Martha Ann Ewing, 1831–1879 (aged 48 years)

Martha Ann Ewing
Name
Martha Ann /Ewing/
Citation details: Meigs County marriage register: Robert Hurley and Martha Ann Ewing, married 1 Apr 1852 by J. F. Given; FHL film 313453, image 233. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61378/records/361415; FamilySearch (Ohio, County Marriages), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ2K-758
Citation details: 8 Apr 1852, p. 3, "Married": "Mr. ROBERT HURLEY to Miss MARTHA A. EWING; all of Pomeroy." Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/171433635/
Citation details: Home in 1850: Sutton, Meigs, Ohio; Roll: 710; Page: 187b; dwelling 1108, family 1133; Martha Ewing, 19. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/records/14215326; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQP-T8H
Note: Martha Ann Ewing; Martha E. in the 1860 census, Martha A. on her deeds and pension papers.

Martha Ann Ewing; Martha E. in the 1860 census, Martha A. on her deeds and pension papers.

  • Marriage register, Meigs County, 1852: Martha Ann Ewing
  • Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph marriage notice, 1852: Miss Martha A. Ewing
  • 1850 census: Martha Ewing, 19
Name
Martha Ann /Hurley/
Type of name
married name
Citation details: Deeds signed by Robert and Martha Ann Hurley: quitclaim to Hiram P. Harris, Lot 10, Behan's Addition to Sheffield, 2 Dec 1852 (p. 552, film 008585242, image 643); sale to Patrick Murphy, Lot 21, 30 Nov 1853 (pp. 6-7, film 008585240, image 10). FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37P-L393-P; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37P-2S8D-5
Citation details: Home in 1860: Township 1 N Range 6 E, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M653_236; Page: 156 (FamilySearch page 155); dwelling 1112, family 1036; Martha E Hurley, 29. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/records/38115691; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHB-FSG
Citation details: Card for Robert Hurbey [Hurley], 48 Ill. Inf.: widow Martha A. Hurbey, filed 26 Feb 1863, application 13,320, certificate 7,352; minor, Martha A. Jump (guardian), filed 1867, application 149,116, certificate 107,185. NARA T288, roll 233. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBM-6RS; Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/records/1634700
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 22, widow's declaration, 3 Feb 1863, and page 20, declaration of 12 Oct 1863: Martha A. Hurley (signed Martha A. Hurby). Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102036; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102034
Name
Martha Ann /Jump/
Type of name
married name
Citation details: Year: 1870; Census Place: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M593_288; Page: 175B; dwelling 206, family 212; Martha Jump, 39, keeping house. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/records/16282542; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W5-4VF
Citation details: Card for Robert Hurbey [Hurley], 48 Ill. Inf.: widow Martha A. Hurbey, filed 26 Feb 1863, application 13,320, certificate 7,352; minor, Martha A. Jump (guardian), filed 1867, application 149,116, certificate 107,185. NARA T288, roll 233. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBM-6RS; Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/records/1634700
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 4, guardian's application, 22 May 1867, signed Martha A. Jump. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102018
Birth
about 1831
Ohio, United States
Citation details: Home in 1850: Sutton, Meigs, Ohio; Roll: 710; Page: 187b; dwelling 1108, family 1133; Martha Ewing, 19. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/records/14215326; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQP-T8H
Citation details: Home in 1860: Township 1 N Range 6 E, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M653_236; Page: 156 (FamilySearch page 155); dwelling 1112, family 1036; Martha E Hurley, 29. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/records/38115691; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHB-FSG
Citation details: Year: 1870; Census Place: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M593_288; Page: 175B; dwelling 206, family 212; Martha Jump, 39, keeping house. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/records/16282542; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W5-4VF
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 22, declaration of 3 Feb 1863, aged 31; page 20, declaration of 12 Oct 1863, aged 32; page 4, guardian's application, 22 May 1867, aged 37. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102036; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102034; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102018
Note: Born about 1831 in Ohio.

Born about 1831 in Ohio.

