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Martha Selena TREADWAY

Female 1856 - 1945  (89 years)


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  • Name Martha Selena TREADWAY 
    Born 15 Jan 1856  Choctaw, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  , Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  , Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  , Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  , Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  , Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  , Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  , Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 26 Jul 1945  Choctaw, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 26 Jul 1945  Clinton, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • Huie Cem
    Death 26 Aug 1945  [4
    Person ID I4569  Burnett / Halbrook Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2021 

    Father Charles Leo TREADWAY,   b. 21 Dec 1821, , Anson, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1864, Choctaw, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth R BAILEY,   b. 1822, ,, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1887, Choctaw, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 30 Oct 1842  , Cherokee, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F449  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Malford Willis WARD,   b. 11 Aug 1852, , Lawrence, AR Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1937, Choctaw, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 21 Jul 1872  , Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Children 
    +1. Mary Jennie WARD,   b. 24 Dec 1873, , Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Nov 1961  (Age 87 years)
     2. William M WARD,   b. 18 Jan 1877,   d. 26 Jul 1879  (Age 2 years)
     3. Edwin A J WARD,   b. 17 Feb 1880,   d. 6 Aug 1881  (Age 1 years)
     4. Lavella WARD,   b. 28 Jun 1882, Choctaw, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1948, Clinton, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +5. Roberta Celine WARD,   b. 18 Feb 1885, Choctaw, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1963, Clinton, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +6. Sarah "Sadie" Elizabeth WARD,   b. 5 Jun 1887, Choctaw, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1973, Little Rock, Pulaski, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     7. Amanda Katherine WARD,   b. 7 Oct 1889, Choctaw, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1969, Clinton, Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +8. Florence Ellen WARD,   b. 18 Dec 1893, , Van Buren, AR Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1937, Nixa, Christian, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2015 
    Family ID F443  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Ward, Malford and Martha; circa 1910
    Ward, Malford and Martha; circa 1910
    Identified on the back as Malford "Black" Ward and "Matt" Treadway Ward. Copy given to Irma Burnett by Flemin Ward Smith 08 Oct 1988. Copy now in possession of Jamie Burnett.
    Ward Homestead - L to R Saphronie McGruder, Celine Huie, Martha Ward, and Malford Ward; circa 1918
    Ward Homestead - L to R Saphronie McGruder, Celine Huie, Martha Ward, and Malford Ward; circa 1918
    Photo in scrapbook belonging to Irma Halbrook Burnett, now in the possession of Jamie Burnett.
    Ward, Martha (standing) and Amanda and CC Halbrook; 1909
    Ward, Martha (standing) and Amanda and CC Halbrook; 1909
    Photo in scrapbook belonging to Irma Halbrook Burnett, now in the possession of Jamie Burnett.
    Malford Ward family; circa 1904
    Malford Ward family; circa 1904
    L to R Back: Amanda Katherine Ward, Henry G. Stobuagh, Sally Ward, Lavella Ward, Jennie Huie; Front: Roberta Stobaugh, George Stobaugh, Florence Ward, Malford Ward, Edith Huie, Martha Ward.
    Copy of photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Irma Halbrook Burnett, now in the possession of Jamie Burnett.

    Documents
    Death Certificate - Amanda W Halbrook, 1969
    Death Certificate - Amanda W Halbrook, 1969
    Death Certificate - Florence E Halbrook, 1937
    Death Certificate - Florence E Halbrook, 1937
    Death Certificate - Martha Selina Ward, 1945
    Death Certificate - Martha Selina Ward, 1945
    Death Certificate - Malford Ward, 1937
    Death Certificate - Malford Ward, 1937
    Record of Deaths - Ward Family Bible; undated
    Record of Deaths - Ward Family Bible; undated
    In possession of Kim Treadway Kardel, shared electronically with Jamie Burnett, 30 Jun 2016. Note: On the hand-written page, William A Ward's death was first written as 26 July 1875. Then the 5 was written over to be a 9, changing his death date as 26 Jul 1879. However, he is listed in the 1880 census for Griggs Twp, Van Buren Co., AR which was taken 28 Jun 1880. Also, Martha Treadway Ward's death date is written 26 Aug 1945. Her death certificate states 26 Jul 1945.

