Martha Amanda Elizabeth Dixon Odom

Is your surname Dixon Odom?

Research the Dixon Odom family

Martha Amanda Elizabeth Dixon Odom's Geni Profile

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!

Martha Amanda Elizabeth Dixon Odom (Poythress)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Death: October 05, 1861 (73)
Burke County, GA, United States
Place of Burial: Girard, GA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas James Poythress, II and Martha 'Patsy' Poythress
Wife of Robert John Dixon and Laban Odom
Mother of Robert J Dixon; Thomas Dixon; Harriett Tabb; William Dixon; Benjamin Franklin Odom and 4 others
Sister of Lewis Poythress and Thomas James Poythress, III

Managed by: Aletha gale Wilson
Last Updated:

About Martha Amanda Elizabeth Dixon Odom

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Martha Elizabeth Amanda Poythress Dixon Odom

. Birth: Jan. 26, 1798 Death: Oct. 5, 1861

'W/O Laban Odom'

Burial: Bethany Cemetery Girard Burke County Georgia, USA

Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]

Created by: Diana B Record added: Jul 20, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 55215275

copied from Georgia Roots Mildred Harriett

Rootsweb page:

Poythress comes from the French word "Poitrau" referring to the harness of a horse. Harness Maker

Have seen notes questioning if she was the daughter of Judge William Poythress

The Dixon family was among the earliest members of Mt Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church just north of Girard and are buried in its cemetery. In the Virtual center of the cemetery, stands Elizabeth Poythress Odom's grave marker, a white marble obelisk, about three feet tall. In the 1950's there was an ornamental iron fence about it and Laban Odom's graves. Her sons were buried at her feet. Harriet and Edward Tabb are buried there in unmarked graves.

In a letter to Faye Council from Martha M Dixon of Charlotte, NC, (12-9-1977) she stated that "Elizabeth Poythress Muir Dixon was an accomplished pianist and married John Dixon, RS, who was a violin master."

view all 14

Martha Amanda Elizabeth Dixon Odom's Timeline

1788
January 26, 1788
Virginia, United States
1805
July 13, 1805
Burke County, Georgia, United States
1807
August 31, 1807
1810
1810
1811
1811
Burke, GA, United States
1818
November 30, 1818
November 30, 1818
1823
1823
Georgia, United States