  • 1850 census: age 19, born Ohio
  • 1860 census: age 29, born Ohio
  • 1870 census: age 39, born Ohio
  • Pension declarations: aged 31 on 3 Feb 1863, 32 on 12 Oct 1863 and 37 on 22 May 1867
Birth of a brother
Death of a father
before 1850
Census
June 1, 1850 (aged 19 years)
Sutton Township, Meigs County, Ohio, United States
Citation details: Home in 1850: Sutton, Meigs, Ohio; Roll: 710; Page: 187b; dwelling 1108, family 1133; Martha Ewing, 19. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/records/14215326; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQP-T8H
Note: 1850 census: age 19, unmarried, listed first in family 1133 in Sutton Township, Meigs County.

1850 census: age 19, unmarried, listed first in family 1133 in Sutton Township, Meigs County.

Family 1133 (dwelling 1108): Martha Ewing, 19, born Ohio; Aquilla Sarber, 33, laborer, born Ohio; Sebastian Sarber, 19, laborer, born Ohio.

FamilySearch indexes the Sarbers as Tarbor. No relationship is stated.

Marriage
April 1, 1852 (aged 21 years)
Meigs County, Ohio, United States
Citation details: Meigs County marriage register: Robert Hurley and Martha Ann Ewing, married 1 Apr 1852 by J. F. Given; FHL film 313453, image 233. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61378/records/361415; FamilySearch (Ohio, County Marriages), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ2K-758
Citation details: 8 Apr 1852, p. 3, "Married". Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/171433635/
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 7, certificate of W. H. Lasley [?], probate judge, Meigs County, 6 Feb 1863, copying the marriage of Robert Hurley and Martha Ann Ewing, 1 Apr 1852, by J. F. Given. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102021
Note: Married 1 Apr 1852 in Meigs County, Ohio, by the Rev. J. F. Given; both of Pomeroy.

Married 1 Apr 1852 in Meigs County, Ohio, by the Rev. J. F. Given; both of Pomeroy.

  • Meigs County marriage register: "This is to certify that on the first day of April A.D. 1852 I joined in marriage Robert Hurley and Martha Ann Ewing by virtue of a license for that purpose. J. F. Given"
  • Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph, 8 Apr 1852: "MARRIED, On the 1st instant, by the Rev. J. F. Given, Mr. ROBERT HURLEY to Miss MARTHA A. EWING; all of Pomeroy."
Birth of a son
February 20, 1860
Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Citation details: Edwin W Hurley; born 20 Feb 1860, Illinois; died 11 Mar 1940, Tulare County; father Hurley, mother Haladay. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5180/records/3531340; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGYZ-ZQV
Citation details: Edwin Wesley Hurley; born 20 Feb 1860, Illinois; died 11 Mar 1940, Dinuba, Tulare County; Find a Grave memorial 11425395. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/records/87025048; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVZ-X35M
Citation details: Census Place: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: 350; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0100; family 260; Edward W Hurley, head. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/records/12817219; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCM-5W6
Citation details: Home in 1860: Township 1 N Range 6 E, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M653_236; Page: 156 (FamilySearch page 155); dwelling 1112, family 1036; Edwin, age 0 (Ancestry index reads 5). Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/records/38115692; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHB-FSP
Citation details: Robert Hurley to Martha Hurley, Camp Butler, Illinois, 10 Oct 1861; mentions their son Eddie
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 11, affidavit of Elizabeth Halterman, midwife, sworn 12 Jun 1867 before N. A. Eddy, justice of the peace, Clay County (page 10, clerk's certificate, 19 Jun 1867); page 20, declaration of 12 Oct 1863; page 4, guardian's application, 22 May 1867. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102025; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102024; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102034; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102018
Note: Born 20 Feb 1860 in Illinois, son of Robert Hurley and Martha Ann Ewing.

Born 20 Feb 1860 in Illinois, son of Robert Hurley and Martha Ann Ewing.

  • California Death Index and Find a Grave: born 20 Feb 1860, Illinois
  • 1900 census: born February 1860, Illinois
  • 1860 census (June): Edwin, under one year old, born Illinois
  • His father's letter of 10 Oct 1861 from Camp Butler sends word to "Eddie", "the little fellow"
  • Midwife's affidavit, 12 Jun 1867: Mrs. Elizabeth Halterman, 62, of Wayne County, was present as midwife at his birth on 20 Feb 1860, and he was the only legitimate child of Robert Hurley
  • His mother's pension declaration (12 Oct 1863) and guardian's application (22 May 1867): born 20 Feb 1860
  • Parents' birthplaces as given by Edwin's censuses: Ohio and Ohio (1900, 1920); Pennsylvania and Ohio (1910); Indiana and Pennsylvania (1930)

CONFLICT: mother's maiden name Ewing (this record) versus "Haladay" (California Death Index). Left as recorded. His father's 1861 letter mentions Martha living at "Ann Hallidays".

