Martha Varnell^{[1, 2]}

1839 - 1925  (~ 85 years)

• Name	Martha Varnell
  Born	Jan 1839	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1880	Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Census	1900	District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Died	1925
  Buried	Sevier County Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I87013	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Josiah Varnell,   b. 6 Oct 1805, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Nov 1895  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Margaret Roberts,   b. 4 Dec 1806, Tennessee ,   d. 7 Jan 1889  (Age 82 years)
  Married	Abt 1829	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F68411	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Jasper Mellinger,   b. Mar 1837, Ohio ,   d. 1901  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	3 Aug 1871	Sevier County, Tennessee   [7]
  Children	1. Lenora Mellinger,   b. 1872, Tennessee ,   bur. Jasper Mellinger Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   2. Charles Mellinger,   b. 1874, Tennessee ,   bur. Jasper Mellinger Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee + 3. Edward "Ed" Mellinger,   b. 11 Aug 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Oct 1968  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F1121	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Jan 1839 - Tennessee Married - 3 Aug 1871 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1880 - Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1900 - District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  a0087013.jpg Martha Yarnell Mellinger is buried in a unmarked grave in the Sevier County Cemetery. She lived the last decades of her life in the county poorhouse.

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: Katherine Jean Myers Breeden, ajbreeden@hotmail.com, 30 January 2001.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 435B, 3 Oct 1850. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, District 7, Household 721, 1860. [S112] Census, 1880. Name: Martha Mellinger Event Type: Census Event Date: 1880 Event Place: Gatlinburg, Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender: Female Age: 34 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): W Occupation: Keeping House Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife Birth Year (Estimated): 1846 Birthplace: Tennessee, United States Father's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States Sheet Letter: D Sheet Number: 453 Person Number: 1 Volume: 1 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Jasper Mellinger Self Male 43 Ohio, United States Martha Mellinger Wife Female 34 Tennessee, United States Lenoria Mellinger Daughter Female 8 Tennessee, United States Charles Mellinger Son Male 6 Tennessee, United States Edward Mellinger Son Male 3 Tennessee, United States [S112] Census, 1900. name: Martha Mellinger titles & terms: event: Census event date: 1900 event place: ED 146 Civil District 11, Sevier, Tennessee, United States birth date: Jan 1839 birthplace: Tennessee 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: 30 estimated marriage year: 1870 mother how many children: 4 number living children: 2 immigration year: page: 16 sheet letter: A family number: 271 reference number: 31 film number: 1241596 digital folder number: 004118730 image number: 00183 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Jasper Mellinger M 62 Ohio wife Martha Mellinger F 61 Tennessee son Edward Mellinger M 22 Tennessee daughter Lutrisha Mellinger F 17 Tennessee [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), S-13. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 80057750). [S58] Marriage Certificate. groom's name: Jasper Mellinger groom's birth date: groom's birthplace: groom's age: bride's name: Martha J. Varnell bride's birth date: bride's birthplace: bride's age: marriage date: 03 Aug 1871 marriage place: , Sevier, Tennessee groom's father's name: groom's mother's name: bride's father's name: bride's mother's name: groom's race: groom's marital status: groom's previous wife's name: bride's race: bride's marital status: bride's previous husband's name: indexing project (batch) number: M51968-1 system origin: Tennessee-ODM source film number: 969965 reference number: