Martha Jane Sumner

1837 - 1883  (45 years)

• Name	Martha Jane Sumner  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	25 Nov 1837	Trigg County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	Trigg County, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  Census	1880	Canton, Trigg, Kentucky, USA   [5]
  	Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
  FSID	LH2X-6S3
  Death	8 Apr 1883	Trigg County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 3, 6]
  Burial	Donaldson, Trigg, Kentucky, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I22005	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Joel Calvin Sumner,   b. 1801, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA d. 17 Dec 1853, Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, USA (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Catherine Miles,   b. 1803, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. May 1863, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	14 Nov 1822	Trigg County, Kentucky, USA   [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F1358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Thomas 'Tom' Dixon,   b. 8 Apr 1834, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 2 Jan 1910, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	7 Sep 1854	Trigg County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  Children	1. John Robert Dixon,   b. 1859, Kentucky, USA d. 21 Jan 1908 (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Benjamin Dixon,   b. 27 Oct 1861, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 30 Mar 1951, Calloway County, Kentucky, USA (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Joel Henry Dixon,   b. 29 Oct 1872, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 5 Sep 1948, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William Dixon,   b. 6 Feb 1866, Kentucky, USA d. 9 Sep 1953, Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Newton Dixon,   b. 16 Feb 1864, Kentucky, USA d. 29 Jul 1944 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Harlan Dixon,   b. 6 Apr 1876, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 8 Jul 1962, Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Thomas Ira Dixon,   b. 2 Apr 1868, Kentucky, USA d. 5 Mar 1936, Kentucky, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. James H Dixon,   b. 12 Jan 1860, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 27 Aug 1936, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F11065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Nov 1837 - Trigg County, Kentucky, USA Census - 1850 - Trigg County, Kentucky, USA Marriage - 7 Sep 1854 - Trigg County, Kentucky, USA Census - Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1880 - Canton, Trigg, Kentucky, USA Death - 8 Apr 1883 - Trigg County, Kentucky, USA Burial - - Donaldson, Trigg, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• DNA Matches

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

  [S78] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;), WFT - Vol 18, Ed 1, Tree #2096. [S9910] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Trigg, Kentucky; Roll: M432_219; Page: 350B; Image: 570. 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Trigg, Kentucky; Roll: M432_219; Page: 350B; Image: 570 [S6956] Find a Grave: SUMNER Martha Dixon 1837-1883, Martha Jane Sumner Dixon. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32432537/martha_jane_dixon [S1077] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1852-1914, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1852-1914 [S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Canton, Trigg, Kentucky; Roll: 443; Family History Film: 1254443; Page: 367C; Enumeration District: 151; Image: 0516. 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Canton, Trigg, Kentucky; Roll: 443; Family History Film: 1254443; Page: 367C; Enumeration District: 151; Image: 0516 [S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;). [S78] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;). [S213] Dodd, Jordan, Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1997;). [S272] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;). Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965