Census
June 1, 1860 (aged 29 years)
Indian Prairie Township, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Citation details: Home in 1860: Township 1 N Range 6 E, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M653_236; Page: 156 (FamilySearch page 155); dwelling 1112, family 1036; Martha E Hurley, 29. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/records/38115691; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHB-FSG
Note: 1860 census: age 29, with her husband Robert and their infant son Edwin.

1860 census: age 29, with her husband Robert and their infant son Edwin.

Household of Robert Hurley (dwelling 1112, family 1036): Robert, 30, painter, born Pennsylvania; Martha E., 29, born Ohio; Edwin, under 1, born Illinois.

Death of a husband
April 6, 1862
Pittsburg Landing, Hardin County, Tennessee, United States
Cause: Killed in action, Battle of Shiloh
Citation details: Robert Hurley, Private: age 34; 5 ft 11 in; hair black, eyes blue, complexion dark; married; painter; nativity Waynesburg, Greene, Pa; residence Johnsonville, Wayne, Ill; remarks "Killed in battle of Shilo, Tenn April 6 1862"
Citation details: 17 Apr 1862: "Killed of Co., I, 48th Reg., A. T. Galbraith, Captain: Lieut. E. Holmes, Robt. harley, T. B. Lee." Transcribed at https://ilwayne.whalen-family.org/military/civil-war/np-notice.htm
Citation details: Robert Hurley, Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9759/records/209703; roster profile, Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1555/records/1468459
Note: Killed on 6 Apr 1862, the first day of the Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing), Tennessee, aged about 35.

Killed on 6 Apr 1862, the first day of the Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing), Tennessee, aged about 35.

  • Muster roll remark: "Killed in battle of Shilo, Tenn April 6 1862"
  • Prairie Pioneer, 17 Apr 1862: listed among the killed of Co. I, 48th Regiment
  • Soldier records compiled from the Illinois roster: mustered out 6 Apr 1862, Shiloh, Tennessee, killed
Burial of a husband
about April 1862
Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee, United States
Citation details: Corp Robert Hurley, 1827-6 Apr 1862, Shiloh Battlefield, Hardin County, Tennessee; burial details unknown; Find a Grave memorial 66536412. Ancestry (Global Find a Grave Index), https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60541/records/1248080
Note: Burial place unknown; he was killed on the battlefield at Shiloh on 6 Apr 1862.

Burial place unknown; he was killed on the battlefield at Shiloh on 6 Apr 1862.

  • Find a Grave memorial 66536412 gives his burial details as unknown
  • No marked grave for him has been found. Union dead buried on the field were later moved to Shiloh National Cemetery, most as unknowns.
Census
July 3, 1865 (aged 34 years)
Indian Prairie Township, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Citation details: 1865 state census, Indian Prairie, Wayne County, enumerated 3 Jul 1865; indexed as Mitha Herley (earlier noted here as Moitha Herley); Illinois State Archives collection 103.010, roll 2184, line 9. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1079/records/1379846
Note: 1865 Illinois state census: a widow at the head of a household of two in Indian Prairie Township, indexed as Mitha (or Moitha) Herley.

1865 Illinois state census: a widow at the head of a household of two in Indian Prairie Township, indexed as Mitha (or Moitha) Herley.

