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Martha Henry Rutledge

Female 1829 - 1885  (~ 55 years)


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  • Name Martha Henry Rutledge 
    • d/o John Biddle Rutledge and Lucinda Dillard Ward, d/o Major Henry Ward and wife, Martha [1]
    Born Apr 1829 
    Gender Female 
    Died 16 Feb 1885  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Pigg Cemetery Jones Mill, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I23094  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2021 

    Family Hezekiah Ford Pigg,   b. Dec 1825, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1908, Piggs Mill, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Married 26 Nov 1849 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Rutledge "Bettie" Pigg,   b. 29 May 1852, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1947, Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F8710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Martha Henry Rutledge Pigg-Obit
    Martha Henry Rutledge Pigg-Obit
    The Richmond Dispatch
    Feb 19, 1885
    Hezekiah Ford Pigg-Obit
    Hezekiah Ford Pigg-Obit
    Richmond Times Dispatch
    Sep 18, 1908

  • Sources 
    1. [S127] Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/Lucinda-Rutledge/6000000018119318403.
      Lucinda Dillard Rutledge (Ward)
      Birthdate: November 21, 1801
      Death: May 20, 1859 (57)
      Immediate Family:

      Daughter of Maj. Henry Ward and Martha Ward
      Wife of John Biddle Rutledge
      Mother of Martha Henry Pigg
      Sister of Matilda Ward; Henrietta Eloise Ward and John Chiles Ward
      PATRIOT
      Henry Ward
      Birthdate: circa 5 Apr 1753
      Birthplace: Bedford County, Virginia
      Death: April 12, 1823 (66-74)
      Campbell County, Virginia
      Immediate Family:

      Son of Maj. John Ward and Anne Harrelson Ward (nee Chiles, d/o Henry and Anna Chiles (nee Harrelson, d/o Paul Harrelson, Sr. & Rebecca/Rebekkah LNU Harrelson...
      Husband of Martha Ward
      Father of Matilda Ward; Lucinda Dillard Rutledge; Henrietta Eloise Ward and John Chiles Ward
      Brother of Capt. William Ward; Agatha Callaway; Lt. John Ward; Ann Chiles Dillard; Mary A. Scarborough, Jeremiah Ward and Col. Thomas Ward;
      Half brother of Capt. William Ward


    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93129255/martha-henry_augusta-pigg.
      Martha Henry Augusta Rutledge Pigg
      BIRTH: Apr 1829
      DEATH: 16 Feb 1885 (aged 55)
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia
      BURIAL: Pigg Cemetery
      Jones Mill, Pittsylvania County, Virginia