  • Notes 
    • Van Buren Co AR 1860 Census - Red River Twp taken 20 Aug by JB Lewis
      page 80 line 1 524 / 529
      Treadway, Charles 39 NC mechanic $240 real estate $400 personalestate
      Elizabeth 38 NC
      Margaret 15 NC
      Thos H 14 NC
      Wm J 13 NC
      Nancy 11 NC
      Catherine 9 AL
      RN 7 AL
      Martha 5 AR
      Celine 2 AR

      1870 Census Van Buren Co AR - Red River Twp taken 5 July
      page 7 line 18 51 / 51
      Wilson, Charley 19 TN
      Rachel 16 AR
      Betsy Treadway 46 NC
      Catherine 18 AL
      Martha 14 AR
      Salina 11 AR
      Charles D 5 AR

      1880 Van Buren Co AR Soundex - Griggs Township
      ED 201 Sheet 37 Line 26
      Ward, Malford 27 AR
      Martha wife 23 AR
      Mary J dau 7 AR
      Edwin AJ son 3/12 AR

      1900 Arkansas Census - Van Buren Couty
      Choctaw Twp ED 138 Sheet 11 Line 44
      Ward, Malford Aug 1852 47 AR TN TN married 27 years
      Martha wife Jan 1856 44 AR NC NC 6 of 8 children living
      Lovelia dau Jun 1882 18 AR AR AR
      Bertie dau Feb 1885 15 AR AR AR
      Sarah dau Jun 1887 13 AR AR AR
      Amanda dau Oct 1889 10 AR AR AR
      Florence dau Dec 1893 6 AR AR AR

      1910 Van Buren, AR Census
      ED 121 Sheet 9 Household 166
      Choctaw Twp, taken 30 April
      Ward, Malford 58 AR SC TN married 36 years
      Martha wife 57 AR GA SC 6 of 8 children living
      Sallie dau 23 AR AR AR
      Halbrook, Florence dau 16 AR AR AR married 2/12 years
      Halbrook, Jeremiah son-in-law 20 AR AR AR

      1920 Van Buren Co AR - Choctaw twp
      ED 125 sheet 5A line 5 91/94
      taken 10-12 Jan by Robert Hunter
      Ward, Willis M 67 AR TN TN farmer owns free, can't write
      Martha S wife 64 AR NC NC can't write
      Saphronia McGruder cousin 70 TN TX TX widow, can read/write
      living next door to Chas L Treadway Jr

      1930 Van Buren Co, AR - Choctaw twp
      taken 22 Apr by James Kidd
      ED 71-7 sheet 4b page 42 line 65 80/82
      Stobaugh, Henry G 49 AR AR TN mrd @ 21
      Bert C wife 45 AR AR AR mrd @ 16
      Nolan son 16 AR AR AR
      Gladie dau 13 AR AR AR
      Kate dau 10 AR AR AR
      Bettie J dau 7 AR AR AR
      Ward, Willis M f-i-l 77 AR TN TN mrd @ 20
      Ward, Martha S m-i-l 74 AR NC NC mrd @ 16
      Williams, Joe lodger 63 AR TN USA widow, farmer

      Tombstone say 1858-1935 according to book of VB County Cem listings.

      documents: death certificate

  • Sources 
    1. [S35] Death Certificate, AR Cert # 1261; Martha Ward.

    2. [S24] Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1917, (ancestry.com), delayed certifcate; Bertie Celine Ward; filed 15 Jun 1942.

    3. [S116] tombstone.

    4. [S2] Family Bible.

    5. [S310] Cherokee County, GA Marriage Records, (Location: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gacherok/marriage/marriages.html;), cites original Book A, pg 59.

    6. [S214] Arkansas County Marriages, 1837 - 1957, (familysearch.org), original source Van Buren Co, AR, (no book or volume), pg 239.