Martha Ann Chambers was born 29 March 1823 to Wilson Chambers and Jemima Powell, She married Sampson Gathings on April 21, 1840 in Anson County, North Carolina. Martha and Sampson had two children, a daughter named Jemima Victoria and a son, Sampson before moving from Anson County, NC to Monroe County, Mississippi where they are enumerated in the 1850 census.
Martha Ann died at the age of 34 on April 17th, 1859.
Obituary: Mrs. Martha A. Gathings
Mrs. Martha A. Gathings, wife of Sampson Gathings, and daughter if A. Wilson Chambers, of Anson co., N.C., died near Aberdeen, Miss., on 17th inst. in her 34th years.
Sister G. has long been a consistent member of the M. E. Church, and though she has left husband, children and friends to mourn their loss, yet they have the consolation that she departed life joyous and full of the Christian's, hope. H. A. C.
After the loss of his wife at such an early age and with two children to raise, Sampson remarried on June 9, 1861 to Susan Natalia Williamson. Sampson and Susan raise a family of five additional children.
Martha’s childhood home in Anson County is still standing today. A few years back, the wife and I attended a Christmas party at the home.
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[1] Obituary: Mrs. Martha A. [Chambers] Gathings obituary, Southern Christian Advocate, Wofford College Archives, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29303-3663, 5 May 1859.
[2] 1850 Census, Monroe County, Mississippi, population schedule, Western Division, Monroe County, Mississippi, Page: 80B, Line 4, Dwelling 240, Family 240, Household of Sampson GATHINGS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 May 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 378.
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