Wayne County Biographies



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Martha Barrett

Martha Barrett was born Nov. 7, 1813, in North Carolina. She was married in 1833 to Milton Herrington a native of North Carolina, by whom she had three children — Miles, Isaac H. and Samuel P. Soon after their marriage they moved to Wayne Connty, Ind., where he followed farming near Milton. He subsequently removed his family to Henry County, Ind., where he engaged in agricultural pursuits till his death, May 3, 1840. Soon after the death of her husband our subject returned to Milton, Wayne County, and in 1848 was married to Aquilla Barrett, who was born in Virginia and whose death occurred in 1856. To this union were born three children — Clinton T., Charles E. and Martha E.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2