  • 1 male under 10 (her son Edwin, then 5)
  • 1 female 30-40 (Martha)
  • 1 person in the militia, as indexed
Widow's pension
from February 3, 1863 to December 23, 1866
Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; pages 22-23, widow's declaration, 3 Feb 1863; page 7, Meigs County probate certificate, 6 Feb 1863; page 26, application jacket 13,320, received 20 Feb 1863; page 6, Adjutant General's report, 3 Apr 1863; page 20, declaration of 12 Oct 1863; page 18, brief, admitted 20 Oct 1863; page 24, certificate jacket 7,352. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102036; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102037; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102021; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102040; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102020; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102034; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102032; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102038
Citation details: Card for Robert Hurbey [Hurley], 48 Ill. Inf.: widow Martha A. Hurbey, filed 26 Feb 1863, application 13,320, certificate 7,352; minor, Martha A. Jump (guardian), filed 1867, application 149,116, certificate 107,185. NARA T288, roll 233. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBM-6RS; Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/records/1634700
Note: Widow's pension on Robert Hurley's service: she declared on 3 Feb 1863, was admitted on 20 Oct 1863 at $8 a month from 6 Apr 1862, and was paid until her remarriage on 23 Dec 1866.

Widow's pension on Robert Hurley's service: she declared on 3 Feb 1863, was admitted on 20 Oct 1863 at $8 a month from 6 Apr 1862, and was paid until her remarriage on 23 Dec 1866.

Her claim

  • 3 Feb 1863, before I. J. Turner, justice of the peace: Martha A. Hurley, 31, of Wayne County, widow of Robert Hurley, 1st Corporal, Company I, 48th Illinois (Captain A. S. Galbraith, Colonel I. N. Haynie), killed at Shiloh about 6 Apr 1862; married him 1 Apr 1852 in Meigs County, Ohio, by James F. Given, minister of the gospel; maiden name Martha A. Ewing; post office Johnsonville; attorney W. H. Robinson of Fairfield
  • Witnesses Samuel Halliday and George M. Karr had known both "long previous to and since their marriage, being their friends, intimates and associates"
  • 6 Feb 1863: the Meigs County probate judge certified a copy of the 1852 marriage entry
  • Received at the Pension Office 20 Feb 1863 as application 13,320; the index card says filed 26 Feb 1863
  • 3 Apr 1863: the Adjutant General reported Robert a corporal on the March-April 1862 roll, "Killed in action at the Battle of Pittsburg Tenn. April 6th 1862"
  • 12 Oct 1863, before J. W. Barnhill, county clerk: a second declaration, aged 32, living near Johnsonville; son Edwin H. Hurley born 20 Feb 1860; witnesses Samuel Halliday and Jasper Branch

Outcome

  • Admitted 20 Oct 1863 at $8 a month from 6 Apr 1862; certificate 7,352 dated 22 Oct 1863, Springfield agency, sent to her at Johnsonville
  • Paid to 23 Dec 1866, the date of her remarriage; consolidated with her son's claim 16 Jan 1868

The papers spell the name both Hurley and Hurbey; the index card has Hurbey and Company F.

Marriage
December 23, 1866 (aged 35 years)
Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 8, certificate of record of marriage, Wayne County, Oliver Holmes, clerk, Fairfield, 22 May 1867: William Jump to Martha Hurley, 23 Dec 1866, by Anderson Meyers, minister of the gospel; page 4, guardian's application of Martha A. Jump, 22 May 1867; page 3, brief of the minor's claim. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102022; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102018; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102017
Citation details: Card for Robert Hurbey [Hurley], 48 Ill. Inf.: widow Martha A. Hurbey, filed 26 Feb 1863, application 13,320, certificate 7,352; minor, Martha A. Jump (guardian), filed 1867, application 149,116, certificate 107,185. NARA T288, roll 233. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBM-6RS; Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/records/1634700
Citation details: Year: 1870; Census Place: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M593_288; Page: 175B; dwelling 206, family 212; Martha Jump, 39, keeping house. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/records/16282542; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W5-4VF
Note: Married 23 Dec 1866 in Wayne County, Illinois, by Anderson Meyers, a minister of the gospel, as certified from the county court's record in 1867.

Married 23 Dec 1866 in Wayne County, Illinois, by Anderson Meyers, a minister of the gospel, as certified from the county court's record in 1867.

Certificate of record of marriage (pension file, page 8)
"I, Oliver Holmes, Clerk of the County Court of said County, hereby certify that Mr. William Jump was married to M[rs.] Martha Hurley in said County, on the 23rd day of December A.D. 1866 by Anderson Meyers a Minister of the Gospel duly authorized to solemnize marriages by the Statute of the State of Illinois, as appears by his return and certificate of marriage attached to the license granted therefor by the Clerk of this Court, and now on file in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and attached the seal of said County Court, at my office in Fairfield this 22nd day of May A.D. 1867. Oliver Holmes, Clerk of the County."

