Martha Jane Ashcraft Mann
Youngest Child of Joel Ashcraft and Martha
“Patsy” Ferguson
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Photo Taken 1900 Courtesy Paula Schenebeck
Born January 29, 1839, Martha Jane was the youngest of Joel and Patsy Ashcraft’s ten children who grew to adulthood. The family farm near Fishing Creek on Cane Run Branch in York County, South Carolina was the place of Martha’s birth and her home until about 1857.
It was then at about the age of 17, Martha Jane became the bride of David Patten Mann. He, too, was a South Carolina native and was born in 1834 or 1835. The couple made their home in York County on a small farm near Gaylor’s Creek. David and Martha Jane were the parents of six daughters - Susan Jane, Mary G., Ida Emily, Nancy Gazerine, Josephine and Ida Estella.
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1861, the Civil War began. It was during the war years that David and Martha
Jane’s four youngest daughters were born. About a year after the hostilities
ended in 1865, the family decided to leave South Carolina and move to
present-day Cleveland County, Arkansas where most of Martha’s siblings had
already established their homes. They loaded their wagon and, taking Martha’s
aging mother and the children of her deceased brothers Morten and Joe, made the
arduous journey westward
Primary Contributor - Paula Schenebeck of North Little Rock, Arkansas
Sharon Spielman Ashcraft, August 2007
References: Family members;
Federal Census Records; land plats - SC Dept. of Archives and History; probate
file of Joel Ashcraft - Judge of Probate, Chester Co. SC.
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