Martin Kifer 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 28 Dec 1811 - Greene Co., Tennessee
    Christening: 
          Death: 2 Nov 1896
         Burial: in Elmwood Cemetery, Bowie, Montague Co., Texas
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Jacob Kifer (Abt 1789-1849) 2 3
         Mother: Susan Welty (1790-1862) 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *Rachael Claybough (Abt 1811 - 1860-1870)
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Judah Ann Kifer (1834-1927)
                2. Thomas Kifer (Abt 1836-      )
                3. Susan Jane Kifer (1837-1911)
                4. Mary Kifer (Abt 1840-      )
                5. Margaret M. Kifer (1843-1916)
                6. Eliza Kifer (Abt 1846-      )
                7. Jacob Kifer (Abt 1848-      )
                8. Martha Catharine Kifer (1850-      )
                9. John Kifer (1852-1927)
                10. Eveline Kifer (Abt 1855-      )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1840 Sevier Co., Tennessee
Martin Kifer 10001 -- 21001; 1 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
1 < 5 2
5-10 1
10-15
15-20
1 20-30 1
30-40 </pre>

His father lives 6 entries away.

<pre>1850 Washington Co., Arkansas, Prairie Township; Dec 19; pg 795
215/215
Martin Kiper 38 MW Tn $--- Farmer
Rachael " 39 FW Tn
Juda " 16 FW Tn
Thomas " 14 MW Tn
Susanna " 12 FW Tn
Mary " 10 FW Tn
Marget " 6 FW Tn
Eliza " 5 FW Tn
Jacob " 3 MW Ar
Martha " 5/12 FW Ar
Susan " 60 FW Va
William " 10 MW Tn </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

<pre>1860 Washington Co., Ar, Prairie Tsp., p.o. Fayetteville; July 27; pg 198
1367/284
Martin Kifer 48 MW Tn $1000/$800 Farmer
Rachel " 50 FW Tn
Mary " 21 FW Tn
Margarett " 16 FW Tn
Eliza " 14 FW Tn
Jacob " 12 MW Ar
Catharin " 10 FW Ar
John " 8 MW Ar
Eveline " 5 FW Ar
Tennissee " 4 FW Ar </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule. His mother Susan Kifer lives at 1368/285. William Kifer (19, Tn) is a farm hand in the household of Matthias Brewer at 1370/287. The youngest child, Tennissee, is a granddaughter, the daughter of Mary and an unknown father.

<pre>1870 Washington Co., Ar, Prarrie Tsp, p.o. Fayetteville; July; pg 73
496/498
Martin Keifer 57 MW Tn $1200/$500 House Carpenter
Mary " 28 FW Tn K. H.
Liza " 22 FW Tn
Jacob " 21 MW Ar At Home
Kate " 18 FW Ar At Home
John " 17 MW Ar At Home
Evaline " 15 FW Ar At Home
T. " 12 FW Ar At Home </pre>

BURIAL:

Find A Grave has specific birth and death dates, but there is no picture of a tombstone.
picture

Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 52894213.

2 Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Society, "Cemeteries of Washington County, Arkansas," 1980, vol III.

3 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 34096800.

4 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 51164893.

5 State of New Mexico Bureau of Public Health, "Certificate of Death."

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