Other evidence

  • Guardian's application, 22 May 1867: Martha A. Jump states that she "again married being now the wife of William Jump on the Twenty-third day of December in the year 1866"
  • Pension Office brief on the minor's claim: "Remarriage of mother, 23d Decr. 1866 - certified copy of public record - widow's pension paid up to Decr. 23d 1866"
  • 1870 census: Martha Jump, 39, in William Jump's household with their son Arthur, 2

Not in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900. Find a Grave memorial 66536412 gives the same date and minister.

Residence
from 1863 to 1867
Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 22, declaration of 3 Feb 1863; page 20, declaration of 12 Oct 1863; page 4, guardian's application, 22 May 1867. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102036; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102034; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102018
Note: Lived at or near Johnsonville, Wayne County, during her pension claims.

Lived at or near Johnsonville, Wayne County, during her pension claims.

  • 3 Feb 1863: post office Johnsonville
  • 12 Oct 1863: living near Johnsonville
  • 22 May 1867: post office Johnsonville, Wayne County
Guardianship and minor's pension
May 22, 1867
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; pages 28-29, letters of guardianship, Wayne County Court, 22 May 1867; pages 4-5, guardian's application, 22 May 1867; page 16, application jacket 149,116; page 3, brief, admitted 21 Jan 1868; page 15, certificate jacket 107,185. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102042; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102043; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102018; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102019; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102030; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102017; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102029
Citation details: Card for Robert Hurbey [Hurley], 48 Ill. Inf.: widow Martha A. Hurbey, filed 26 Feb 1863, application 13,320, certificate 7,352; minor, Martha A. Jump (guardian), filed 1867, application 149,116, certificate 107,185. NARA T288, roll 233. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBM-6RS; Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/records/1634700
Note: Appointed guardian of her son Edwin by the Wayne County Court at Fairfield on 22 May 1867, and the same day applied for his pension as Martha A. Jump.

Appointed guardian of her son Edwin by the Wayne County Court at Fairfield on 22 May 1867, and the same day applied for his pension as Martha A. Jump.

  • Letters of guardianship, May term 1867: guardian of "Edwin W. Hurley aged seven years February 20th A.D. 1867"; her bond was approved and recorded; Oliver Holmes, clerk
  • Guardian's application: Martha A. Jump, 37, of Wayne County, guardian of Edwin H. Hurley, minor child of Robert Hurley, whose name was "improperly spelled" Hurbey in the widow's case; she had married William Jump on 23 Dec 1866; Edwin was born 20 Feb 1860; post office Johnsonville; attorney T. D. Clarke of Xenia, Clay County
  • Witnesses W. L. Beeson and G. R. Galbraith had known the soldier ten years
  • Received 26 Jun 1867 as application 149,116; admitted 21 Jan 1868 at $8 a month from 24 Dec 1866 to 19 Feb 1876, payable to her as guardian; certificate 107,185 dated 27 Jan 1868, Centralia agency
Birth of a son
1868
Wayne County, Illinois
Census
June 1, 1870 (aged 39 years)
Indian Prairie Township, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Citation details: Year: 1870; Census Place: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M593_288; Page: 175B; dwelling 206, family 212; Martha Jump, 39, keeping house. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/records/16282542; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W5-4VF
Note: 1870 census: age 39, keeping house, in the household of her second husband, William Jump, with his children, her son Edwin and their son Arthur.

1870 census: age 39, keeping house, in the household of her second husband, William Jump, with his children, her son Edwin and their son Arthur.

Household of William Jump (dwelling 206, family 212)

  • William, 39, born Ohio; Martha, 39, keeping house, born Ohio
  • Willie, 16, Mary, 14, and Lizzie, 11, born Ohio
  • Edwin Hurley, her son, 10, born Illinois
  • George, 9, and Frank, 6, born Illinois
  • Arthur, 2, born Illinois
Death
before 1879 (aged 48 years)
Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Citation details: Martha Ann Ewing Hurley-Jump, 1831-1879, Wayne City, Wayne County, Illinois; burial details unknown; Find a Grave memorial 91297874. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60541/records/636714
Note: Date and place of death not established.

