Martha M. Dunham (Root)

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Martha Matilda Dunham (Root)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Athens, New York
Death: July 06, 1877 (67)
Hartford, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Daughter of James Banks Root, MD and Martha Patty Root
Wife of Austin Dunham
Mother of Austin C. Dunham, electric power pioneer; George Elliot Dunham; Edward Dunham; Charles Stewart Dunham; Mary Elizabeth Dunham and 3 others
Sister of Erastus Sergeant Root; Infant Root; George Washington Root; George William Root; James Ogden Root and 1 other

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About Martha M. Dunham (Root)

Note: After her parents deaths she was moved back to Coventry and raised by Aun t Sally Root.

Sources:

Title: The Roots of Coventry, Connecticut, Edition: One of and edition of 800 bo oks.

Abbrev: Roots of Coventry, Ct.

Author: Betty Brook Messier and Janet Sutherland Aronson

Publication: Coventry 275th Anniversary Committee, 1712 Main St, Coventry, Connecticut , 06238, 1987

Note:

One of only 800 books.



She was orphaned at the age of 11 years old and was brought up by her Aunt Sally Root at the home of her grandfather, Jesse Root. Her gravestone says she was 68 years old at the time of her death.

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Martha M. Dunham (Root)'s Timeline

1810
May 25, 1810
Athens, New York
1813
March 22, 1813
Age 2
First Church, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
1831
July 17, 1831
Coventry, Connecticut
1832
1832
Coventry, Connecticut
1834
June 10, 1834
South Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
1836
1836
Hartford, Connecticut
1837
November 27, 1837
Hartford, Connecticut
1842
November 23, 1842
Hartford, Connecticut
1845
June 14, 1845
Hartford, Connecticut