Martha Jeanette Ham

1939 - 1957  (18 years)

• Name	Martha Jeanette Ham  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	27 Sep 1939	Union City, Franklin, Missouri, USA   [1, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1950	Central City, Franklin, Missouri, USA   [4]
  	Age: 10; Relation to Head: Daughter of Juanita and Leslie Ham; Marital Status: Never Married
  Death	16 Nov 1957	Breton Township, Washington, Missouri, USA   [1, 3, 5]
  	Cause: Accident - Car Crash
  Obituary	21 Nov 1957	Washington, Franklin, Missouri, USA   [5]
  	• Washington Missourian • Washington, Missouri • 21 Nov 1957, Thu • Page 3
  		News (Fatality)-PANKEY Martha (Automobile Crash) Mrs Wilburn C Pankey, 18, St Clair, and her father-in-law, Alfred M Pankey 53, Bismark, were killed In an automobile crash late Saturday on State Highway 21, four miles south of Potosi. Mrs Pankey's husband, who is 22, suffered a broken leg and bead Injury. State Highway patrolmen reported that all three occupants of the car were thrown out when…
  Burial	Union Cemetery, Union City, Franklin, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I28834	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Wilburn Clyde Pankey,   b. 3 Mar 1934, Missouri, USA d. 27 Nov 1968, Johnson City, Washington, Missouri, USA (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	Jul 1957	Missouri, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F7713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Sep 1939 - Union City, Franklin, Missouri, USA Census - Age: 10; Relation to Head: Daughter of Juanita and Leslie Ham; Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Central City, Franklin, Missouri, USA Marriage - Jul 1957 - Missouri, USA Obituary - • Washington Missourian • Washington, Missouri • 21 Nov 1957, Thu • Page 3 - 21 Nov 1957 - Washington, Franklin, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• News

  News (Fatality)-PANKEY Martha (Automobile Crash) Mrs Wilburn C Pankey, 18, St Clair, and her father-in-law, Alfred M Pankey 53, Bismark, were killed In an automobile crash late Saturday on State Highway 21, four miles south of Potosi. Mrs Pankey's husband, who is 22, suffered a broken leg and bead Injury. State Highway patrolmen reported that all three occupants of the car were thrown out when…

  
  

• Sources

  [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S9131] Newspapers.com: Marriage License for HAM/PANKEY • Sullivan Tri-County News - 4 Jul 1957, Martha Jeanette Ham and Wilburn Clyde Pankey - Sullivan Tri-County News; Publication Date: 4/ Jul/ 1957; Publication Place: Sullivan, Missouri. https://www.newspapers.com/image/126311425/?article=60820790-8351-4ae0-95f0-baabc260667c/7c674c37-2ede-45ea-a93b-19e98dc2ce23&focus=0.8131226,0.18503 [S9] Ancestry.com, Web: Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1962, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;), Missouri Office of the Secretary of State; Jefferson City, Missouri; Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969. Web: Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1962 Missouri Office of the Secretary of State; Jefferson City, Missouri; Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969 [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Central, Franklin, M. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Central, Franklin, M [S3381] Newspapers.com: Death of Martha Pankey • Washington Missourian - Nov 1957, (Name: Washington Missourian; Location: Washington, Missouri; Date: 21 Nov 1957;), ST CLAIR GIRL CRASH VICTIM. Mrs Wilburn C Pankey, 18, St Clair, and her father-in-law, Alfred M Pankey 53, Bismark, were killed In an automobile crash late Saturday on State Highway 21, four miles south of Potosi. Mrs Pankey's husband, who is 22, suffered a broken leg and bead Injury. State Highway patrolmen reported that all three occupants of the car were thrown out when it went out of control on a curve and turned over several times. Mrs Pankey was pinned beneath the automobile. Her husband taken to a hospital at Ironton. The dead girl is the former Miss Martha Ham, a graduate of Pacific high school. • Washington Missourian • Washington, Missouri • 21 Nov 1957, Thu • Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109913896/washington-missourian/?xid=637 News (Fatality)-PANKEY Martha (Automobile Crash) Mrs Wilburn C Pankey, 18, St Clair, and her father-in-law, Alfred M Pankey 53, Bismark, were killed In an automobile crash late Saturday on State Highway 21, four miles south of Potosi. Mrs Pankey's husband, who is 22, suffered a broken leg and bead Injury. State Highway patrolmen reported that all three occupants of the car were thrown out when…