Date and place of death not established.

  • Find a Grave memorial 91297874 gives her death as 1879 at Wayne City, Wayne County, without a source, and burial details as unknown
  • No death record, obituary or grave has been found
Research log
Note: Sources: 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses, the 1865 Illinois state census, Ohio county marriage records, and Robert Hurley's Civil War widow's pension file. Sourced, grade B.

Sources: 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses, the 1865 Illinois state census, Ohio county marriage records, and Robert Hurley's Civil War widow's pension file. Sourced, grade B.

The pension-file entry (an Event-Misc dated with the collection's span, 1861-1910) is now a widow's pension event without a date. The 1865 census index text ("Moitha Herley") had been stored as a source title (S158); it is now the census note. S148 retitled "1860 United States Federal Census"; the household (Robert Hurley, Indian Prairie) is in the citation page.

No grave found; death BEF 1879, Wayne County, left as recorded.

Research log
Note: Grade A: names, censuses 1850-1870, the 1865 state census, both pension claims and the second marriage cite record-level sources; death remains unsourced.

Grade A: names, censuses 1850-1870, the 1865 state census, both pension claims and the second marriage cite record-level sources; death remains unsourced.

Added

  • Robert Hurley's pension file on Fold3 (WC 107,185), read page by page: her widow's declarations of 3 Feb and 12 Oct 1863, the Meigs County marriage certificate, the Adjutant General's report, her admission at $8 a month (certificate 7,352), and the 1867 guardianship and minor's claim
  • Second marriage: the Wayne County clerk's certificate (22 May 1867) that William Jump married Martha Hurley on 23 Dec 1866, by Anderson Meyers, minister of the gospel; this was listed as not found
  • Guardianship and minor's pension event, 22 May 1867, and residence at Johnsonville, 1863-1867
  • Ages from the declarations (31, 32 and 37) added to the birth evidence
  • Pension index card (indexed as Robert Hurbey), 1850, 1860 and 1870 census households, 1865 state census citation, and name citations from the marriage register, the 1852 notice, the Meigs County deeds and the pension papers

Not found

  • A death record, obituary or grave. The 1873 increase on her son's pension does not name the payee
  • Pension file pages 17, 19 and 31 would not display on Fold3

