Is your surname Hendrix?

Connect to 7,978 Hendrix profiles on Geni

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

About Levena Martin

SEE "Timeline" for chronological order of life events including any photos and documents as available; SEE "Media" for any documents and photos included from "Timeline" as available.

MEMORIAL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55240796

Levena Hendrix (a) was born on April 26, 1836 in Bulloch, Georgia, daughter of John "Brickwall" Hendrix and Elizabeth (Dixon) Hendricks (b).

On July 15, 1855, Lavinia, age 19, married Elijah Martin in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.

After the death of her husband, Elijah, in 1888, the household of Levena Martin, farmer, in 1900 included her daughter-in-law, Susie Martin (b), and grandchildren in school, Lason A, Eliga H (c) and Ardelia Martin along with servant and farm laborer, George Goodman.

On November 15, 1922, Lavena (Hendrix) Martin, age 86, died in Bulloch County with burial in Martin Cemetery, near Nevils (2 miles south), Bulloch County, Georgia.

Footnotes: (a) Spelling variations of her first and maiden name. First name as Lavina, Lavinia, Lavena or Levina on Census records & family tree references. Grave marker has Levena Martin. Maiden name as Hendrix or Hendricks, (b) Spelling of Parents Last Names on grave markers, (c) Widow of Walter W. Martin, (d) Lason & Eliga as spelled by 1900 Census Taker. Grave marker names as Lawson & Elijah.

References: U.S. Census records; Georgia Death Certificate #28442-D; Rootsweb research of Isabel (2014); USGenWeb Archives by L. H. Moore (2004)

Links: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db... (contributor Isabel, 2014) Link: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bulloch/cemeteries/martin.txt (Martin Cemetery Listing)

view all 18

Levena Martin's Timeline

1836
April 26, 1836
Bulloch, GA, United States
1856
July 16, 1856
Bulloch, GA, United States
1858
November 11, 1858
Bulloch, GA, United States
1860
August 31, 1860
Bulloch, GA, United States
1862
September 26, 1862
Bulloch, GA, United States
1867
May 16, 1867
Bulloch, GA, United States
1869
January 1, 1869
Bulloch, GA, United States
1870
December 17, 1870
Bulloch County, Georgia, United States