provided by the "Little Duck" & "Big Duck" Rivers, which flow through Manchester, it was hoped that it also would become a great industrial city. Another small village existed about a mile to the west, near the junction of the two rivers. Called "Stone Fort", because of the nearby Indian Site, The Old Stone Fort, it already had several water powered milling operations, by 1836-40 In 1836, Coffee County also contained much of the land that was later split off to become Grundy County. Because of its proximity to the center of the (total) county & its size, Hillsboro (then called Pond Spring) gave Manchester a close run, as County Seat. Hillsboro was actually somewhat larger than Manchester, at that time.
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