Leads

  • Robert's letter of 10 Oct 1861 asks her to wait "until George comes home"; her brother in the family record is George Washington E. Ewing, born 1838
  • Samuel Halliday witnessed both 1863 declarations; Robert's 1861 letter has her staying at "Ann Hallidays", and Edwin's death index gives his mother's maiden name as Haladay
Last change
October 15, 2026 – 22:14:14
Author of last change: daveh
Family with parents
father
herself
Martha Ann Ewing
1831–1879
Birth: about 1831 — Ohio, United States
Death: before 1879 — Wayne County, Illinois, United States
8 years
younger brother
1838–1891
Birth: June 9, 1838 — Ohio
Death: December 20, 1891 — St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri
Family with Robert Hurley
husband
Robert Hurley
1827–1862
Birth: about 1827 43 41 — Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 6, 1862 — Pittsburg Landing, Hardin County, Tennessee, United States
herself
Martha Ann Ewing
1831–1879
Birth: about 1831 — Ohio, United States
Death: before 1879 — Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Marriage Marriage — April 1, 1852 — Meigs County, Ohio, United States
8 years
son
Edwin Hurley
1860–1940
Birth: February 20, 1860 33 29 — Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Death: March 11, 1940 — Dinuba, Tulare County, California, United States
Family with William Jump
husband
1831–1906
Birth: March 26, 1831 40 40 — Marietta, Washington County, Ohio
Death: July 13, 1906 — Porter County, Indiana
herself
Martha Ann Ewing
1831–1879
Birth: about 1831 — Ohio, United States
Death: before 1879 — Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Marriage Marriage — December 23, 1866 — Wayne County, Illinois, United States
2 years
son
1868–…
Birth: 1868 36 37 — Wayne County, Illinois
William Jump + Ellen Heslop
husband
1831–1906
Birth: March 26, 1831 40 40 — Marietta, Washington County, Ohio
Death: July 13, 1906 — Porter County, Indiana
husband’s wife
1832–1867
Birth: January 19, 1832 — Newton, England
Death: before 1867 — Wayne County, Illinois
Marriage Marriage — July 19, 1853 — Washington County, Ohio
1 year
stepson
1854–1904
Birth: July 9, 1854 23 22 — Marietta, Washington County, Ohio
Death: April 29, 1904 — Jefferson County, Colorado
17 months
stepdaughter
1855–…
Birth: November 1855 24 23 — Washington County, Ohio
3 years
stepdaughter
4 years
stepson
1861–…
Birth: 1861 29 28 — Wayne County, Illinois
3 years
stepson
1864–1930
Birth: March 25, 1864 32 32 — Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois
Death: after 1930
Birth
Citation details: Home in 1850: Sutton, Meigs, Ohio; Roll: 710; Page: 187b; dwelling 1108, family 1133; Martha Ewing, 19. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/records/14215326; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQP-T8H
Citation details: Home in 1860: Township 1 N Range 6 E, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M653_236; Page: 156 (FamilySearch page 155); dwelling 1112, family 1036; Martha E Hurley, 29. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/records/38115691; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHB-FSG
Citation details: Year: 1870; Census Place: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M593_288; Page: 175B; dwelling 206, family 212; Martha Jump, 39, keeping house. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/records/16282542; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W5-4VF
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 22, declaration of 3 Feb 1863, aged 31; page 20, declaration of 12 Oct 1863, aged 32; page 4, guardian's application, 22 May 1867, aged 37. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102036; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102034; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102018
Census
Citation details: Home in 1850: Sutton, Meigs, Ohio; Roll: 710; Page: 187b; dwelling 1108, family 1133; Martha Ewing, 19. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/records/14215326; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQP-T8H
Marriage
Citation details: Meigs County marriage register: Robert Hurley and Martha Ann Ewing, married 1 Apr 1852 by J. F. Given; FHL film 313453, image 233. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61378/records/361415; FamilySearch (Ohio, County Marriages), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ2K-758
Citation details: 8 Apr 1852, p. 3, "Married". Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/171433635/
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 7, certificate of W. H. Lasley [?], probate judge, Meigs County, 6 Feb 1863, copying the marriage of Robert Hurley and Martha Ann Ewing, 1 Apr 1852, by J. F. Given. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102021
Census
Citation details: Home in 1860: Township 1 N Range 6 E, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M653_236; Page: 156 (FamilySearch page 155); dwelling 1112, family 1036; Martha E Hurley, 29. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/records/38115691; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHB-FSG
Census
Citation details: 1865 state census, Indian Prairie, Wayne County, enumerated 3 Jul 1865; indexed as Mitha Herley (earlier noted here as Moitha Herley); Illinois State Archives collection 103.010, roll 2184, line 9. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1079/records/1379846
Marriage
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 8, certificate of record of marriage, Wayne County, Oliver Holmes, clerk, Fairfield, 22 May 1867: William Jump to Martha Hurley, 23 Dec 1866, by Anderson Meyers, minister of the gospel; page 4, guardian's application of Martha A. Jump, 22 May 1867; page 3, brief of the minor's claim. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102022; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102018; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102017
Citation details: Card for Robert Hurbey [Hurley], 48 Ill. Inf.: widow Martha A. Hurbey, filed 26 Feb 1863, application 13,320, certificate 7,352; minor, Martha A. Jump (guardian), filed 1867, application 149,116, certificate 107,185. NARA T288, roll 233. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBM-6RS; Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/records/1634700
Citation details: Year: 1870; Census Place: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M593_288; Page: 175B; dwelling 206, family 212; Martha Jump, 39, keeping house. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/records/16282542; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W5-4VF
Residence
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 22, declaration of 3 Feb 1863; page 20, declaration of 12 Oct 1863; page 4, guardian's application, 22 May 1867. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102036; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102034; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102018
Widow's pension
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; pages 22-23, widow's declaration, 3 Feb 1863; page 7, Meigs County probate certificate, 6 Feb 1863; page 26, application jacket 13,320, received 20 Feb 1863; page 6, Adjutant General's report, 3 Apr 1863; page 20, declaration of 12 Oct 1863; page 18, brief, admitted 20 Oct 1863; page 24, certificate jacket 7,352. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102036; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102037; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102021; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102040; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102020; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102034; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102032; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102038
Citation details: Card for Robert Hurbey [Hurley], 48 Ill. Inf.: widow Martha A. Hurbey, filed 26 Feb 1863, application 13,320, certificate 7,352; minor, Martha A. Jump (guardian), filed 1867, application 149,116, certificate 107,185. NARA T288, roll 233. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBM-6RS; Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/records/1634700
Guardianship and minor's pension
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; pages 28-29, letters of guardianship, Wayne County Court, 22 May 1867; pages 4-5, guardian's application, 22 May 1867; page 16, application jacket 149,116; page 3, brief, admitted 21 Jan 1868; page 15, certificate jacket 107,185. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102042; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102043; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102018; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102019; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102030; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102017; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102029
Citation details: Card for Robert Hurbey [Hurley], 48 Ill. Inf.: widow Martha A. Hurbey, filed 26 Feb 1863, application 13,320, certificate 7,352; minor, Martha A. Jump (guardian), filed 1867, application 149,116, certificate 107,185. NARA T288, roll 233. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBM-6RS; Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/records/1634700
Census
Citation details: Year: 1870; Census Place: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M593_288; Page: 175B; dwelling 206, family 212; Martha Jump, 39, keeping house. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/records/16282542; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W5-4VF
Name
Citation details: Meigs County marriage register: Robert Hurley and Martha Ann Ewing, married 1 Apr 1852 by J. F. Given; FHL film 313453, image 233. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61378/records/361415; FamilySearch (Ohio, County Marriages), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ2K-758
Citation details: 8 Apr 1852, p. 3, "Married": "Mr. ROBERT HURLEY to Miss MARTHA A. EWING; all of Pomeroy." Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/171433635/
Citation details: Home in 1850: Sutton, Meigs, Ohio; Roll: 710; Page: 187b; dwelling 1108, family 1133; Martha Ewing, 19. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/records/14215326; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQP-T8H
Name
Citation details: Deeds signed by Robert and Martha Ann Hurley: quitclaim to Hiram P. Harris, Lot 10, Behan's Addition to Sheffield, 2 Dec 1852 (p. 552, film 008585242, image 643); sale to Patrick Murphy, Lot 21, 30 Nov 1853 (pp. 6-7, film 008585240, image 10). FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37P-L393-P; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37P-2S8D-5
Citation details: Home in 1860: Township 1 N Range 6 E, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M653_236; Page: 156 (FamilySearch page 155); dwelling 1112, family 1036; Martha E Hurley, 29. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/records/38115691; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHB-FSG
Citation details: Card for Robert Hurbey [Hurley], 48 Ill. Inf.: widow Martha A. Hurbey, filed 26 Feb 1863, application 13,320, certificate 7,352; minor, Martha A. Jump (guardian), filed 1867, application 149,116, certificate 107,185. NARA T288, roll 233. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBM-6RS; Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/records/1634700
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 22, widow's declaration, 3 Feb 1863, and page 20, declaration of 12 Oct 1863: Martha A. Hurley (signed Martha A. Hurby). Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102036; https://www.fold3.com/image/297102034
Name
Citation details: Year: 1870; Census Place: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M593_288; Page: 175B; dwelling 206, family 212; Martha Jump, 39, keeping house. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/records/16282542; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W5-4VF
Citation details: Card for Robert Hurbey [Hurley], 48 Ill. Inf.: widow Martha A. Hurbey, filed 26 Feb 1863, application 13,320, certificate 7,352; minor, Martha A. Jump (guardian), filed 1867, application 149,116, certificate 107,185. NARA T288, roll 233. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBM-6RS; Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/records/1634700
Citation details: Hurley, Robert (WC 107,185), Co. I, 48th Illinois Infantry; page 4, guardian's application, 22 May 1867, signed Martha A. Jump. Fold3, https://www.fold3.com/image/297102018
Death
Citation details: Martha Ann Ewing Hurley-Jump, 1831-1879, Wayne City, Wayne County, Illinois; burial details unknown; Find a Grave memorial 91297874. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60541/records/636714
Media object
Martha Ann Ewing
Martha Ann Ewing